ANZPT Gold Coast Day 3: Level 17 (blinds 3,000-6,000, ante 500)

4:45pm: Cohen back in contention

Julian Cohen has staged a mini-comeback of his own after successive double up has manoeuvred his stack back to a workable 90,000.

The latest double up saw his A♦4♣ catch a pair of aces on a board of A♣9♠7♠5♦J♣ to get past his opponent’s 6♦6♠.

4:40pm: Uttley first to the cashier

Our first player to the cashier is PokerStars qualifier Shane Uttley. His last stand came with K♠7♥ as Aussie Millions champion David Gorr made the call with A♦J♥.

The board ran out 8♠T♠T♦8♣7♦ with Gorr’s ace-kicker playing to take the pot and eliminate Uttley in 27th place. He’ll collect $4,510 for a fine tournament. Meanwhile Gorr is now up to 100,000.

4:35pm: Lucky ace for Kamel

Kamel Bekhaled has landed a big double up of his own but he had to sweat until the river to snag the lead from Mario Ljubicic’s K♣K♠. Bekhaled held A♠Q♦ with al the chips in preflop.

The board ran out 7♦3♥T♠2♥A♦ to double Bekhaled up to 22,000 with Ljubicic down to 50,000.

4:30pm: Billy bounces back

With the bubble bursting, we’re expecting a bit more action as the short stacks look to double up or head to the cashier.

Billy Jordanou is one short stack who has doubled up with his A♣J♦ holding against the dominated A♠8♠ of Paul Hockin. The board ran out T♥9♣6♦2♠2♥ to get Jordanou up to 80,000.

4:20pm: Play resumes

The final 27 players have come together for the final three tables of play and the cards are back in the air. Anthony Grange is our chip leader with 570,000, with Leo Boxell, Tim O’Shea and Anders Bjerk not far behind.

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