Michael Addamo has just lost a big pot as he tangled with Terence Sell.
Sell was in the cut-off position and made a raise to 600. The button got out of the way and Addamo three-bet to 2,000. The big blind folded and Sell made the call. Addamo checked the flop of and sell bet 3,000. Addamo made the call and checked the turn card of . Sell bet 8,500 here and after a lot of thought Addamo made the call. The fell on the river and Addamo again checked, Sell looked down at his chips and quickly moved in for his last 20,000. Addamo chuckled to himself as he instantly threw away his cards.
As a result of the hand Sell has moved up to over 35,000 whilst Addamo is down to a little over 10,000.
Not too long ago we watched Polk and one opponent play out a hand on a board. Polk was in the small blind position and led for 2,200 on the flop in what was clearly a three-bet pot. His opponent called and then both players checked the turn. On the river, Polk checked and his opponent bet 4,000. Polk checked his cards, tanked, and eventually folded.
Depsite losing this hand, the prominent pro is looking comfortable here at ANZPT Sydney. He has around 25,000 in chips from a starting stack of 20,000.
In the last hand before the first break Leo Boxell took a hit to his stack. Boxell was in the small blind and made a call of 550 on the flop of that brought the turn card of the . The Hall of Famer checked and his opponent bet 1,000. After a lot of thought Boxell made the call and the river fell the and again Boxell checked. His opponent thought for a moment and decided to bet 2,500.
The APPT Main Event champion went into the tank for a couple of minutes before announcing, “I owe you one anyway” and made the call. His opponent tabled for a rivered two pair and Boxell surrendered saying “you win” and mucked his cards.
Joel Douaglin is at it again as he continues to grow his stack in these early stages.
We picked up the action on the turn, with Douaglin on the button and faced with a 550 bet on the board of . He raised his opponent to 1,200 who made a quick call. The river paired the board with the and the action was checked to Douaglin. He put out a bet of 1,500 and after a small tank his opponent made a sigh and called. Douaglin questioned the dealer, “he called?” and with a nod from the dealer he slammed pocket Kings on the table and said “full house.”
He got his chips in on a flop. Apparently there was over 4,000 already in the middle from preflop action when one player led for 2,000 before Gill moved all in for 4,600 with . The next player to act re-shoved and the player who led folded .
Gill, with his open-ended straight draw and over card, was up against for a flush draw and straight draw.
The turn was a brick , but the on the river gave Gill's opponent the flush and enough to send Gill home.
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and sell bet 3,000. Addamo made the call and checked the turn card of 
. Sell bet 8,500 here and after a lot of thought Addamo made the call. The 
fell on the river and Addamo again checked, Sell looked down at his chips and quickly moved in for his last 20,000. Addamo chuckled to himself as he instantly threw away his cards.
board. Polk was in the small blind position and led for 2,200 on the flop in what was clearly a three-bet pot. His opponent called and then both players checked the turn. On the river, Polk checked and his opponent bet 4,000. Polk checked his cards, tanked, and eventually folded.
. The Hall of Famer checked and his opponent bet 1,000. After a lot of thought Boxell made the call and the river fell the 
and again Boxell checked. His opponent thought for a moment and decided to bet 2,500.
for a rivered two pair and Boxell surrendered saying “you win” and mucked his cards.
. The next player to act re-shoved and the player who led folded 
.
, but the 
on the river gave Gill's opponent the flush and enough to send Gill home.
