Main Event Day 3 | 2015 ANZPT Sydney

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

03-22-2015 14:40 UTC+10

Ma Survives

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Zhi Ma has survived elimination after shoving his short stack of 38,000 from the cut off position and getting a call from the big blind by Xuan Liu. Ma was ahead holding the but Liu was live with . The flop gave Liu straight outs but the turn and river were no help and Ma moves to just under 100,000 in chips and Liu is still healthy with 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuan Liu	205,000 110,000	110,000
Zhi Ma	100,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Zhi Ma Xuan Liu

03-22-2015 14:35 UTC+10

O'Brien Building Big Stack

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

David O’brien continues to climb after recently flopping a full house.

We caught up with the action on the turn with the board reading and O’brien had called the all in of Rined Namrood. Namrood showed the for a turned straight but he was drawing dead against the full house of O’Brien who held the .

The insignificant river fell of and O’Brien collects the pot and moves close to 500,000. Namrood is dropped down to around 150,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
David O'Brien	500,000 270,000	270,000
Rined Namrood	150,000 -70,000	-70,000

03-22-2015 14:26 UTC+10

Pearce Done, Rafferty Crushing

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Tom Rafferty is one of the chip leaders in the ANZPT Sydney Main Event and he strengthened that position after the elimination of the short-stacked Shane Pearce.

Pearce’s last chips were in preflop with for a pair and flush draw on a flop of , but Rafferty made the call with for two pair.

The turn was the and river the leaving Pearce to depart as Rafferty climbs to a commanding 610,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Rafferty	610,000 230,000	230,000
Shane Pearce	Busted

Tags: Tom Rafferty Shane Pearce

03-22-2015 14:25 UTC+10

Nguyen On The Rail

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Justin Nguyen has just hit the rail after he shoved with and David O’Brien made the call holding the .

The board paired both players with the but O’Brien remained in the lead with his better kicker. The turn and river were no help to Nguyen as O’Brien climbs to 230,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
David O'Brien	230,000 42,000	42,000
Justin Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Justin Nguyen David O'Brien

03-22-2015 14:20 UTC+10

More Offical Prizes

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Here is the latest official payout information:

Place	Player	Prize
33	Manu Austin	$4,550
34	Jackson Zheng	$4,550
35	Michael Ho	$4,550
36	John Thomson	$4,550
37	Josh Trott	$4,100
38	Octavian Voegele	$4,100

Player	Chips	Progress
Octavian Voegele	Busted
John Thomson	Busted
Michael Ho	Busted
Jackson Zheng	Busted

03-22-2015 14:12 UTC+10

Austin's Adventure Ends in 33rd

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Manu Austin, reportedly the player with the pocket kings in the controversial voided hand from Day 1, has just been elimianted in 33rd place.

Austin was short stacked and all in holding from the small blind against Xuan Liu in the big blind with .

The board ran out and Liu took it down with nine-eight high.

For the 33rd place finish, Austin picked up $4,550 - not bad considering he could have been elimianted during that controversial ruling on Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manu Austin	Busted

Tags: Manu Austin

03-22-2015 14:00 UTC+10

Kanaan In The Mix

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Former ANZPT Sydney Main Event Champion Michael Kanaan remains in the action.

We recently watched a hand that started when Kanaan raised from the cutoff position to 16,000 and received a caller from the big blind in Ben Cox. The flop fell and Cox led for 18,000 and Kanaan raised him to 46,000. Cox had a quick look at his hand before releasing nad Kanaan scooped in the pot.

Despite winning this hand, Kanaan hasnt had a great day at the felt. He;s down over 100,000 in chips fromt he start of the day. However, he's still healthy with around 240,000.