We missed their bustouts, but a quick look on twitter tells us how Daniel Laidlaw and Tony Hachem were eliminated from the tournament.
Laidlaw simply tweeted, "Busto, QJ<K8 SB/BB."
Hachem's twitter post was a bit more in depth, "How sick is this game of POKER? At the break with 75k , I lose a 90k pot. Had my AAs cracked by a 2 outer.Then run AKclubs into AAs. Busto"
The action was opened by Oliver Speidel in the cutoff and it was then on Kristina Griffiths in the small blind. Griffiths opted to move all in, shoving for 27,000. The blinds got out of the way and Speidel made the call.
The Sydney leg of the ANZPT has been one of the most popular stops on the whole tour since its inception. That is clearly the case here in 2012 as a 461-player field has created a $922,000 prize pool. As you can see below, that's the second largest ANZPT Sydney event ever.
When we came to Raemin Alexander's table there was a board showing and Alexander was all in against Jim Sachinidis. At this point our field reporter tells us that Sachinidis was in the tank, "forever." While we are sure he didn't mean literally, obviously Sachinidis was taking a long time to make a decision. Eventually he made the call and the two players turned their hands over.
Alexander:
Sachinidis:
A straight draw and an over card for Alexander and top-pair for Sachinidis. The on the river changed nothing as Sachinidis eliminated Alexander.
Liam O'Rourke was in middle position when he opened the pot. The player in the small blind then shoved for 48,300 and the action was sent back around to O'Rourke.
A call from O'Rourke and it would be his against the all-in player's . The board was spread across the felt and a nice pot was sent O'Rourke's way.
Liam O'Rourke has just won the biggest pot of the whole tournament and now easily hold the chip lead. It all started when the pot was opened to 6,000 from middle position. The player in the small blind made the call and then O'Rourke three-bet to 19,000 out of the big blind. The opener thought very hard before letting his hand go and the small blind instantly called.
The flop would see the small blind player lead for 17,000 and O'Rourke make the call. The turn saw O'Rourke's opponent lead for 20,000. O'Rourke then raised it up to 56,000 and his opponent made one of the quickest calls we have ever seen.
The completed the board on the river and just as quickly as the player called on the last street, he announced he was all in. O'Rourke wasn't so quick in his decision, but eventually made the call, tabling his . O'Rourke's opponent reluctantly turned over his and said, "good luck to you buddy."
Kristina Griffiths is one of three ladies left in this tournament and while she may have been struggling earlier in the day, she has managed to work her way back up to 90,000 in chips.
A recent hand for Griffiths saw her stack all in preflop holding , coming up against the of an opponent. The board ran out full of bricks and Griffiths took the double.
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and Alexander was all in against Jim Sachinidis. At this point our field reporter tells us that Sachinidis was in the tank, "forever." While we are sure he didn't mean literally, obviously Sachinidis was taking a long time to make a decision. Eventually he made the call and the two players turned their hands over.
on the river changed nothing as Sachinidis eliminated Alexander.
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board was spread across the felt and a nice pot was sent O'Rourke's way.
flop would see the small blind player lead for 17,000 and O'Rourke make the call. The 
turn saw O'Rourke's opponent lead for 20,000. O'Rourke then raised it up to 56,000 and his opponent made one of the quickest calls we have ever seen.
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