The no-show stacks have been taken out of the tournament, however their buy-in will stay in the prize pool to create a nice little overlay for players.
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
$3,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 1a
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The no-show stacks have been taken out of the tournament, however their buy-in will stay in the prize pool to create a nice little overlay for players.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25




. His opponent the put in the old min-check-raise to 7,000."Argh, I can't raise, so I guess I have to call," sighed Tahtouh.
His opponent tabled

for the rivered flush."Thank god!" said Tahtouh as he revealed

for the bigger flush. "He showed the
first and then I thought I was screwed unless he had the
or
or was doing some funky min-raise bluff," Tahtouh added as his active day continues to add to his chip stack as he's now over 35,000 chips.


with local poker celebrity Brooke Howard-Smith in the tank after Celina Lin had moved all of her chips into the middle.Smith made a reluctant fold, saying that he folded pocket kings, putting Lin solely on pocket aces.
"If you just call the flop then you get it all!" said Smith.
"Well, I didn't know you'd fold kings!" defended Lin as she moves up over 25,000 with Smith back to around 11,000.
All the chips went in on a flop


with Smith's 
in control against the 
of Arnuad Bulle.Bulle looked set to hit the rail after the turn
, but the
spiked the river to save him.Bulle moves through to 49,500 and Eden is left to lament what would have been a massive chip lead. He has only 9,000 chips.
The flop came


and the opponent fired 725, which Dodds called.The turn brought the
and the opponent bet 2,1000 which Dodds raised to 5,600. The opponent called moving to the
river.On the river the opponent gave a frustrated check, and Dodds moved all in.
While pondering his decision the opponent probed, "How did you get into this tournament".
"I spent a shitload on sats, and then gave up and bought in," was the reply from the Dodds.
The opponent thought some more. "I'm not showing this one either," teased Dodds, "and if you think i'm raising Ace-Eight you're wrong," he added.
In the end the opponent folded and looked generally upset.
"This is why I love live poker, people take it so seriously," said Dodds as he raked in the pot. He has 23,000 chips.


flop. Action checked around and the
hit the turn.Again play checked to Tahtouh who fired 1,200 with just Scott making the call.
Scott checked in the dark before the
fell on the river."Check in the dark on the river? And now you've hit your money card! I check. Show me ace-king!" exclaimed Tahtouh.
"Nup. A pair and you win," replied Scott.
Tahtouh had a pair, just, as his

was good enough to collect the pot."I thought you had nothing, so I thought a check in the dark would slow you down!" chuckled Scott as these two high-profile players continue to splash around.


James Ciurlionis led the betting for 625 before Daniel Neilson popped it up to 1,900. Ciurlionis decided to just flat call as the
was a scary looking turn card resulting in checks by both players.The river was the
and Ciurlionis fired 950 with Neilson making the call.Ciurlionis tabled

for a flopped straight that held on, as Neilson mucked 
for a flopped set!"You re-raise the flop, I'm all in," quipped a relieved Neilson, as he still hangs on to 14,000 in chips and avoids being felted.