Michael Tran just raised to 1,600 after which a player shoved for 12,175. Pat Dillon was next to act and he moved all in for 10,475. The action was folded back to Tran who folded his cards.
| Pat Dillon |   |
| Opponent |   |
The board ran out 
, and Dillon doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Paul Hockin, known as kingpaulie online, has had his biggest poker results on the virtual felt. In February this year he finished third in the PokerStars Sunday Million for $117,120, and back in 2010 he had a $200,000 score.
Hockin is one of the players with the best results in today's event, and his chip-leading stack makes him even more dangerous.
Hockin won a huge pot with aces versus ace-king all in pre flop which boosted his stack up to 120,000 chips. He's now in the lead with about an hour left in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
Michael Tran, who's better known under his nickname 'pokerlife', just busted Ben Savage in a big pot. Tran raised pre flop to 1,400 and Savage defended his big blind.
The flop brought 
and Savage check-called 3,400. On the turn a 
showed up and Savage checked again. Tran bet 14,000 after which Savage moved all in for just a bit more than that bet. Tran called.
Tran showed 
and was looking for help against Savage's . The river was the , pairing the board and giving Tran a better two pair combo. Savage was knocked out and Tran now rides a very comfortable stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000 | |
|
Busted |
Luis Arrilucea's opponent will be thinking about the following hand long and hard as he just busted out. The action started when Arrilucea raised from the hijack and Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen called from the cutoff. The player in the small blind called as well creating three-way action.
The flop came down 
and the small blind checked. Arrilucea bet 2,500 and Guillen folded quickly. The small blind put together some chips and threw out 6,500. He immediately realized this wasn't what he intended to do, and told the dealer he wanted to call. Since he hadn't announced this verbally his raise would stand. With this new information the action was back on Arrilucea who opted for a call.
On the turn the 
popped up and the small blind checked again. Arrilucea looked at the stack of his opponent who had around 24,000 chips left. Arrilucea threw out 7,200 and his opponent called again.
On the river the 
hit and Arriluceau thought that the small blind had checked. He quickly moved all in and the dealer said it wasn't his turn to act. He pulled his bet back, but it would stand if the small blind opted to check. The small blind ended up throwing his remaining chips into the pot, and Arrilucea followed suit. He quickly showed 
, and frustratedly his opponent showed 
as he left the tournament.
Arrilucea now has a big chip lead with an hour and a half left to play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
106,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Usually retirement follows a big win or old age, but Oliver Gill just decided this might be the time.
"I think I got owned in almost every pot today. Maybe I'm gonna retire now," Gill said as he explained his final hand to us which he started with 9,000 chips. "All day I won one pot bigger than 1,000 chips when I four-bet all in pre flop," Gill added.
Gill min-raised pre flop with 
and the player in the big blind called. The flop came down 
with two hearts, and Gill's opponent called the 1,500-chip continuation bet. The turn brought a and Gill moved all in after his opponent had checked.
Gill's shove did not give him the pot as he was called by . The river brought an 
, but that was not enough to beat two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
The ANZPT Melbourne Main Event had a total of 345 entrants which created a prize pool of A$690,000. The payouts are as following.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | A$172,500 |
| 2 | A$109,710 |
| 3 | A$61,065 |
| 4 | A$47,610 |
| 5 | A$37,950 |
| 6 | A$31,050 |
| 7 | A$24,150 |
| 8 | A$18,975 |
| 9 | A$13,800 |
| 10-12 | A$9,660 |
| 13-15 | A$7,935 |
| 16-18 | A$6,900 |
| 19-21 | A$5,865 |
| 22-24 | A$5,175 |
| 25-27 | A$4,485 |
| 28-32 | A$4,140 |
| 33-36 | A$3,795 |
| 37-41 | A$3,450 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
The last break of the day just started. Play will resume in 20 minutes as there are only two more levels left to play.
Pat Dillon just explained to us how Aaron Benton got a hold of a big stack. Benton raised to 1,050 under the gun plus one, and Ismaeel Razavi three-bet to 2,650 from middle position. The action was folded back around to Benton who four-bet to 6,200. Razavi went all in for 17,000 after this four-bet, and Benton decided to call.
Benton showed against Razavi's and managed to win the flip when the board ran out . Benton is looking really good with 55,000 chips while both of the Razavi brothers are out now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
Busted |
