2013 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Perth

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Perth

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
114,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Entries
219
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000

Main Event

Day 1a Completed

Woodworth Leads Day 1a of ANZPT Perth

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante
Peter Woodworth - Day 1a chip leader
Peter Woodworth - Day 1a chip leader

After a couple of months on hiatus, Season 5 of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour continued on Wednesday evening. This week it was time for ANZPT Perth to take centre stage, with players from all around the Australia, and the world, taking to the felt of Crown Perth.

The ANZPT Perth Main Event has a rich history, with the likes of Tony Hachem and Grant Levy a few of the alumni to lift the trophy. This year saw 67 players begin the first of two Day 1 flights with the hopes of beginning their journey towards joining Hachem and Levy as an ANZPT Perth champion.

Kicking off at 7.00pm local time, the Day 1a schedule would see players only needing to last six 60-minute levels to make it through the night.

Unfortunately it’s not always a happy ending in the world of poker and so some of the players who would be licking their wounds after early departures include Tom Grigg, Kristian Lunardi, WSOP Europe Gold Bracelet winner Andrew Hinrichsen and the UK’s Rupert Elder.

Some of the players who prospered through various stages of the day and made it through the night include Australian Poker Hall of Fame member Gary Benson, local hero Dale Marsland and Aussie poker favourites Ricky Kroesen and Andrew Jeffreys.

One of the large pots that went Marsland’s way saw him call a huge bet on the river of a {6-Spades}{2-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{a-Spades} board. Marsland didn’t look too confident when he made the call, but that changed quickly when his opponent turned over {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades} for a pair of jacks – not strong enough for Marsland’s {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}.

Despite Marsland's best efforts to finish up as the chip leader, it was Peter Woodworth who bagged the largest chip stack. By the time it was all over, Woodworth's 84,0215 in chips was a fair margin in front of Marsland's 70,625. The full end-of-day 1a chip counts will be posted as soon as they are made available.

In the end there were 38 players who bagged up some chips and will return to the felt on Friday to fight it out for a spot on Day 3 of the ANZPT Perth Main Event. For now though, these players must relax and watch on as a new batch of players begin their journey on tomorrow's Day 1b. The action is set to kick off at 12.30 pm local time, so be sure to join us then!

For now, we will leave you with Lynn Gilmartin's tour of this beautiful city:

Tags: Peter Woodworth

Official End-of-Day 1a Chip Counts (full)

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Peter Woodworth
Peter Woodworth
84,025 84,025
Dale Marsland au
Dale Marsland
70,625 625
[Removed:112]
[Removed:112]
65,250 65,250
Liam O'Rourke au
Liam O'Rourke
60,025 38,025
Andrew Jeffreys au
Andrew Jeffreys
57,425 -7,575
John Messina
John Messina
57,300 57,300
Dean Francis
Dean Francis
55,850 19,850
Ricky Kroesen au
Ricky Kroesen
55,000 5,000
Dejan Divkovic ba
Dejan Divkovic
54,050 54,050
Michael Webb us
Michael Webb
50,375 50,375
Peter Brasile au
Peter Brasile
45,900 45,900
David Boyd
David Boyd
45,550 45,550
Emilio Triunfo
Emilio Triunfo
44,300 44,300
Patrick Healy
Patrick Healy
42,775 -1,225
Vesko Zmukic au
Vesko Zmukic
40,975 10,975
Ivan Zalac
Ivan Zalac
40,750 -9,250
Michael Feizpour
Michael Feizpour
39,425 39,425
Barry Crossey
Barry Crossey
35,425 35,425
Luke Brabin au
Luke Brabin
WSOP 1X Winner
30,500 30,500
Patrick Connolly
Patrick Connolly
28,875 28,875
Angelo Scicchitano
Angelo Scicchitano
27,350 27,350
Laouar Belkacem
Laouar Belkacem
27,275 27,275
Brad Bower
Brad Bower
22,350 -5,650
Ian Aldridge
Ian Aldridge
22,325 22,325
Jonathan Curtis
Jonathan Curtis
21,675 21,675

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Final Hands

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

With just a few minutes left in the night, the final hands of the night are now being dealt. Stay tuned to find out who makes it through the night!

Allan in trouble

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

ANZPT Queenstown champion Dave Allan is currently shaking his head and counting what few chips he has left after losing a recent pot. The board read {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} and Allan had called an unknown bet on the flop, 6,000 on the turn and then another 6,000 on the river.

Allan's opponent opened {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} which was enough to take it down as Allan took another peek at his cards before sending them into the muck. Allan is now left with around 8,000 in change.

Player Chips Progress
David Allan au
David Allan
8,000

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No Good for Ricky

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

By the time we arrived at Ricky Kroesen's table, there was a {2-Hearts}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop on the felt and Kroesen was going up against the player in the small blind. Kroesen's opponent opted to check, at which point Kroesen bet 1,700. A call would see a {6-Spades} land on the turn and another check would see Kroesen lead for 2,275. The player opted to check-raise here, making it 5,100 to go. Kroesen took his time before making it an extra 3,150 to go. This time Kroesen's opponent wouldn't relent, opting to move all in. Kroesen immediately folded and told his opponent "well played."

Despite losing some chips on the above hand, Kroesen is doing just fine with a healthy stack of around 50,000.

Player Chips Progress
Ricky Kroesen au
Ricky Kroesen
50,000 -5,000

Tags: Ricky Kroesen

No More Neilson

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Daniel Neilson has made a late exit from Day 1a of the ANZPT Perth Main Event. Neilson's final moments saw him all in for 9,350 from the cutoff holding {k-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}. The player on the button had Neilson at risk holding {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}.

Neilson was already behind and it stayed that way as the dealer spread out a {10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{2-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} board.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Neilson au
Daniel Neilson
Busted

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Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Jeffreys Still Cruising

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Andrew Jeffreys has seemingly settled into a rhythm following his excitement earlier in the day, but that doesn't mean he has slowed his play down. We recently watched Jeffreys check to one opponent on a {7-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{q-Clubs} flop. The player bet 3,500, at which point Jeffreys confidently said "Thirty-five, five hundred". This bet prompted Jeffreys to tank and eventually fold as Jeffreys nonchalantly raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Jeffreys au
Andrew Jeffreys
45,000 -5,000

Tags: Andrew Jeffreys