“I nit-rolled someone in this exact same spot earlier,” quipped Daniel Levy as he was faced with a bet of 9,300 from Dale Marsland on the river of a board.
There was just under 25,000 in the pot at this point and Levy had checked to Marsland. Levy tanked and eventually called.
At showdown, Marsland turned over for a flopped set.
“Dale Marsland on a heater and owning the fish,” sighed Levy as he mucked his cards.
Gary Benson opened with a raise from the button to 1,250 before Patrick Crivell three-bet to 3,200 from the small blind. Benson made the call and the flop landed .
Crivell only had one move left, and he slid in his last 6,475 chips to send Benson deep into the tank.
Benson cut out calling chips and looked tempted, but eventually let it go in frustration to give Crivell a much needed pot. He's up to nearly 14,000 with Benson hovering around 30,000.
Patrick Crivell and Jimmy Wong have collided in a huge preflop clash that left Wong an unfortunate victim.
Crivell moved all in with with Wong quick to follow holding his . Crivell slightly had Wong covered and that would prove important when the board ran out . Crivell caught a five to crush Wong's tournament in devastating fashion.
Meanwhile Crivell is making a nice recovery late in the day to chip up to around 26,000.
It's been a tough day for Paul Sharbanee but it looks like he'll survive the day after a late double up.
Sharbanee moved all in from under the gun for his last 8,450 chips with and found a call from an opponent with .
Sharbanee was on his feet anticipating the worst, but he had to sit back down when the board was spread . Sharbanee spiked a queen to double through to around 18,000 which should be enough to do some damage on Day 2.
Dale Marsland looking for more ANZPT Perth success
It’s been a wild night in the Crown Perth poker room as Day 1a of the ANZPT Perth Main Event has drawn to a close after a dramatic day of controversy and of course, plenty of poker action.
At the start of the day there were 85 players at the tables of the $2,200 buy-in event and at the end of six 60-minute levels, 54 remained. In the late stages of the night, Dale Marsland was building a big stack, but it was Bernard Beh who finished as the chip leader. Beh has had plenty of results here in Perth, while Marsland has previously made two final tables at ANZPT Perth - in 2010 and last year.
Throughout the day affable personality of Australian poker Oliver Gill was amongst the chip leaders and ended up with a top five stack. Sal Fazzino, Ben Breadsell, Ashley Warner and Patrick Crivell also bagged up plenty of chips. You can check out how each and every one of the 54 survivors fared in the post below and on the chip count page.
Perhaps over shadowing the poker on Day 1a of the ANZPT Perth Main Event was a bit of a controversy involving prominent US player Jim Collopy and a strange ruling which was made against him. Be sure to check out the full story, because it’s certainly not something you will see happening at many tournaments around the world.
Hopefully there will be less controversy at the felt on Day 1b tomorrow! It kicks off at 12:30 p.m. local time and PokerNews will once again be on deck providing all the live updates from the ANZPT Perth Main Event. We were informed early that tomorrow is going to be a massive day and that we will set a new record for total entries here at Perth.
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