Here is how the remaining Team PokerStars Pros are currently doing. Celina Lin is faring the best at the moment, curtesy of flopping quads earlier in the day, while Im and Guillen are trialing with both having slightly less than the starting stack.
Van Marcus has been slipping this level, while Billy Jordanou climbed back up a little. Irish high stakes player John O'Shea has been knocked out, as Marcus is now sitting in his former seat.
The board read when Marcus checked from the under-the-gun position. Jordanou bet 3,100, and Marcus made the call.
On the turn the hit, and Marcus checked again. Jordanou quickly grabbed chips, and fired out 5,050 with just 6,000 chips left behind. Marcus didn't look happy as he folded his cards. Jordanou nearly showed, but ended up mucking his two hole cards.
Folded to the player in the hi-jack seat, they would limp in. Michael Fadersen was on this player's direct left and would raise it up to 1,200. Martin Comer called out of the big blind, along with the limper, and the dealer would flip over a flop.
All three players checked here and a hit the turn. This time Comer led for 3,600 and the hijack got out of the way, while Fadersen made the call. A completed the board on the river and Comer quickly splashed out five 5,000-denomination chips. That was more than enough to put Fadersen all in.
Fadersen thought long and hard here, but eventually made the call for his last 14,000 in chips. Comer turned over for a whole lot of nothing, while Fadersen's was enough to scoop up the pot and the handy double up.
Asia Player of the Year Hung-Sheng Lin lost an important pot right before the break. Grant Levy raised pre flop and two players, among which Lin, called. From the small blind a player moved all in for 8,500, and Lin was the only caller.
Hung-Sheng Lin
Opponent
The board ran out , and Lin was left behind with just 15,800 chips.
The players are back from their break and hungry for three more levels here at the 2012 APPT Melbourne Main Event. Registration has now closed, so expect the official entrant number posted soon, along with the prize pool.
One of the most prolific Australian poker players, and a member of the Australian Poker Hall of Fame, Lee Nelson, has just been eliminated.
Milan Gurung took Nelson's chips, and he explained how the action went down. Gurung raised to 500 and Nelson three-bet to 2,000 from the big blind. Gurung called, and the flop brought out .
Nelson bet 4,100 on the flop, and Gurung called. On the turn the hit, and Nelson moved all in for right around 10,000. Gurung called with the stone-cold nuts, and tabled . Nelson mucked his cards right away, and the river wasn't even dealt.
Gurung is doing very well, and he's up to over twice the starting stack.
The tournament clock has since changed from showing 152 players to showing 158. We are currently awaiting confirmation on the final number, but as of right now, the total number of entrants is 256 - just four players shy of last year's number. Hopefully a couple more players will see us surpass that number. We will let you know!
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when Marcus checked from the under-the-gun position. Jordanou bet 3,100, and Marcus made the call.
hit, and Marcus checked again. Jordanou quickly grabbed chips, and fired out 5,050 with just 6,000 chips left behind. Marcus didn't look happy as he folded his cards. Jordanou nearly showed, but ended up mucking his two hole cards.
flop.
hit the turn. This time Comer led for 3,600 and the hijack got out of the way, while Fadersen made the call. A 
completed the board on the river and Comer quickly splashed out five 5,000-denomination chips. That was more than enough to put Fadersen all in.
for a whole lot of nothing, while Fadersen's 
was enough to scoop up the pot and the handy double up.
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