Main Event
Day 1a Started
2015 ANZPT Melbourne
Main Event
Day: 1a
Top
Chip Counts
Chip Counts
4
88,500
5
86,900
It's Time For The Main Event!
After a week of Poker action in the Crown Poker room it’s time for the Main Event here in Melbourne as season seven of the Australian New Zealand Poker Tour draws to an end.
It’s also the final event on the ANZPT - ever! That’s right, it’ll be the last chance for players to capture a coveted title and etch their names into Australian Poker history.
Last years Main Event in Melbourne saw 516 players generate the first ever 1 million dollar prize pool. Australia’s Edison Nguyen emerged victorious, so it wont come as much of a shock if Melbourne was able to repeat the same feat this weekend.
A plethora of national and international players will venture into Crown Casino, with action kicking off at 12:30pm today and concluding sometime on Tuesday.
Stay tuned as PokerNews.com brings you all the live reporting updates starting in just over an hours time.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
And We’re Off
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
With the button in seat 1 play has just commenced. Players are slowly taking their seats, as many tables started off short handed. Let's take a look who's here!
Day Plan Confirmed
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The players have been informed there will be seven 60-minute levels today, with ten-minute breaks after every two levels and no dinner break. That will have us out at the door at around 8:00p.m. local time.
Let's take a look who's here!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
A few notable players have already taken their seats today.
Reigning Aussie Million champion Manny Stavropoulos, 2015 APPT Seoul High Roller Champion Stevan Chew, Australian regulars Daniel Neilson, Ricky Kroesen, Hugh Cohen, Jie Gao and Jason Lee, as well as New Zealand pro's Cole Swannack and Jackson Zheng have all been spotted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
Table 33
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Table 33 situated next to the Media Desk has 2008 APPT Sydney Main Event Champion Martin Rowe, 2012 APPT Melbourne Grand Final Champion Sam Razavi and newest Team PokerStars Pro Chen-An Lin seated side-by-side to each other.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 |
More Notable Arrivals
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
2011 ANZPT Gold Coast Champion Peter Matusik, 2012 ANZPT Melbourne 3rd place finisher Michael Guzzardi, 2011 ANZPT Adelaide 3rd place finisher Ian Parnell and 2012 ANZPT Adelaide runner-up Andrew Scarfe have been spotted in our second lap of the tournament floor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 |
Martin Rowe Wins Some Back
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Martin Rowe raised to 300 from the cut off and was called by Chen-An Lin in the small blind as well as the player on the big blind.
All three players checked the 
flop before doing the same after the 
dropped on the turn.
Lin checked his option for the third time after the dealer produced the 
on the river. The player on the big blind thought for a moment before splashing out a bet totalling 800 in chips. Rowe stared his opponent down before tossing in a raise to 1,850 in chips. Lin quickly mucked, and was followed shortly after by the big blind, who opted to not commit more chips into the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,000 | -2,000 |
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9,000 | -11,000 |
PokerNews Podcast Ep. #337: More GPL/Cube Talk and WSOPE Recaps
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Donnie Peters and Rich Ryan discuss Wednesday's Global Poker League press conference and take a look at the first four winners from the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe in Berlin.
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