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Day 1b Completed

08-30-2014 22:30 UTC+10

Chua Leads Record-Breaking Day 1b of ANZPT Melbourne

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What a massive day!

When it all began the tournament staff, and the ANZPT team, were hoping to see a field of around 260. That would mean we would reach a seven-figure prize pool and this would be the largest ANZPT in history. By the time registration closed, 274 players had hit the felt, meaning the total field was 516 players and the prize pool weighed in at $1,032,000 – the largest ANZPT ever!

The eventual champion of this event will take home $253,000 and at the end of Day 1b, 94 players had kept themselves in contention for that top prize. The player who finished up the night with the biggest smile would have been Vincent Chua. It was the third last hand of the night that would see Chua move into the lead. Chua ultimately finished up with 210,100 in chips, well ahead of Shy Jachimowicz with 177,300. Both Chua and Jachimowicz will now go into Day 2 with the two largest stacks.

Some of the others who finished Day 1b with plenty of chips include Fabian Craib (129,500), Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang (123,800) and Luke Edwards (115,300). They will be joined on Day 2 by players such as Matthew Rolfe (99,200), Steven Zhou (98,800), 2005 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Hachem (93,800), Anthony Aston (76,900), Luke Sharpe (71,900), Jazz Mathers (67,500), Matt Wakeman (50,300), Jackie Glazier (36,000) and Liam O’Rourke (30,000). You can find all the end-of-day chip counts and a Day 2 seating draw just below in the live reporting blog.

Unlike all of those players listed in the Day 2 seating draw, there were dozens of players eliminated on Day 1b. Some of those who couldn’t make it through the night include [Removed:17], Daniel Neilson, David Steicke, Brendon Rubie, Michael Kanaan, Jesse McKenzie, APPT Queenstown champ Jono Bredin and 2012 ANZ Player of the Year Mishel Anunu, just to name a few!

All of the 94 survivors from Day 1b will now join with those from Day 1a, meaning 179 players will return for Day 2. Those players will be back to it from 12:30 p.m. local time on Sunday. Being that this is a three-day event, tomorrow will see us play well into the money and start working towards a final table. Be sure to return for continued live updates of the 2014 ANZPT Melbourne Main Event!

Tags: Vincent Chua

08-30-2014 21:27 UTC+10

Day 2 Seating Draw

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chips
1	1	Scott Herz	26200
1	2	Chris Tsatmalis	43100
1	3	Edith Martins	24000
1	4	Michael Pedley	24800
1	5	Suwaree Hare	29700
1	6	Liam O'Rourke	30000
1	7	Peter Sue	33500
1	8	Aleksandar Brkovic	84200
1	9	Mikel Habb	22000

2	1	Tyson Ratahi	35700
2	2	Rafe Aman	34700
2	3	Raybon Kan	15300
2	4	Wai Tung Lo	45100
2	5	Andy Zarro	104400
2	6	Manfred Tschirsch	46700
2	7	Benjamin Breadsell	34500
2	8	Gideon Max	23900
2	9	Bradley Bower	34900

3	1	Zhao Feng	109200
3	2	Yvo Molin	48200
3	3	Omer Silajdzija	100300
3	4	Dennis Huntly	40400
3	5	Adrian Attenborough	99600
3	6	Gerard Windsor	12500
3	7	Nicholas Dallimore	111400
3	8	Wayde Rickhuss	71700
3	9	Israel Kranz	57900

4	1	Jackqueline Glazier	36000
4	2	James Benigno	16800
4	3	Xi Hu	7800
4	4	Corey Kempson	97500
4	5	David Walker	102100
4	6	Michael Doumani	64000
4	7	Adrian Indovino	49900
4	8	Michael Ho	23100
4	9	Robert Salter	75500

5	1	Julius Colman	41500
5	2	Tash Roussety	67000
5	3	Pravin Harji	65800
5	4	Aaron Benton	20900
5	5	Shivan Abdine	36300
5	6	Emmanuel Roldan	32800
5	7	Minh Hai Tran	108600
5	8	Luis Chuquipiondo	23000
5	9	Jason Spencer	68500

6	1	Anthony Hope	17800
6	2	Mark Thoren	24600
6	3	Marcus McKean	17700
6	4	Kan Lin	43500
6	5	Alexander Campbell	24000
6	6	Rinaldo Piastrino	39800
6	7	Minh Phuc Nguyen	75200
6	8	Shao Liu	92600
6	9	Joseph Hachem	93800

7	1	Rodoliub Batuz	79700
7	2	Kahle Burns	43700
7	3	Ian Modder	55400
7	4	Paul Tartak	14800
7	5	Tino Lechich	50600
7	6	Yanji Ge	40800
7	7	Matthew Ryan	34600
7	8	Christopher Rowlands	74800
7	9	Matthew Edwards	101000

8	1	Dieter Corsten	35000
8	2	Akash Mazumdar	152000
8	3	George Manolas	22000
8	4	Kishen Cook	22600
8	5	Luke Brabin	40000
8	6	Mauro Sassano	85200
8	7	Hyunku Kang	25900
8	8	Joe Reina	98300
8	9	Tom Rafferty	108200

10	1	Hugo Robinson	104500
10	2	Luke Spano	54600
10	3	Phillip Siddell	54100
10	4	James Sherrill	18500
10	5	John Parker	19900
10	6	Michael Fraser	28600
10	7	Corin Renisch	6200
10	8	Fabian Craib	129500
10	9	Brian Grieve	14200

11	1	Bobby Zhang	36200
11	2	Damien Walsh	71400
11	3	Jakson Laughton	73500
11	4	Jim Andreadis	55100
11	5	Tristan Bain	110800
11	6	John Thompson	61000
11	7	Beng Hooi Beh	65900
11	8	Anthony Legg	160200
11	9	Bryan Huang	123800

12	1	Robert Trask	46200
12	2	Rahul Rastogi	40100
12	3	Luis Pampliega	68000
12	4	Dannie Perry	43200
12	5	Nathaniel Canavan	48900
12	6	Luke Edwards	115300
12	7	Cameron Bryce	95000
12	8	Michael Chrisanthopoulos	118800
12	9	Luke Santo	31200

25	1	Adam Carlton	55900
25	2	John Dalessandri	30300
25	3	Thomas Karadimos	100500
25	4	Adrianus Deraad	31100
25	5	David Leas	13400
25	6	Michael Christodoulou	120200
25	7	Hugh Cohen	13500
25	8	Salvatore Principe	34800
25	9	Danny Ayoub	37100

26	1	Nicholas Pogonoski	20500
26	2	Julie Olivieri	25300
26	3	Phillip Willcocks	110100
26	4	Oliver Gill	48700
26	5	Brett Chalhoub	11000
26	6	Jordan Tentori	46900
26	7	Stephen Quon	29700
26	8	Alan Adams	6900

27	1	Roberto Damelian	66200
27	2	David Gorr	32200
27	3	Paul Altis	25300
27	4	Wei Chia	26700
27	5	Martin Kozlov	50900
27	6	Samuel Rotar	15100
27	7	Benjamin Savage	21600
27	8	Adrian Bolzonello	121700
27	9	George Bragg	83900

28	1	David Steloi	42300
28	2	Kenneth Ricciardello	25900
28	3	Shy Jachimowicz	177300
28	4	Jacque Ramsden	64300
28	5	Kwang Nguyen	50100
28	6	Michael Banks	46200
28	7	Henry Szmelcer	115000
28	8	Robert Bechara	11200
28	9	Ian Burchell	71100

29	1	Paul Wilcock	19800
29	2	Michael Cane	2000
29	3	Peter Skouteris	83000
29	4	Jeffrey Watson	66200
29	5	Daniel Botta	134100
29	6	Gino Provenzano	35100
29	7	Vincent Chua	210100
29	8	Phuc Nam Le	26600
29	9	Sean Knight	78300

30	1	Michael Caruana	126100
30	2	Craig Gobbie	39600
30	3	Jazz Mathers	67500
30	4	Matthew Wakeman	50300
30	5	Susan Morris	37300
30	6	Dylan Honeyman	38600
30	7	Jason Charlton	30000
30	8	Errolyn Strang	72300
30	9	Vlad Rosca	68900

31	1	Gabriel Messo	81000
31	2	Jean-Paul Bessell	54500
31	3	Matthew Rolfe	99200
31	4	John Jolly	74700
31	5	George Megaloconomos	26100
31	6	Perry Michael	30100
31	7	Danesh Kurunathan	62300
31	8	Yibo (Steven) Zhou	98800
31	9	Mile Krstanoski	24800

32	1	Nicholas Mullen	50100
32	2	Andrew McLaren	69800
32	3	Dean Francis	119700
32	4	Paul Richards	43600
32	5	Siddharth Gurjar	44100
32	6	Lloyd Godsland	59000
32	7	Adam Bevis	63400
32	8	Sean Anderson	8700
32	9	Anthony Aston	76900

33	1	Jackson Strangward	68300
33	2	Luke Sharpe	71900
33	3	Cameron Bisset	41100
33	4	Van Tran	46800
33	5	Alexander Lynskey	31500
33	6	Tania McBride	94700
33	7	John Virgiotis	65400
33	8	Peter Sheary	30000
33	9	George Cotaidis	28400

08-30-2014 21:23 UTC+10

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

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Chua	210,100	5,100
Shy Jachimowicz	177,300	31,300
Fabian Craib	129,500	34,500
Michael Caruana	126,100	126,100
Bryan Huang	123,800	-21,200
Adrian Bolzonello	121,700	121,700
Luke Edwards	115,300	30,300
Henry Szmelcer	115,000	115,000
Nicholas Dallimore	111,400	111,400
Zhao Feng	109,200	109,200
Andy Zarro	104,400	104,400
David Walker	102,100	102,100
Matthew Edwards	101,000	101,000
Thomas Karadimos	100,500	100,500
Omer Silajdzija	100,300	100,300
Matthew Rolfe	99,200	99,200
Steven Zhou	98,800	-31,200
Joe Hachem	93,800	13,800
Shao Liu	92,600	92,600
Sean Knight	78,300	78,300
Anthony Aston	76,900	16,900
John Jolly	74,700	74,700
Jakson Laughton	73,500	73,500
Errolyn Strang	72,300	72,300
Luke Sharpe	71,900	71,900

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08-30-2014 21:17 UTC+10

Chua Charges in the Dying Moments

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We have a new chip leader!

All the tables in the room had finished their three hands and bagged up their stacks. Well, every table except one. We in the media were already over by the desk getting the end-of-day chip counts ready when we are alerted to the fact that Table 10 was still on their first of the last three hands and had been for 20 minutes. At this point we quickly made our way to the table to find that Ben Pockett had been eliminated at the hands of Vincent Chua. It was clearly a massive pot, so we asked his tablemates what had happened.

Apparently the two had plenty of history prior to this hand. Pockett opened it up from under the gun and Chua three-bet on his direct left – something that had occurred multiple times at this table. Pockett and Chua then played out a hand on an apparent board. Pockett had seemingly value bet 10,000 on the river and this is when Chua ripped it on him. Pockett then went deep into the tank and eventually called off his large stack.

Pockett had for two pair, while Chua had , having made the straight to send Pockett home.

With that, Chua moved up to over 200,000 and will now definitely be our end-of-day leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Chua	205,000	205,000
Ben Pockett	Busted

Tags: Ben Pockett Vincent Chua

08-30-2014 20:43 UTC+10

Three More Hands

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Each table will be playing three more hands each before it's all over on Day 1b.

Stay tuned for any last-minute action, a recap of the entire day, all the end-of-day chip counts and of course, the Day 2 seating draw.

08-30-2014 20:40 UTC+10

Big Fold From Wakeman

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

There’s a reason why Matt Wakeman has been ranked the number one online player in the country. Yeah, he’s pretty good at the poker. He might be a little harsh on himself though, after making what we thought was a pretty solid fold.

The board read in a battle of the blinds, with Wakeman betting out 3,700 before his opponent in the big blind raised to 11,700. Wakeman made the call and the landed on the river to put a straight on board.

Wakeman checked and his opponent bet 18,000 to send Wakeman into the tank. He muttered to himself for several minutes, before deciding to open-fold his .

There was only one card that beat him, and indeed he was right, as his opponent flashed for the bigger straight.

“I knew you had to have king-queen,” said Wakeman. “Man, I should’ve folded the turn!” he added. Perhaps harsh, but that’s what it takes to be one of the best. Wakeman is still in good shape with 58,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Wakeman	58,000	1,000

Tags: Matt Wakeman

08-30-2014 20:32 UTC+10

Huang Loses Some

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang has taken the first hit to his stack in quite a while. Fortunately for Huang, it wasn't a big hit though.

The hand in question started with Huang opening it up to 2,200. The player directly on Huang's left made the call, along with Luke Edwards in the big blind. On the flop, Edwards checked, Huang bet 2,700 and the player on Huang's left called. Edwards folded and the dealer flipped over a on the turn. This time Huang led for 6,700 and once again his opponent called. On the river both players checked and Huang showed , which went into the muck when Huang was faced with .

Huang is still going strong on 145,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Huang	145,000	-15,000

Tags: Bryan Huang

08-30-2014 20:22 UTC+10

Some Last Level Counts

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Here are the approximate stacks of some of the players during the last level of the night. As you can see, Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang continues to win chips as he has moved up around 160,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Huang	160,000	25,000
Shy Jachimowicz	146,000	-9,000
Steven Zhou	130,000	64,000
Luke Edwards	85,000	18,000
Joe Hachem	80,000	5,000
Bernard Beh	70,000	-15,000
Anthony Aston	60,000	28,000
Martin Kozlov	52,000	29,500
Luke Brabin	35,000	16,000
Liam O'Rourke	26,000	-6,000
Michael Pedley	26,000	5,000
Aaron Benton	15,000	-10,000
David Leas	15,000	-11,000
Rory Young	Busted

Tags: Bryan Huang

08-30-2014 20:15 UTC+10

Sharbanee Gone

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We wandered past the table of West Australian Paul Sharbanee just in time to see him move all in for his last 16,000 chips. Sharbanee was in the small blind facing a preflop raise from Crown’s Winter Warm-Up Main Event winner, David St Eloi, who was in the cutoff. St Eloi took a moment for dramatic effect before making the call as Sharbanee confidently tabled but he’d run into a monster as St Eloi showed .

The board ran out to leave Sharbanee to make a disappointed exit from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Sharbanee	Busted

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