Main Event Day 3 | 2013 PokerStars.net APPT Melbourne

Level: 22

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000

09-08-2013 22:23 UTC+10

Jason Gray Eliminated in 11th Place ($11,680)

Mateusz_Pater

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Jason Gray moved all in for his remaining chips and was called by Joe Cabret before both players tabled their cards.

Gray:
Cabret:

Gray was in great shape to double up as the flop came down . He was able to dodge the on the turn, but it was the on the river that sent the Hall of Famer to the rail. The two pair gave Cabret the win, leaving Gray to finish just short of the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Gray	Busted

09-08-2013 22:20 UTC+10

Maravar Makes Yan Pay

Mateusz_Pater

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The action folded around to [Removed:17] in the small blind who raised it up to 45,000. Ravindran Maravar made the call from the big blind before both watched the flop come down . Two quick checks followed before the dealer produced the on the turn. Yan checked and waited as Maravar thought about his decision. He then slid out a bet of 70,000 which was called before the completed the board.

Yan then cheekily bet out 20,000 and looked at his opponent with a sly smile on his face. Maravar then instantly moved all in for his last 200,000, applying the pressure on Yan. A few minutes passed before Yan finally called, only to muck his hand when Maravar tabled his for a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:17]	1,170,000 -480,000	-480,000
Ravi Maravar	600,000 230,000	230,000

09-08-2013 22:11 UTC+10

Chane Kampanatsanyakorn Eliminated in 12th Place ($11,680)

[user162117]

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Chane Kampanatsanyakorn has just been eliminated in 12th place. Kampanatsanyakorn was starting to get short stacked after losing a big pot to [Removed:17] a short while ago and has now given the rest of his chips to Bowdie Tolhopf.

Kampanatsanyakorn held on his final hand and was up against Tolhopf's . The board ran out and just like that the 2013 APPT Melbourne Main Event was down to 11 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn	Busted

Tags: Chane Kampanatsanyakorn Bowdie Tolhopf

09-08-2013 21:59 UTC+10

Massive Double for Mason

[user162117]

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Ashley Mason has just managed a massive double up against Phi Luu.

Mason was all in preflop for around 750,000 holding and was up against Luu's . It wasn't looking good for Mason, but the board meant that he had found the right cards at the right time and is now one of the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashley Mason	1,500,000 855,000	855,000
Phi Luu	650,000 -350,000	-350,000

09-08-2013 21:53 UTC+10

Tolhopf Takes Some from Yan

Mateusz_Pater

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

[Removed:17] limped into the pot under the gun as the table folded around to Bowdy Tolhopf in the small blind. He made the call and Jonathan Karamalikis checked from the big blind as the three saw the flop come .

Tolhopf led out for 35,000 and was called by Karamalikis before Yan bumped it up to 85,000. Tolhopf snap called as Karamalikis decided to fold. Both players then checked the on the turn before the completed the board.

Tolhopf threw out a small bet of 50,000 which was called before tabling his . It was enough to take down the pot as Yan mucked his hand.

09-08-2013 21:45 UTC+10

Yan with a Big Chip Lead

[user162117]

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

[Removed:17] has just scooped up the biggest pot of the tournament. The hand which took around 15 minutes to complete, started with Chane Kampanatsanyakorn opening to 40,000 from under the gun. Folded around to [Removed:17] on the button and he would three-bet to 118,000. Kampanatsanyakorn opted to four-bet to 250,000 here and Yan flat called.

When the dealer spread out a flop, Kampanatsanyakorn led for 150,000 and Yan made the call. The turn was a and Kampanatsanyakorn bet 200,000. Yan once again called and the board was completed with a .

Kampanatsanyakorn decided to check the river and Yan quite quickly moved all in for 475,000. Kampanatsanyakorn went into the tank and eventually folded, leaving himself with under 300,000 in chips, while Yan is now the chip leader with over 1.5 million.