Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Melbourne
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Melbourne
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
690,000 AUD
Entries
345
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Paul Hockin Leads After Day 1B
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
The second starting day of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Melbourne Main Event is done, and Paul Hockin ended as chip leader. He bagged up 120,100 and moves onto Day 2 with 66 other survivors. With the 74 players that made it through yesterday there still will be 141 players who will try to make the final table tomorrow.
A total of 159 players showed up for Day 1B, creating a total field of 345 players. This means 41 players will get paid, and the first place prize will be a hefty A$172,500. Plenty of players will not have a shot at this prize after busting out on Day 1B. Among these we saw plenty of famous faces.
APPT Melbourne winner Sam Razavi made his way down to Melbourne again, but his day was short lived. He got involved in a big coin flip, but his pocket queens could not beat ace-king. Ismaeel Razavi, Sam's brother, also played the event and lasted much longer. After dinner he also had to go when Aaron Benton knocked him out. Razavi five-bet shoved with pocket sevens and lost to Benton's ace-jack. Benton survived the day with 29,200.
The 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Oliver Speidel also came to play. Speidel was unlucky as he busted out when his kings fell to a flush draw, which completed on the river. The two Team PokerStars Pros had swings, but both managed to survive the day. Angel Guillen was doing well after doubling up with a flopped set, but ended the day with just 15,000. Bryan Huang was hovering around 50,000 for a long time, but bagged up 35,300 going into Day 2.
We won't see Oliver Gill, Ben Savage, Will Jones, Luke McLean and Liam O'Rourke back on Day 2 as they all busted out. The latter was seated with Joel Feldman for most of the day and Feldman ended up surviving with 86,900. Two other Australian top players, Kristian Lunardi (44,000) and James Bills (43,700) also made it into the second day of play. Karim Jomeen ended the day second in chips with 118,200 and Luis Arrilucea completed the top three.
The tournament will recommence tomorrow at 12:30 PM local time. It will be a long, tough day for the players as they will chase one of the nine spots at the final table. Click here to take a look at the tournament payouts, Day 2 chip counts and seat draw.
PokerNews.com will be there again from start to finish tomorrow as we bring you all the big hands, chip counts and player interviews. For now, good night from Melbourne!
End-of-Day Big Stacks
A full chip count will follow later tonight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,100 | 17,100 |
|
118,200 | 18,200 |
|
102,500 | 15,500 |
|
99,200 | |
|
|
98,700 |
Three More Hands
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
The day is almost done. Just three more hands before it's time to bag and tag. We will be back shortly with end-of-day chip counts. Play will resume tomorrow at 12:30 PM local time.
No Day 2 For O'Rourke
Liam O'Rourke has been eliminated, and Joel Feldman cracked a smile as he explained to us what happened.
"This is a nice one to report," Feldman said as he told the story.
O'Rourke had only ten big blinds left when he decided to min raise from early position. Danny Chevalier called, and the flop came down 
. Chevalier moved all in and O'Rourke called with 
off suit.
Chevalier tabled 
and hit his straight on the turn when a 
showed up. The river, a , gave O'Rourke two pair, but he was already drawing dead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Arrilucea Climbs Up After Losses
Luis Arrilucea had lost some chips dropping him back down to around 60,000, but we just saw him win another pot.
The flop read 
when Arrilucea and another player checked. The player on the button bet 4,000 and Arrilucea called. On the turn the 
hit, and Arrilucea checked again. The button moved all in for 9,900, and after 30 seconds he was called.
Arrilucea turned over 
and was ahead against 
. The river brought the 
and Arrilucea took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
87,000 | -13,000 |
Birman Gets Lucky
Paul Birman just got his final 13,000 chips into the pot, and was in bad shape while holding a very strong hand.
| Paul Birman |   |
| Opponent |   |
The board ran out 
, and Birman survived due to a lucky king on the flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 | 2,000 |
Just 74 Players Remain
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
The average stack right now is 42,973 or 53 big blinds.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
103,000 | -17,000 |
|
|
100,000 | -6,000 |
|
|
93,000 | |
|
|
80,000 | 12,000 |
|
|
74,000 | 14,000 |
|
60,000 | 6,000 |
|
50,000 | 3,000 |
|
44,000 | 6,000 |
|
35,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
34,000 | -2,000 |
|
20,000 | -2,000 |
|
18,000 | -19,000 |
|
|
15,000 | -8,000 |
|
12,000 | -19,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Benton's Aces Cracked
Aaron Benton just came over to the media desk to blow off some steam as he had lost with pocket aces. Benton's opponent called a four-bet with pocket eights and flopped a set on 
. All the money went in, and Benton lost this big pot. He still has around 30,000 chips left as we are in the final level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | -25,000 |