Tony Hachem entered the pot with a raise to 875 and found two limp-callers; one of which was Raj Ramakrishnan.
Ramakrishnan fired out 1,200 on the flop only to have Hachem make it 3,300 to go.
Ramakrishnan made the call before check-raising the on the turn as Hachem made the call to see the land on the river.
Ramakrishnan led for 8,000 and Hachem made the call only to be shown the of Ramakrishnan as Hachem's was flashed, and then thrown into the muck to see him slip to 8,050.
Ramakrishnan on the other hand, happily collected the pot and moved to 42,700 in chips.
PokerStars.net Online Qualifier Josh Barrett opened to 800 from under the gun and found two callers; one of which was Julius Colman from the cutoff.
Barrett and the cold-caller checked the flop to see Colman fire out 1,700 only to have Barrett check-raise all in for 4,450. The player next to act followed suit by moving all in for roughly 9,300 to force Colman to fold.
Barrett:
Opponent:
The turn and river landed the and to see Barrett double through to 13,500 in chips.
Simon Watt opened to 500 preflop and was met with calls from the blinds to see a flop fall and Watt continue for 700.
Only the big blind came along before he check-folded to a 1,800-chip bet from Watt as the landed on the turn.
The defending champion is having a really tough time today getting any momentum and upwards chip movement - but with that small pot to take him to 7,050 - it may kick start Watt's run here in Auckland.
Raj Ramakrishnan opened the button to 550 from the cutoff and found action from the big blind as both players checked the flop.
The turn of the was greeted with a 1,100-chip bet from Ramakrishnan before his opponent clicked it back; check-raising to 2,200 as Ramakrishnan made the call.
When the river landed the , Ramakrishnan called his opponent's 2,200-chip bet only to be shown to force Ramakrishnan's cards into the muck as he slips to 18,800.
Calling a 550-chip raise preflop, Mishel Anunu fired out bets of 850, 1,650 and 2,300 on each street with the board reading .
His opponent called Anunu down tabling his for a rivered flush as Anunu's for a triple-barrel bluff wasn't successful as he slipped to 15,500 in chips.
With the flop reading , Daren Yoon bet 800 before his opponent put in a raise to 1,800, which he called.
The turn landed the and Yoon checked, as his opponent put in a bet of 2,200. Yoon called and both players saw the on the river.
Yoon bet out 6,000 into the pot, before his opponent immediately raised to 15,000. Yoon tanked for a minute before releasing his hand into the muck as his opponent tabled for a runner-runner full house.
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flop only to have Hachem make it 3,300 to go.
on the turn as Hachem made the call to see the 
land on the river.
of Ramakrishnan as Hachem's 
was flashed, and then thrown into the muck to see him slip to 8,050.
flop to see Colman fire out 1,700 only to have Barrett check-raise all in for 4,450. The player next to act followed suit by moving all in for roughly 9,300 to force Colman to fold.
and 
to see Barrett double through to 13,500 in chips.
flop fall and Watt continue for 700.
was checked through to see a blank land on the turn and Dodds fire out 900.
for quads and collected the pot to prove to Spilkin that his air was definitely not better than Dodds' air!
flop fall.
landed on the turn and Spilkin took the lead firing out 2,000 once his opponent checked.
following a call from Spilkin's opponent, Spilkin moved all in for 4,750 to force his opponent to fold.
for a bluff to climb back to 11,700 in chips.
to force Ramakrishnan's cards into the muck as he slips to 18,800.
for a triple-barrel bluff wasn't successful as he slipped to 15,500 in chips.
on the river.
for a runner-runner full house.