Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 6 Sydney
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 6 Sydney
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
916,000 AUD
Entries
458
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Bahi Building Massive Stack
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Level 11
: 900/1,800, 200 ante
A crazy four-way all in has seen Karam Bahi claim the very rarely seen and extremely brutal one-outer, triple-elimination.
The chips were all in preflop with Bahi last to commit with 
. He was up against 
, 
and 
.
With three queens already exposed, some quickfire math told us there was just one more lady hiding in the deck.
The dealer burned a card and revealed a rather epic flop of 
. Bahi had flopped a magical set but incredibly all four players still had hope to win the pot. The guy with jacks improved from two outs to five with the case ace or four nines good for a straight. The guy with aces wasn’t please as he was now needing a jack to make a straight, while the shorty with ace-queen was actually pretty happy to somehow have hope with the same straight draw.
The turn was the 
to change nothing, while the 
river completed the board to leave three players to depart and Bahi to rake in an enormous sea of chips. Ten minutes later, he’s still stacking chips somewhere in the vicinity of 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 |
Poker Is Definitely Not Easy
Level 11
: 900/1,800, 200 ante
Not long ago we told you how easy poker was today for Josh Barrett
Well, now we are pretty sure Barrett would like to say that poker is definitely not easy.
And it's certainly not always fun.
Barrett just got all his chips in holding 
on the turn of a queen-high board. It was a 300,000-chip pot against Alex Lee, who held 
. Barrett was looking good with his set and from there it should have been smooth sailing to a deep run.
Until...
River:
Ouch.
"Going back into retirement," Barrett said to us as he left the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Zhou Wins Big Off Mile
Level 11
: 900/1,800, 200 ante
Steven Zhou and Mile Krstankoski have just rumbled in a very large pot.
We picked up the action on the turn of a 
board, with a big pot already in the middle and with Zhou first to act against one other opponent and Krstanoski. Zhou made it 15,700 to go, it was folded to Krstanoski, who made the call.
On the 
river, Zhou moved all in for around 75,000.
Krstanoski went into the tank.
Krstanoski had around 90,000 behind and eventually opted to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | 60,000 |
|
90,000 | -5,000 |
Productive Day So Far
Level 11
: 900/1,800, 200 ante
Edison Nguyen has juts doubled up an extremely short-stacked opponent, but has still had a very productive day at the felt, building his stack to 140,000.
The hand that saw Nguyen lose a tiny portion of his chips began when Nguyen opened to 3,600 from the button holding 
. The big blind moved all in for just over 4,000 with 
and when the board ran out 
, the chips went to the shorty.
Nguyen is widely considered one of Australia’s finest poker talents, both live and online where he plays under the screen name “GooGieMonA”. Nguyen solidified his reputation this past January when he claimed an Aussie Millions gold ring.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 65,600 |
Poker Is Easy
Level 11
: 900/1,800, 200 ante
Josh Barrett has just told us about a massive hand which happened just prior to the break.
Apparently Barrett held in a three-way preflop all in pot and was up against... Yep, you guessed it, 
and .
Barrett faded a flush draw and scooped the massive pot.
In the past Barrett has played a lot of these ANZPT events, but over the last twelve months or so Barrett has been kept busy in other business ventures.
He might play more poker after this little escapade though.
"Why did I ever stop playing? joked Barrett. "Poker is easy."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 | 130,000 |
Back To Play
Level 11
: 900/1,800, 200 ante
The players are back from their break and the cards are back in the air.
Approximately 120 returning players means an approximate stack of around 75,000.
Blinds are now 900/1,800 with a 200 ante.
After the next two levels, there will be an extended 30-minute break.
Level: 11
Blinds: 900/1,800
Ante: 200
First Break of Day 2
Level 10
: 700/1,400, 200 ante
Approximately 120 players have been sent on their first 10-minute break of the day.
Check back soon for more ANZPT Sydney Main Event action!
Some Stacks During Level 2 of Day 2
Level 10
: 700/1,400, 200 ante
Here are some of the prominent approximate stacks of some of the players during the second level of Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000 | 44,800 |
|
175,000 | 63,400 |
|
160,000 | 113,600 |
|
140,000 | 95,400 |
|
130,000 | -29,300 |
|
125,000 | 53,800 |
|
105,000 | 1,100 |
|
|
95,000 | 5,000 |
|
80,000 | 27,400 |
|
75,000 | 75,000 |
|
72,000 | -300 |
|
|
70,000 | |
|
65,000 | 17,200 |
|
38,000 | 38,000 |