$2,200 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific

10-09-2014 18:48 UTC+10

Broadway for Shack-Harris

[user80015]

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

Catching the action on the flop of , Yu Kurita bet out 1,100 from under the gun, and Brandon Shack-Harris made the call next to act along with both the blinds.

The turn landed the and the blinds and Kurita checked to Shack-Harris who bet out 2,700. The small blind mucked, but the big blind moved all in for 5,450 with Kurita folding and Shack-Harris calling.

Shack-Harris:
Opponent:

With Shack-Harris having his opponent drawing dead, the river landed the meaningless to see Shack-Harris eliminate his opponent and move to 30,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Shack-Harris	29,200	9,200
Yu Kurita	27,800	-200

Tags: Yu Kurita Brandon Shack-Harris

10-09-2014 18:46 UTC+10

Reinkemeier Gone

donpeters

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

Tony Hachem just eliminated Tobias Reinkemeier from the field. The two got all the money in on the flop, and Hachem had the for a better top pair than Reinkemeier's .

The turn was the , and the river was the to end Reinkemeier's tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Hachem	26,000	16,600
Tobias Reinkemeier	Busted

Tags: Tobias Reinkemeier Tony Hachem

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

10-09-2014 18:44 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashley Mason	42,000	4,500
Ami Barer	42,000	14,500
Bruno Politano	33,000	-15,000
Antonio Esfandiari	17,000
Greg Merson	Busted

Dylan Hortin opened for 450 under the gun and Yu Kurita and Brandon Shack-Harris called from the small and big blinds respectively. All three players proceeded to check the flop and then Shack-Harris bet 800 after Kurita checked the turn. Hortin folded, Kurita called, and then both players returned to checking on the river.

Kurita tabled the for two pair, and it bested Shack-Harris, who showed an inferior two pair with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Yu Kurita	28,000	3,000
Brandon Shack-Harris	20,000	-1,000

Tags: Brandon Shack-Harris Yu Kurita

10-09-2014 18:34 UTC+10

Checking In On the Champs

donpeters

Level 5 : 100/200, 25 ante

There are currently four former World Series of Poker Main Event champions in this AU$2,200 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em. Phil Hellmuth won the event in 1989, Jonathan Duhamel won the title in 2010, Greg Merson was victorious in 2012, and Ryan Riess won in 2013. Each of them are up above the starting stack amount of 6,000 right now, and it's Duhamel with the most chips of the bunch.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Duhamel	12,400	4,800
Ryan Riess	10,500	3,500
Phil Hellmuth	8,700
Greg Merson	8,500	-300

Tags: Greg Merson Jonathan Duhamel Phil Hellmuth Ryan Riess

10-09-2014 18:33 UTC+10

Reinkemeier Getting Busy

[user80015]

Level 5 : 100/200, 25 ante

After moving all in on the flop on the previous hand, Tobias Reinkemeier was at it again in an encounter with Eugene Portlen.

Portlen opened to 400 and Reinkemeier three-bet the button to 900. The action passed back to Portlen and he four-bet to 2,400 only to have Reinkemeier move all in for 4,375.

Portlen went into the tank for a few moments before eventually folding his hand to see Reinkemeier scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugene Portlen	8,800	-8,700
Tobias Reinkemeier	7,000

Tags: Eugene Portlen Tobias Reinkemeier

10-09-2014 18:32 UTC+10

Rubie vs. Portaro

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 100/200, 25 ante

Brendon Rubie opened for 450 under the gun and action folded to Bruno Portaro, who defended from the big blind. Portaro then checked the flop and folded when Rubie bet 650. Not much of a hand, but ti gave us a good excuse to update you on both their chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Portaro	25,000	-9,500
Brendon Rubie	9,500	3,500

Tags: Bruno Portaro Brendon Rubie

10-09-2014 18:30 UTC+10

Pfutzenreuter Off to a Good Start

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 100/200, 25 ante

Timo Pfutzenreuter raised to 400 and called the three-bet to 1,075 by the player one seat over. On the turn, the opponent of the German got the remainder of his short stack in the middle with and Pfutzenreuter called only to see himself drawing dead with the already.

Despite that loss, Pfutzenreuter has had a decent start thus far and is already up to 24,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timo Pfutzenreuter	24,000	18,000

Tags: Timo Pfutzenreuter

10-09-2014 18:07 UTC+10

Politano Doesn't Bet

donpeters

Level 5 : 100/200, 25 ante

Kahle Burns check-called 1,375 on the board against World Series of Poker November Niner Bruno Politano. The river completed the board with the , and Burns checked. Politano thought about it, but then checked behind and tabled the for trip kings.

"Ahhh! How do you not bet that?!?!" yelled out Burns before turning up the for a rivered full house. Politano shrugged his shoulders knowing he saved some chips.