Ricky Kroesen opened the cutoff to 25,000. David Allan then three-bet to 53,000 from the button. Jordan Westmorland folded the small blind and it was on Ken Demlakian in the big blind. "One hundred and thirty," Demlakian said confidently. Kroesen and Allan instantly mucked and he scooped up the pot.
Action has continued to be very slow, but a hand finally went to showdown. David Allan and Ricky Kroesen are both playing surprisingly tight, while Jordan Westmorland and Ken Demlakian continue to tangle. David Zhao is somewhat caught in the middle of it all.
We did see one bizarre pot recently however. Westmorland raised the button and both Demlakian and Zhao called in the blinds to see a flop. Westmorland’s continuation bet was called by Zhao before both players checked down the turn and river. Neither wanted to show, and Westmorland was the first to reveal, showing for just ten-high. Somehow that was good as Zhao mucked
The five remaining players have slowed the play down of late, with not many hands going to a flop, and when they do, it's bet-fold or check-bet-fold. With so many eliminations happening early in the day and with the stacks so deep, this was expected.
Ken Demlakian has been very active heading into this fourth level of the day, seemingly partaking in every hand. He lost a fair chunk of his stack to a few different players, but has managed to gain some of them back against Jordan Westmorland.
Folded to Westmorland in the cutoff, he raised it up to 25,000. Demlakian called on the button and a flop was spread along the felt. Westmorland led for 32,000 here and Demlakian made the call. On the turn, Westmorland checked and Demlakian bet 110,000. Westmorland let his hand go and Demlakian raked in the pot.
Just a few moments after this hand and Westmorland three-bet shoved all in, receiving no action and picking up some chips preflop.
The ANZPT Queenstown Snowfest is known for being about more than just poker - it's a great holiday experience that all the players rave about. It's one of the funnest stops on the tour and that's for reasons like this.
During the week, the inaugural 2012 Queenstown Snowfest Frisbee Golf Championship took place. APPT President Danny McDonaugh has prepared a little rundown of the exciting event for us.
"There were 27 brave souls who participated in the qualifying round of this championship on Thursday.
This was open to all, however to qualify for the final you also needed to play the ANZPT Queenstown main event. Players each needed to record a 9 hole score with par being 29. We actually had the local Queenstown champ Russell play who recorded an amazing 23 shots. Good enough to get a great Queenstown players bag but with no main event entry, Russell did not qualify for the final.
Our five finalists were:
Bill Argyros
Don Lister-Smith
Bryan Huang
Denver Lee
Glenn Maiden
Denver and Glenn had good local knowledge of the course, but Bryan Huang brought a new four pack of Frisbees singnalling his serious intentions to take this one down.
If it was a one hole final Bryan would have been the winner with an impressive first hole birdie but as the first 9 holes completed Glenn and Denver exerted their dominance with 28 and 29 shots respectively. Bryan was on 35, Australian hall of famer Billy on 38 and Jon with 40 shots.
The Team PokerStars Pro had a big decision to make after nine holes – go for gold in the Frisbee golf or concentrate on the final table of the Queenstown Snowfest main event! Being 7 shots adrift of the leaders, Bryan elected to pass on the second nine and give up all hope of achieving an amazing double.
So it became a race in two with Denver and Glenn both shooting 57 or one under par for the course. It actually took a third playoff hole to decide the winner, with Glenn eventually triumphing to become the inaugural champ."
Jordan Westmorland is looking pretty deflated at the table right about now, as it seems that every time he enters a pot, his opponents are smashing him around. At one stage, he held a handy chip lead here at the final table, but that has all changed now.
In recent action, Westmorland opened with a min-raise and found two callers to a flop of . Dave Allan checked from the big blind to Westmorland who continuation bet for 32,000. Ken Demlakian doesn’t like to fold, so he came along as Allan got out of the way.
The turn was checked by both players before the hit the river. Westmorland checked and Demlakian bet out 81,000. Westmorland thought about it for a few moments before giving it up.
Moments later, Westmorland tried a three-bet from the big blind. He made it 51,000 after David Zhao had opened to 20,000. Zhao called and the flop landed . Westmorland led out for 62,000 but Zhao moved all in over the top. Westmorland quickly folded to see his stack shrivel up to just a tick over 300,000.
Jordan Westmorland was first to act in the under-the-gun position and he opened it up with a min-raise. Ken Demlakian called on his direct left and David Zhao three-bet to 66,000 from the button. Westmorland then four-bet to 142,000 and Demlakian called again. Zhao got out of the way here as Demlakian and Westmorland took to a flop.
Westmorland led for 95,000 here and Demlakian shoved for 520,000. Westmorland took his time, before eventually letting his hand go and sending the big pot to Demlakian.
As Demlakian raked in his new chips, he told Westmorland who could coose one card to see at random. Westmorland chose one and Demlakian flipped over .
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flop. Westmorland’s continuation bet was called by Zhao before both players checked down the 
turn and 
river. Neither wanted to show, and Westmorland was the first to reveal, showing 
for just ten-high. Somehow that was good as Zhao mucked
flop was spread along the felt. Westmorland led for 32,000 here and Demlakian made the call. On the 
turn, Westmorland checked and Demlakian bet 110,000. Westmorland let his hand go and Demlakian raked in the pot.
. Dave Allan checked from the big blind to Westmorland who continuation bet for 32,000. Ken Demlakian doesn’t like to fold, so he came along as Allan got out of the way.
turn was checked by both players before the 
hit the river. Westmorland checked and Demlakian bet out 81,000. Westmorland thought about it for a few moments before giving it up.
. Westmorland led out for 62,000 but Zhao moved all in over the top. Westmorland quickly folded to see his stack shrivel up to just a tick over 300,000.
flop.