2015 ANZPT Melbourne

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Van Marcus Eliminated By Lin Shi

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Van Marcus committed his remaining 330,000 from the small blind and was up against Lin Shi in the big blind.

Marcus: {q-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Shi: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{7-Spades} to see Shi hold with his high cards resulting in Marcus being eliminated from the tournament in 13th place.

Player Chips Progress
Lin Shi au
Lin Shi
1,450,000 877,000
Van Marcus au
Van Marcus
Busted

George Balandinos Doubles Through Danny Boxell

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Danny Boxell raised to 54,000 from the cut off and was called by George Balandinos in the blinds.

The flop came down {a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and Balandinos checked. Boxell reached for his chips and placed out a bet totalling 67,000. Balandinos then instantly slid out a raise to 200,000.

Boxell tanked for a few minutes before announcing all in for 332,000 in chips and was snap called by Balandinos who had a few chips less.

Balandinos: {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Boxell: {a-Hearts}{8-Spades}

The board ran out the {3-Hearts} and {6-Spades} to see Balandinos takes down the massive pot with a higher kicker.

Boxell is left with only 6,000 in chips following the hand.

Player Chips Progress
George Balandinos
George Balandinos
800,000 434,000
Danny Boxell
Danny Boxell
6,000 -368,000

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000

Hyeong Choi Eliminated By Peter Matusik

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

In the space of a few hand Hyeong Choi has found himself eliminated from the tournament.

On a flop of {3-Clubs}{8-Spades}{6-Spades} Choi checked his option from the small blind. Peter Matusik tossed out 50,000 from the button before Choi moved all in for 200,000 almost instantly. Matusik then made the call straight away before both players tabled their cards.

Choi: {q-Spades}{9-Spades}
Matusik: {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}

Choi was in trouble with his flush draw up against a set of sixes. The board would run out {k-Diamonds} and {10-Diamonds} to see Matusik hold on sending Choi to the rail in 15th place.

Player Chips Progress
Hyeong Choi
Hyeong Choi
Busted

Brett McGrath Eliminated By Nikolce Trajkovski

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Brett McGrath moved all in pre flop and was called by Nikolce Trajkovski.

McGrath: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}
Trajkovski: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

McGrath was at risk but would receive more out after the flop came down {2-Spades}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts} giving him a flush draw as well.

Unfortunately the board ran out {7-Clubs} and {q-Diamonds} to see McGrath miss all his out leaving Trajkovski victorious as he moves up to over 800,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolce Trajkovski
Nikolce Trajkovski
840,000 240,000
Brett McGrath
Brett McGrath
Busted

Danny Boxell Doubles Through Mile Krstanoski

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The action folded around to Mile Krstanoski on the button who raised it up to 48,000. Danny Boxell was seated in the big blind and opted to move all in for 170,000 in chips. Krstanoski counted out the called, and thought for a moment, before completing the call.

Krstanoski: {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Boxell: {a-Clubs}{j-Spades}

The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{4-Hearts} to see Boxell take down the pot with his ace kicker proving the difference.

Player Chips Progress
Danny Boxell
Danny Boxell
374,000 126,000
Mile Krstanoski au
Mile Krstanoski
210,000 -208,000

Kenn Langcake Doubles Through Manny Stavropoulos

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Manny Stavropoulos raised to 45,000 from the hijack before Kenn Langcake moved all in for 248,000 from the big blind. Stavropoulos thought for a minute before making the call.

Stavropoulos: {a-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Langcake: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}

Both players would end up making two pair after the {5-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{4-Clubs}{5-Spades} board came down with Langcake's higher kicker proving the difference.

Player Chips Progress
Manny Stavropoulos au
Manny Stavropoulos
1,500,000 -254,000
Kenn Langcake au
Kenn Langcake
530,000 261,000