This season's ANZPT Auckland fourth-place finisher Monica Eastick has recently been sent to the rail. Eastick was all in holding and was up against the of an opponent.
Unfortunately for Eastick, the flop would see her fall behind. The news didn't get better from there, with a turn and a river not enough to save Eastick's tournament life.
John "JD" Dichiera is now with the big stacks in the room after a favourable river card saw him eliminate an opponent.
After leading for 15,000 on the board of , Dichiera committed himself to make the call holding when his opponent moved all in. Dichiera held straight and flush draws, and would need to hit against his opponent's top pair, top kicker.
The dealer burned and revealed the to bink Dichiera's straight to rake in the monster pot. Dichiera is now up to around 180,000 in chips.
With not long left on Day 2 of the ANZPT Perth Main Event, these four players have the largest stacks. At the moment it is John Lane who has the chip lead.
James Broom is starting to gain a bit of momentum late here on Day 2. We recently arrived at Broom's table to find him and Ivan Zalac on the river of a board. There was already around 40,000 in the pot at this point and Broom took his time before betting 26,500. Zalac instantly folded and Broom raked in the handy little pot.
John Lane has increased his chip lead yet again, now sitting with a monster 280,000-chip stack. Lane recently raked in another pot when he put a player to a decision on the turn of a board. After tanking for a long time, Lane's opponent folded and Lane added to his seemingly ever-growing stack. It is looking more likely by the minute that Lane will finish tonight as the chip leader.
A min-raise to 4,000 from the Melanie Weisner was met with resistance from the blinds as both defended to see a flop of . Action checked around and the turn brought a repeat . Action checked to the big blind who led out for 7,500. Weisner made the call and the double-paired the board.
The big blind fired again for 18,500 and Weisner was pained by the decision. After some friendly banter, Weisner looked under the table to see if her opponent was shaking. Not sure what she saw under there, but it was enough for her to make the call.
Her opponent opened for the full house to take it down and leave Weisner with around eight big blinds.
Jesse McKenzie started the day with far more than what the current average chip stack is, but has failed to make it through to Day 3.
McKenzie had a rough start here on Day 2 and never really recovered. His final hand began when he opened with and Emanuel Seal defended out of the blinds. On the flop, Seal checked and McKenzie led for 3,600. Seal check-jammed here and McKenzie called off his last 25,000 in chips.
Seal held and McKenzie seemingly had to worry about the spades. However it was actually a turn and a turn gave Seal a straight and McKenzie was sent home.