Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Melbourne
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Melbourne
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
690,000 AUD
Entries
345
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Cautious Play
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
The blinds and antes keep increasing, and everyone seems to value their chips more and more. There have been quite a lot of three-bets down in the Crown Poker room, but so far we haven't seen any big clashes.
There's just over an hour of play left in the day with 95 players remaining.
Davor Still Faring Well
Derek Davor remains amongst the chip leaders in the seventh level of play will Leo Boxell also adds some to his stack. The Australian Poker Hall of Fame member is sitting comfortably on around 47,000 while Julius Colman, who's also at this table, lost a bunch.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000 | 12,000 |
|
47,000 | 27,000 |
|
44,000 | -28,000 |
|
35,000 | -28,000 |
Hachem's Heater
Joe Hachem has only played a few hours, but that does not mean he can't be the chip leader. The biggest winner in Australian poker history was just the first player to get his stack into six digits, as he's up to 100,000.
Hachem told us that he first doubled a player up before starting a four-hand heater. Two of the biggest hands went as following. On a 
flop with two diamonds Hachem got his stack into the pot with 
. He was up against 
and hit a straight on the river.
Not too long after that he found himself in a huge blind battle. The player in the small blind raised and Hachem called from the big with 
. The flop brought out 
with two hearts. On the turn Hachem hit a straight when the 
popped up, and he raised his opponent's bet. The small blind called and on the river an showed up. Hachem moved all in for 26,000 and his opponent called with 
. Hachem's straight took down this huge pot as he's now the tournament chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 80,000 |
A Round of Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000 | 46,000 |
|
|
70,000 | |
|
|
55,000 | |
|
46,000 | 23,000 |
|
44,000 | -6,000 |
|
43,000 | -4,000 |
|
|
38,000 | |
|
38,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
10,000 | -8,000 |
|
Busted |
Guerin's Demise
Didier Guerin was one of the big stacks in the room, but things turned around quickly for the young pro. Two big pots cost him his tournament life, and he gave us a brief update of what happened.
First he three-bet squeezed from the small blind with 
off suit. Tam Truong clicked it back and Guerin moved all in. Truong called with and doubled up.
A few hands later there was a raise and three callers, after which Guerin squeezed again. This time he had pocket jacks and Billy Jordanou put in a very big four-bet. Guerin had around 25 big blinds and decided to go for it. Unfortunately for him he ran into pocket kings, and Guerin did not improve his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Break
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Play will resume in 20 minutes as we will play just two more levels before the end of the day.
Just 106 Remain
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
We are down to 106 players with the average stack being 35,094. The level is almost over, and in the next this average will be worth 58 big blinds.
Voegele Takes Out Healy and Grabs The Lead
Octavian Voegele is rocking a big stack in the sixth level of play, and he just brought us up to speed with how he amassed it.
In a five-way pot Voegele had , and the flop brought out 
. One of the players bet 5,000 and no less than three players called this big bet.
On the turn a showed up and the action was checked to Patrick Healy who moved all in for 12,500. After the other players folded it was Voegele who tank-called. He was up against 
and took down this pot after a blank on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | 28,000 |
|
Busted |