Lee "Not So Final Table" Nelson's Bustout
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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...
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
Moussa Avoids Monster
. 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.
Bryan Huang Done
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.
Break Time
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Play Resumes
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.
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.
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.
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.