Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
$3,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
263
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Chip Count Update
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Gerome Guitteau - 64,000
Nil Echeverria - 62,000
Ali Khalil - 57,000
George Moussa - 55,000
Khalil Calls A Four Bet Bluff
Khalil tanked for a good while and eventually made the call.
"I have nothing," said Holmes.
"YES!" screamed Khalil as he slammed his fist on the table, revealing
as the room fell eerily silent. He would be up against a meagre 
.The board ran out
to ship the pot to Khalil and Holmes to the rail.After the hand Khalil was all too happy to let us know that Holmes had been four-betting him all day and that he'd finally caught him out.
Khalil now has 57,000.
Finally Out Of The Gates
It arrived
and Gates fired out 1,200. His opponent re-checked his hole cards before making the call.The turn was the
and Gates fired once more for 2,000. His opponent quickly called and the 
hit the river. Gates checked and his opponent checked behind revealing 
for a rivered straight, but Gates had the only diamond with his 
taking down the pot with a flush.A few minutes later Gates was in the middle of the action again. After raising a preflop limper to 1,300, and then finding two callers, the flop arrived
.The limper led out for 2,500, with Gates and the third player both calling. The turn was the
and action checked to Gates who bet 3,500. One fold, before the original limper check-raised the minimum to 7,000. Gates called and the river arrived the 
.Again it was a check to Gates who commented, "This is probably a bad check but you may have filled up," before checking behind.
The limper tabled
for a pair of eights as Gates' collected the pot.A few airport dramas yesterday and a touch of jetlag seem to now be behind the American as Gates moves up to 42,000 chips.
Peppermint Hippo Gets Things Going
We passed him several times watching episodes of South Park on his iPod looking pretty bored, but he's just clicked into gear and eliminated a couple of opponents in the process.
Preflop, Khalil raised to 1,000 with an opponent in middle position making it 5,000 all in. The next player to act re-pushed for 12,000 and Khalil called both. The player with the smallest stack had
, the other all-in player had 
and Khalil tabled 
.A
flop was just what Khalil needed, and he was able to stay in front through the 
turn and 
river.Khalil moves up to 39,000.
Raj Ramakrishnan Takes The Chip Lead
Westphal had been one of the flight leaders with Ramakrishnan just slightly in front of him in chips at the time.
The players took a flop of
with all the money going in on the flop and Ramakrishnan holding the advantage with 
two pairs against Westphal's overpair.Westphal was not able to spike the
turn or 
river and so hits the rail. Ramakrishnan is up to approximately 100,000 in chips.
Bruno Portaro Eliminated
Preflop, Portaro opened to 1,500 and got calls from the cutoff and button.
The flop came
and Portaro shipped his stack in, only for the cutoff to quickly call and table 
. Portaro rolled over his
with a sigh of "wrong spot".The board completed
turn and 
river to send him to the rail.
Cook Runs Into Rockets
Nil Echeverria opened with a raise and Cook called from the small blind. They took a flop of
and Cook came out swinging with a bet of 3,000. Echeverria made the call.The turn was the
and again Cook fired, this time for 6,000. Echeverria called again and the 
hit the river.Cook released again for 12,000 and Echeverria cringed but made the call.
Cook proudly flipped
but Echeverria showed for the rockets to take it down. He's up to 65,000 with Cook slipping back to 45,000.
Play Resumes
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50