4.45pm: Hachem's hopes dashed Tony Hachem's astounding run of seven cashes in eight ANZPT events has been confirmed, but his hopes of a third successive ANZPT final table have ended in 29th. Hachem shoved over the top of Danny Yeung's raise to 85,000 with A♦ K♥, with Yeung making the call and showing J♦ J♣. Spectators packed around the table to watch the board flow 7♠ 2♦ [3h T♠ J♠ to eliminate the final PokerStars.net Team Australia Pro in the field. Tony Hachem's ANZPT streak continues, but he clearly wanted more 4.30pm: Wan, Cohen join exodus Winner of the
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ANZPT Sydney day 3: Level 18 (4000/8000, ante 500) & 19 (5000/10,000, ante 1000) updates
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ANZPT Sydney day 3: Level 16 (2500/5000, ante 500) & 17 (3000/6000, ante 500) updates
2.45pm: Tri-ing for Tim Recent eliminations have included James Moustacas (46th), Bruce McPherson (45th) and Tim English, who was all-in with 7-5 only to find Tri Nguyen holding kings. English is out in 44th, collecting AUD $4014. Michael O'Grady retains the chip lead on 570,000 after almost two hours...more
ANZPT Sydney: Adding some shine to city's star
We're becoming accustomed to sections of the Star City Casino being closed off over the past 12 months, but it's all for a good cause. The property is currently being transformed into a world-class entertainment destination with improved gaming and entertainment facilities, new hotel and expanded restaurant and bar offerings...more
ANZPT Sydney: O'Grady OK as bubble looms
The PokerStars.net ANZPT Sydney Main Event is poised for a gripping start to day three. After seven hours of play on day two, the field was slashed from 209 to 59. Tomorrow, just five players will miss out on a spot in the money as barely 15 per cent...more
ANZPT Sydney day 2: Level 15 (2000/4000, ante 400) updates
8.10pm: Carnevale is over Rennie Carnevale has fallen short of a second ANZPT cash for 2010 after shoving his last 55,000 with A-8 on a flop of 8-10-4. Angelo Hanataj made the call and showed J-10 and watched as the turn 4 and river 2 brought no assistance for...more
ANZPT Sydney day 2: Level 13 (1200/2400, ante 300) & 14 (1500/3000, ante 300) updates
7pm: It's Tamara time Tamara Volkoff has been nursing a short stack towards the money and just received a much-needed injection of funds after flopping a set of aces against an opponent's pocket 10s. She's up to 70,000. Michael Guttman's tournament is also over after he ran jacks into...more
ANZPT Sydney day 2: Level 11 (800/1600, ante 200) & 12 (1000/2000, ante 200) updates
4.30pm: 100, and counting We've cracked the top 100 in the PokerStars.net ANZPT Sydney Main Event after less than four hours of play on day two. The atmosphere is heaving once again as friends and family keep close tabs on the players chasing a slice of the AUD $892,000...more
ANZPT Sydney day 2: Level 9 (500/1000, ante 100) & 10 (600/1200, ante 100) updates
2.30pm: Sally puts on a Shou Sally Snow started yesterday with Jeff Lisandro on her table, and face another testing time today with aggressive online high stakes cash game specialist Tian Shou on her immediate left. But The Poker Star contestant is meeting fire with fire with some big...more
ANZPT Sydney: There's more to NSW than meets the eye
Our regular visits to Sydney for ANZPT and APPT events tend to focus on the host city, but no state in Australia is more diverse than New South Wales. Much of the western half of the state can be consider "outback", ranging from dry eucalypt forests and plains to...more
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