Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2015 ANZPT Melbourne
Main Event
Day: 2
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422,000
Kenn Langcake Leads Final 63; Remaining Players Guaranteed a Payday!
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
After almost eight 60-minute levels and dozens of bust outs, the 2015 ANZPT Melbourne Main Event reached the money on Day 2.
The last level of the day was hectic with play slowing down for hand-for-hand play to determine who would bubble the event. That title would go to Australian poker pro Minh Hau Nguyen. He got involved in a betting war preflop with Kenn Langcake and was in trouble when his pocket kings came up against pocket aces. No help would come and Nguyen would hit the rail resulting in the remaining 63 players all guaranteeing themselves $3,200 for their efforts.
Several players were in contention for the end-of-day chip lead throughout the final two levels including [Removed:415] (422,000), Sam Higgs (416,000) and start-of-day chip leader Hyeong Wook Choi (401,500), but it would be Langcake who would steal the show in the final hand to finish on 440,500 in chips.
The four aforementioned players are well ahead of the pack that includes such notables as Jim Psaros (277,500), Van Marcus (239,500), PokerStars Team Pro Chen-An Lin (238,500), Manny Stavropolous (186,000), Aleks Brkovic (166,000), Ben Savage (101,500), Danny Boxell (88,000) and Liam O’Rourke (44,500).
While 63 players have made it through to Day 3, exactly 178 players had to hit the rail, all missing out on cashing in the final ANZPT stop ever. Some of those who were eliminated include Michael Kanaan, Dean Blatt, Luke Edwards, Adrain Attenborough, Michael Guzzardi, Jesse McKenzie, James Obst, Joe and Tony Hachem, Anthony Legg, Sam Razavi and Jackie Glazier.
Players will now return tomorrow and play a third day until they reach the final table, where each will guarantee themselves at least $34,650 in prize money. The action is set to begin at 12:30 p.m. local time and PokerNews will once again be in the Crown Poker Room providing live updates throughout the day! Be sure to join us, and we'll see you then!
Day 3 Seating Draw
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Name | Table | Seat | Chips |
| Rory Young | 25 | 1 | 32,500 |
| Anthony Ronalds | 25 | 2 | 143,000 |
| Selwyn Austin | 25 | 3 | 96,000 |
| Weipeng Deng | 25 | 4 | 64,000 |
| Ngoc Dam | 25 | 5 | 108,500 |
| Hugo Robinson | 25 | 6 | 234,500 |
| Leevan Puyat | 25 | 7 | 79,500 |
| Rahul Rastogi | 25 | 8 | 170,500 |
| Ricardo Jardim | 25 | 9 | 330,000 |
| Gideon Max | 26 | 1 | 40,000 |
| Gary Retallick | 26 | 2 | 57,000 |
| Mile Krstanoski | 26 | 3 | 241,000 |
| Daniel Burich | 26 | 4 | 52,000 |
| Mingmin Wu | 26 | 5 | 115,000 |
| Charles Caris | 26 | 6 | 155,000 |
| Adam Monaghan | 26 | 7 | 106,000 |
| Jamal Nagi | 26 | 8 | 168,500 |
| Darren Schneider | 26 | 9 | 70,500 |
| Carl Knox | 27 | 1 | 40,500 |
| Kenn Langcake | 27 | 2 | 440,500 |
| Mark Schmelcher | 27 | 3 | 292,000 |
| Robert Allen | 27 | 4 | 114,000 |
| John Haddad | 27 | 5 | 82,500 |
| Nikolce Trajkovski | 27 | 6 | 257,500 |
| Van Marcus | 27 | 7 | 239,500 |
| Nick Morales | 27 | 8 | 75,000 |
| Brett McGrath | 27 | 9 | 210,000 |
| Chen-An Lin | 28 | 1 | 238,500 |
| Craig Blight | 28 | 2 | 84,500 |
| Patrick Hanrahan | 28 | 3 | 81,000 |
| Adeel Shaikh | 28 | 4 | 68,500 |
| Phares Bouya | 28 | 5 | 122,500 |
| Seyed Hosseininasab | 28 | 6 | 179,000 |
| Sam Butters | 28 | 7 | 147,500 |
| Sam Rotar | 28 | 8 | 67,000 |
| Erich Stadler | 28 | 9 | 129,500 |
| Daniel Bird | 29 | 1 | 91,000 |
| George Balandinos | 29 | 2 | 58,000 |
| Jim Psaros | 29 | 3 | 277,500 |
| Joseph Cristallo | 29 | 4 | 121,500 |
| Ben Savage | 29 | 5 | 101,500 |
| Daniel Christieson | 29 | 6 | 82,000 |
| Sam Nee Aik-Chuan | 29 | 7 | 209,500 |
| Yujen Lin | 29 | 8 | 143,500 |
| Danny Boxell | 29 | 9 | 88,000 |
| [Removed:415] | 31 | 1 | 422,000 |
| Peter Matusik | 31 | 2 | 373,000 |
| Josh Spooner | 31 | 3 | 329,000 |
| Ivan Zalac | 31 | 4 | 280,000 |
| James Grosso | 31 | 5 | 152,000 |
| Aleks Brkovic | 31 | 6 | 166,000 |
| Sam Higgs | 31 | 7 | 416,500 |
| Ali Ghezelbash | 31 | 8 | 58,000 |
| Roberto Damelian | 31 | 9 | 111,000 |
| Chia-Chang Ku | 32 | 1 | 113,500 |
| David Evans | 32 | 2 | 41,000 |
| Hyeong Choi | 32 | 3 | 401,500 |
| Lin Shi | 32 | 4 | 255,000 |
| Ross Grammer | 32 | 5 | 218,500 |
| Manny Stavropoulos | 32 | 6 | 186,000 |
| Damon Smith | 32 | 7 | 92,000 |
| Liam O'Rourke | 32 | 8 | 44,500 |
| Tien Pham | 32 | 9 | 244,500 |
End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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440,500 | |
|
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422,000 | 27,000 |
|
416,500 | 21,500 |
|
401,500 | 401,500 |
|
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373,000 | -7,000 |
|
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330,000 | 330,000 |
|
|
329,000 | 329,000 |
|
|
292,000 | 62,000 |
|
280,000 | 71,000 |
|
277,500 | |
|
|
257,500 | 237,400 |
|
255,000 | 227,200 |
|
244,500 | 220,400 |
|
241,000 | 231,600 |
|
239,500 | 104,500 |
|
238,500 | 138,500 |
|
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234,500 | 234,500 |
|
218,500 | -14,500 |
|
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210,000 | 148,600 |
|
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209,500 | 143,500 |
|
186,000 | 21,000 |
|
|
179,000 | 24,000 |
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170,500 | -24,500 |
|
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168,500 | 97,500 |
|
166,000 | -29,000 |
Minh Hau Nguyen Bubbles ANZPT Melbourne!
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Hand-for-hand play lasted 20 minutes before Minh Hau Nguyen bubbled the ANZPT Melbourne main event.
The action started with Nguyen raising to 10,000 before Kenn Langcake bumped it up to 25,000. With the decision back on Nguyen, he moved all in for around 100,000 in chips, and was snap called.
Nguyen: 
Langcake: 
The board ran out 
to see Nguyen eliminated in the final hand of play.
Langcake may have captured the eventual chip lead after winning that hand.
Stay tuned for a wrap of the days play shortly..
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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440,500 | 290,500 |
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Busted |
Hand-For-Hand
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
A quick succession of eliminations has left the field with only 64 players remaining.
One more elimination and the players will make the money!
Big Stacks!
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
It has been announced that the players will end play for the night after this level is completed.
Currently these five players are leading the way!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
395,000 | 100,000 |
|
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395,000 | -42,000 |
|
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390,000 | 90,000 |
|
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380,000 | 80,000 |
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340,000 | -49,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Minh Hau Nguyen Finds A Double
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
The player in the cut off raised to 7,500 before Minh Hau Nguyen moved all in for 55,000 from the small blind. The player in the big blind then announced all in for slightly more which saw the original raiser get out of the way.
Nguyen: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
to see Nguyen spike a ten on the flop and take down the pot with a higher pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
122,000 | 42,000 |
[Removed:415] Doubles Through Peter Matusik
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
The action started with Peter Matusik raising to 6,500 from the hijack and getting called by Patrick Hanrahan on the button as well as [Removed:415] in the blinds.
The flop came down 
and Doria checked. Matusik tossed out a continuation bet totalling 15,000 which was enough to Hanrahan out. Doria then reached for his chips and slid out 55,000. Matusik instantly announced all in for around 400,000 and Doria snap called with less.
Matusik: 
Doria: 
Doria then watched as the board bricked out the 
then 
to see him win the hand with a set of eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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300,000 | 177,000 |
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295,000 | 253,000 |