Michael Fadersen is the latest to hit the rail as the field in the APPT Queenstown Main Event continues to drop away.
Fadersen moved all in for 11,600 from middle position with , but the only problem was the he hadn’t seen Jeff Rossiter who had already moved all in for a little more than that from under the gun. Rossiter opened and had Fadersen in bad shape.
The board ran out to leave Fadersen on the rail as Rossiter received a nice little gift to boost himself to 30,000.
One minute we were out amongst the tables and Daniel Levy had a stack of under 100,000 and seemingly the next minute he had up around 190,000. Apparently Levy had taken multiple big pots, including a sizable one off Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang. Now Levy has just lost a big portion of his stack to Wenjian Qiu. However, Levy still has one of the biggest stacks in the room.
The hand started with Daniel Neilson opening to 2,400 from early position. The play folded around to Levy on the button and he three-bet to 5,500. Next to act, from the small blind, was Wenjian Qiu and he would cold four-bet to 17,500. Neilson quickly got out of the way, while Levy opted to move his monster stack all in. Qiu thought for quite a while, eventually calling off his stack of around 65,000.
It was Levy's against Qiu's . Qiu needed to dodge some cards, while Levy would have been hoping to scoop another big pot to see his chip lead soar even higher. The board was favourable to Qiu as both he and Levy now have big respectable stacks.
Ben Richardson was under the gun when he opened it up to 2,400. Brett Chalhoub then moved all in for 16,300. The rest of the table was out of the way and it was back on Richardson, who eventually opted to make the call.
It was a classic race with Richardson holding and Chalhoub holding . The board was good for Chalhoub as he scooped up the double. Richardson is now down to around 20,000.
We arrived at Table 5 to find two players all in against Ben Richardson. It was Madis Muur all in from the cutoff for 16,300, Richardson had flat-called the button and Ali Ghezelbash was all in for his tiny stack from the small blind. Check out what cards the players had below.
Richardson:
Muur: (at risk)
Ghezelbash: (at risk)
The board was a good one for Muur as he was able to scoop up the entire pot to sit healthily, while Ghezelbash was eliminated.
Jonathan Bredin is the new chip leader here on Day 2 of the ANZPT Queenstown Main Event. His stack is now nearing 150,000. Bredin, who suffers from Cerebral Palsy, has quite an amazing story. You can read about it at the PokerStarsBlog.
Ricky Kroesen started the day with just 6,875 in chips - one of the smallest stacks in the room. Now Kroesen is on over 40,000 and plenty of those chips were recently added to his stack when he sent Andrew Shanahan home.
We arrived at the action with a flop on the felt and with Shanahan first to act and moving all in for 7,500. Kroesen then jammed his 25,900 in the middle and it was on the one remaining player from the button. He folded and Shanahan was at risk.
"Flush draw," said Kroesen, tabling his .
"Oh i'm in front," replied Shanahan as he turned over .
"No i'm not," added Shanahan when the dealer turned over a on the turn to give Kroesen the flush.
The river was of no consequence to the hand and with that another player was eliminated.
Just a few minutes ago and all we (and most of the room) could hear was Oliver Gill telling merry tales of bad beats, great plays and everything in between.
Then...
Suddenly...
Silence.
We didn't catch the hand, but with no Gill to be seen (or heard), it is a certainty that he has been eliminated here on Day 2 of the ANZPT Queenstown Main Event. However, the beauties of social media tell us the story from Gill's point of view:
"Sigh busted raj ramikrishnan accidentally turned the best hand into a bluff on the river then had such a huge weak tell I had to call obv he has my one pair out kicked and even says guess you win apparently I levelled myself"
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, but the only problem was the he hadn’t seen Jeff Rossiter who had already moved all in for a little more than that from under the gun. Rossiter opened 
and had Fadersen in bad shape.
to leave Fadersen on the rail as Rossiter received a nice little gift to boost himself to 30,000.
against Qiu's 
. Qiu needed to dodge some cards, while Levy would have been hoping to scoop another big pot to see his chip lead soar even higher. The 
and Chalhoub holding 
. The 
board was good for Chalhoub as he scooped up the double. Richardson is now down to around 20,000.
board was a good one for Muur as he was able to scoop up the entire pot to sit healthily, while Ghezelbash was eliminated.
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