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.
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.
The action started with the player under the gun moving all in for his remaining 3,925 in chips. The decision fell on Jackson Zheng casually made the call as the rest of the table folded.
Opponent:
Zheng:
The board ran out to see Zheng hold with his over pair as he moves up to 40,000 in chips.
Registration closed at the end of Level 3 and since then we have received confirmation that 93 players have taken to the felt for Day 1b of the APPT Auckland Main Event. Added with yesterday's field, that means 143 total have played the event so far. If we see more than 70 players hit the tables tomorrow then this year's event will be larger than the 2013 ANZPT Auckland Main Event.
Minh Nguyen is up to 70,000 in chips. We didn't catch any major hands involving Nguyen yet, but we do know that Adrian Attenborough was on Nguyen's table and was eliminated at some point during this level. Perhaps Nguyen sent him packing. We did recently see Nguyen scoop up some chips on the turn of a board. There was over 3,000 in the pot at this point and Nguyen led out for 1,600 into four opponents. Every one folded and Nguyen took the pot. We will be sure to keep an eye on Nguyen and see if he can keep building a stack.
Reigning ANZ Player of the Year Iori Yogo has been eliminated from the APPT Auckland Main Event. We didn't catch his bust out, but he was gracious enough to let us know what happened. It's not a pretty story either.
It started with the under the gun player opening to 700. There were three callers, including Yogo in the big blind. On the flop, Yogo checked and the under the gun player bet 2,200. There were two folds before Yogo called. On the turn, Yogo led for 4,000 and then his opponent shoved. Yogo had 11,000 in total and called it off.
Yogo had for a turned straight, while his opponent had for a set of sevens and a flush draw.
Yogo was looking good to double up, but then a landed on the river to give Yogo's opponent a full house and enough to send the Japanese player to the rail.
We recently watched Minh Nguyen open five out of six hands. He’s clearly not going to sit around with his big stack and wait for things to happen. Interestingly, the table only got to see one of those five hands and it was .
The hand in question would see one player eliminated. The player check-raised all in for 7,400 when Nguyen continuation bet 900 on the flop. Nguyen called it off and the player had for a pair of threes and a flush draw.
The turn and the river kept Nguyen in front and so he scooped the pot, while one player was on the rail. Nguyen is up to around 85,000 and isn’t looking like he will slow down any time soon.
Angelina Rich opened to 600 from the cut off and was called by the player in the big blind.
The flop came down and Rich threw out a continuation bet worth 750 after her opponent checked. The bet was called before the fell on the turn. Another check call by the small blind totalling 1,300 was made as the came on the river.
Both players then checked their options before Rich tabled her . It was enough to take down the pot as her opponent threw his cards into the muck.
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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.
, which sent Lunt's cards into the muck.
board. We arrived on the river, with Lynskey winning at showdown with 
. The next hand Sing lost on a 
for the straight.
to see Zheng hold with his over pair as he moves up to 40,000 in chips.
the player in the small blind checked his option.
completed the board and once again the small blind checked. Rich slid out 1,250 in chips and was met with a raise almost instantly to 2,500.
flop, Yogo checked and the under the gun player bet 2,200. There were two folds before Yogo called. On the 
landed on the river to give Yogo's opponent a full house and enough to send the Japanese player to the rail.
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turn and the 