Joseph Tenotoga has just taken down a very big pot against Debbie Fahy and is now one of the early chip leaders.
We arrived at the hand in question on the flop, with around 2,000 already in the pot and with Iori Yogo checking out of the big blind position. Fahy then led for 1,600 and Tenotoga raised it up to 6,900. Yogo quickly got out of the way and a Fahy made the call.
On the turn, Fahy led for 6,000 and Tenotoga quickly moved all in for an extra 8,325. Fahy looked a little pained as she opted to eventually fold, leaving herself short stacks, while Tentoga moved up to around 37,000.
We recently made our way over to the faraway table on the casino floor here at the SKYCITY Auckland Casino and found that Luke Brabin was no longer in his seat. We also noticed ANZPT Full Tilt Ambassador Tom Grigg was sitting behind a stack of a little over 40,000.
While we were able to deduce that Grigg likely took all of Brabin’s chips, we got the full story off Grigg himself.
Apparently Brabin opened with and then called a three-bet from Grigg. Brabin then check-called a bet of 700 on the flop and then led for 1,600 on the turn. Grigg made it 4,300 here and Brabin jammed for around 16,000. Grigg made the call and the cards were turned over.
Brabin had for a turned straight, but a cooler would see Grigg open up for the bigger straight. The river was a brick and with that this year’s ANZ Player of the Year runner-up was eliminated.
Jan Suchanek has taken an early hit to his stack in a battle of the blinds. We arrived to see a raise from Dean Stevenson in the big blind of an additional 1,400, which we presumed to be a three-bet. The action was back with Suchanek in the small blind who wasn’t content with that as he bumped the price an additional 2,700 more.
Stevenson thought briefly before declaring himself all in! Suchanek quickly folded as he saved his last 13,000 for a better spot.
Tyson Cruise opened the action with a raise from the cutoff position to 525 and Simon Watt defended his big blind with a call to see a flop of . Both players checked and the appeared on the turn. Watt led out with a bet of 700 but Cruise quickly responded with a raise to 2,500.
Watt thought briefly before tossing his cards into the muck. A small hit for Watt slips him back to 17,500 approaching the first break of the day.
When we arrived at Table 5, Lukas Byrns and Dylan Bruce were on the river of a board and there was around 8,000 already in the pot. Bruce was first to act and had a bet of 5,200 out in front of him. Byrns went into the tank and eventually folded face up.
As Bruce raked in the pot, he showed for a whole lot of nothing. Byrns didn’t look too excited to see that hand on the felt.
We are sorry to tell the Tom Grigg fans out there that he has already lost a huge portion of his giant stack. Apparently there wasn't any really big hands that did it, Grigg just bled chips slowly. The Full Tilt Poker ANZPT Ambassador does still have over the starting stack though, so things aren't all that bad.
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flop, with around 2,000 already in the pot and with Iori Yogo checking out of the big blind position. Fahy then led for 1,600 and Tenotoga raised it up to 6,900. Yogo quickly got out of the way and a Fahy made the call.
turn, Fahy led for 6,000 and Tenotoga quickly moved all in for an extra 8,325. Fahy looked a little pained as she opted to eventually fold, leaving herself short stacks, while Tentoga moved up to around 37,000.
flop and then led for 1,600 on the 
turn. Grigg made it 4,300 here and Brabin jammed for around 16,000. Grigg made the call and the cards were turned over.
for the bigger straight. The river was a brick and with that this year’s ANZ Player of the Year runner-up was eliminated.
. Both players checked and the 
appeared on the turn. Watt led out with a bet of 700 but Cruise quickly responded with a raise to 2,500.
board and there was around 8,000 already in the pot. Bruce was first to act and had a bet of 5,200 out in front of him. Byrns went into the tank and eventually folded 
for a whole lot of nothing. Byrns didn’t look too excited to see that hand on the felt.