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Zhi Hong Ma - 44th Place
Zhi Hong Ma moved all in for his last 36,000 with and Ray Sukkar made the call with .
The board ran out to leave Ma as our 44th-place finisher after battling as the short stack for most of yesterday. He collects AU$8,400 in prize money for his efforts.
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Christopher Lee's day isn't over, but it is off to a rocky start. Following his double-up of Graeme Putt, Lee next doubled up Roel Pijpers -- twice. First he called Pijpers' very short all-in with from the big blind. Pijpers showed and hit an ace on the river to take the hand. Shortly thereafter, Pijpers was all in again. Lee had a much better hand this time, , but so did Pijpers, who showed . Lee flopped a set , but because this is APPT Sydney, Pijpers turned his overset, . There was no one-outer on the river for Lee, as it fell .
Lee is down to 90,000 in chips. Pijpers is up to about 125,000.
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Valerie Gigliotti, during Day 1 action
The short stack, and one of two remaining women in the field, Valerie Gigliotti, has found a much needed double-up at the expense of David Gorr.
Gigliotti held just against Gorr's but spiked a pair on the board.
A few hands later, Gorr opened for 25,000. Gigliotti moved all in from the button with . Gorr was priced into a call with . He couldn't overcome Gigliotti's 3-to-1 edge after the board ran out . Gigliotti's king kicker carried the day. She's up to 62,000.
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This tournament has seen more set-over-set and kings-into-aces situations then we can remember from any tournament in the last six months. John Mendel may wish that wasn't the case; he became the latest person to run kings into aces when Phil Willcocks snap-called Mendel's all-in bet of 56,000 and tabled the bullets, . Mendel never found a king by the time the board ran out . He has been eliminated in 43rd place, earning AU$8,400 for his tournament effort.
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Minh Nguyen - 42nd Place
Minh Nguyen had moved all in the previous two hands and received no customers, but the third time David Gorr deliberated before making the call.
Nguyen:
Gorr:
The board fell and Nguyen is eliminated in 42nd place for AU$8,400. Gorr is now up to 160,000.
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Hai Bo Chu raised to 16,000 from the cutoff before Travers Nicholas moved all in for 98,000 from the big blind.
"I think I'm ahead," said Chu. "Maybe I should have just moved in!"
After a minute or two of thought, Chu flashed the and folded. It was the right fold as Nicholas showed ! Chu slips to 69,000 with Nicholas up to 123,500.
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Lisa Delellis, earlier in the tournament
Lisa Delellis and George Lind have been doing battle. Lisa opened for 21,000 from the button, only to see Lind move all in from the big blind for 135,000. Delellis called all in for 120,000, putting her tournament life on the line with . Lind showed and couldn't get there on a board of .
The next hand, Delellis was in position to knock out Lind. She opened for 21,000 from the cutoff and Lind called all in for 13,000 from the small blind. Lind was in rough shape against the pocket tens of Delellis. He could only muster up . The flop of left Lind drawing at running cards. He hit one on the turn, the , and the second on the river, . He has been granted a temporary stay of execution at Delellis' expense.
Delellis is up to roughly 220,000. Lind is hanging on with about 35,000.
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Last night, Jamie Pickering was savage on the money bubble, opening dozens of pots with preflop raises and playing very aggressively after the flop. That hasn't worked as well for Pickering today. He raised to 24,000 from middle position and was called, in position, by George Kassis. The flop came and brought the minimum bet, 8,000, from Pickering. Kassis called.
On the turn , Pickering made it 80,000 to go. Kassis moved in over the top of that raise for an additional 110,000 that Pickering had no intention to call. He folded his hand. As Kassis dragged the pot to climb to 380,000 in chips, he flashed for a flopped set.
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Once again George Lind as doubled through Lisa Delellis! They were all in on a flop with Lind spiking a pair of kings holding against the of Delellis.
The turn was the and river the to double Lind to 76,000. Delellis is back to 200,000.
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and Ray Sukkar made the call with 
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to leave Ma as our 44th-place finisher after battling as the short stack for most of yesterday. He collects AU$8,400 in prize money for his efforts.
and hit an ace on the river to take the hand. Shortly thereafter, Pijpers was all in again. Lee had a much better hand this time, 
, but so did Pijpers, who showed 
. Lee flopped a set 
, but because this is APPT Sydney, Pijpers turned his overset, 
. There was no one-outer on the river for Lee, as it fell 
.
against Gorr's 
but spiked a pair on the 
. He couldn't overcome Gigliotti's 3-to-1 edge after the board ran out 
. Mendel never found a king by the time the board ran out 
. He has been eliminated in 43rd place, earning AU$8,400 for his tournament effort.
and couldn't get there on a board of 
left Lind drawing at running cards. He hit one on the turn, the 
and brought the minimum bet, 8,000, from Pickering. Kassis called.
against the 
of Delellis.
