An interesting situation has just been brought to our attention involving suspected collusion between two players.
We don't have a lot of detail, other than it appears that a player checked behind the nuts on the river.
The floor was called and a penalty was issued. Initially there was confusion as the floor staff indicated that both players would receive a penalty which triggered an argument from the table, most notably Ronnie Bardah, as they couldn't understand why the player out of position was copping a penalty for merely checking his hand.
Floor staff then discussed it further and the out-of-position player was spared, leaving the "nut checker" to sit out an orbit.
2011 ANZPT Darwin champion Jack Drake has managed to find a double up through Chad Awerbuch.
We picked up the action on a flop with the small blind checking, Awerbuch checking from the big blind and Drake leading out for 2,900. Awerbuch was the lone caller and with that, the dealer turned over a .
This time when Awerbuch checked, Drake moved all in for 13,300. Awerbuch took quite a long time before eventually calling.
When the cards were turned over Drake was looking good with his against Awerbuch's .
The river was a safe for Drake and so he scooped the double.
Despite losing this hand, Awerbuch is still one of the chip leaders.
The final level of Day 1b of ANZPT Sydney has just begun.
Registration is now locked out. Looks like 257 total entrants today bringing the total field to 455. We will have confirmation of that number as soon as it is made available, but until then, we can tell you the prize pool will be in excess of $900,000.
There was a lot of commotion at one table and we arrived to see two players all in on a board of .
The at-risk player held the but was behind the flopped set of .
This is when things got very interesting.
The dealer had attempted to put out the river but in the motion of doing so, he had flicked the card facedown into the muck.
The table was stunned and didn’t know what was going to happen.
A supervisor was called over by one of the tournament directors and she seemed confused with the situation. A phone call was made and a few minutes later the decision was made that the hand would be void.
The chips that had been put into the middle from each player were distributed back to them.
As you can imagine, the player who held the pocket fives was not excited about this decision.
This is certainly one of the most intriguing situations, and rulings, we have ever witnessed.
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flop with the small blind checking, Awerbuch checking from the big blind and Drake leading out for 2,900. Awerbuch was the lone caller and with that, the dealer turned over a 
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against Awerbuch's 
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for Drake and so he scooped the double.
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but was behind the flopped set of 
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