Jeff Madsen opened to 600 from middle position and Yu Kurita three-bet the button to 2,400. Once the blinds folded, Madsen deliberated for a few moments before dropping in the majority of his chips to amount to a four-bet of 11,600. Kurita pushed all in and Madsen made the call for his 12,500 total.
Kurita:
Madsen:
With Madsen trailing, the flop didn't connect with his holdings, but when the landed on the turn he took the lead.
The river landed the and the American doubled to over 25,000 as Kurita slipped to roughly 47,000 in chips.
Following a hijack raise to 600, Steven Zhou moved all in for 5,450 from the small blind. The original raiser contemplated for a few moments before making the call.
Michael O'Grady raised to 700 from under the gun and got one caller before Vanessa Rousso three-bet to 2,600 from middle position. The action folded back to O'Grady and made it 10,000 to go, which scared off the cold-caller. Rousso moved all in for just above 15,000 in chips and O'Grady called.
Rousso:
O'Grady:
The flop was a disaster for Rousso and she needed one of the two remaining kings or running diamonds to double up. The on the turn left two outs and the on the river shipped the pot to O'Grady.
On the final hand before the break a big pot developed with the board reading .
Victor Teng checked and Tien Pham bet 3,500 with Jonathan Duhamel calling. Teng then opted to check-raise to 15,000 as Pham called all in for slightly less before Duhamel folded.
Pham tabled his for a straight, but it would be Teng's that would see him eliminated Pham while simultaneously moving his stack to 112,000 - good enough for the big chip lead.
In less than a month Brazilian Bruno Politano will be heading to Las Vegas to compete for $10 million. That's because he's a member of this year's World Series of Poker Main Event November Nine. He currently sits last in chips, though he has the biggest short stack since the November Nine's inception.
Politano is the only member of this year's November Nine to make the trip to the WSOP APAC, and he's excited to be getting some valuable experience. Two days ago Politano made the final table of Event #7: AU$2,200 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em alongside Phil Hellmuth. Neither won that event — they finished sixth and fourth respectively — but it was certainly the highlight of the trip for the Brazilian, who is in today's field hoping for even more WSOP success.
We decided to spend an entire orbit with Politano, who was sitting with 35,500 at a seven-handed table that included 2010 WSOP champ Jonathan Duhamel.
Hand #1 (Early Position): The under-the-gun player raised to 600 and Politano called. Both the cutoff and big blind called and four players took a flop of . The big blind checked, the original raiser continued for 1,550, and everyone, including Politano, folded.
Hand #2 (Under the Gun): Politano opened for 450 and took down the blinds.
Hand #3 (Big Blind): The under-the-gun player opened for 450 and a player in early position called. Politano defended his big blind and three players watched the flop come down . Politano checked, the under-the-gun play bet 1,125, and the early-position player folded. Politano then woke up with a check-raise to 2,550, his opponent called, and the dealer burned and turned the .
Politano fired out 3,325, and that did the trick as his opponent folded the .
"You wouldn't be German would you?" the player asked Politano, clearly referencing his aggressive style.
Hand #4 (Small Blind): Duhamel raised to 500 from the hijack and took down the pot.
Hand #5 (Button): The player in the cutoff raised to 500 and Politano folded.
Hand #6 (Cutoff): Action folds to Politano and he released his hand.
Hand #7 (Hijack): Action folds to Politano and he raises to 450. The player on the button responded with a three-bet to 1,125, and after the blinds folded, Politano called to see a flop of . Politano check-called a bet of 1,725 and then both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Politano led out for 4,525 and his opponent folded.
Politano was very active in this orbit, and one can't help but wonder if this will be indicative of his style of play come November.
Welcome back to Crown Melbourne and the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific for Day 1b of Event 9: AU$10,000 Main Event.
Yesterday saw 129 players take a seat in the Day 1a field as the likes of Jonathan Dimmig, Mohsin Charania, Didier Guerin, Dan Shak, Mike Leah, Daniel Neilson and Roland Israelashvili all were unable to find themselves part of the 70 surviving players as Tobias Reinkemeier bagged the chip lead with 171,925. The likes of Jesse Sylvia, Jackie Glazier, Xuan Liu, Jonathan Little, Jeff Lisandro and a late-arriving Phil Hellmuth all managed to survive.
Today is expected to see an increase in field size with many of the International pros like Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, Jeff Gross, Brian Rast, Mike Watson, Brandon Shack-Harris and three-time 2014 WSOP bracelet winner George Danzer all expected to play today and registration open into tomorrow.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be providing continuous live updates once play kicks off at 12:30 p.m. local time, so make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all your WSOP Asia-Pacific Main Event updates.
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flop didn't connect with his holdings, but when the 
landed on the turn he took the lead.
and the American doubled to over 25,000 as Kurita slipped to roughly 47,000 in chips.
flop was a disaster for Rousso and she needed one of the two remaining kings or running diamonds to double up. The 
on the river shipped the pot to O'Grady.
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. The big blind checked, the original raiser continued for 1,550, and everyone, including Politano, folded.
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