In the last hand before the first break Leo Boxell took a hit to his stack. Boxell was in the small blind and made a call of 550 on the flop of that brought the turn card of the . The Hall of Famer checked and his opponent bet 1,000. After a lot of thought Boxell made the call and the river fell the and again Boxell checked. His opponent thought for a moment and decided to bet 2,500.
The APPT Main Event champion went into the tank for a couple of minutes before announcing, “I owe you one anyway” and made the call. His opponent tabled for a rivered two pair and Boxell surrendered saying “you win” and mucked his cards.
Not too long ago we watched Polk and one opponent play out a hand on a board. Polk was in the small blind position and led for 2,200 on the flop in what was clearly a three-bet pot. His opponent called and then both players checked the turn. On the river, Polk checked and his opponent bet 4,000. Polk checked his cards, tanked, and eventually folded.
Depsite losing this hand, the prominent pro is looking comfortable here at ANZPT Sydney. He has around 25,000 in chips from a starting stack of 20,000.
Michael Addamo has just lost a big pot as he tangled with Terence Sell.
Sell was in the cut-off position and made a raise to 600. The button got out of the way and Addamo three-bet to 2,000. The big blind folded and Sell made the call. Addamo checked the flop of and sell bet 3,000. Addamo made the call and checked the turn card of . Sell bet 8,500 here and after a lot of thought Addamo made the call. The fell on the river and Addamo again checked, Sell looked down at his chips and quickly moved in for his last 20,000. Addamo chuckled to himself as he instantly threw away his cards.
As a result of the hand Sell has moved up to over 35,000 whilst Addamo is down to a little over 10,000.
Rory Young has just escaped elimination and has doubled to just over 40,000.
We caught up with the action on the turn when Young and his lone opponent had moved all in on an board with Young’s opponent’s tournament life at risk. Young showed for a flopped set but he was behind his opponent who turned a flush with the .
However, the river paired with the and Young improved to a full house and secured the knock out.
Young is a WSOP APAC bracelet winner and made the final table of this event last year. Young ultimately finished in 5th place at the 2014 ANZPT Sydney and will certainly be hoping to improve on that result this year.
A player from middle position opened to 600 before a raise from Rory Young to 1,600. The button called as did the original raiser and three players saw the flop of . All players checked the flop and the turn paired with the .
The original raiser made a bet of 3,000 here, Young made the call and the button released his hand. T
he river fell the and Young was faced with a bet of 6,000. Young stared down his opponent and asked “do you have a good hand?” Young didn’t receive an answer but eventually made the call and his opponent showed for Ace high and Young quickly turned over his for top pair.
After winning that pot Young is now closing in on the 60,000-chip mark.
The 2013 APT Star Poker Main Event champion Tristan Bain has been left crippled after he called a raise to 850 from an under the gun player from middle position. The flop of was met with a bet of 1,125 and Bain made the call. The turn of didn’t slow down Bain’s opponent who bet 3,100. Bain made the call and saw the river fall and his opponent quickly bet out 5,000. This put Bain into the tank as he waited three minutes before throwing out the call. His opponent tabled the and Bain let out a massive sigh as he mucked his cards. Bain is now down to his last 1,600 chips.
Tim 'weygang' English has eliminated an opponent to see his stack move towards 35,000.
We arrived at the action of the hand in question on the river of a board. There was around 10,000 already in the middle and English's opponent, from the big blind position, tapped the table. After a few moments English bet out 10,000 - enough to put his opponent all in. Eventually the player made the call and then instantly mucked and hit the rail when English showed for trip queens.