Scott Buchanan was in early position when he opened it up to 6,000. Paul Murray then three-bet to 16,000 and Luke Spano four-bet to 31,000 from the big blind. Buchanan got his stack of around 50,000 in the middle, Murrary jammed for more than 100,000 and Spano made the call, having both players well covered.
Buchanan:
Murrary:
Spano:
Spano had the kings and a big chance to eliminate two players and move his stack towards 500,000.
However, the board gave Murray the goods to move up to 350,000. Buchanan was eliminated, while Spano is down to 95,000.
The players are back from their first break of Day 3 and are ready to continue trying to make the final table. Before we get there though, we are still several players off making the top 27 money-paying positions. Stay tuned!
Tristan Bain hung onto life with a double up, but was then eliminated shortly thereafter.
Firstly, Bain was down to just three antes when he moved all in. Stephen Woodhead then raised it up to 8,500 on his direct left and Tamara Volkoff called out of the big blind. Bain watched on as the dealer spread out a flop. Volkoff check-called a bet of 8,500 from Woodhead here and then check-called a bet of 16,500 on the turn. The river was a and this time both active players checked.
Volkoff had , enough to trump Woodhead's , but Bain more than tripled up with .
Just a couple of hands later and Bain was all in preflop holding against Stephen Woodhead's .
Ngoc Long Dam got his short stack in preflop holding and was up against recent ANZPT Auckland champion David Lim's . The board ran out - no good for Dam as he was sent packing. Lim is putting himself in the position to make back-to-back ANZPT final tables.
Eddie Mascardi was all in preflop for his last 51,000 with but again it was Stephen Woodhead who was there to do the damage as he tabled a dominant .
The board ran out to see Woodhead take the pot to climb to a commanding 475,000 as Mascardi’s elimination inches us one spot closer to the money bubble.
We are now down to 30 players, remembering that 27 players finish in the money.
Dylan Honeyman opened from under the gun with a min-raise to 8,000 before Matt Lester moved all in next to speak for his last 58,000. Action folded to Scott Davies on the button. He thought briefly before declaring himself all in to force folds around the table.
Lester:
Davies:
Davies was in great shape and nothing changed through the board of . Lester hits the highway in 30th place as Davies, who started today with the second shortest stack in the room, is flying high with a stack of around 300,000 in chips.
board gave Murray the goods to move up to 350,000. Buchanan was eliminated, while Spano is down to 95,000.
against an opponent’s 
.
– no help for Bain.
turn. The river was a 
, but Bain more than tripled up with 
.
against Stephen Woodhead's 
.
and it was all over for Bain.
. The board ran out 
to see Woodhead take the pot to climb to a commanding 475,000 as Mascardi’s elimination inches us one spot closer to the money bubble.
