Main Event Day 1b | 2013 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Sydney

03-22-2013 16:00 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Dale Marsland	68,000 26,000	26,000
Dominik Nitsche	60,000 35,000	35,000

Rhys Gould	58,000
Jackson Zheng	51,000 21,000	21,000
Octavian Voegele	45,000 10,000	10,000
Jonathan Karamalakis	42,000 2,000	2,000
Paul Hockin	35,000
Tom Wing	33,000 3,000	3,000
Andrew Hinrichsen	32,000 12,500	12,500

Didier Guerin	32,000 1,500	1,500
Patrick Healy	30,000 2,000	2,000
Ashley Warner	30,000 -17,000	-17,000
Dennis Huntly	25,000 2,000	2,000
Hugh Cohen	22,000
Jarred Graham	22,000 -13,000	-13,000

Leo Boxell	21,000 1,500	1,500
Brendon Rubie	16,500 -1,000	-1,000
Andrew Scarfe	15,000 7,725	7,725
Graeme Putt	13,000 1,000	1,000
Bryan Huang	7,000 -7,500	-7,500

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Huang	Busted

Scarfe Joins the List

Mateusz_Pater

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

We walked past a table, just as Andrew Scarfe committed the remainder of his chips in pre flop. He had a caller, and both players tabled their cards.

Scarfe:
Opponent:

With both players holding an ace, Scarfe would need some help. It would never come as the board ran out , to see him eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Scarfe	Busted

Tags: Andrew Scarfe

03-22-2013 16:35 UTC+10

Boxell Above Starting

Mateusz_Pater

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

We just saw Leo Bowell lose a hand, but he still sits comfortably, nursing a 25,000 chip stack.

The action started with Boxell opening the pot with a bet of 900 and finding a caller from the big blind. The flop fell and the player in the big blind checked. Boxell bet out 1,300 and was met with a raise to 3,300 almost instantly. Before the chips even hit the felt, Boxell made the call, and both players saw the come on the turn. The player in the big blind then tried to count out some sort of bet, before deciding an all-in would be better. The dealer counted out 8,350 in chips, which was too much for Boxell to call.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Bowell	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Leo Boxell

03-22-2013 16:45 UTC+10

Nitsche the Chip Leader

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Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Dominik Nitsche is now easily the chip lead after he recently eliminated two opponents. The hand in question took about ten minutes to play out after some mistakes from the dealer, but eventually this is what happened.

Nitsche was in early position and opened it up to 1,000. Folded around to Todor Kondevski and he called from the cutoff. Now the action was on the big blind player and he moved all in for 8,150. Nitsche then tumbled out a raise before Kondevski moved all in. Back on Nitsche and he made the call, having Kondevski well covered. This is when the hand stalled, as the dealer fumbled with the amounts for the two pots. Eventually the floor was called and the dispute was worked out as the players turned their cards over.

Nitsche:
Kondevski:
Big Blind:

The board ran out , with Nitsche hitting a set of jacks on the flop to scoop up the massive pot that sees his stack sit at six figures.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Nitsche	105,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Dominik Nitsche

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

03-22-2013 17:00 UTC+10

Zalac Rising

Mateusz_Pater

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

We arrived at the table to see a player moved all in for her remaining 12,000 in chips. The decision was on Ivan Zalac, and with the flop reading , he made the call.

Opponent:
Zalac:

Zalac was in front with a pair of queens, but his opponent had outs to a flush. The turn and river fell the and to miss completely, as Zalac now sits on a stack of 85,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Zalac	85,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Ivan Zalac

03-22-2013 17:10 UTC+10

Karamalakis Out

Mateusz_Pater

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Walking back to the media desk to update the blog, we noticed Jonathan Karamalakis sitting on a chair just outside the tournament floor. He was more than happy to let us know what had happened.

In the first hand he had flopped top two pair holding , with betting on every street. His opponent called all the way and got lucky when the board ran out running deuces to improve his pocket queens to a better hand.
His short stack then went all in pre flop, but his pocket jacks were no match for the might of pocket queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Karamalakis	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Karamalakis

03-22-2013 17:30 UTC+10

Wing Clipped

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Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

The action started with Tom Wing opening to 1,200 from under the gun, before being met with a raise to 2,700 in chips. Wing didn’t hesitate, and threw out 22,200 in chips, enough to cover his opponent. The bet was snapped, and the players tabled their cards.

Wing:
Opponent: