A player in middle position raised to 600 preflop and Danny Leaoasavaii called from the next seat. The flop came down and both players checked to see the fall on the turn. The first player fired 800 and Leaoasavaii made the call.
The river completed the board with the and a bet of 2,100 was fired into Leaoasavaii. He made the call and his opponent mucked right away. Leaoasavaii didn't have to show and he didn't opt to, taking the pot with an unknown hand and moved to 26,500 in chips.
Chris Moneymaker raised on the button to 575 and got called by the player in the big blind. The big blind was the same player that doubled Moneymaker up earlier with kings to Moneymaker's straight.
The flop came down and the big blind check-called Moneymaker's 700-chip continuation bet. The turn brought the and Moneymaker fired 1,050 this time after his opponent checked. The big blind called and the river completed the board with the . Both players checked and Moneymaker lost to his opponent's to drop back to 19,225.
With about 14,000 chips in the pot and the board reading , Jeff Lisandro fired 5,000 and was called by his opponent. The river was the and paired the board. Lisandro fired 10,000 and got called again. Lisandro tabled the for a full house and won the pot. He's up to 48,000 in chips now.
James Obst raised Ali Khalil's bet of 1,700 to 5,050 on the flop of . Khalil reraised to 15,050 and after some thought, Obst moved all in for about 30,000. Khalil made the call.
Khalil:
Obst:
With top two pair, Khalil was looking to hold off the flush draw that Obst held. The turn brought the to give Obst two pair, but he still needed a club or an eight on the river.
When the hit the river, things were all over for Obst, who was only with us for one level of play today. Khalil bumped his stack to a nice 85,000 in chips with this hand.
Six players committed 700 preflop; including Aleks Brkovic, Michael Tran and Scott Kerr.
Brkovic took the lead from early position firing out a 2,700-chip bet on a flop with both Tran and Kerr folding as the player in the hijack called while the preflop raiser also mucked.
Checking the on the turn, Brkovic was then faced with a bet of 3,500 that he quickly folded to while slipping to 35,600 in chips.
On a board of and a bet of 1,700 confronting him, Joe Hachem made the call next to act before Danny 'Brotha D' Leaoasavaii bumped it to 5,300 from the button.
The turn aggressor passed, but Hachem made the call to see the land on the river and the action checked over to Leaoasavaii.
The APPT Auckland and ANZPT Darwin Champion paused for a few moments before firing out a bet of 7,000 in which Hachem called.
Leaoasavaii tabled his to prompt a muck from Hachem as he slipped to 22,000 while Leaoasavaii climbed to 43,000 in chips.
Danny Leaoasavaii just got a nice boost to his stack. Leaoasavaii had two aces and got all in with an opponent preflop who held . The aces held for Leaoasavaii on the board of and he's up to 90,000 in chips now.
A player raised to 1,000 from middle position and Jeff Lisandro reraised to 2,500. The original raiser made the call and the flop came down . Lisandro checked and his opponent bet. We didn't catch the amount as Lisandro made the call.
The turn brought the and Lisandro checked again. His opponent bet 12,000 and Lisandro moved all in for 36,475. The player folded and gave Lisandro the pot, who's now up to 68,000 in chips.
and both players checked to see the 
fall on the turn. The first player fired 800 and Leaoasavaii made the call.
and a bet of 2,100 was fired into Leaoasavaii. He made the call and his opponent mucked right away. Leaoasavaii didn't have to show and he didn't opt to, taking the pot with an unknown hand and moved to 26,500 in chips.
and the big blind check-called Moneymaker's 700-chip continuation bet. The turn brought the 
and Moneymaker fired 1,050 this time after his opponent checked. The big blind called and the river completed the board with the 
. Both players checked and Moneymaker lost to his opponent's 
and paired the board. Lisandro fired 10,000 and got called again. Lisandro tabled the 
for a full house and won the pot. He's up to 48,000 in chips now.![[user80015]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. Khalil reraised to 15,050 and after some thought, Obst moved all in for about 30,000. Khalil made the call.
to give Obst two pair, but he still needed a club or an eight on the river.
flop with both Tran and Kerr folding as the player in the hijack called while the preflop raiser also mucked.
and a bet of 1,700 confronting him, Joe Hachem made the call next to act before Danny 'Brotha D' Leaoasavaii bumped it to 5,300 from the button.
. The aces held for Leaoasavaii on the board of 
and Lisandro checked again. His opponent bet 12,000 and Lisandro moved all in for 36,475. The player folded and gave Lisandro the pot, who's now up to 68,000 in chips.