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Khac-Trung Tran has dragged a nice pot with pocket rockets. He made it 3,000 to go preflop and was called by the button player. The small flop of brought a bet of 4,500 from Tran that the button called. Both players checked the turn. Tran made a healthy bet of 11,000 on the river that his opponent called with . That was second-best to Tran's .
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Chris Levick is now up to 95,000 after his found action from an opponent holding . All the chips were in preflop with the board running out .
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With all of the big names that keep losing their all-in battles, we've been wondering if any of the short stacks are actually going to double. We finally found one -- Julius Colman. He was all in preflop with and found himself racing Jason Gray's . Eights emerged victorious on a board of , doubling Colman up to 39,000 in chips.
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Kent Hunter during Day 1 action
Four players saw a flop of and the action checked to Scott Smith on the button who fired out 2,500. Kent Hunter in the small blind then check-raised all in for his last 19,300. The table folded to Smith who made the call.
Smith:
Hunter:
Hunter was in front with top pair, but Smith had a pair and flush draw combo. The turn improved Hunter to two pair when the fell, but the on the river gave Smith the wheel straight to end the tournament for Hunter, as the man they call "Punty" now sits with a healthy 85,000 chips.
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Dan Sing, from Day 1
APPT Auckland final table player Dan Sing is out. He wound up all in for 41,000 on a flop of and was called by Grant Harris. Sing made top pair with but was drawing slim against Harris' . The board ran out to send Sing to the rail.
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Chris Moneymaker
On the feature table we have lost 2003 World Champion Chris Moneymaker. He moved all in preflop with pocket tens and found himself in a race against an opponent's .
An ace on the flop and a king on the river left Moneymaker heading to the rail.
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John Juanda
Tony Dunst has left the feature table. He found himself in an all-in confrontation against Jason Plant. Dunst showed but was a significant underdog to Plant's . Dunst needed clubs or an ace, but got neither on a board of . Plant dragged a pot worth about 50,000 chips, eliminating Dunst in the process.
John Juanda is also out. His pocket kings were cracked by Andrew Scott. After Juanda had re-raised preflop, Scott decided to shove with but Juanda made the call. The flop was nine-high but then a seven hit the turn to give Scott two pair. The river bricked and Juanda was sent to the rail. "Sorry about that Johnny!" quipped Scott as he raked in another pot.
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Lee Nelson
Lee Nelson has just eliminated Justin Cleary. With all the chips in preflop, Nelson was in a dominant position with against Cleary's . It remained that way as the board bricked out .
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Tom Guise
Tom Guise didn't have a stellar Day 1. Although he managed to chip up, he finished the day with an unimpressive 33,000 chips. Things are going better for Guise today. He moved all in for 45,000 with ; a player with 34,000 called all in with . Guise's cowboys held up on a board of . He now has 80,000 chips.
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brought a bet of 4,500 from Tran that the button called. Both players checked the 
turn. Tran made a healthy bet of 11,000 on the river 
that his opponent called with 
. That was second-best to Tran's 
.
. All the chips were in preflop with the board running out 
.
and found himself racing Jason Gray's 
and the action checked to Scott Smith on the button who fired out 2,500. Kent Hunter in the small blind then check-raised all in for his last 19,300. The table folded to Smith who made the call.
fell, but the 
on the river gave Smith the wheel straight to end the tournament for Hunter, as the man they call "Punty" now sits with a healthy 85,000 chips.
and was called by Grant Harris. Sing made top pair with 
but was drawing slim against Harris' 
.
but was a significant underdog to Plant's 
with Carter Gill and Martin Rowe hastily getting their chips into the middle.
. It remained that way as the board bricked out 
