Time to Crown an ANZPT Melbourne Champion
This is it. The final day of the last ever stop on the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour.
Today we crown a champion of the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event.
The player who will be quietly confident coming into today is local poker pro Peter “Chewing Gum Pete” Matusik. Not only does he have the lead with a stack of 2,430,000 in chips, he also has plenty of experience on a big stage such as this.
Matusik does have some tough competition with Australia's Manny Stavropoulos and Mile Krstanosk both sporting impressive resumes and both looking for another big score. The rest of the final table can't be underestimated either, with Lin Shi, Kenn Langcake, Carl Knox, George Balandinos, Erich Stadler and Nicole Trajovski all keen to catch their own piece of poker glory.
| Seat | Name | Chips |
| 1 | Manny Stavropoulos | 1,570,000 |
| 2 | Kenn Langcake | 650,000 |
| 3 | Mile Krstanoski | 525,000 |
| 4 | Carl Knox | 860,000 |
| 5 | George Balandinos | 990,000 |
| 6 | Erich Stadler | 490,000 |
| 7 | Peter Matusik | 2,430,000 |
| 8 | Lin Shi | 1,865,000 |
| 9 | Nikolce Trajkovski | 800,000 |
The final table kicks off at Crown Melbourne from 12:30pm local time and right here at PokerNews is where you can follow the coverage and find out who is crowned the champion. Until then, learn more about each of the final table players in the live reporting blog below.