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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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