Big Fold for Kroesen Early

Ricky Kroesen is no stranger to the ANZPT. He's made three Main Event final tables over several years, with his best result coming when he finished 2nd in the 2010 ANZPT Gold Coast. Kroesen is back at it here in Sydney, hoping for a fourth ANZPT final table.

Unfortunately he hasn't started very strongly.

We didn't catch the action of the big hand that sees him already down to 13,000, but Kroesen told us it happened on a board. Kroesen apparently check-called the flop, check-raised the turn and then when he checked on the river, was faced with an all in shove. With both the players in the pot having around the starting stack, it was certainly a big hand to be playing this early. Kroesen said he had to tank for around 10 minutes before finally letting his cards go.