$3,250 Championship Main Event Day 1b | 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland

10-14-2009 19:05 UTC-12

Khalil Gone

[user92162]

Preflop, an opponent made an opening raise, and Ali Khalil three-bet all in. The opponent went into the tank and made the call with {3-?}

but would be in trouble against the {5-?}

of Khalil.

Another player exclaimed that he had folded a {3-?}

which would leave the opponent drawing very thin.

The {q-?}

flop did not help opponent. Nor did the {10-?}

turn. It was the river {3-?}

that spiked, that saved the opponent's tournament life, and left Khalil with only 10,000 chips.

Unfortunately for Khalil he wouldn't recover, going out of the tournament soon after.

Tags: Ali Khalil

10-14-2009 19:12 UTC-12

Pedley's Last Minute Double Up

[user67765]

With a raise and a call in front of him, Michael Pedley decided to ship it all in for his 11,250-chip stack. Aaron Benton deliberated before making the call to force a fold from the third player (who claimed to have folded pocket sixes).

Pedley: {Q-Spades}

Benton:

The race went Pedley's way when the board was spread {A-Clubs}

to give Pedley a last-minute double up.

"I'm not sure I wanted to win that!" laughed Pedley as he'll return tomorrow with a moderate 25,900 in chips.

Tags: Michael Pedley

10-14-2009 19:22 UTC-12

That's All From Day 1b

[user92162]

We're all done here for the last of the opening days of the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland Main Event. Tomorrow the survivors from both of the day one flights come together and continue our run towards a champion.

Today was packed with thrills and spills. Some of the more interesting hands happened towards the end of the day including Ali Khalil losing most of his stack to a one-outer on the river.

Some of the other high profile players fared a little better with Soren Eriksen (84,600), Raj Ramakrishnan (59,700), Tony Hachem (53,400) and Eric Assadourian (34,700) amongst approximately 64 players who survived the day.

Our flight chipleader is Lance Climo with 134,400.

Play resumes tomorrow just after midday local time, and we look forward to your company then!

$3,250 Championship Main Event

Day 1b Completed