Main Event Day 1c | 2013 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Repechage

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

06-01-2013 13:20 UTC+10

Feature Table?

Mateusz_Pater

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

The back table in the Poker Room has five well known players occupying the majority of seats. James Broom, Minh Nguyen, Amanda De Cesare, Graeme Putt and Jai Kemp will have a tough time battling it out against each other, as they attempt to progress through the tournament.

In a recent hand, Nguyen opened to 700 from middle position, before Broom raised to 1,750 from the cut-off. With the option back on Nguyen, he quickly reached for chips and threw out a four-bet to 4,600. Broom thought for a moment before relinquishing his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Graeme Putt	22,000 2,000	2,000
James Broom	22,000 3,500	3,500
Minh Nguyen	21,000 -78,500	-78,500
Amanda De Cesare	19,000 -1,000	-1,000
Jai Kemp	16,000

06-01-2013 13:31 UTC+10

Colman Resigns to Bell

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Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Joshua Bell opened from middle position to 625 and was met with resistance from Julius Colman who defended his big blind with a call. The two took a flop of and action was checked through to see the hit the turn.

Colman led out for 600 and Bell made the call before the appeared on the river. Colman fired again for 1,600 but Bell made the call and raked in the pot when Colman sheepishly tossed his cards straight into the muck in resignation. Bell chips back up to around 18,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Bell	18,000 -2,000	-2,000

06-01-2013 13:38 UTC+10

Guttman Happy to Play

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Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

The hand started with the player under the gun opening to 800.

“How much do you have?” asked Michael “Sticky” Guttman, eyeing off his opponent short-stack.

“Bugger all,” replied his opponent, confidently defending the 2,200 chip-stack he had left behind.

Guttman made the call, as did the big blind, as the three saw the flop come down . After a minute of thinking to himself, the player in the big blind threw out 800, forcing a quick fold from the original raiser. Guttman wasn’t fazed, as he threw in a raise to 3,000. His opponent folded almost instanty, leaving Guttman to move back up to his original starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "Sticky" Guttman	19,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

06-01-2013 13:52 UTC+10

Allen Drops

Mateusz_Pater

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

The player in middle position started things off by opening to 1,025, and was called by Dave Allen in the cut-off as well as the player on the big blind. The flop came as both players checked their option. Allen was last to act, and threw out a bet of 1,500, which was just snap-called by the big blind. The two were happy to check the on the turn, before the big blind casually check-called another bet of 3,600 from Allen.

“Ace-high,” remarked Allen, as he motioned to muck his hand. His opponent rolled over , to take down the pot, dropping Allen to 13,500 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dave Allen	13,500 13,500	13,500

06-01-2013 14:05 UTC+10

Chip in a Chair for Bell

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Level 5 : 300/600, 75 ante

In the last hand before the break, a player in middle position opened to 800 and was called by the player in the hijack, as well as Josh Bell on the button. The flop came down as a continuation bet of 1,500 was thrown out by the player in middle position. The hijack decided to min-raise to 3,000, with the decision on Bell. Before he had a chance to make his move, the player in middle position made the call, not remembering that Bell was still left to act.

Bell promptly raised to 7,500 and without hesitation, his opponent in middle position moved all in for 17,200. The hijack got out of the way, as Bell snap-called as the cards were tabled.

Bell:
Opponent:

Bell had his opponent covered by 300, and was in great shape to double-up early. He had flopped bottom-set, and needed to dodge a spade or running cards for a straight. The on the turn gave his opponent a gut-shot straight draw, and with a sickening blow on the river, the dealer produced the to award the pot to Bell’s opponent, as he made his way to the break thinking about what could’ve been.