Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang just doubled up, and he's now well over the average stack. The ANZPT chief Danny McDonagh shared the good news with us, and the action went down like this.
On a flop with around 35,000 chips in the middle it seemed like Huang had put out a bet of 9,000. His opponent went into the tank for several minutes, and eventually the clock was called. Huang was finally faced with a shove, and he called right away.
Huang showed and was up against . The turn brought a , and the river a giving the Team PokerStars Pro a nice double up.
Stewart Ballard raised from the button, after which Laurence Aston decided to shove all in from the small blind. Ballard made the call creating the following showdown.
Stewart Ballard
Laurence Aston
The board ran out , and Aston was eliminated. His brother, Anthony, is still in the event.
Peter Matusik won the ANZPT Gold Coast event back in 2011 for A$145,100, and he's still up and running in today's event. There hasn't been a double ANZPT winner, and that means Matusik is chasing a place in the history books. A win is still far away, but he just managed to chip up to 80,000 chips.
Matusik raised from early position to 1,600 after which Benjamin Invelito three-bet to 4,200. Invelito was in middle position, and Matusik called after the other players had folded.
The flop came down , and Matusik check-called a 6,700-chip bet.
The turn brought the and Matusik checked again. Invelito bet 13,000 after which Matusik decided to pull the trigger. He moved all in for 28,400, and Invelito folded claiming to have had .
To the money that is. There are 85 players remaining with an average stack of 81,1756 or 40 big blinds. A total of 41 players will make the money, and min-cashing in this even will be worth A$3,450.
The pot we just witnessed wasn't very big, but it did bring to our attention that two very big stacks are facing each other on Table 23.
On a flop Igal Augarten check-called a 3,000-chip bet. The turn was the , and both players checked. On the river the hit and Augarten bet 7,000. Truong didn't waste any time, and raised it up to 16,000. Augarten wasn't happy, and folded after about 10 seconds.
Manny Stavropoulos and Billy Jordanou are seated at the same table and both players have very big stacks. They just played a small pot against each other.
Jordanou raised to 4,800 from the button after which Stavropoulos three-bet to 9,500 from the big blind. Jordanou tanked for a bit, and called.
The flop showed , and Stavropoulos bet 11,000. Jordanou decided to raise it up to 22,000 and his opponent folded quickly.
In the next level there are bound to be more clashes between these two agressive big stacks!
flop with around 35,000 chips in the middle it seemed like Huang had put out a bet of 9,000. His opponent went into the tank for several minutes, and eventually the clock was called. Huang was finally faced with a shove, and he called right away.
, and the river a 
giving the Team PokerStars Pro a nice double up.
, and Aston was eliminated. His brother, Anthony, is still in the event.
, and Matusik check-called a 6,700-chip bet.
and Matusik checked again. Invelito bet 13,000 after which Matusik decided to pull the trigger. He moved all in for 28,400, and Invelito folded claiming to have had 
flop Igal Augarten check-called a 3,000-chip bet. The turn was the 
, and both players checked. On the river the 
flop Michael Lo Giudice just raised all in for 20,900. Kristian Lunardi ended up folding after which the bettor called.
and Lo Giudice survived. He's still below average with 79 players remaining.
, and Stavropoulos bet 11,000. Jordanou decided to raise it up to 22,000 and his opponent folded quickly.