The 2005 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem has just been eliminated late on Day 1b of the ANZPT Sydney Main Event.
Hachem’s final hand saw him, Luke Brabin and one other player committing 2,000 preflop as the dealer spread out .
On the flop, it was checked to Brabin, who bet 3,500. The other player involved in the action folded, while Hachem moved all in
for 26,900. After some thought, Brabin called, putting his tournament life at risk.
Hachem:
Brabin:
It was Brabin with pocket nines and Hachem with a flush draw and one over card.
The turn and river were no help for Hachem and it was all over!
“Good call,” said Hachem as he left the tournament area.
Adrian Attenborough has just taken down the largest pot we have seen here on Day 1b of the ANZPT Sydney Main Event.
We arrived at the aftermath of the massive hand, with a three-way all in having occurred.
Attenborough held , all in for 64,100 with Justin Cohen having and having Attenborough just covered, while a third unknown player was apparently all in for around 25,000 with .
The board run out was a safe one for Attenborough and just like that he was up to around 160,000 and threatening for the chip lead with just a short while left in the day.
Attenborough, known online as "KnightsGee", took down an Aussie Millions gold ring back in January.
There’s another champion in our presence this afternoon with 2012 Canberra Winter Poker Championships winner Daniel Charnock in the ANZPT Sydney Day 1b field.
We just caught Charnock in a multi-way pot on a flop of . Edison Nguyen checked from the small blind before the big blind led out for 4,200. Charnock made the call as Nguyen got out of the way before the hit the turn.
The big blind checked and Charnock bet out 6,000. His opponent called before both players checked the river card. The big blind opened as Charnock rolled his eyes and flashed . Charnock slips back to 45,000.
Patrick Healy has been eliminated in the dying moments of the day. We arrived at a flop of with a healthy pot in the middle, and Healy's last 16,500 in the middle. His opponent thought before making a gambling call with for a bare flush draw against Healy's two pair.
The turn was the but the river was the to complete the flush to end Healy's day. He graciously shook the hands of his tablemates, and even the player who eliminated him, before heading towards the exit.
And just like that, Day 1b of the ANZPT Sydney Main Event is all over!
Today was the final chance for players to hit the felt of The Star and once all the entries were counted, 247 players had ponied up the $2,200 buy-in. Added with the 211 entries from Day 1a, the total field weighed in at a large 458. That means the prize pool is $916,000 and the eventual champion will pocket $225,300 – be sure toclick here for full prize pool information.
At the end of another eight 60-minute levels, the field was whittled down to 94 and despite a late swoop from Adrian Attenborough, it was Michael Pinzone who had the chip lead with 169,300. Attenborough is close behind with 159,300. Neither of these players were able to match the chip stack of Day 1a’s Jazz Mathers.
Some of the others from Day 1b who survived, albeit with far less chips than Pinzone and Attenborough include Milan Gurung, Reza Vakili, Daniel Neilson, Nam Le, Ben Gilholme, Oliver Gill and Dale Marsland
The aforementioned players were far more fortunate than the likes of Ben Benoit, Dennis Huntly, Ricky Kroesen, Full Tilt ANZPT Ambassador Liam O’Rourke, Didier Guerin, Tony Hachem, Brendon Rubie, Gary Benson and 2005 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem, just to name a few.
The 94 survivors from Day 1b will join the 73 from Day 1a and combine for tomorrow’s Day 2 (167 total players) where they will start making their toward the money. All the action kicks back off at 12:30 p.m. local time and we will once again be on deck providing all the continued ANZPT Sydney live updates.