2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
$3,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 1b
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Preflop, Cook limped in and another played pumped it up to 1,400. Huang and another player made the call and then a third opponent moved all in for 3,700. Cook made the call, as did Huang and one other player.
The herd checked off a


flop and Cook fired 3,000 chips at the turn
. Both Huang and the other player called the turn and they proceeded to the river
.Cook checked the river to Huang who bet 15,000. The other opponent folded and left it to Cook, who made the call tabling

. Huang must have been on the bluff because he mucked his hand. The all in player also mucked and headed for the rail.A short time later Huang moved all in with

and Cook called with 
with the board running out 



to finish off the job.


. Moussa held 
for the lead but his opponent tabled 
for a huge pair, flush and straight draw combo.The turn and river bricked
,
and Moussa doubled through to over 52,000 chips.
The start of today's play was a little more subdued compared to what we witnessed yesterday when local hero Lee Nelson was eliminated in two hands. In case you missed it, here's what went down...
Rosario was progressing well early but just took a hit against a short stack on a


board. Rosario went with her 
for an open-ended straight draw but had run into her opponent's set of fours.The turn was the
and the river the
to give her opponent the double up. Rosario is still in sound shape with 24,000 chips.
Huang put his tournament life on the line on the river after flat-calling all the way down.
His opponent bet 1,200 preflop with Huang and another player opting to take the


flop. On the flop the opponent was the aggresor, once again firing out 5,000 with Huang going heads up to the
turn. Both players checked the turn and the river was the
. On the river the opponent checked, Huang moved all in and the opponent called, but mucked when Huang tabled his 
.Huang has about 35,000 chips right now.
Catching the action on the the turn on a board of



Aaron Benton fired 1,800 with Hachem making the call before the river fell the
and was checked down.Benton flipped

but Hachem collected with his 
. Hachem is up to 23,000 chips.
The opponent pushed for about 6,000 chips on a


flop and Bainbridge called with 
. He caught his opponent with just 
middle pair.The opponent was able to get there as the board comleted
turn and
river to send her to the rail."Hell yeah! The white boy has some chips" said Bainbridge excitedly.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
In the first hand, facing a raise to 600, Dunst popped it to 1,800 in position and his opponent made the call. The flop fell


and Dunst's continuation bet of 2,300 was enough to take it down.A moment or two later Dunst was at it again, firing 1,200 at a


flop. His opponent called and the
hit the turn. Play checked to Dunst who fired another barrel worth 2,600. His opponent called once more and the river fell the
. With four clubs on board the unknown player led out for 5,000, which represented almost half his stack, but Dunst immediately raised to put his opponent all in.After a minute of though he released and Dunst dragged in another nice pot to move up to 38,000 chips.