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Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
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2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Auckland
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Auckland
Buy-in
2,000 NZD
Entries
207
Level
23
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Break Time
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
The players are on their first 10-minute break of the evening.
Zheng Back to Starting Stack
Action folded around to Ashley Warner on the button who came in with a raise. It folded to Jackson Zheng in the big blind, who re-raised to 1,325. Warner didn’t hesitate before re-raising to 2,700 in chips. Zheng thought for a moment before making the call.
The flop came out 
, and Zheng checked his option. Warner continued with a bet of 2,175, which sent Zheng into the tank. He then announced all in for his remaining 12,000 in chips, and Warner mucked his cards instantly.
That win brings Zheng’s stack back up to 20,000 in chips, as well as bringing Warner’s back down to the same.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 8,800 |
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20,000 | -3,000 |
Sheynin Gives Up on River
Five players saw the flop fall the 
, before the small blind checked his option. Slav Sheynin then made it 1,100 from the big blind, and found callers from the two opponent to his immediate left, before the button and small blind folded.
When the turn fell the 
, Sheynin bet out 3,000 which was met with quick calls from both players. The river 
brought a slight pause from Sheynin who jokingly said “you’re not going to fold, so I’ll just check.”
Both players did indeed check, and Sheynin mucked his cards, when one of them turned over 
for a flopped top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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8,000 |
Hockin Up Top
Recent ANZPT Melbourne Main Event champion Paul Hockin has been spotted in the room, with a large stack accumulating in front of him.
Walking past the table, we saw a player open with a bet of 600, before Paul Hockin re-reaised to 1,600 in chips. The original player called to see the flop come out 
, then checked his option. Hockin threw out the same bet of 1,600, before being met with a min-raise to 3,200 in chips. Hockin looked at his opponent, then counted out a raise, before placing in 7,600 in chips. His opponent wasn’t very impressed, looking down at his cards and shaking his head, as his cards were mucked into the middle.
Hockin has made a great start, winning a few hands, as he moves to just over 35,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
McKenzie Takes One Out, But Gives it Back To Another
We arrived at the table to see Jesse McKenzie lose a big pot, but still have a sizable chip stack after being able to eliminate the first player from the tournament a few hands earlier.
McKenzie recalled to us how the player under the gun limped into the pot, as well as another, before he bumped it up to 500. Both players called to see the flop come 
, with two hearts. The first player bet out 1,200, which brought a fold from the next player, but not McKenzie, who raised to 4,200. His opponent made the call before going all in on the turn for her remaining 6,500 in chips. McKenzie called.
The hands were turned over, and McKenzie’s flopped set of fours meant his opponent was drawing dead holding the 
. The river came the 
, and McKenzie scooped in the pot as his opponent tapped the table and exited the room.
The hand were he lost it all back was caught when he and his opponent committed 1,000 in chips on a board reading 
. The turn fell the 
, and Mckenzie bet out 2,500, which was snapped-called by his opponent. On the river 
, McKenzie took one more shot, throwing out a bet of 4,000 in chips, but it didn’t faze his opponent, who quickly made the call.
“Do you have a spade?” asked McKenzie, motioning a fold.
”What do you have? I paid to see!” said his opponent, waiting until McKenzie showed to reveal her hand.
McKenzie mucked his cards, which the dealer then tabled, announcing that his opponent had the right to see his cards, because she made the call. His hand was turned over to show the 
for a pair of eights. Hiss opponent tabled 
for a rivered flush.
McKenzie’s up-and-down first level still has him sitting just short of the starting stack with 18,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,000 | -2,000 |
Zheng Slips Early
Over on Table 7, Ashley Warner and Jackson Zheng just got involved in a hand together. It started with action folding all the way around to Warner on the button, and he raised to 250. Zheng called in the big blind to see the flop fall 
. Both players checked their option to see the 
drop on the turn. Zheng would this time lead out for 850, and found a call. The 
on the river brought a check from Zheng, before Warner threw out a bet of 1,200, which was met with an instant muck.
Zheng has had a rough start to the day, with his stack already falling rapidly in the first level of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000 | 3,000 |
|
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11,200 | -8,800 |
Who's Here?
Some big names have been spotted early here in the poker room including Ashley Warner and Michael Guzzardi, who recently chopped three-handed in the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event. Others include Graeme Putt, Cole Swannack, Jesse McKenzie, Liam O’Rourke, Jackson Zheng and Ivan Zalac.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 |