2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Melbourne
Stewart Ballard raised from the button, after which Laurence Aston decided to shove all in from the small blind. Ballard made the call creating the following showdown.
| Stewart Ballard | |
| Laurence Aston |
The board ran out ![]()
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, and Aston was eliminated. His brother, Anthony, is still in the event.
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang just doubled up, and he's now well over the average stack. The ANZPT chief Danny McDonagh shared the good news with us, and the action went down like this.
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flop with around 35,000 chips in the middle it seemed like Huang had put out a bet of 9,000. His opponent went into the tank for several minutes, and eventually the clock was called. Huang was finally faced with a shove, and he called right away.
Huang showed ![]()
and was up against ![]()
. The turn brought a
, and the river a
giving the Team PokerStars Pro a nice double up.
Joe Hachem has just been knocked out. We did not catch the action, but Tristan Bain was more than happy to tell us what went down.
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flop Hachem and Bain went at it. After a raising war Hachem shoved all in, and Bain called with ![]()
. Hachem showed ![]()
, and hit his flush on the
turn. It wasn't over yet, because Bain took the pot when the
gave him a full house.
Bain was the first player to reach 200,000, and while Hachem's no longer in the running for the first place prize of A$172,500 all eyes will be on Bain.
We are down to 95 players, and the average stack here is 72,632 or 45 big blinds.
Jesse McKenzie was down to 10 big blinds when he decided to move all in from the button. The player in the big blind called and showed ![]()
McKenzie was looking for help with ![]()
but the board ran out ![]()
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McKenzie is gone and 102 players remain.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
The first 10-minute break just started. We will be right back!