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David Lim has had a huge day at the felt, which all started when he cracked aces when he flopped quad queens.
Lim is currently the chip leader with 325,000 in chips and is currently the only player with a stack in excess of 300,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
The dinner break situation is somewhat unique today. So the plan is to take the normal scheduled 10-minute break at the end of the current level, then come back and play one more level before taking a 30-minute dinner break. Breaks will resume as schedule from then on out until ten levels have been played today.
There’s a problem on Table 6 right now. David Lim and Steven Holloway keep eliminating players, so their table was down to just six players, forcing them to wait for a table break and rebalance before they could play another hand.
The latest hand saw Holloway bust a short stack, with Holloway’s 
proving too strong for 
when the board ran out 
.
Holloway moves up to 240,000 with Lim currently holding 325,000.
Combined, they have about one eighth of the total chips in play and there’s still 45 players remaining!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
The 45 remaining players have been sent on a 10-minute break.
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Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
The players are back from their break and the cards are back in the air.
The plan is to play out this level, then have a 30-minute dinner break before playing another five levels.
Assistant Sports Editor of the New Zealand Herald, Steven Holloway, has been crushing today. Late into the last level and he must have taken down another big pot as we returned from the break to find Holloway with a stack of 350,000 - enough for the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Nicolas Oger has just lost a sizable chunk of his stack to Eric Chang. We arrived on the turn of a 
board, with Oger leading out for 10,700 and Chang eventually making the call.
The river was a 
and this time Oger led for 16,600. Chang took a long time before making the call, at which point Oger moved to muck his cards.
“Can I see his hand please,” Chang said with every right to do so.
Oger wasn’t keen to show his hand, at which point Chang showed 
.
Oger eventually showed his hand – 
– which went into the muck as Chang moves back up to 150,000 in chips. Oger is still healthy with around 170,000 in chips, but nowhere near his peak.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
150,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Slade Fisher hasn’t had too bad a day at the felt, currently sitting with a little under 100,000 in chips, despite losing quite a large pot to Steven Holloway. We caught the action on the turn of a 
board, with just under 30,000 in the pot and with Holloway leading out for 14,000. Fisher tanked and eventually folded, sending the pot into the big stack of Holoway.
Fisher’s best live tournament result came earlier this year when he finished 2nd in the 2013 New Zealand Poker Championship at Christchurch, for which he picked up NZ$33,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
27,900
|
27,900 |
Mark Longhurst’s day has come to an end at the hands of Karan Punjabi.
All the chips went in on a 
flop, with Punjabi having Longhurst covered, in both chips and cards, as Punjabi’s 
was up against Longhurst’s 
.
Longhurst received no help on the 
turn or the river and with that was sent home.
Punjabi is now up to 150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
Busted |
