Macau regular and New Zealander Dan Sing has recently lost two back-to-back pots to fall under the starting stack. The first he lost to big-stack Alex Lynskey on a board. We arrived on the river, with Lynskey winning at showdown with . The next hand Sing lost on a board. Sing called a bet of 2,100 on the river and then mucked when his opponent showed for the straight.
Alex Lynskey has moved towards 50,000 and is looking like the chip leader.
The most recent hand to go Lynskey's way saw him and Jamie Lunt take to a flop. Lunt check-called a bet of 600. On the turn, Lunt checked and Lynskey led for 1,600. Another call and the board completed with a . This time time when Lunt checked, Lynskey led for 3,300. Lunt went into the tank, checking his cards twice before eventually calling.
At showdown, Lynskey tabled , which sent Lunt's cards into the muck.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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board. We arrived on the river, with Lynskey winning at showdown with 
. The next hand Sing lost on a 
board. Sing called a bet of 2,100 on the river and then mucked when his opponent showed 
for the straight.
flop. Lunt check-called a bet of 600. On the 
turn, Lunt checked and Lynskey led for 1,600. Another call and the board completed with a 
, which sent Lunt's cards into the muck.
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.
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.
flop.
completed the board on the river.
. Despite Lunt losing this hand, he’s still above the starting stack.
