Main Event | PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 6 Sydney

03-24-2014 14:56 UTC+11

Sawyers Struggling

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Josh Redhouse raised to 50,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Nathan Sawyers who called in the big blind. They saw a flop of and Sawyers check-called for 55,000.

The turn brought the and Sawyers checked again. Redhouse bet 130,000 and Sawyers gave it some thought before matching the bet.

The river landed the and this time Sawyers decided to lead out with a bet of 225,000. Redhouse instantly verbalized a call as Sawyers showed for ace-high. Redhouse tabled for trip queens to collect a very nice pot.

Redhouse climbs to 1.5 million, leaving Sawyers in trouble with 380,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Redhouse	1,500,000 506,000	506,000
Nathan Sawyers	480,000 420,000	420,000

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03-24-2014 14:50 UTC+11

Space Ship Building Time for Gill

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Oliver Gill has just doubled up and then some!

It started with Nathan Sawyers opening to it up to 57,000 from under the gun.

Jazz Mathers flat-called from the hijack and the action flew to Gill in the small blind.

Gill three-bet to 164,000 (starting the hand with around 500,000 total) .

Sawyers, with 1.3 million in total, made the call and so too did big-stacked Mathers.

Flop:

Oliver led for 150,000 here – leaving himself with exactly 177,000 behind.

Sawyers thought for a while, then raised to 300,000.

Mathers folded, Gill moved in for 27,000 more and Sawyers called.

Sawyers:
Gill:

“No one respects my raises,” said Gill as the dealer flipped over a turn and a river.

Gill is now building a space ship out of his around 1.2 million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Gill	1,200,000 650,000	650,000
Nathan Sawyers	900,000 500,000	500,000

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Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000

03-24-2014 14:37 UTC+11

Gill Wins a Few

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Level 22 : 10,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Oliver Gill raised to 45,000 from middle position and Nathan Sawyers was again in the thick of it with a call in the cutoff. The flop landed and Gill tossed out 75,000 in chips which was enough to force a fold from his opponent.

“I had jacks,” said Gill after the hand. “Often I lie about these things, but this time I’m not.”

Gill is still the short stack with around 550,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Gill	550,000 14,000	14,000

03-24-2014 14:32 UTC+11

Sawyers Climbing, Young Falling

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Level 22 : 10,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Rory Young opened with a raise to 40,000 from middle position and picked up three callers to see a flop of .

Action checked to Young who continued for 51,000. Oliver Gill folded but Nathan Sawyers announced a raise in position on the button to 160,000. Milan Gurung folded from the blinds to bring the action back to Young.

“I can see you’re going to tilt me today,” sighed Young before folding. Sawyers flashed a and raked in the pot.

Sawyers is up to 1.4 million with Young down to 920,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Sawyers	1,400,000 82,000	82,000
Rory Young	920,000 204,000	204,000

Tags: Nathan Sawyers Rory Young

03-24-2014 14:25 UTC+11

Peco and Nathan Preflop War

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Level 22 : 10,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Peco Stojanovski was under the gun when he opened it up to 50,000. Nathan Sawyers was next to act and thought for quite some time before three-betting to 125,000. A flurry of cards went into the muck from all directions of the table before it was back on Stojanovski. It didn't take long for Stojanovski to four-bet to 250,000 - enough to see Sawyers muck.

As Stojanovski raked his new chips, he showed .

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03-24-2014 14:15 UTC+11

Brent Taunton Eliminated in 9th Place ($17,400)

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Level 22 : 10,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Well, that didn’t take long. On just the second hand, we’ve lost Brent Taunton from our final table.

Milan Gurung started things off with a raise to 50,000 from under the gun. Taunton called from middle position and Peco Stojanovski called on the button. The trio saw a flop of .

Action checked around the table to Stojanovski who bet 125,000. Gurung folded but Taunton announced a check-raise to 400,000 which represented most of his stack. Stojanovski thought briefly before announcing all in and Taunton called off his last chips.

Stojanovski:
Taunton:

It was top two pair for Stojanovski against the nut flush draw of Taunton with two cards to come. The turn was the and river an equally-bricky to see Taunton sent to an early exit.