Main Event | 2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Sydney

03-25-2012 15:18 UTC+11

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Speidel	1,000,000 203,000	203,000
Jason Pritchard	540,000 159,000	159,000
Alec Smith	490,000 82,000	82,000
Bradley Lancken	350,000 100,000	100,000
Tobin Ryall	320,000 123,000	123,000
Craig Blight	285,000 135,000	135,000
Mishel Anunu	270,000 10,000	10,000
Luke Downes	235,000 48,500	48,500

When we came to Liam O'Rourke's table there was a board showing {a-Hearts} {k-Clubs} {5-Spades} {j-Clubs} with around 100,000 already in the pot and Nicholas Heather was set to act in front of O'Rourke. A bet of 66,000 was sent O'Rourke's way and he quickly made a call.

River: {j-Hearts}

On the river, Heather opted to check and O'Rourke slowly counted out a bet of 139,000. Heather then went deep into the tank, furiously studying O'Rourke. Eventually he opted to fold and sent the big pot to O'Rourke, who now has the chip lead with well over 1,000,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liam O'Rourke	1,150,000 250,000	250,000
Nicholas Heather	780,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Liam O'Rourke Nicholas Heather

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

03-25-2012 15:06 UTC+11

Lindeblad Picks Up Chips

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The action was opened by Steve Lindeblad in the cutoff seat to 22,000. NIcholas Heather made the call on the button and so did Kristina Griffiths in the big blind.

On the {8-Spades} {2-Hearts} {9-Clubs} flop, Griffiths checked and Lindeblad bet out 55,000. Heather made the call and Griffiths got out of the way as the {5-Diamonds} turn was dealt.

Both players checked on the turn and the {j-Spades} completed the board on the river. This time Lindeblad would bet 45,000 and Heather would make the call. Lindeblad tabled his {a-Spades} {a-Diamonds} , enough to send Heather's cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Heather	990,000 10,000	10,000
Steve Lindeblad	390,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Nicholas Heather Steve Lindeblad

03-25-2012 14:57 UTC+11

Some Photos From Day 3

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03-25-2012 14:52 UTC+11

Peco Out

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Peco Stojanovski has had a roller coaster ride out of this tournament. The first big hand that occurred saw Stojanovski all in on the river of a board showing {3-Spades} {2-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {a-Hearts} {a-Spades} . In that hand Stojanovski sent his cards into the muck when Erich Stadler turned over {a-Diamonds} {k-Hearts} .

When the above hand was over, Stojanovski thought he had no chips left and proceeded to leave the tournament area. It turned out he still had 2,500 left though and so he sat back down. The next hand he was all in holding {k-Clubs} [qc} against Jim Collopy's {a-Spades} {6-Hearts} . A {q-Diamonds} hit on the turn and he survived. But not for long.

Just a couple of hands later Stojanovski again got his stack all in against Collopy. This time Stojanovski held {k-Diamonds} {6-Spades} and Collopy held {q-Clubs} {10-Hearts} . The board ran out {a-Diamonds} {j-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {a-Clubs} {7-Clubs} and it was home in 23rd place for Stojanovski.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peco Stojanovski	Busted

Tags: Jim Collopy Peco Stojanovski

03-25-2012 14:45 UTC+11

Heather Knocks One Down

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Another player has been lost in this early stage of Day 3. This time it was John Parker. Readers may recall that Parker was left short stacked just a few minutes ago. His last hand saw him all in holding {q-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} against Nicholas Heather's {k-Spades} {k-Clubs} . The board ran out {7-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {3-Spades} and it was all over for Parker, while Heather now has around 1,000,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Heather	1,000,000 46,500	46,500
John Parker	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Heather John Parker

03-25-2012 14:41 UTC+11

Another One Home

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The latest player to hit the rail is Luke Brabin. It was a big blind versus small blind situation that saw Brabin get his stack all in holding {a-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} against the {a-Clubs} {6-Hearts} of Erich Stadler. Unfortunately for Brabin the board ran out {6-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {k-Hearts} and it was all over in 25th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erich Stadler	260,000 96,500	96,500
Luke Brabin	Busted

Tags: Erich Stadler Luke Brabin

03-25-2012 14:39 UTC+11

Anunu Takes Hit

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Mishel Anunu opened the action from early position and Craig Blight made the call in the small blind. The {5-Diamonds} {a-Clubs} {7-Spades} flop was dealt and Blight opted to check. Anunu bet 26,000 and Blight threw in the check-raise to 60,500. Anunu then popped it to 125,000 and Blight then jammed all in.

At this point Anunu gave a bit of a death stare for some time before deciding to let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Blight	420,000 66,500	66,500
Mishel Anunu	260,000 174,500	174,500

Tags: Mishel Anunu Craig Blight

03-25-2012 14:37 UTC+11

Hall Back Up

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Laurence Hall recently lost half his stack to Steve Lindeblad, but he has got those chips back now having won an all in preflop flip against John Parker.

Lindeblad held {10-Clubs} {10-Spades} and Parker held {a-Diamonds} {q-Hearts} . The board ran out {6-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} and Parker was left with a short stack, while Hall is looking good.