Jordan Westmorland opened to 10,000 from under the gun plus one before Peter Abbey moved all in for his last 60,000 from the hijack. The action then fell on Jason Gray in the blinds, who quickly made the call. Westmorland got out of the way as the cards were tabled.
Gray:
Abbey:
Abbey received the dream flop when the dealer spread out . Unfortunately for Abbey the board ran out the and to give Gray a flush.
Jeremy Simon has played his last hand of the 2013 APPT Melbourne Main Event. He was all in preflop holding against Jonathan Karamalikis' . The board ran out and it was all over for Simon.
We arrived at the table just as Chane Kampanatsanyakorn had moved all in for an additional 33,500 after facing a raise from Joel Feldman. Feldman eventually made the call as both players tabled their card.
Kampanatsanyakorn:
Feldman:
The flop of had Kampanatsanyakorn nervous, with Feldman drawing to a flush and straight. Fortunately for him, the board ran out the and to see him double up to 100,000 in chips.
Najib Moubayed has just been eliminated. His last hand saw the action folded around to him in the small blind. He shoved all in for 59,000 and Robert Damelian took some before calling out of the big blind.
It was Damelian's against Moubayed's . Despite Moubayed hitting a piece of flop, Damelian would hit the flush with a turn and the river.
Welcome to the penultimate day of play here at the 2013 APPT Melbourne Main Event! Today will see 42 players become nine. Who will make the final table?
The player in the best shape heading in to today's play is [Removed:17]. Hot on Yan's tail is Dejan Boskovic and Jonathan Karamalikis (pictured). Karamalikis won the APPT Sydney Main Event back in 2010, and will be hoping to add another APPT title to his already impressive resume.
Some of the other players who are still in contention include Ashley Mason, Jason Gray, Jordan Westmorland, Luke Brabin, Joel Feldman, Ivan Zalac, Dean Schneider, Martin Kozlov, Joe Cabret, David Heskin, Bowdy Tolhopf, Billy Jordanou and Billy Argyros.
The above players are in the best shape to make it to the top 36 players who are guaranteed a min-cash, with the money bubble expected to burst during the early stages of Day 3. Of course, it is the $217,000 first-place prize that all the players are looking to score. The action is set to kick off at 12:30 PM, so join us then as we will be feltside all day long!