Main Event | 2015 ANZPT Sydney

03-23-2015 16:43 UTC+10

Murray Roach Eliminated in 4th Place (AU$62,000)

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Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

We’re down to three with Emanuel Seal extending his lead further with the elimination of Murray Roach in fourth place.

Roach’s last stand came with from under the gun for 1,110,000. Action folded around to Seal in the big blind who asked for a count, stood to his feet and made the call with .

The board bricked out to see Roach take home $62,000 for fourth place.

Following Roach’s elimination the three remaining players agreed to flatten the payout structure a little. First place will now receive $200,000, second will take home $158,000 and third place gets $90,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Murray Roach	Busted

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03-23-2015 16:31 UTC+10

Li-ta Hsu Eliminated in 5th Place (AU$48,000)

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Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Li-ta Hsu hasn't been able to rebuild his stack and has now hit the rail in 5th place.

Hsu was under the gun when he shoved his stack of a little over 500,000. The action folded around to Jim Psaros and he looked down at his cards, gave a grin, called and turned over . Hsu just chuckled and showed his .

Hsu was able to find a pair on the flop, but the turn and river were no good and so it was a $48,000 score to Hsu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Psaros	3,000,000	750,000
Li-ta Hsu	Busted

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03-23-2015 16:29 UTC+10

Massive Seal Double

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Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Emanuel Seal has just landed a huge double up in a bit of a cooler of a flop against Li-ta Hsu.

Hsu raised the button and Seal defended his big blind with a call to see a flop of .

Seal checked and Hsu continued for 125,000. Seal came back with a check-raise to 300,000 and Hsu made the call as a big pot was brewing before the hit the turn.

Seal didn’t waste any time in declaring himself all in to put Hsu to a tough decision. It was 980,000 in total and after a little thought, Hsu gave a nod and made the call.

Seal:
Hsu:

Both players had flopped two pair but Seal was in front with queens and sixes against Hsu’s sixes and threes.

The river was the and Curly’s rail gave a roar of delight as their man doubled through big time. He’s now up to around 2.9 million and into the chip lead with Hsu now struggling on the short stack with just 480,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emanuel Seal	2,900,000	1,400,000
Li-ta Hsu	480,000	-1,820,000

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Level: 28

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

03-23-2015 16:19 UTC+10

Jim Back Up and Chatty

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Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Jim Psaros has taken down a monster pot to move back towards the top of the chip leader board.

The hand started with Denis Sekuloski opening to 150,000 from under the gun. Psaros was in the small blind and three-bet to 375,000. Back on Sekuloski and he took plenty of time before making the call.

On the flop, Psaros led out for 545,000 which left him with 530,000 behind.

At this point, Sekuloski went deep, deep into the tank.

"Got a hand, just get it in," Psaros said as he waited for Sekuloski.

"Can you fold if i push you?" Sekuloski asked after a full five minutes.

"It's going in on the turn if you call regardless," Psaros quipped back.

Another minute or so passed and Murray Roach called the clock on Sekuloski.

Then, when two seconds remained, Sekulski made the call.

The turn was a , and true to his word, Psaros moved all in for 530,000.

Somehow, Sekulski didn't looked excited, almost as if he was surprised.

Then Psaros got up to walk to the rail.

"Stay with your cards please Jim," the TD said.

"Sorry was just going to play craps for an hour, that's how long he will take to fold," Psaros snapped as he sat back down at the table.

And yep, fold is what Sekuloski ended up doing as his cards went into the muck and the pot went to Psaros.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Psaros	2,250,000	1,150,000
Denis Sekuloski	1,900,000	-500,000

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03-23-2015 16:01 UTC+10

Seal Gets Some Off Sekuloski

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Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Jim Psaros opened to 135,000 and again it was Denis Sekuloski and Emanuel Seal making the call in the blinds as the three went to a flop of .

Action checked around and the hit the turn. Check, check, check, but things got interesting on the river.

“Let’s keep it cheap,” chirped Sekuloski as he tossed out the minimum 60,000. Seal responded with a raise to 310,000 which forced a fold from Psaros and sent Sekuloski deep into the tank.

Sekuloski eventually made the call with for just king-high but that was well behind Seal’s flush. Seal is now up to 1.5 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emanuel Seal	1,500,000	150,000

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03-23-2015 15:58 UTC+10

Sekuloski Shows Bluff

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Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Emanuel Seal opened to 120,000 and picked up calls from both Jim Psaros and Denis Sekuloski to see a flop of .

Action checked to Psaros in position and he bet 205,000 but Sekuloski wasn’t going to go away as he check-raised to 450,000 from the blinds. Seal folded and after some thought, Psaros did the same.

Sekuloski flashed for a rather imaginative bluff.

Sekuloski is up to 2.4 million and getting some swagger back as Psaros drops to 1.1 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis Sekuloski	2,400,000	500,000
Jim Psaros	1,100,000	-700,000

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03-23-2015 15:37 UTC+10

Li-ta the Bully

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Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Li-ta Hsu is starting to use his big stack to push around the table.

Most recently Hsu raised to 120,000 from the button before Denis Sekuloski three-bet to 375,000 from the small blind. Back on Hsu and he would count Sekulski's stack of another 1.8 million behind and then shove all in. Sekuloski didn't take too long to fold and so even more chips went to Hsu.

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03-23-2015 15:31 UTC+10

More for Hsu

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Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Li-ta Hsu had added even more chips to his big stack.

The most recent hand to go Hsu's way saw him raise the small blind to 120,000. Denis Sekuloski called from the big blind and the dealer spread out a flop. Hsu check-called a bet of 175,000 here and then both players checked the turn. On the river, Hsu check-called a bet of 155,000 and Sekuloski instantly mucked to send the pot to Hsu.

As he raked in his chips, Hsu showed the for king-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Li-ta Hsu	2,000,000	300,000

Tags: Li-ta Hsu Denis Sekuloski

03-23-2015 15:19 UTC+10

Big Hsu Double

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Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

There’s a bit of tension rising on the final table of the ANZPT Sydney Main Event. Jim Psaros was already getting a little testy over the amount of time that Li-ta Hsu is taking to act. Now Psaros’ mood is going to be a lot worse after Hsu just sucked out to double through.

In a battle of the blinds, Psaros raised to 135,000 from the small blind and the action was with Hsu. After a few moments of thought, and a few barbs from Psaros, Hsu declared himself all in. Psaros waited for a count before making the call.

Hsu:
Psaros:

Hsu had live cards and connected with the board of . Psaros reluctantly paid off the additional 695,000 to Hsu to see the Taiwanese player double to around 1.7 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Psaros	1,800,000	-1,030,000
Li-ta Hsu	1,700,000	1,100,000

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