The hand started with the player in the hijack position opening to 900. Tim English was on the button and raised it up to 2,200. The action folded back around to the original better who made the call.
The flop came out and after a quick check, English threw out a continuation bet of 2,200. He was called, as the fell on the turn. Both players checked as the completed the board.
This time the player in the hijack led out for 4,600, forcing a fold from English shortly after.
The current ANZ Player of the Year leader is Japan’s Iori Yogo and for a short while it was looking like he definitely wasn’t going to be adding any points to his tally here at APPT Melbourne. Then Yogo managed to double up.
We arrived at the action on the turn of a board and with one player asking to see how much Yogo had behind. It was around 8,000 and the player decided to check. On Yogo and he moved all in. The player immediately called and tabled .
Yogo had the goods with his for a flopped set and the river meant he was safe and had managed the double up.
Martin Rowe just found himself on the winning side of a massive pre flop war. The action started with the player seated under the gun plus one opening to 900. The table folded around to the player in the small blind who raised. Rowe was on the big blind and re-raised, forcing a fold from the original better. The two blinds then kept upping the bets before Rowe’s six bet all in was snap called.
Rowe tabled his and was in troube against his opponents . However, Rowe was able to improve as the board ran out king-high to see him double up to 58,000 in chips.
Back in 2011 Phillip Willcocks finished runner-up to Leo Boxell in this very event. Now, in 2013, Willcocks is having another go at becoming an APPT champion.
We recently watched Willcocks shove all in for around 14,000 into a pot of around 20,000 against one opponent. The player went deep into the tank before folding and sending the pot to Willcocks.
We have just been told that Patrick Healy was eliminated just prior to the break. Apparently all of Healy's chips went to Ashley Warner. The players were all in on a flop featuring a and two diamonds. Warner held , while Healy held . The turn brought about an for Warner and a brick on the river sent Healy home.
The hand started with Oliver Gill opening to 700 from under the gun plus one. Pat Dillon made the call from the cut off, before the player on the big blind moved all in for his last 3,950.
Gill and Dillon both made the call, and watched as the flop came down . Both checked before the fell on the turn. Gill checked, before Dillon bet out 3,000. Gill quickly folded and the cards were shown.
Dillon:
Opponent:
Dillon had his opponent drawing dead, with his trip queens taking the lead after the turn. The completed the board, giving Dillon quads and rewarding him with a big pot.
The action folded around to Oliver Gill in late position, who opened to 700. He was called by both players in the hijack and cut off, before Jesse McKenzie moved all in for his last 8,500 in chips.
McKenzie was only called by the player in the hijack, before both players tabled their cards.
McKenzie:
Opponent:
Board:
McKenzie was unable to improve, as his opponents pocket pair held to see him eliminated from the tournament.
and after a quick check, English threw out a continuation bet of 2,200. He was called, as the 
fell on the turn. Both players checked as the 
completed the board.
board and with one player asking to see how much Yogo had behind. It was around 8,000 and the player decided to check. On Yogo and he moved all in. The player immediately called and tabled 
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river meant he was safe and had managed the double up.
and was in troube against his opponents 
completed the board, giving Dillon quads and rewarding him with a big pot.
