When a player opened it up to 600 from middle position, he would receive calls from Luke Brabin on his direct left and Daniel Levy from the button. Then the action was on Trung Tran in the small blind and he would raise it up to 2,200. The original opener folded, along with Brabin, while Levy made the call.
The flop would see Tran lead for 2,600 and Levy instantly called. A hit the turn and this time Tran check-called a bet of 4,500 from Levy. The final card on the board was a and Tran once again checked. Levy bet 8,000 and Tran looked at his opponent for a few moments before making the call.
Tran had to look twice at Levy's for a rivered straight. Tran then mucked his own cards, sending the pot to Levy.
Ricky Kroesen was starting to get quite short stacked and was looking like he wouldn't be making it back-to-back ANZPT Queenstown final tables. Then he doubled.
We arrived at the table on the turn of a board and Kroesen was faced with a bet of 6,000 from his one opponent, Casey Kastle. Kroesen only had 5,400 behind and was muttering under his breath something along the lines of "am i really going to fold this." Eventually he decided that no, he was not going to fold.
"Seven said Kroesen," as he tabled .
Kastle held just for a smaller pair and when a completed the board on the river, Kroesen had managed to double up.
Casey Kastle was one of the latest registrants here on Day 1b of the ANZPT Queenstown Main Event. Since then he has managed to turn his 20,000-chip starting stack into around 35,000. It's not often that we see Kastle around this part of the world, with most of his tournament results coming in Asia and around Europe. Kastle also finished runner-up in a WSOP event in 2008. Let's see if he can add a New Zealand flag to his Hendon Mob results.
A min-raise by Dean Schneider from under the gun was met with no less than five callers to see a flop of . Action checked to Mishel Anunu who bet out 1,200 into the middle. Matty Yates made the call as the other four players got out of the way as the appeared on the turn.
Anunu moved his entire stack of 8,850 into the middle as Yates went into the tank. After a minute or two, Yates verbalized a call and opened but he was drawing dead against Anunu’s for a flopped set of jacks.
The river was the as Anunu doubled up to 25,000 to be back in contention as Yates slipped to 15,000.
By the time we arrived at Dean Schneider and Jordan Westmorland's table, there was a flop on the felt and Westmorland had checked over to his lone opponent in Schneider. At this point Schneider bet 500 and Westmorland check-raised to 1,200. Schneider took just a few moments to make the call and the dealer slammed an on the turn.
This time Westmorland led for 2,500 and Schneider made the call. The final card on the felt was a and Westmorland tapped the table. Schneider inquired as to how many chips Westmorland had. Westmorland obliged by showing two 5,000-denomination chips and a single 25-chip. Schneider then bet 5,025 and Westmorland instantly called.
At showdown, Westmorland tabled for a flopped flush. Schneider had also flopped a flush, but his wasn't good enough to win the pot.
Check out PokerNews hostess Sarah Grant telling us all about yesterday's Day 1a action and what we can expect here today on Day 1b of the ANZPT Queenstown Main Event.
Daniel Laidlaw has just eliminated Daniel Mayoh. It started with Laidlaw opening to 600 from the button. Mayoh, from the big blind, was the only caller. On the flop, Mayoh checked and then called a bet of 700 from Laidlaw. The turn would see Mayoh lead this time as he bet 1,325. Laidlaw called and a completed the board on the river.
Again Mayoh led, betting 2,000. Laidlaw studied his opponent here before raising to 12,000 - enough to put Mayoh all in. Eventually Mayoh made the call, which prompted Laidlaw to table his . Mayoh kind of tapped the table, showed his , mucked his other card face down and made his way out of the tournament area.
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flop would see Tran lead for 2,600 and Levy instantly called. A 
hit the turn and this time Tran check-called a bet of 4,500 from Levy. The final card on the board was a 
and Tran once again checked. Levy bet 8,000 and Tran looked at his opponent for a few moments before making the call.
for a rivered straight. Tran then mucked his own cards, sending the pot to Levy.
board and Kroesen was faced with a bet of 6,000 from his one opponent, Casey Kastle. Kroesen only had 5,400 behind and was muttering under his breath something along the lines of "am i really going to fold this." Eventually he decided that no, he was not going to fold.
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for a smaller pair and when a 
completed the board on the river, Kroesen had managed to double up.
. Action checked to Mishel Anunu who bet out 1,200 into the middle. Matty Yates made the call as the other four players got out of the way as the 
appeared on the turn.
but he was drawing dead against Anunu’s 
flop, Mayoh checked and then called a bet of 700 from Laidlaw. The 
completed the board on the river.
. Mayoh kind of tapped the table, showed his 
