Stanislav Chataline has done it again, this time eliminating George Manolas and seeing his stack soar to just over 250,000 in chips.
We arrived at the action on the turn of a board, with around 50,000 already in the pot and with Manolas having a bet of 19,000 out in front of him. The action was then on Chataline, who didn’t take long before sliding out enough 5,000-denomination chips to put Manolas all in. Manolas opted to make the call, which prompted Chataline to show his . Manolas was hesitant to show his hand, but eventually tabled his as the river completed the board and sent the but pot to Chataline.
Not for the first time today, the good folk over on Table 8 were screaming and shouting. So far today, they’ve got excited over a flopped flush, and a guy getting pocket jacks a few hands in a row. Exciting stuff.
This time there was a bit of an argument unfolding between Pravin Harji and a player who we believe to be Max Coppen.
It started with Coppen raising to 2,800 and the table folded around to Harji in the big blind. The dealer didn’t notice that Harji still had cards, as he scooped in the pot, pushed it to Coppen and pulled his cards to the muck.
Harji was adamant that Coppen’s cards were dead, especially after they touched the muck.
“It’s up to him to protect his cards!” pleaded Harji to the floor staff, but since the dealer pulled in the cards from beyond the line on the felt, the floor ruled they could be retrieved and were live.
Things then got more interesting when Harji pulled out a three-bet, putting 6,800 into the middle. It seemed odd that he had a big hand after seemingly pleading to be awarded the pot without contest moments earlier. The matter was complicated by the fact that Harji’s big blind was still in the middle of the pot, so his bet amount was actually 8,200.
Coppen then moved all in for a total of 30,400 to send Harji deep into the tank. After several minutes of thought, he folded, and the drama was over.
Karan Punjabi has just taken down a very nice pot over on Table 8.
We arrived at the hand in question with around 25,000 already in the pot, a board on the felt and with Mark Longhurst having led out for 20,000. Punjabi was next to act and moved all in for 28,200. Fabrice Ho was next to act and wen’t deep into to the tank, eventually folding. Longhurst put the extra chips in and the two players turned their hands over.
Punjabi was at-risk holding against the of Longhurst.
At this point Ho got out of his seat very quickly.
“I folded aces!” quipped Ho. “Arghh!”
The board was completed with a and Punjabi scooped up the pot.
Punjabi gave Ho a cheeky fist-bump for apparently folding aces as he is now up to around 80,000 in chips.
Longhurst is still alive, but is down to around 52,000.
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang had a good start to the day, but has now found the rail.
We arrived at Huang's final hand on the river of a board, with well over 20,000 in the pot and with Huang moving all in for 25,800 after Stanislav Chataline had checked. Apparently Huang had barreled every street, betting 3,300 on the flop and 7,800 on the turn. Unfortunately for Huang Chatline called it down with , which was too strong for Huang's .
Following Huang's elimination, Chatline is now one of the chip leaders with a stack of around 150,000.
As Day 2 of the ANZPT Auckland Main Event marches one we thought we would remind everyone what the players a gunning for.
A field of 213 players created a NZ$426,000 prize pool and the top 24 players are set to pick up a piece of that pie. Of course, it is the eventual champion who will rake in the most cash, with the top prize set at NZ$110,760.
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board, with around 50,000 already in the pot and with Manolas having a bet of 19,000 out in front of him. The action was then on Chataline, who didn’t take long before sliding out enough 5,000-denomination chips to put Manolas all in. Manolas opted to make the call, which prompted Chataline to show his 
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board on the felt and with Mark Longhurst having led out for 20,000. Punjabi was next to act and moved all in for 28,200. Fabrice Ho was next to act and wen’t deep into to the tank, eventually folding. Longhurst put the extra chips in and the two players turned their hands over.
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board, with well over 20,000 in the pot and with Huang moving all in for 25,800 after Stanislav Chataline had checked. Apparently Huang had barreled every street, betting 3,300 on the flop and 7,800 on the turn. Unfortunately for Huang Chatline called it down with 
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