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

Peter Matusik Leads Final Nine

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Peter Matusik
Peter Matusik

The last final table ever on the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour was set with nine players remaining in the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event. Those nine players will return to action on Tuesday to play for the title and the AU$261,200 top prize.

Leading the way was none other than Peter "Chewing Gum Pete" Matusik. He dominated the penultimate day of action, finishing up with 2.43 million in chips. His stack was well ahead of Lin Shi with 1.865 million and Manny Stavropoulos on 1.57 million.

Matusik has been a regular of the Asia-Pacific poker scene for several years, amassing a résumé which includes well over $230,000 in tournament results. His most accomplished result was taking down the 2011 ANZPT Gold Coast Main Event for AU$145,100.

Matusik will be looking to win his second ANZPT title this week, but will have to overcome a tough final table including players such as reigning Aussie Millions Main Event champion Manny Stavropoulos and 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event third-place finisher Mile Krstanoski.

Here is how the final table stacks up:

SeatNameChips
1Manny Stavropoulos1,570,000
2Kenn Langcake650,000
3Mile Krstanoski525,000
4Carl Knox860,000
5George Balandinos990,000
6Erich Stadler490,000
7Peter Matusik2,430,000
8Lin Shi1,865,000
9Nikolce Trajkovski800,000

There were 63 players to begin Day 3, and 54 of those were eliminated throughout the action. Of those players, it was perhaps Adam Monaghan who ended up the most disappointed when he was deemed the final table "bubble boy."

There were a steady stream of notable eliminations with Rory Young (60th), Liam O’Rourke (55th), Sam Rotar (47th), Aleks Brkovic (46th) Tien Pham (33rd), Jim Psaros (30th), Ben Savage (28th), Team PokerStars Pro Chen-An Lin (25th), Sam Higgs (23rd), [Removed:415] (22nd), Ivan Zalac (18th), and Charles Caris (14th) all falling throughout the day.

It didn’t take long for 10 to become nine, when Monaghan, a local player, found himself all in holding the {q-Hearts}{8-Hearts} against Kenn Langcake’s {a-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. Monaghan would flop a pair to take the lead, but an ace on the turn gave it straight back to Langcake. No help came on the river and Monaghan would have to settle for 10th place and AU$11,725 in prize money.

Each player at the final table has guaranteed himself at least AU$19,120, but they'll all be hoping to ride the pay waves up to a six-figure victory. Play kicks off at 12:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, so make sure you return PokerNews then to find out who wins.