2015 ANZPT Melbourne

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 ANZPT Melbourne

Event Info
Buy-in
2,050 AUD
Prize Pool
1,066,000 AUD
Entries
520
Players Left
1
Average Chip Stack
10,400,000
Total Chips
10,400,000
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Mark Schmelcher Gets The Better Of Min Jae Park

Level 11 : 900/1,800, 200 ante

Mark Schmelcher limped into the pot from the cut off and the player in the small blind completed the call before Min Jae Park raised to 7,800 from the big blind. Schmelcher called and the small blind folded.

The flop came down {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{8-Hearts} and Park bet out 8,500 which was called. Both players checked the {2-Hearts} on the turn before the {2-Diamonds} completed the board.

Park thought about his decision for a minute before opting to check. Schmelcher then reached for his chips and tossed out 15,000. Park called shortly after, then mucked, when Schmelcher tabled his {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Hyeong Wook Choi
Hyeong Wook Choi
258,000 18,000
Ben Savage au
Ben Savage
165,000 15,000
Mark Schmelcher
Mark Schmelcher
145,000 20,000
Tino Lechich au
Tino Lechich
65,000 10,000
James Rann gb
James Rann
46,000 5,900
Min Jae Park kr
Min Jae Park
34,000 -41,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 900/1,800

Ante: 200

Phares Bouya Makes The Call Against Sam Rotar

Level 10 : 700/1,400, 200 ante

Sam Rotar raised to 2,900 from under the gun plus one and was called by Phares Bouya in the small blind as well as the player in the big blind.

The flop came down {10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} and the blinds checked over to Rotar who bet out another 4,400 in chips. Only Bouya made the call before both players watched the {7-Spades} drop on the turn.

Both players checked before the {Q-Spades} completed the board. Bouya checked and watched as Rotar reached for his chips before placing out 7,600 in chips. Buoya then made the call and won the hand holding {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs} after Rotar tabled his {5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for six-high.

Player Chips Progress
Phares Bouya
Phares Bouya
100,000 20,000
Sam Rotar
Sam Rotar
57,000

Rory Young Doubles Opponent

Level 10 : 700/1,400, 200 ante

The player in the cut off raised to 3,000 before the decision fell on Rory Young in the small blind. He asked his opponent how much he had before bumping the bet up to 8,100. The big blind folded before the original raiser moved all in for 30,300 in chips. Young snap called.

Young: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}

The board ran out {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{6-Spades} to see Young's opponent spike an ace to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Rory Young au
Rory Young
WSOP 1X Winner
78,000 -24,000

George Balandinos Pressures Matt Hawker

Level 10 : 700/1,400, 200 ante

The action started with Matt Hawker raising to 3,500 from under the gun. The decision folded around to George Balandinos who bumped it up to 5,600. Back to Hawker and he called

The flop came down {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{a-Spades} and Hawker check called a continuation bet totalling 10,000 before the {4-Clubs} dropped on the turn. Hawker checked once more, but opted to fold, after Balandinos tossed out another 10,000 in chips.

Balandinos then flipped over his {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts} before raking in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
George Balandinos
George Balandinos
185,000 20,000
Matt Hawker
Matt Hawker
45,000 45,000

Extra Counts

Level 10 : 700/1,400, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Hyeong Wook Choi
Hyeong Wook Choi
240,000 35,000
Mark Schmelcher
Mark Schmelcher
125,000 25,000
Aleks Brkovic
Aleks Brkovic
105,000 38,100
Nikolaos Solomos au
Nikolaos Solomos
90,000 29,200
James Grosso
James Grosso
85,000 12,500
Phares Bouya
Phares Bouya
80,000
Min Jae Park kr
Min Jae Park
75,000 -27,000
Michael Pinzone
Michael Pinzone
64,000
David Munday
David Munday
60,000
Brent Taunton
Brent Taunton
55,000
Tino Lechich au
Tino Lechich
55,000 -12,100
Erich Stedler
Erich Stedler
40,000
Van Marcus au
Van Marcus
39,000 8,800
Adrian Attenborough au
Adrian Attenborough
29,000
Yucheng Rong
Yucheng Rong
28,000
Nick Oiberman
Nick Oiberman
25,000 3,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 700/1,400

Ante: 200