Main Event
Day 3 Started
2015 ANZPT Melbourne
Main Event
Day: 3
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Chip Counts
Chip Counts
Day 3 Seating Draw
| 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 |
Welcome Back to Day 3 of ANZPT Melbourne; Players in the Money!
Yesterday's action saw 241 players dwindle down to just 63 with Kenn Langcake taking out Minh Hau Nguyen on the bubble with pocket aces against pocket kings to guarantee himself as well as the other 62 runners at least $3,200 for their efforts.
Langcake will lead the way today with 440,500 in chips. He is joined at the top of the leader board by three others with over 400,000 in chips — [Removed:415] (422,000), Sam Higgs (416,500), and Hyeong Choi (401,500). Some of the others who will also be at the felt on the third day include Ivan Zalac (280,000), Van Marcus (239,500), PokerStars Team Pro Chen-An Lin (238,500), reigning Aussie Millions champion Manny Stavropolous (186,000), Aleks Brkovic (166,000), Ben Savage (101,500) as well as short stacks Liam O'Rourke (44,500) and Rory Young (32,500).
You can see the final day seating draw in the live reporting blog below.
The players will be at the felt from 12:30 p.m. local time and PokerNews will be here for each of the eliminations as we play down to a final table of just seven. Be sure to keep your browser locked right here!
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Play Commences
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The cards are in the air for Day 3 of the ANZPT Melbourne main event.
The remaining 63 players have 16:18 minutes left in Level 15 with blinds continuing at 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante.
George Balandinos Doubles Through Daniel Bird
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
George Balandinos wasted no time moving all in for his remaining 57,000 from under the gun.
The action folded around to Yujen Lin on the button who asked for a count.
"It's exactly 57,000," said Balandinos. "And do I want a caller? Absolutely!" he added.
Lin thought for a minute before releasing his hand. Daniel Bird was already standing from his chair as the decision folded to him on the big blind. He called before both players tabled their cards.
Balandinos: 
Bird: 
The board ran out 
to see Balandinos take down the pot with an ace kicker after Bird's two pair was counterfeited.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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125,000 | 67,000 |
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28,000 | -63,000 |
Carl Knox Doubles Through The Chip Leader
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Carl Knox moved all in for his remaining 32,000 before Kenn Langcake moved all in over the top from the button. Both blinds folded before the cards were exposed.
Knox: 
Langcake: 
The board ran out 
to see Knox spike a queen on the turn to keep his tournament alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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400,000 | -40,500 |
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75,000 | 34,500 |
Three Early Eliminations
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Gideon Max's Timely Double
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Jamal Nagi raised to 10,000 from under the gun plus one before Gideon Max moved all in for his last 19,000 from the hijack. The action folded back around to Nagi who called.
Nagi: 
Max: 
The board ran out 
to see Max hold with his ace kicker as he moves up to 50,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 | 10,000 |