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2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Melbourne
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Melbourne
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
690,000 AUD
Total Entries
345
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 345
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A player in early position raised to 400 and the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event champion called from the cutoff. The player in the big blind called as well creating three-way action.
The flop brought out 
and the action was checked to Speidel. He fired out a 500-chip bet and only the big blind called.
On the turn the 
hit and the big blind checked again. Speidel put together a bet of 1,175 and threw it onto the felt. The big blind gave it some thought before eventually making the call.
The river brought the 
and put four clubs on the board. The big blind checked again, and Speidel tanked for a bit before betting 1,600. His opponent counted out a raise and made it 4,400. Immediately Speidel let go of his hand giving up a sizable portion of his stack. He's down to around 11,500 right now.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Not too long after we found both Razavi brothers one of them got himself caught up in a big pot. Ismaeel Razavi explained to us afterwards how he knocked out the young Australian pro Stevan Chew.
Chew raised pre flop to 250 and Razavi called. The flop came down 
and Razavi called a 500-chip bet. On the turn the 
hit and Chew fired out 1,350. Razavi, a heads up specialist, raised it up to 3,025. Chew decided to move all in for around 8,400 and Razavi made the call.
| Stevan Chew |   |
| Ismaeel Razavi |   |
The river brought the 
and Chew was knocked out.
"That's running like Sam Razavi!" Ismaeel yelled, as his brother stood by the table laughing about this good fortune.
Sam Razavi took down APPT Melbourne back in August for A$326,125, and he's back for more! This time he brought reinforcements to secure another Razavi victory as his brother Ismaeel also entered the event.
The Razavi's came into Melbourne late last night after an early morning flight from Thailand.
"We booked a hostel because we knew they would come wake us up," Razavi said referring to his late arrival in the APPT event last August. The two Brits were woken up in time and joined the fun in the first level.
Bryan Huang limped for 100 after which the player to his left raised to 400. The big blind called and so did Huang.
The flop brought out 
and Huang check-called a 650-chip bet. On the turn the action was heads up, and Huang checked again when the 
showed up. His opponent bet 1,000 and the Team PokerStars Pro called.
The river brought out the and both players checked. Huang mucked when he was shown 
. Huang loses a little early on, but he's still all smiles here on Day 1B of the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event.
Defending Aussie Millions Main Event champion Oliver Speidel also joined today's event along with one of the best young Australian players, Liam O'Rourke.
We've spotted two Team PokerStars Pros in today's event, one from Singapore and one all the way from Mexico. Bryan Huang is a regular in all the APPT and ANZPT events, and his best result came back in 2008 when he finished third on the APPT Macau Main Event. Huang has been a regular on the poker scene for many years as he will try to make a deep run here in Melbourne.
Angel Guillen is best known for his big successes on the Latin American Poker Tour with three top three finishes, one of which was a victory. On top of that he was the first ever Mexican WSOP bracelet winner back in 2009. As off today Guillen has amassed around $1.3 million in live tournament earnings.
After a first look around the room we found the following players.
