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Anesone Bragouits is still dominating on Day 2 of the ANZPT Auckland Main Event.
Bragouits doesn't have any results to speak of on his poker resume, but he is looking good to change that this weekend.
With 31 players alive, we are just a handful of players away from making the 24 money-paying positions.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
490,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Prashant Arora is the next to head to the rail empty-handed as he committed his last chips preflop with 
, racing with Slade Fisher’s 
.
The board would run out 
bringing no help for Arora as Fisher climbs up to 225,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Nearing the bubble and last year’s ANZPT Auckland third-place finisher Pravin Harji isn’t looking too good as he now sits with just around 30,000 in chips. The latest pot that Harji lost was against Koray Turker, who he has rumbled with multiple times during the last couple of levels.
We arrived at the action to find Harji and Turker on the turn of a 
board, with around 50,000 in the pot. Harji had led for 14,100 and Turker moved all in, with Harji having around 30,000 behind. Harji tank-folded and Turker scooped up the pot. Turker is now at around 160,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
30,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Sam Ruha was extremely short when he found himself all in holding 
against 
, in a blind versus blind situation. The 
flop was a scary one for Ruha, but the 
turn and 
river meant that he would live to fight another day.
Four spots off the top 24 money-paying positions and Ruha is the shortest stack in the room.
Pravin Harji has survived a scare to double up and stay alive in the ANZPT Auckland Main Event approaching the money bubble.
After Stanislav Chataline opened with a raise, Harji moved all in from the small blind for an additional 24,500. Chataline got a count and made the call with 
but was dominated by Harji’s 
.
The board ran out 
to see Harji’s hand hold up for the double up. He’s now up to around 70,000 and has a little breathing room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Koray Turker had been relatively quiet compared to what we are used to.
Then this happened.
We arrived on the river of a 
board, with over 50,000 in the pot and with overnight chip leader Amant Nauhria leading out for 22,800. On Turker and he had jammed for just over 100,000 extra. Nahria tanked for a long time, getting a count before announcing the call.
Turker simply tapped the table as he turned over for ace-high.
Nahria shouted in joy as he tabled his 
.
Just like that, Turker is out and Nauhria is once again one of the chip leaders.
Nahria immediately left the table after that big hand and hasn't returned yet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
Busted |
With the recent elimination of Koray Turker, we are down to the final 27 players and therefore the players are breaking into the final three tables.
There was an elimination right before the players merged into three tables.
Here is how the final three tables look.
Table 6
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Rendall |
| 2 | Slade Fisher |
| 3 | Dean Blatt |
| 4 | Steve Holloway |
| 5 | David Lim |
| 6 | Chris Ozer |
| 7 | Brad Stafford |
| 8 | David Tupou |
| 9 | Angela Brewster |
Table 8
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Amant Nauhria |
| 2 | Karan Punjabi |
| 3 | Pravin Harji |
| 4 | La Rimamaki |
| 5 | James McGuire |
| 6 | Nathan Gubieski |
| 7 | Max Coppen |
| 8 | Petr Humpl |
| 9 | Stanislav Chataline |
Table 9
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Cook |
| 2 | Eric Chang |
| 3 | Dean Stevenson |
| 4 | Paul Gahan |
| 5 | Anesone Bragouits |
| 6 | - EMPTY - |
| 7 | Sam Ruha |
| 8 | Raybon Kan |
| 9 | Nicolas Oger |
Eric Chang has just been eliminated two spots off the money.
With that, we are on the bubble and play is now hand for hand.
The next player eliminated gets nothing, while the top 24 will lock up NZ$3,834.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
