Phil Willcocks has just taken a hit to his stack after the fall of the cards went against him. In a battle of the blinds, the small blind player moved all in for his last 37,400 to give Willcocks a decision with his . After a little thought, Willcocks splashed out the call and was ahead of his opponent’s .
However the live cards connected on the board of to double up the short stack and reduce Willcocks to around 60,000.
Here are some approximate chip stacks of players during the third level of Day 2.
Bryan Huang is still dominating on more than 300,000. Dennis Huntly and Edison Nguyen have been a couple of the biggest movers as they are now factoring in the chip leader race. The average stack with around 115 players remaining is just over 85,000.
Oliver Gill has been spending much of his Day 2 at one of the tougher tables in the room, with his tablemates including Phillip Wilcocks, Liam O'Rourke, Brett Chalhoub and Hugh Cohen. One of those four - O'Rourke - happened to end up sending Gill home. We didn't catch the action, but Gill took to Twitter to tell his bad beat story.
Shivan Abdine was recently all in preflop holding and was faced with just .
The board ran out a safe for Abdine and with that he had spiked the double.
Just a couple of weeks ago Abdine finished 3rd in the Sydney Champs $5,000 buy-in event. Abdine has posted just under $300,000 in lifetime tournament winnings, but none of that amount has come from cashing in an ANZPT Main Event,
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. After a little thought, Willcocks splashed out the call and was ahead of his opponent’s 
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to double up the short stack and reduce Willcocks to around 60,000.
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board gave Glazier a straight draw on the flop, but ultimately she couldn't get there and is now on the rail.
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for Abdine and with that he had spiked the double.
