Naftaly's Late Surge Secures Day 1c Chip Lead of ANZPT Melbourne Repechage Main Event
The final day one flight at the 2013 PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Melbourne Repechage Main Event came to a close today, with a big field adding approximately 37 more players to tomorrow’s Day 2 action.
There were a total of 367 entries on Day 1c, and while most of those actually took to their seats there were no complaints, with the several no-shows leaving thousands of dollars of dead-money in the prize-pool.
After 13 levels of play it is 37 players from today who will join the 33 and 28 players from Day 1a and 1b respectively to form the 98-player Day 2 field. Some players from Day 1c who won’t be making an appearance on Day 2 include Liam O’Rourke, Ashley Warner, Jason Lee, David Gorr, Jai Kemp, David Zhao, James Obst, Tom Grigg and Josh Bell.
Cale McLean was looking good to lead the day, after taking several decent sized pots during the latter stages of the day, but his position was taken away by unknown player Edo Naftaly. Naftaly was able to edge narrowly in front when he eliminated Tom Grigg in the last few hands of the day to finish with 416,500 in chips. Close behind Naftaly were McLean (368,000), Josh Barrett (328,000), Laurence Hall (252,000), Arnold Bathan (254,500) and Dave Allen (216,500).
They’ll all still be chasing Daniel Neilson, who finished Day 1b with 613,000, which towers over both Naftaly and Anthony Hachem’s Day 1a and Day 1c leading chip-stacks.
The returning players will hit the felt at 12:30pm Sunday, all vying for the approximate first place prize of AU$181,000. Join the PokerNews Live Reporting team as we bring all the action from Day 2 of the 2013 ANZPT Melbourne Repechage Main Event.