2015 ANZPT Sydney

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 ANZPT Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
183,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,050 AUD
Prize Pool
912,250 AUD
Entries
445
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000

Main Event

Day 1a Completed

Jabbour, Voegele Lead Opening Day of ANZPT Sydney

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Chip leader, Sayed Jabbour
Chip leader, Sayed Jabbour

Season 7 of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour continued on Friday as Day 1a of ANZPT Sydney began at The Star in New South Wales, Australia.

This $2,300 buy-in event is always one of the most popular in the region and the first of two Day 1 flights did not disappoint as 188 players hit the tables.

After seven 60-minute levels there were 84 survivors and it was Sayed Jabbour who emerged as the chip leader with a stack of 157,400. ANZPT Adelaide champ Octavian Voegele, meanwhile, finished with 121,400 which was good for the second largest stack overall.

Jabbour is no stranger to the poker room at The Star in Sydney. He’s a cash game regular and told us he has put in many hours at these tables. Jabbour found a large portion of his chips on Day 1a in a classic race, with his {a-}{k-} trumping {q-}{q-} in a big all-in preflop situation.

Voegele’s story was a little more exciting than Jabbour’s. He held {9-}{9-} on a {9-}{9-}{6-} flop and was fortunate to cooler Tommy Vo who held {6-}{6-}. The interesting story here, however, is that Voegele and Vo play in a home game together back in their home town and are roommates while travelling to ANZPT Sydney.

Some of the others who survived and will be joining Jabbour and Voegele at the felt on Day 2 include Dominic Coombe, Ken Demlakian, Didier Guerin, Ryan Hong, Anthony Legg and Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang.

There were plenty of others who weren’t as fortunate as the Day 1a survivors with players like Daniel Neilson, Ricky Kroesen, John Caridad, andrecent APPT Auckland champ Minh Nguyen all eliminated throughout the day. Nguyen hit the rail when his {k-}{k-} ran into Andrew Dales’ {a-}{a-}.

The players who did survive Day 1a will now return to the felt from 12:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, while a new batch players will hit the tables for the second and final Day 1 flight from 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Be sure to return then as PokerNews continue to provide live updates of ANZPT Sydney.

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PokerNews GPI Update Episode #34: Are You Ready for the Global Poker Masters?

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Eric Danis is in Malta, but that doesn't mean he's about to miss a show. He talks with Rich Ryan about the upcoming Global Poker Masters, the GPI Player of the Year race, and the GPI 300.

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End-of-Day 1a Chip Counts (full)

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
[Removed:202]
[Removed:202]
157,400 7,400
Octavian Voegele
Octavian Voegele
122,400 -7,600
Tty Ly au
Tty Ly
111,100 111,100
Peter Dykes au
Peter Dykes
91,600 91,600
Tony Sama
Tony Sama
91,100 91,100
Dominic Coombe au
Dominic Coombe
90,900 90,900
Didier Guerin au
Didier Guerin
79,000 -1,000
Ryan Hong au
Ryan Hong
77,900 77,900
Jackson Zheng
Jackson Zheng
77,800 2,800
Nathan Turner
Nathan Turner
73,100 73,100
Zaven Demlakian
Zaven Demlakian
72,200
Rob Harrison
Rob Harrison
67,600 67,600
Andrew Dales
Andrew Dales
67,200 -32,800
Michael Ho us
Michael Ho
67,200 67,200
Dexter Wong
Dexter Wong
66,600 66,600
Michael Kanaan au
Michael Kanaan
65,900 17,900
Wilson Li hk
Wilson Li
64,800 64,800
Ken Demlakian au
Ken Demlakian
63,900 11,900
Brendan Ruse
Brendan Ruse
63,600 63,600
Terance Stevens
Terance Stevens
63,100 63,100
Colin Carpenter
Colin Carpenter
62,900 62,900
Andrew Li
Andrew Li
62,800 62,800
Anthony Legg
Anthony Legg
62,400 -17,600
Benjamin Pockett au
Benjamin Pockett
62,300 62,300
Pravin Harji
Pravin Harji
61,500 41,500

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Final Three Hands

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

The tournament clock has been paused and it has been revealed there will be three more hands at each table before Day 1a of the ANZPT Sydney Main Event is all over. Stay tuned for any last-minute action, and of course, full end-of-day chip counts and a recap of the day played out.

Leader Emerges

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Sayed Jabbour has emerged as the chip leader late in this final level of Day 1a of the ANZPT Sydney Main Event . He has around 150,000 with Octavian Voegele the nearest stack with around 125,000. We asked Jabbour how he got his chips and he told us one big hand that saw him have {j-}{j-} on a {a-}{j-}{4-}{6-}{9-} board against {a-}{j-} and another big flip where his {a-}{k-} trumped an opponent's {q-}{q-} all-in preflop.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:202]
[Removed:202]
150,000 150,000

Late Last Level Stacks

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Here are the approximate stacks of some of the players during the last level of the night.

Player Chips Progress
Octavian Voegele
Octavian Voegele
130,000 25,000
Didier Guerin au
Didier Guerin
80,000
Anthony Legg
Anthony Legg
80,000 -15,000
Jackson Zheng
Jackson Zheng
75,000 25,000
Ken Demlakian au
Ken Demlakian
52,000 22,000
Michael Kanaan au
Michael Kanaan
48,000
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 24,000
Tony Kambouroglou au
Tony Kambouroglou
40,000 -2,000
Bryan Huang sg
Bryan Huang
37,000 7,000
Peco Stojanovski au
Peco Stojanovski
35,000 12,000
Emanuel Seal au
Emanuel Seal
30,000 4,000
Matthew Rolfe au
Matthew Rolfe
22,000 -6,000
Luke Spano
Luke Spano
13,000 -15,000
Billy Argyros au
Billy Argyros
12,000

Caridad Eliminated During Last Level

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

John Caridad made the final table of this event in 2009, but he wont be doing the same this year.

We watched Caridad hit the rail after moving a very short stack in with {8-Spades}{7-Spades}on a {3-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{4-Hearts} flop. Caridad's lone opponent called and tabled {5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for the pair and the lead. Caridad needed some help but it didnt come on the {9-Diamonds} turn or {2-Spades} river and so Caridad was on the rail.

Player Chips Progress
John Caridad
John Caridad
Busted

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Legg Running Good

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

"I'm running pretty good mate," Anthony Legg said to a short stacked all in opponent when Legg had {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts} against {a-}{k-}.

Then the board ran out {7-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} and Legg had made a straight to send the player home.

"Sorry mate," Legg said sincerely.

"I'm just running like god," he added as he raked in the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Legg
Anthony Legg
95,000 20,000

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