Main Event Day 1b | 2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Melbourne

10-27-2012 17:24 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Mastorakos	68,000
Joel Feldman	47,000 -3,000	-3,000
Kristian Lunardi	46,000 19,000	19,000
Hai Bo Chu	36,000 14,000	14,000
Martin Kozlov	31,000 -9,000	-9,000

Ben Savage	26,000 -8,000	-8,000
Mishel Anunu	23,000 10,000	10,000
Liam O'Rourke	23,000 1,000	1,000
Pat Dillon	22,000 -12,000	-12,000
Luke McLean	19,000 -2,000	-2,000
Jason Gray	16,200 -5,800	-5,800
Oliver Gill	13,000 -5,000	-5,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Arrilucea	58,000
Bryan Huang	54,000 12,000	12,000

Peter Vujic	51,000 -1,000	-1,000
James Bills	38,000 12,000	12,000
Angel Guillen	37,000 1,000	1,000

Mikel Habb	34,000 2,000	2,000
Tony Hachem	22,000 -11,000	-11,000
Will Jones	16,000 1,000	1,000
Ricky Kroesen	9,500 -4,500	-4,500

Mikel Habb just took a player out and worked his stack up to around 32,000. After a raise and a caller Habb decided to three-bet, and his opponent moved all in. Habb called the shove for around 8,000 chips creating the following showdown.

Mikel Habb
Opponent

The board ran out and Habb added some more chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikel Habb	32,000

Tags: Mikel Habb

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

10-27-2012 16:48 UTC+10

Feldman Doesn't Back Down

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Liam O'Rourke and Joel Feldman are two of the strong Australian players in today's event. They are seated next to each other on Table 27, and the latter just took down a big pot between the two.

Feldman explained how the player in the cutoff raised and O'Rourke called on the button. Feldman was in the small blind and called as well creating three-way action.

The flop brought out and the action was checked to O'Rourke who bet 900. Feldman raised to 3,200 and O'Rourke called. The turn was the and Feldman bet 4,000. O'Rourke raised it up to 9,600 after which Feldman moved all in.

O'Rourke quickly let go of his hand and dropped down to just above the starting stack. Feldman is back up to 50,000, as he's had quite some swings already today.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joel Feldman	50,000 10,000	10,000
Liam O'Rourke	22,000 -24,000	-24,000

Tags: Joel Feldman Liam O'Rourke

10-27-2012 16:45 UTC+10

Vujic Cracks Jones' Aces

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We just caught the end of a huge pot between Peter Vujic and Will Jones. The board read and Jones had tabled his . Vujic beat his faces with a flopped full house showing , and took down this huge pot. He's now one of the chip leaders with 52,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Vujic	52,000
Will Jones	15,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: Peter Vujic Will Jones

10-27-2012 16:37 UTC+10

Party Time

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

The PokerStars.net ANZPT5 Melbourne Main Event kicked off with a party at Crown Melbourne's newest bar, Lumia.

10-27-2012 16:35 UTC+10

Big Numbers For The Main Event

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Yesterday's first day one flight drew a crowd of 186 players, and with the 159 that showed up today the total of this event adds up to 344. That's an increase of around 10% which is a great result for the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event!

The prize pool and payouts are expected to be released soon.

10-27-2012 16:31 UTC+10

Georgios On Top

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We've just spotted Sam Georgios on one of the back rows with a big stack. After winning another pot he looks to be around 60,000, which would be the chip lead at this point.

Georgios just limped under the gun after which the player to his left raised to 900. The action was folded back around to Georgios who three-bet to 3,100. His opponent gave it some thought and called.

The flop brought out and Georgios picked up the pot with a 7,000-chip bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Georgios	60,000

Tags: Sam Georgios

10-27-2012 16:14 UTC+10

Angel Guillen's Set Holds Up

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Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen just doubled up to a very comfortable stack in the fifth level of play. Guillen called a raise which ended up being a four-way pot on the flop.

The flop came down with two diamonds, and the initial raiser checked. Guillen bet 1,500, two players called after which the initial raiser moved all in for 20,000. Guillen called all in for 17,200 and the two other players folded.

Guillen showed a set of sixes and was well ahead against the queens of his opponent. The turn and river did not change anything, and Guillen raked in a big pot.