Danny "Brotha D" Leaoasavaii had a roller coaster start to the day and we just noticed that the 2010 APPT Auckland champion was exiting the tournament area.
Action started with the player under-the-gun opening to 500, before Simon Watt re-raised to 1,200. He was called to see the board drop . Watts opponent checked called a bet of 1,300, before both opted to check the on the turn. When the fell on the river, Watt’s opponent fired out a bet of 2,700. Watt sat motionless for a minute, before mucking his cards.
Even though he lost the hand, Watt is still sitting on 29,000 in chips.
Four players, including Mike King, limped into the pot and saw the flop spread out . The small blind led out for 500 and was only called by King in middle position, as their other two opponents folded. The turn came the , and the small blind bet out again, this time for 1,000. King thought for a moment before mucking his hand.
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang looked upset as we passed his table. He recalled to us he had to lay down pocket aces to an all in bet on the turn, with the board reading king-high. After an open bet pre-flop, Huang three-bet and was called by two players. On the flop, Huang placed in a continuation bet and was called. When the turn came, his opponent checked and Huang threw out a bet of 3,200. His opponent then shipped his remaining 17,000 chips into the middle which forced a tough fold.
Huang sits on 9,000 in chips as we close in on the first break of the day.
A player in late position limped into the pot, as well as the small blind, before Ali Ghezelbash raised to 600. Both his opponents snap-called to see the board fall . The small blind checked, and Ghezelbash made it 800. The next player folded, before the small blind re-raised to 2,100, which was called. Both players then checked to the river, and tabled their cards when the and completed the board.
Ghezelbash’s opponent tabled , much to his frustration, slamming his hand on the table, and tabling . Ghezelbash now sits on 11,000 in chips.
We recently wandered past Danny 'Brotha D' Leaoasavaii's table and noticed he was getting all his chips in against one opponent on the turn of a board.
The hand in question saw Leaoasavaii on the button and with a pot building to a substantial amount as the player in the cut-off checked on the turn. Leaoasavaii then moved all-in for 4,250 - clearly having recently lost a large portion of his stack.
Eventually Leaoasavaii's opponent opted to fold and "Brotha D" happily showed as he raked in the pot to sit with a healthy, albeit far less than the start of the day, stack of around 12,000.
. Watts opponent checked called a bet of 1,300, before both opted to check the 
on the turn. When the 
fell on the river, Watt’s opponent fired out a bet of 2,700. Watt sat motionless for a minute, before mucking his cards.
. The small blind led out for 500 and was only called by King in middle position, as their other two opponents folded. The turn came the 
, and the small blind bet out again, this time for 1,000. King thought for a moment before mucking his hand.
. The small blind checked, and Ghezelbash made it 800. The next player folded, before the small blind re-raised to 2,100, which was called. Both players then checked to the river, and tabled their cards when the 
and 
completed the board.
, much to his frustration, slamming his hand on the table, and tabling 
. Ghezelbash now sits on 11,000 in chips.
as he raked in the pot to sit with a healthy, albeit far less than the start of the day, stack of around 12,000.