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

Carl Knox Doubles Through Sam Higgs

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Sam Higgs raised to 27,000 from under the gun plus one and was called by Carl Knox in the cut off.

The flop came down {7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Higgs placed out a continuation bet totalling 35,000. Knox called.

The {6-Clubs} dropped on the turn and Higgs immediately announced all in. Knox almost beat him to it with a quick reply of call.

Higgs: {3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}
Knox: {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}

The river produced the {2-Spades} to see Knox hold with trip sevens as he rises to over 400,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Carl Knox
Carl Knox
430,000
200,000
200,000
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
320,000
-170,000
-170,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Ben Savage Eliminated By Nikolce Trajkovski

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Nikolce Trajkovski raised to 27,000 from the hijack before Ben Savage moved all in for around 115,000 from the small blind. As soon as the big blind mucked his hand Trajkovski snap called.

Trajkovski: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Savage: {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}

The board ran out {4-Hearts}{10-Spades}{5-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{9-Clubs} to give Trajkovski the win with the over pair resulting in Savage being eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Savage au
Ben Savage
Busted

Daniel Christieson Eliminated By Nick Morales

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Nick Morales raised from the cut off before Daniel Christieson opted to move all in for slightly more from the big blind. The bet was called before both players tabled their cards.

Christieson: {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Morales: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {4-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{q-Hearts} to see Morales take down the pot with the superior kicker.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Christieson
Daniel Christieson
Busted

Ricardo Jardim Eliminated By Manny Stavropoulos

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

The action folded around to Manny Stavropoulos on the button who raised to 25,000. Ricardo Jardim was on the big blind and moved all in for exactly 150,000 in chips. Stavropoulos thought about his decision for a moment before making the call.

Stavropoulos: {a-Diamonds}{7-Spades}
Jardim: {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

No help came for Jardim as the board ran out {k-Clubs}{3-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{9-Spades} to see him hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Manny Stavropoulos au
Manny Stavropoulos
1,450,000
250,000
250,000
Ricardo Jardim
Ricardo Jardim
Busted

Anthony Ronalds Doubles Through Chen-An Lin

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

PokerStars Team Pro Chen-An Lin opened from under the gun before Anthony Ronalds moved all in for 178,000 from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Lin called.

Ronalds: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Lin: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {2-Spades}{4-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} to see Ronalds improve to a set with his monster pair as he moves up to 400,000 in chips. Lin drops down to 55,000 following the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Ronalds
Anthony Ronalds
400,000
220,000
220,000
Chen-An Lin tw
Chen-An Lin
55,000
-280,000
-280,000

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Chen-An Lin Eliminated By Hyeong Choi

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Hyeong Choi raised to 25,000 from under the gun plus one before Chen-An Lin moved all in for 46,000 from the small blind. The big blind mucked and Choi called.

Lin: {a-Hearts}{7-Spades}
Choi: {k-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{4-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{6-Spades} to see Choi spike a pair on the turn to take out his fellow countrymen.

Player Chips Progress
Chen-An Lin tw
Chen-An Lin
Busted

James Grosso Eliminated By Brett McGrath

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

James Grosso committed the last of his chips in pre flop and was up against Brett McGrath.

Grosso: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
McGrath: {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

Grosso was unable to improve on the {3-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{2-Spades} board resulting in him hitting the rail.

Player Chips Progress
James Grosso
James Grosso
Busted