Australian Poker hall of Famer Leo Boxell is one of a few familiar faces around the poker room today. He is best known for winning the APPT Main Event in Melbourne in 2011.
Boxell is a regular on the ANZPT but he has been unable to make the final table of a main event since the 2011 event on the Gold Coast.
We caught up with Boxell recently in a heads-up pot on the flop of , Boxell checked from the small blind and his opponent checked back from the button. The turn fell the and this time Boxell led out with a bet of 1,300. After little thought his opponent threw away his cards and Boxell raked in the pot.
Oliver GIll has just wandered over to the media desk to let us know that he's having "one of those days."
"I should be out, but I still have 25 big blinds," Gill said.
Gill told us that he lost several pots where he had to fold against opponents who clearly had better hands. One of those hands saw him with in which he flopped top pair and a flush draw and then had to fold to heat on the turn, with his opponent apparently having a set of twos. Gill also apparently ran jacks into aces in a weird spot among a few other losing hands.
We have spotted a few more familiar faces including Canadian pro Xuan Liu, Aussie pro Jonathan Karamalikis and UK pro and recent Aussie Millions final tablist James Rann.
Also in the field is none other than Doug 'WCGRider' Polk. Not only is Polk considered one of the best high stakes cash game players in the world, he also has almost US$4.5 million in live tournament results on his record.
It's not often one of the most revered poker players in the world plays an ANZPT, so we will certainly be keeping an eye on him.
We picked up the action on the turn of a board with one player checking to Tom Grigg who bet 1,075. Eventually there was a call and the dealer would complete the board with a . This time when it was checked to Grigg, he bet 3,000. Grigg's opponent tank-called and tabled which was good to send Grigg's cards straight into the muck.
Despite recently losing some chips here to kick off Day 1a of ANZPT Sydney, Tom Grigg has had a good week.
Two familar foes have been spotted in the field - 2015 Aussie Millions champion Manny Stavropoulos and third-place finish Joel Douaglin. Stavropoulos picked up a massive seven-figure score for his result, while Douaglin's $630,000 certainly wasn't too shabby.
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with both players checking.
and Douaglin’s opponent bet out 1,000. Douaglin quickly made the call and the river fell the 
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, Boxell checked from the small blind and his opponent checked back from the button. The turn fell the 
and this time Boxell led out with a bet of 1,300. After little thought his opponent threw away his cards and Boxell raked in the pot.
in which he flopped top pair and a flush draw and then had to fold to heat on the turn, with his opponent apparently having a set of twos. Gill also apparently ran jacks into aces in a weird spot among a few other losing hands.
. This time when it was checked to Grigg, he bet 3,000. Grigg's opponent tank-called and tabled 
