Main Event
Day 1b Started
2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Sydney
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Sydney
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
922,000 AUD
Entries
461
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Here Comes Day 1b of ANZPT Sydney
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After a night of poker that went into the early hours of the morning, we are back in The Star Poker Room for Day 1b of the ANZPT Sydney Main Event
So far the first stop on the fourth season of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour has been a huge success with 214 players taking part in the first day of play. That sets this event on target to easily surpass the 393 players who partook in last year's event. There have even been whispers that the number will creep toward the record number of almost 500 from the first season.
Regardless it's sure to be a big day of poker as a huge field of players including a small contingent of international players take to the tables. Yesterday saw the likes of Dan "djk123" Kelly hit the felt and today will see Maria Ho and Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen.
It's all set to begin at 12.30 pm local time, so sit back and let the PokerNews Live Reporting Team take you on a journey through eight levels of exciting poker action. As we wait for that action to commence, check out Lynn Gilmartin's tour of Australia's unofficial capital city.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Time To Play
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The players are in the seats and the cards are in the air.
Just like yesterday, Day 1b will see eight 60-minute levels of poker action.
Some of the Notables
A quick look around the room and here are some of the players we have noticed so far.
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Barrett Booming Early
When we wandered into the Oasis Room we noticed that Josh Barrett was already sitting behind a stack of over 40,000. We asked him how this happened and he let us know. Apparently Barrett held 
in the big blind and three-bet one opponent who opened from late position. The player called and a 
flop was dealt - with two hearts. Barrett led out for 900 here and his opponent shipped it in for 20,000. Apparently this baffled Barrett and after plenty of thought he eventually made the call.
Barrett was in trouble though, with his opponent turning over 
for the nuts. They wouldn't stay the nuts for long though as Barrett hit runner-runner hearts to pick up a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000 | 25,000 |
The Hall of Fame
We have noticed five very familiar faces in the room today. Introducing a large portion of the Australian Poker Hall of Fame.
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Another Early Double
As we walked past Vesk Zmukic's table we noticed he was also sitting behind a 40,000-chip stack. Zmukic let us know that he hit a set holding , managing to squeeze full value out of an opponent's 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000 | 20,000 |
A Look At The Past
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Its only early on Day 1b of the ANZPT Sydney Main Event, but why don't we take a look at how this event has done in the past.
The Sydney leg of the ANZPT has been one of the most popular stops on the whole tour since its inception. That is surely set to continue this week as another big field is being created. We are expecting to see the 2012 ANZPT Sydney event reach the heights of 2009 Below is a table of the past three winners.
ANZPT Sydney Past Results
| Year | Entrants | Prizepool | Winner |
| 2009 | 493 | $986,000 | Paren Arzoomanian |
| 2010 | 446 | $892,000 | Angelo Hanataj |
| 2011 | 393 | $786,000 | Michael Kanaan |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0