Hachem Emerges as the ANZPT Melbourne Repechage Day 1a Chip Leader
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.