On the flop of 
, the first player fired a bet of 2,000 and Koray Turker made the call. The third player to see the flop folded.
The turn brought the 
and Turker called another bet of 2,000 from his opponent.
After the river completed the board with the 
, pairing it with ladies, Turker folded to a bet of 6,000 from his opponent and gave up the pot.
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Our PokerNews reporter wondered over to Ricky 'rickwaa' Kroesen's table to see how the PokerStars.net Online Qualifier was traveling.
With a limp in early position, Kroesen made it 1,050 to go and was called by only the blinds. The big blind led out for 1,600 on the 
flop and Kroesen kicked his cards to the muck along with the small blind.
The following hand, Kroesen opened to 700 and only managed to pick up the blinds and antes, but not before showing his 
while appearing visibly annoyed that no one was able to give him any action as he chipped up to 8,600.
After limping behind a few players, Kroesen fired out 1,025 on a 
flop and only managed to find one caller before he folded after his opponent pushed out a 2,000-chip bet when the landed on the turn.
On the final hand of our rickwaa experiment we saw him opening to 700 from middle position with just the big blind making the call before both players tapped the table on a 
flop.
Kroesen's 1,050-chip bet on the 
on the turn was check-call by his opponent before Kroesen fired out 2,000 when the river landed the 
. Kroesen's opponent again played the check-call card only to muck at the sight of Kroesen's 
a he returned to over the 10,000-chip mark.
After a player limped in from early position, Koray Turker raised to 925 from middle position. Jackson Zheng made the call from the cutoff seat, Tom Rafferty called from the button and Phillip Willcocks called from the big blind. The early-position limper also called and action went five ways to the flop.
The first three community cards were the 
. All five players checked to see the 
come on the turn. Willcocks checked and the early-position player fired 600. Turker folded, Zheng raised to 3,100 and Rafferty folded all before action got back to Willcocks. He stuck in a reraise to 12,300 for all the biscuits. Neither the early-position player nor Zheng could call the all-in shove and WIllcocks won the pot. After Zheng showed that he folded the 
, Willcocks showed the table what he had moved in with, the 
for nothing but a draw.
Tom Grigg opened to 700 from early position and found one caller as a 
flop fell.
Both Grigg and his opponent checked to see the 
land on the turn and Grigg's 900-chip bet called by his opponent before the 
landed on the river.
Grigg fired for 1,500 and was again called by his opponent.
Grigg tabled his to prompt a muck from his opponent, and while he stacked his chips to over 18,000, he stated, "It's the first hand I've won in this tournament!"
Jonathan Karamlikis fired 1,700 on the flop of 
after one player checked to him. Tom Grigg folded and then the other player folded as well.
On the next hand, Karamalikis was involved in another pot where he bet 1,100 on the flop of 
after the first player had checked in the dark. A player behind Karamalikis folded and then the dark checker called.
Another check in the dark came before the dealer snapped the 
on the turn. Karamalikis checked behind.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked. The first player, who had claimed that he was checking in the dark so Karamalikis could hang himself, mucked his hand straight away. Karamalikis didn't show and won the pot.
Picking up these two pots put Karamalikis at about 54,500 chips.
Two players checked to Kristina Jeney on the flop of 
. She fired 3,625 and both of her opponents folded. Jeney won the pot and moved to just under 70,000 in chips.
Jeney final tabled the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event, placing sixth for A$34,875 from the field of 310 entrants. That was just back in October and we'll see if she can do much of the same in this event here. One thing's for sure, she's off to a very good start.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Ronnie Shabtay raised to 650 and got two callers, one in late position and one in the big blind. The flop came down 
and Shabtay fired 1,525 after the big blind checked. The next player called and the big blind folded.
The 
hit the felt on the turn after the dealer performed the famous "Sydney snap" to turn the card. Shabtay fired 1,525 again and this time his opponent raised to 5,025. Shabtay called.
Both players checked after the fell on the river and Shabtay's lost to the 
for his opponent, who flopped bottom set. "I put you on a set, but I wasn't sure," said Shabtay, who dropped back to 40,000 in chips.
Facing two limps, Rennie 'steel88' Carnevale bumped it up to 700 from late position.
Once the blinds passed, both limpers made the call to see a flop with one of the limpers leading out for 1,525.
Carnevale made the call as one limper folded before the 
landed on the turn. With the action checked to him, Carnevale fired out 4,000 to prompt a swift fold from his opponent as he chipped up to 33,000.
Facing a raise to 525, Kristina Jeney made the call from the button along with Joel Cohen from the big blind.
The preflop aggressor fired out 1,300 on the flop before Jeney bumped it to 3,100 to force Cohen out.
Jeney's now lone opponent made the call before check-calling 2,600 on the on the turn before both players checked the on the river.
Being shown the 
of her opponent, Jeney tabled her to collect the pot and move to 50,000 in chips.
