There are now 56 players remaining with just around 25 minutes left on Day 2. That means we need to lose two more players before reaching the money. There is a real chance that wont happen either, especially considering the staff at The Star just informed the players that the clock would be paused with 15 minutes remaining and there would be three more hands from there.
As we approach the bubble in the final level of the day, you get the feeling it might take a couple of coolers to burst the bubble this evening. Well, we just saw a huge cooler with three players finding monster hands at the same time.
We arrived to see all the chips in the middle preflop and the cards on their backs – it was pocket jacks vs pocket queens vs pocket kings.
The player with kings had both opponents covered but the roars went up when a queen appeared in the window on the board of 
.
The queens belonged to Manu Austin who is now up to a very healthy 290,000, as one player was crippled and the other eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000
263,200
|
263,200 |
This the final level of the night.
60 players remain and the top 54 make the money.
Pay slowed substantially towards the late stages of the previous level - the bubble clearly on some players minds.
Stay tuned to see how the bubble plays out.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Canadian pro Xuan Liu has had a bit of a roller coaster day at the felt, but has now steadied out at around 200,000 as we head towards the money. We recently watched Liu scoop a pot against one opponent on a 
board. There were already plenty of chips in the pot by the time we arrived at the table on the river to find Liu checking to her lone opponent. The player bet out 23,500 and Liu thought for quite a while before making the call. At showdown, Liu's 
trumped 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Here are the approximate counts of some of the players during the 14th level of ANZPT Sydney.
65 players remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
295,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
250,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
185,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
|
160,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
160,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
150,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
145,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
120,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
115,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
95,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
95,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
85,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
75,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
70,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
40,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Min Jae Park is at it again, this time we caught up with the action on the 
flop after a big pot had already been formed.
His opponent bet out 25,000 from the small blind on the flop of and Park called. The turn 
didn’t slow down his opponent who bet out 35,000 to which Park again called. The river paired the board with the 
. After a lot of thought the small blind checked and Park instantly reached for enough chips to put his opponent all in and placed them in the middle.
Again a lot of thought was had by his opponent before eventually he made a fold. Park has now moved up to over 400,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
405,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Min Jae Park is continuing to put the pressure on his opponents and is one of the leaders during these late stages of the day.
Not too long ago we caught the action on the flop with Park battling from the big blind against his opponent in the small blind.
On the flop of 
Park raised his opponent to 16,500 from 7,500. The opponent called and saw the turn of 
and checked to Park who bet 25,000. Again his opponent called and the river fell the . Park announced all in after his opponent checked to him. After a few minutes his opponent released his hand and Park took down the pot. Park has now moved up to 330,000 and is one of the top stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
The players are back from their break and ready to play the final two levels of Day 2.
There are approximately 69 players remaining.
With the top 54 players making the money, we are very likely to burst the bubble before the end of the night.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
