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Day 1a Completed

08-29-2014 23:24 UTC+10

Legg leads 85 Survivors on Day 1a of ANZPT Melbourne

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That’s all for Day 1a of the 2014 ANZPT Melbourne Main Event!

At the beginning of the day there were high hopes of a big field making their way into the Crown Poker Room. In the end, 242 players partook in the first of two Day 1 flights. That sets the event up to reach 500 players and at the $2,200 buy-in level, that means a massive seven-figure prize pool.

As usual there were plenty of familiar faces at the felt to begin the day, but not all of them made it through the night. Some of those who were eliminated throughout Day 1a include Ken Demlakian, Tom Grigg, Dale Marsland, Jackson Zheng, Benn Skender and Australian Poker Hall of Famers Leo Boxell, Gary Benson and Billy Argyros.

While the aforementioned players didn't have a good day at the felt, it was a different story for 85 others. Especially Akash Mazumdar and Anthony Legg. Late in the day it was looking like Mazumdar would be the chip leader after dealing a double elimination holding against Stevan Chew’s and another player’s . But then, late in the night, Anthony 'leggieblufs1' Legg stormed into the chip lead, bagging up 160,200. Mazumdar finished with 152,000.

Some of the other players who finished Day 1a with plenty of chips include Daniel Botta (134,100), Dean Francis (119,700), 2011 APPT Melbourne runner-up Tristan Bain (110,800), Phillip Willcocks (110,000) and Adrian Attenborough (99,600).

Others who survived Day 1a, albeit with smaller stacks than the leaders, include Oliver Gill (48,700), Kahle Burns (43,700), 2011 Aussie Millions champion David Gorr (32,200), Mile Krstanoski (24,800) and Hugh Cohen (13,500), just to name a few!

All the 85 survivors from Day 1a will return to the felt from 12:10pm on Sunday. Before then, the second and final batch of Day 1 players will hit the felt. Day 1b kicks off at 12:10 p.m. local time and PokerNews will once again be here providing all the live updates. Be sure to join us then!

Tags: Anthony Legg

08-29-2014 23:14 UTC+10

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

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Legg	160,200	160,200
Akash Mazumdar	152,000	2,000
Daniel Botta	134,100	86,100
Michael Christodoulou	120,200	120,200
Dean Francis	119,700	98,700
Michael Chrisanthopoulos	118,800	118,800
Tristan Bain	110,800	-9,200
Phillip Willcocks	110,100	110,100
Henry Tran	108,600	-1,400
Tom Rafferty	108,200	108,200
Hugo Robinson	104,500	104,500
Adrian Attenborough	99,600	-2,400
Joe Reina	98,300	98,300
Corey Kempson	97,500	97,500
Cameron Bryce	95,000	95,000
Tania McBride	94,700	94,700
Mauro Sassano	85,200	85,200
Aleksandar Brkovic	84,200	84,200
George Bragg	83,900	83,900
Peter Skouteris	83,000	83,000
Gabriel Messo	81,000	81,000
Rodoliub Batuz	79,700	79,700
Robert Salter	75,500	75,500
Edison Nguyen	75,200	27,200
Christopher Rowlands	74,800	74,800

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08-29-2014 22:50 UTC+10

Final Three Hands

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The tournament clock has been paused and it has been announced that there will be three more hands at each table. Stay tuned for any last-minute action, all the end-of-day chip counts and a recap of the day's action.

08-29-2014 22:40 UTC+10

Not Another Melbourne Final Table for Guzzardi

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Michael Guzzardi finished third in this very event back in 2012 but he won’t be matching that result this time around after his recent elimination.

The hand started with an early position raise to 2,100 which was called by Phil Willcocks in the cutoff. Action folded to Guzzardi in the small blind who squeezed all in for 21,400 in total. The original raisor made a crying fold as Willcocks shrugged and made the call.
Guzzardi showed which brought a cringe from the player who folded as the race was on with Willcocks’ .

The board bricked to improve Willcocks to a set to eliminate Guzzardi from the tournament. Willcocks is now up to 95,000 and looks set to bag a solid number heading into Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Guzzardi	Busted

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08-29-2014 22:25 UTC+10

Akash Swooping Into Late Lead

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With just over twenty minutes to go in the day, we’ve just witnessed the biggest pot of the tournament with a double elimination and a pot worth over 150,000 heading the way of Akash Mazumdar.

It was Mazumdar who started the madness with a raise before Stevan Chew three-bet to 5,100 on the button. The action passed to the big blind who announced all in over the top for around 46,000. Mazumdar then did the same for all of his 63,000-chip stack to put the pressure back onto Chew.

The likeable Aussie pro shook his head in dismay and pondered his decision for several minutes before finally committing to call off his remaining chips.

Big Blind:
Mazumdar:
Chew:

It was a huge cooler and there were no surprises as the board ran out