2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Melbourne

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Melbourne

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9
Prize
101,275 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
690,000 AUD
Entries
345
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

"That's Running Like Sam Razavi!"

Not too long after we found both Razavi brothers one of them got himself caught up in a big pot. Ismaeel Razavi explained to us afterwards how he knocked out the young Australian pro Stevan Chew.

Chew raised pre flop to 250 and Razavi called. The flop came down {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and Razavi called a 500-chip bet. On the turn the {7-Hearts} hit and Chew fired out 1,350. Razavi, a heads up specialist, raised it up to 3,025. Chew decided to move all in for around 8,400 and Razavi made the call.

Stevan Chew{A-Spades}{K-Hearts}
Ismaeel Razavi{8-Hearts}{8-Spades}

The river brought the {3-Hearts} and Chew was knocked out.

"That's running like Sam Razavi!" Ismaeel yelled, as his brother stood by the table laughing about this good fortune.

Player Chips Progress
Ismaeel Razavi
Ismaeel Razavi
27,000
7,000
7,000
Stevan Chew au
Stevan Chew
Busted

Tags: Ismaeel RazaviSam Razavi

Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Speidel's Bluff Fails

A player in early position raised to 400 and the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event champion called from the cutoff. The player in the big blind called as well creating three-way action.

The flop brought out {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{2-Spades} and the action was checked to Speidel. He fired out a 500-chip bet and only the big blind called.

On the turn the {3-Clubs} hit and the big blind checked again. Speidel put together a bet of 1,175 and threw it onto the felt. The big blind gave it some thought before eventually making the call.

The river brought the {4-Clubs} and put four clubs on the board. The big blind checked again, and Speidel tanked for a bit before betting 1,600. His opponent counted out a raise and made it 4,400. Immediately Speidel let go of his hand giving up a sizable portion of his stack. He's down to around 11,500 right now.

Player Chips Progress
Oliver Speidel au
Oliver Speidel
11,500
-8,500
-8,500

Tags: Oliver Speidel

Feldman Makes Tough Call

We caught the action on the turn when the board read {3-Spades}{2-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{A-Spades}, and Joel Feldman check-called a 2,500-chip bet. His opponent, who did not seem like an online player, seemed very focussed when the river brought the {8-Diamonds}.

Feldman threw out a 2,800-chip bet and his opponent raised it up to 7,000. Feldman tanked for about a minute before putting in the call. His opponent tapped the table and flashed his {6-Clubs}{8-Spades} before mucking. Feldman tabled {K-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and took down this pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joel Feldman au
Joel Feldman
31,000
11,000
11,000

Tags: Joel Feldman

Feldman Takes Big Lead

Being the early chip leader is no guarantee for a deep run, but someone with Joel Feldman's skills must have a clear advantage with a 50,000-chip stack heading into the third level of the day.

Feldman just raised pre flop and got three callers. The flop brought out {Q-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{3-Spades} and Feldman bet 1,000. One opponent called after which Luke McLean raised it up to 3,000. The action was back on Feldman who called this raise. The third player then moved all in for about 17,000 chips. McLean tanked for a long time, but eventually laid his hand down.

Feldman didn't seem sure what to do, while his opponent sat there waiting with a smile on his face. After a while Feldman did make the call, and the showdown was as following.

Joel Feldman{A-Spades}{A-Clubs}
Opponent{10-Spades}{9-Spades}

The board ran out {4-Hearts}, {2-Hearts} and Feldman took down this huge pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joel Feldman au
Joel Feldman
50,000
19,000
19,000

Tags: Joel Feldman

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Karavas' Takes One Out

Erol Karavas just made it onto our radar after busting out a player. He explained to us what happened after we arrived on the scene when the turn was already out.

Oliver Speidel kicked things off by putting in a raise to 400 pre flop. Karavas called as did two other players. The player in the small blind three-bet to 1,725 and Karavas was the only player to call this bet.

The flop brought out {3-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and the small blind bet 2,025. Karavas raised to 6,500 and his opponent called. On the turn the {8-Diamonds} hit and the small blind checked. Karavas put his opponent all in for around 11,000, and he went into the tank.

"Do you show if I fold?" the small blind asked. Karavas asked the dealer if they were going to break this table, and when that was confirmed he agreed to show his cards. This small blind eventually called and tabled {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}. Karavas had {3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and his set held up when the river completed the board with the {6-Clubs}. Karavas is in very good shape while we lose another player.

Right after this hand was completed the table broke.

Player Chips Progress
Erol Karavas
Erol Karavas
32,000

Tags: Erol Karavas