Raemin Alexander just strolled over to the media desk and told us about a recent hand he was involved in. Alexander was all smiles as we recalled the hand which saw him take to a flop.
On the flop, apparently Alexander check-shoved and sent his opponent deep into the tank. Eventually the player called and turned over for top-two pair. Alexander was in trouble here, but when a hit the river it was back into his seat with a healthy stack.
Luke Edwards has amassed a massive stack at the midway point of the afternoon and we were there to catch a recent hand which added to his huge chip count.
Edwards was in early position when he opened the pot. A player in middle position would then three-bet to 1,150 and it was then sent back around to Edwards. A four-bet from Edwards would make it an extra 3,350 to his opponent and a call would see some cards dealt on the felt.
Flop:
On the flop, Edwards led for 4,000 and his opponent popped it to 10,000. Edwards then confidently put out a big stack of chips, more than enough to cover his opponent's 30,000-chip stack. The player went into the tank and eventually let go of his hand to send the pot to Edwards.
The numbers are finally in. A total of 461 entries has made for a prize pool of $922,000. That's a great result for the ANZPT as its the second largest field in history for this tour.
It is the top 54 players who will be guaranteed a min-cash of $3,688, while the top prize they'll all be gunning for is $226,812.
Michael tran is now sitting behind a very healthy stack of 60,000. Most of those chips came to him when he got his stack all in preflop holding . His opponent held and when the board ran out , Tran would take the double-up and make his way up the chip leader board.
When we came to David Gorr's table, he was inolved in a hand with Dennis Huntly. It was just those two players to the flop in the limped pot.
Flop:
Gorr only had a few thousand in chips behind and shoved his stack on the flop. Huntly instantly made the call turning over . Gorr then revealed his for a whole heap of nothing.
"I thought i had ten-nine, but that was the hand before!" said Gorr as he got up out of his set and gathered his thing to leave the tournament area. The turn and river changed nothing and it was out the door for Gorr.
Earlier in the day we reported a hand where Josh Barrett got very lucky to hit a runner-runner flush. Well, it wasn't the same story later in the day as Barrett has just passed the media desk and told us of his demise.
Barrett got his stack all in preflop holding and had to come up against the of an opponent. It was safe up until the river. We are sure you are can guess what happened next. A fell on the river.
You can watch Lynn Gilmartin's interview here with Barrett after the better end of his lucky earlier today.
This very event that you are following the action in right now is the first stop on the fourth season of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour.
After this stop in Sydney, there will be a yet-to-be confirmed event in June. After that it will be off to New Zealand for the popular Queenstown Snowfest in July. Then it will be the final stop in Melbourne for the much anticipated Grand Final. See below for the Season IV ANZPT schedule.
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. Gorr then revealed his 
for a whole heap of nothing.
