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Just moments after Graeme Putt was eliminated, Alex Bond moved in for his last 18,000. Wang Che Jung called from the big blind with . Bond was in a dominating lead with the , but no one wants to be the bubble boy.
The flop was dealt nice and slow and it came , giving Jung a straight draw. Bond stood up and didn't look too happy.
The turn paired Jung with the . Bond would need to pull back on the river or he would be the APPT Auckland Main Event's bubble boy.
The landed on the river, not what Bond needed, making him the bubble boy of our tournament. The remaining players in the field, along with the crowd watching from the rail, erupted in cheer. Many of the players hugged and slapped hands with one another as well.
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A gigantic roar of ovation just rushed through the tournament area, indicating that all remaining players are in the money! Details of the bubble hand forthcoming.
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Chips are being mounded in the middle of Table 8, so we meander over to find out what's going on. There is 80,000 in the pot, and the board reads . Action is on Daniel Craker, and he moves all in for 113,900.
His opponent, Bryan Huang, goes deep into the tank, shooting the occasional glance across the table. After several minutes, he lets his hand go, flashing . Cracker opens up his , having made a full house on the river. He rakes in a big pot and has moved up close to 200,000.
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Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt on Day 1
Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt moved all in and Grant Levy reraised all in to isolate.
Putt
Levy
The flop hit Levy, . The turn gave Putt a straight draw with the , but Nathanael Seet folded two sevens preflop. The river did Putt in with the . Putt finished just two places out of the money.
donpeters
Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt moved all in for 5,000 from late position and the big blind called. Putt's was up against . Both players paired on the flop when it came . The turn and river kept Putt in the lead with the and .
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Hachem running good
Tony Hachem raised to 8,000 from late position and Jeff Putt moved all in from the small blind with . Hachem called the total of 18,700 with .
The flop was a great one for Tony, . The turn was the and the river the .
Hachem shook the hand of his opponent and then accepted the applause and cheers from the crowd.
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Nathanael Seet
Nathanael Seet and Grant Levy have been locking horns a lot today. After Levy raised preflop and Seet called from the small blind, the two players checked on a flop of . The turn was the , Seet bet out and Levy called.
The river was the and Seet bet 26,500, with over 40,000 in the pot already. "This will hurt if I'm wrong," commented Levy as he sat in thought for a few minutes before finally making the call.
Seet showed him how wrong he was when he turned up sevens full of tens with . Levy showed the as he shipped over the 26,500.
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Assadour Assadourian has been riding the short stack for quite some time now. He recently moved all in preflop for 16,100 and was called by Penny Parker.
Parker
Assadourian
The board ran out , and Assadourian was able to double up one more time. He now has around 36,000 chips.
. Bond was in a dominating lead with the 
, but no one wants to be the bubble boy.
, giving Jung a straight draw. Bond stood up and didn't look too happy.
. Bond would need to pull back on the river or he would be the APPT Auckland Main Event's bubble boy.
landed on the river, not what Bond needed, making him the bubble boy of our tournament. The remaining players in the field, along with the crowd watching from the rail, erupted in cheer. Many of the players hugged and slapped hands with one another as well.
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. Action is on Daniel Craker, and he moves all in for 113,900.
. Cracker opens up his 
, having made a full house on the river. He rakes in a big pot and has moved up close to 200,000.
. The turn gave Putt a straight draw with the 
, but Nathanael Seet folded two sevens preflop. The river did Putt in with the 
was up against 
. Both players paired on the flop when it came 
. The turn and river kept Putt in the lead with the 
and 
.
. Big stack Bryan Huang looked him up holding 
. The six on the turn gave Huang the winning hand and sent Yalden to the exit.
