Jie Gao is currently 2nd on the ANZ Player of the Year leader board and will be looking for a strong showing here in Perth to try and surpass the current leader Michael Guzzardi.
Gao started Day 2 with a tiny chip stack, but has since ran it up to just under 20,000. Gao's latest victory saw him holding to eliminate a short stacked player who held . The board ran out and Gao added the much needed chips to his stack.
"Diamond justice one time!" screamed Andrew Jeffreys as he found himself all-in holding against the of Emanuel Seal.
There was a flop on the felt at this stage and Jeffreys turned to the dealer and said, "You can either be a hero or a villain, you're choice."
From Jeffreys point of view, the dealer chose the path of the villian as a turn and a river were not the justice Jeffreys was looking for. Back to the drawing board.
Currently 89 players remain heading into the second level of the day. That means we lost 19 players in the first hour of play here on Day 2. The current average stack is 46,349.
We have just received word that Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang has been eliminated from the tournament. Huang let us know that he jammed for 11,100 from the button holding . The big blind woke up with and made the call and unfortunately for Huang, the board was of no help as Huang was sent packing.
With that, Angel Guillen is the last remaining player to fly the PokerStars flag.
Tristan Bain started Day 2 with plenty of chips and has since managed to see his stack hit six figures. A recent hand involving Bain started when a player opened the button to 1,900. Bain called out of the big blind and the dealer flipped over a flop.
Bain check-called a bet of 4,300 and a hit the turn. Bain once again check-called, this time a bet of 7,700. When the completed the board on the river, Bain opted to again check and his opponent would bet 13,000. Bain ended up calling, at which point his opponent tapped the table as he turned over for a whole lot of nothing.
Bain's for two-pair was strong to scoop up the pot.
Below is how some of the remaining players are faring here on Day 2 of the ANZPT Perth Main Event. As you can see, Pawel Zawadowicz has made a surge towards the chip lead, while Jesse McKenzie is still out in front.
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to eliminate a short stacked player who held 
. The board ran out 
and Gao added the much needed chips to his stack.
of Emanuel Seal.
flop on the felt at this stage and Jeffreys turned to the dealer and said, "You can either be a hero or a villain, you're choice."
turn and a 
river were not the justice Jeffreys was looking for. Back to the drawing board.
. The big blind woke up with 
and made the call and unfortunately for Huang, the 
board was of no help as Huang was sent packing.
hit the turn. Bain once again check-called, this time a bet of 7,700. When the 
for a whole lot of nothing.
