The player in the cut off raised it up to 500 and was called by Jason Lee on the big blind.
The flop came down and both players checked. The same followed when the fell on the turn.
The completed the board and Lee bet out 800 and was snap called. Lee then tabled his for a flopped full house as he watched his opponent muck his hand.
“This is how the champs do it,” said another player on the table. “They flop it,” he added.
We arrived at the table with the board reading and Geoff Fitzpatrick all in for his remaining 11,700 in chips. Antonio Spika was his opponent in the hand and was deliberating over the call.
A moment passed before Spike reluctantly called. Fitzpatrick then tabled his for the broadway straight. Spika flashed his pocket queens to Fitzpatrick before his cards flew into the muck.
One of the hands he recently took down saw four players commit 1,500 preflop, including Lunt in the big blind and Dan Sing in the small blind.
On the flop, Sing checked and Lunt bet 3,000. The two other players were out of the way and Sing made the call. On the turn, Sing and Lunt both checked and a completed the board on the river.
This time when Sing checked, Lunt bet 5,100. Sing instantly called and then mucked just as quickly when Lunt tabled . Despite Lunt losing this hand, he’s still above the starting stack.
There were two eliminations during the first two levels, meaning 83 of the 85 total players have returned to the felt. Antes have now kicked in, with the blinds staying at 100/200 and with a 25 ante.
Remember, there will be eight 60-minute levels played today, with no dinner break and 10-minute breaks after every two levels.
New Zealander Ryan Otto has posted plenty of results of the last few years, but has never broken through with a big victory. There would be no better event than APPT Auckland for a local like Otto to win. However, Otto will need do some work if he’s going to manage a win as he has allen down to around 12,000 early on Day 1b.
We watched Otto lose a few chips in back-to-back pots. The first we arrived at on the river of a board. There were already a fair few chips in the middle and Otto was faced with a bet of 1,100 from Adrian Attenborough. Otto opted to tank fold.
The next hand saw Otto open it up to 500 from under the gun plus one. There were two callers, including the big blind and Otto opted to fold to a bet from the big blind on a flop.
John Brugman was in the hijack and raised it up to 1,500 as the action folded back around to Lunt. Lunt called.
The flop came down and Lunt checked. Brugman threw out a continuation bet of 2,300 and waited as Lunt thought about his decision. A short time passed before Lunt splashed out 18,000 in chips which was enough to cover Brugman. Brugman snap called and the two players tabled their cards.
Brugman:
Lunt:
Brugman had the lead with the over pair and held as the board ran out the and to see him shoot up to 38,125 in chips. Lunt dropped down to 11,000 following the hand.
and both players checked. The same followed when the 
fell on the turn.
completed the board and Lee bet out 800 and was snap called. Lee then tabled his 
for a flopped full house as he watched his opponent muck his hand.
and Geoff Fitzpatrick all in for his remaining 11,700 in chips. Antonio Spika was his opponent in the hand and was deliberating over the call.
flop, Sing checked and Lunt bet 3,000. The two other players were out of the way and Sing made the call. On the 
turn, Sing and Lunt both checked and a 
completed the board on the river.
board. There were already a fair few chips in the middle and Otto was faced with a bet of 1,100 from Adrian Attenborough. Otto opted to tank fold.
and Lunt checked. Brugman threw out a continuation bet of 2,300 and waited as Lunt thought about his decision. A short time passed before Lunt splashed out 18,000 in chips which was enough to cover Brugman. Brugman snap called and the two players tabled their cards.
and 
to see him shoot up to 38,125 in chips. Lunt dropped down to 11,000 following the hand.