With a raise to 725 in front, Greg Familton popped it up to 1,750 to go. Action folded back around to his opponent in middle position who made the call to see a flop of . Familton’s opponent led out with a bet of 2,100 and Familton called as the hit the turn.
Action checked to Familton who bet 3,400. His opponent quickly called as the fell on the river to double-pair the board. This time Familton’s opponent decided to lead out again, with a blocking bet of 3,500 holding for top pair, but Familton’s was superior as he made the call and raked in the pot to move up to 50,000 in chips.
A total of 32 players are about to partake in the final level of the night. In 60-minutes time, the chips will be bagged up and Day 1a of the 2012 ANZPT Queenstown Snowfest Main Event will be over.
When we arrived over at the chip leader's table, a board was already spread along the felt and New Zealand's Richard Lancaster was firing out a bet of 8,500. David Wonson, the current chip leader, thought for some time before making the call.
Lancaster:
Wonson:
Lancaster's trip threes were strong enough to trump Wonson's hand, with the Kiwi raking in the chips and taking some of Wonson's chips.
With a few empty seats over on Table 3, we noticed that David Wonson was sitting behind the largest stack in the room. He currently sits behind the only six-figure stack in the tournament.
By the time we arrived at Michael Kanaan's table, there was already a board out on the felt, with Laurynas Levinskas and Kanaan deeply involved in a large pot. At this point there was well over 20,000 already in the middle and Levinskas slowly tapped the table, sending the action to Kanaan. After a few moments of thought, Kanaan tumbled his remaining 20,200 in chips out onto the table.
Levinskas thought long and hard before saying, "call."
"Straight," Kanaan said as he tabled .
Levinskas turned over and sent a huge portion of his stack to Kanaan, who now sits with the largest stack in the room.
"I've decided to leave," Didier Guerin came and informed us at the media desk. He had his backpack on and certainly looked like he was about to leave, but we knew there was more to the story.
Apparently the last hand of Guerin's night began when the player on the button opened up the pot to 550. The small blind player then three-bet to 1,675 and it was on Guerin in the big blind. He four-bet to 3,100 and the button got out of the way. The small blind then shoved all in, having Guerin covered. Guerin called and the two players turned their hands over.
Guerin:
Opponent:
Guerin was slightly in front for now, but that all changed when the board was spread along the felt.
A total of 37 players have returned from the break and are ready for two more levels before bagging up the chips for the night. Stay tuned to find out who makes it through the night.
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. Familton’s opponent led out with a bet of 2,100 and Familton called as the 
hit the turn.
fell on the river to double-pair the board. This time Familton’s opponent decided to lead out again, with a blocking bet of 3,500 holding 
for top pair, but Familton’s 
was superior as he made the call and raked in the pot to move up to 50,000 in chips.
board was already spread along the felt and New Zealand's Richard Lancaster was firing out a bet of 8,500. David Wonson, the current chip leader, thought for some time before making the call.
board out on the felt, with Laurynas Levinskas and Kanaan deeply involved in a large pot. At this point there was well over 20,000 already in the middle and Levinskas slowly tapped the table, sending the action to Kanaan. After a few moments of thought, Kanaan tumbled his remaining 20,200 in chips out onto the table.
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and sent a huge portion of his stack to Kanaan, who now sits with the largest stack in the room.
board was spread along the felt.
