Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2013 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Repechage
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2013 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Repechage
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Prize Pool
844,000 AUD
Entries
844
Level
29
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
10,000
Hachem Emerges as the ANZPT Melbourne Repechage Day 1a Chip Leader
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
After thirteen tough levels of poker, the first of three Day 1 flights has come to an end here at the 2013 PokerStars.net ANZPT Melbourne Repechage Main Event. A total of 224 players (including a number of no-shows) invested the $1,100 buy-in and at the end of the night, approximately 33 had survived. Of those players it was Anthony Hachem who managed to bag up the largest stack, as he will now take 386,000 in chips into Sunday’s Day 2.
It was an extremely stacked field that took their seats tonight, with some of the best players in the region partaking in the action. These included David Allan, Benn Skender, Liam O’Rourke, Andrew Hinrichsen, Tom Grigg, Michael Kanaan, Jarrod Glennon, Tom Wing, Jackie Glazier, Trung Tran, and Michael Fadersen. Of these players, Allan, Skender, O’Rourke, Hinrichsen, Grigg, Kanaan and Glennon weren’t able to survive the night, while the rest are still in contention.
Some of the other players who survived the night and secured a Day 2 berth include Martin Cardno, Luke Brabin, Eric Assadourian, Jie Gao and Iori Yogo. Joining Hachem at the top of the chip counts are the likes of Gautam Dhingra (203,000), Dale Marsland (202,000), Aron Joyce (190,500), and Patrick Healy (165,000). A full list of surviving players and chip counts will be posted once they are made available.
Be sure to join us from 2:10 PM local time on Friday as we bring you all the live coverage from Day 1b of the ANZPT Melbourne Repechage Main Event.
Final Three Hands
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
With five minutes left on the tournament clock, the tournament director has just advised the remaining players, that they will play three more hands before completion of play.
Yogo Doubles Late
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We didn't catch the action, but both Iori Yogo and his opponent committed the remainder of their chips in pre-flop. Yogo held 
and was up against 
. The board ran out 
giving Yogo the win with a set of nines, and after a quick count of the stacks, had his opponent covered, sending him to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 | 70,000 |
A Final Round of Counts
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
395,000 | |
|
180,000 | 10,000 |
|
150,000 | 2,000 |
|
140,000 | 30,000 |
|
130,000 | |
|
115,000 | |
|
85,000 | |
|
|
70,000 | |
|
65,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
55,000 | -30,000 |
|
45,000 | -10,000 |
|
40,000 | -6,000 |
Fadersen Goes for a Double KO
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Nearing the end of play, Michael Fadersen had the chance to eliminate two players. It started with the player in the hijack moving all in for his last 22,500, before the player on the button moved all in for his last 35,500 in chips. The decision was on Michael Fadersen on the big blind, who after a little talk to himself, made the call, as all three players tabled their cards.
Fadersen: 
Hijack: 
Button: 
The board ran out 
to see Fadersen drop down to 68,000 in chips, as one player received more than a double-up, and another was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000 | -17,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Tran Gives Up
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The hand started with Trung Tran opening to 6,500, and finding a call from the small blind as well as Tom Wing in the big blind. The flop came 
, and the player in the small blind led out for 11,000. Wing mucked his cards, and Tran called, as the 
fell on the turn. Again Tran called a bet of 21,000 from his opponent, as the 
completed the board. This time Tran could not call a bet of 35,000, as he mucked his cards, dropping his stack down to 110,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | -35,000 |
Notable Chip Counts
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
148,000 | 127,000 |
|
|
145,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
85,000 | 12,000 |
|
|
85,000 | |
|
|
80,000 | 52,000 |
|
|
55,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
46,000 | -22,500 |
Hachem is King
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
We’ve just seen the biggest pot of the tournament unfold and it’s no surprise to see it’s gone the way of a Hachem. It’s not Joe and it’s not Tony, but it’s Joe’s son Anthony who has stormed to the top of the counts in a brutal hand against Gautam Dhingra.
The action started with a raise from Dhingra. Hachem three-bet to 15,000 before Dhingra four-bet to 37,000. Hachem then declared himself all in and Dhingra snap-called!
Hachem: 
Dhingra:
Wow! There were 350,000 chips in the middle in the ultimate cooler, but the drama only intensified when the flop landed 
to see Hachem spike a set to the disgust of Dhingra who stood and walked away from the table. The turn and 
river saw Hachem double up into the chip lead with Dhingra still in good shape with 95,000, but only a fraction of what might have been.