Pravin Harji has continued his solid day at the felt, recently scooping up yet another pot. We arrived to find Harji against one opponent on a flop, with Harji having led out with a bet of 5,000. Harji’s opponent then fired back, making it 11,000 to go. Harji tank-called and the dealer flipped over an on the turn.
Despite the raise on the previous street, Harji didn’t slow down, leading out for 8,500 on the turn. Harji’s opponent decided to give up here and Harji scooped up some chips.
With a raise and a call in front of her, Sosia Jiang moved all in over the top. It wasn’t the first time that Jiang had pulled that moved, but it got past the original raiser before Daniel Levy asked for a count. It was an additional 10,175 for Levy who thought for a bit before making the call.
Levy opened but Jiang had the goods with her .
“I’m sorry in advance if I hit an ace,” said Levy, but he didn’t have to apologise as the board was spread . Jiang doubled to 25,000 with Levy back to around 50,000.
Pravin Harji barely got a break compared to the rest of the players in the field, but he won't be too upset as the hand he played almost 8 minutes into the break saw him add some chips to his stack.
It started with Harji opening from under the run with a raise to 800. Cole Swannack called before a third player raised from the hijack position to 2,100. Harji called and Swannack came along to see a flop of .
Action checked to the player in position who continued with a bet of 3,600. Harji called as Swannack kicked his cards back to the dealer with a sigh of frustration.
The turn was the and both players checked as the completed the board. Harji reach for 6,000 chips and splashed them into the middle before rocking back in his chair and putting on his headphones. By this stage the rest of the table had gone on break, but Harji’s opponent made the call, only to muck when Harji showed a rather creative .
“I think he had a big pair there,” chuckled Harji to the dealers he is now up to 60,000 in chips.
Pravin Harji had a great run last season finishing 4th on the ANZ Player of the Year race, and he’s now starting ANZPT Season 6 off with a bang as he makes some inroads in today’s ANZPT Auckland Day 1b field.
In a recent pot, Harji opened with a preflop raise to 800. Asj Taylor called on the button and the big blind joined in to make it three to the flop of .
Action checked to Harji who bet 1,400. Taylor made the call in position as the third player got out of the way before the appeared on the turn. Harji released a second barrel worth 3,500 but Taylor fought back with a raise to 8,400. Harji thought for a bit and made the call.
The river was the and that was enough to prompt Harji to lead out again as he splashed 12,000 into the middle with a little flair. Taylor gave a grin and quickly folded which led Harji to flash the .
As he raked in the pot, Harji admitted to having queen-jack for a full house.
“You wouldn’t have bet if I checked?” asked Harji.
“I might’ve taken a stab!” chuckled Taylor.
Taylor slips to 23,500 with Harji now in good shape with 55,000 chips.
2012 ANZPT Queenstown champ Jono Bredin has taken a bit of a hit to his stack recently.
Bredin opened it up to 700 from under the gun and received four callers. On the flop, Bredin led for 1,300 after the player in the big blind position checked. Slade Fisher called on Bredin’s left, while the next two players to act got out of the way.
The turn would see Bredin bet 3,500 when the big blind once again checked. Fisher quickly got out of the way, while the big blind moved all in for 7,400. Bredin called and the two players turned their hands over.
It was Bredin’s against .
Bredin needed to hit either a seven or a heart to win the hand, but the river was a and so Bredin left himself with around 12,000 in chips.
Daniel Levy has once again kept us up to date with his antics today. Most recently Levy informed us that he held on a run out and his opponent held . Unfortunately Levy "checked back like a nit" though and so didn't win a big pot. For those unaware, Levy's biggest live tournament result came a couple of months ago at APPT Melbourne where he won the $50 accumulator side event for a $17,600 score. He will be looking to breakthrough with a big ANZPT result this week.