PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 6 Melbourne

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 6 Melbourne

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q6
Prize
217,500 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
1,032,000 AUD
Entries
516
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

First Break of Day 1a

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

The players have been sent on their first ten-minute break of the day.

Registration is still open until the end of the next break.

See you back here soon!

More Updated Counts

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Here are the approximate stacks of some of the players in the tournament area near the main entrance to the poker room. As you can see, Benn 'risk2Dupside' Skender has had a good start to the day. One of these players, former Aussie Millions final tablist Mile Krstanoski, has only just sat down before the first break of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Benn Skender
Benn Skender
46,000 26,000
Tristan Bain au
Tristan Bain
36,200 4,200
Adrian Attenborough au
Adrian Attenborough
35,000 15,000
Jie Gao ca
Jie Gao
32,000
Stevan Chew au
Stevan Chew
26,000
Julius Colman au
Julius Colman
22,000
Mile Krstanoski au
Mile Krstanoski
20,000
Kahle Burns au
Kahle Burns
WSOP 2X Winner
17,000 -3,000
Steve Topakas
Steve Topakas
14,000 -6,000
Trevor Marmalade
Trevor Marmalade
10,000 -10,000

Counts from the Main Floor

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Here are some updated approximate chip stacks from the main tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Guzzardi us
Michael Guzzardi
31,000 11,000
Dylan Honeyman au
Dylan Honeyman
27,000
Phillip Wilcocks
Phillip Wilcocks
23,500 3,500
Hugh Cohen au
Hugh Cohen
23,000
Jackson Zheng
Jackson Zheng
22,000 2,000
Ken Demlakian au
Ken Demlakian
18,000 -6,000
James Broom au
James Broom
18,000 -2,000
Leo Boxell au
Leo Boxell
15,700 -4,300
Dale Marsland au
Dale Marsland
15,000 -5,000
Antonis Kambouroglou au
Antonis Kambouroglou
13,000 -7,000
Tom Grigg au
Tom Grigg
11,500
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
WSOP 1X Winner
10,000
Octavian Voegele
Octavian Voegele
8,000 -12,000

Skunk One of the Early Chip Leaders

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

We recently noticed that Tristan 'SkunkDen' Bain is playing Day 1a of ANZPT Melbourne. We noticed because he happens to be sitting behind one of the largest stacks we have seen so far today - 32,000.

Bain has made one ANZPT final table in his career, finishing 8th in the 2011 ANZPT Canberra Main Event. Bain is perhaps better known for winning one of online poker's biggest-ever prizes when he chopped the 10th Anniversary Sunday Millions six-handed and picked up more than US$750,000.

Player Chips Progress
Tristan Bain au
Tristan Bain
32,000 12,000

Tags: Tristan Bain

King-High No Good For Grigg

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

"King high," Tom Grigg (somewhat) sighed at the end of a hand we just watched him play against one opponent.

We had arrived on the {2-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{q-Spades} flop, with Grigg's opponent leading out for 900 and Grigg making the call from the button. Both players then checked the {2-Spades} turn and a {2-Diamonds} was dealt on the river. The action was checked to Grigg and he opted to bet 2,800. Grigg's opponent made a fairly quick call, and this when Grigg showed his {k-Clubs}{j-Hearts}.

Grigg's cards went into the muck as he was up against {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts} , with the ace-high just pipping Grigg's king-high.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Grigg au
Tom Grigg
11,500

Tags: Tom Grigg

Entrants So Far

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

There have been 221 entrants so far on Day 1a of the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event. That puts the event on track to move toward a final field of 500 players. The second and final Day 1 flight takes place from midday tomorrow (Saturday). The largest ANZPT Melbourne, by field size, was in 2012 when 345 players partook. It's looking like we are certainly going to surpass that number.

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Few More Faces

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

A few more familiar faces have been spotted during these early stages of Day 1a of the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event. This includes players like Tom Grigg and Michael Guzzardi, who happen to be seated at the same table. Grigg finished 3rd in the ANZPT Melbourne ‘Grand Final’ a couple of years ago, while Guzzardi chopped the 2012 ANZPT Melbourne Main Event three-handed.

Also spotted at the tables were ANZPT Melbourne ‘Repechage’ 3rd place finish Michel Bouskila, along with former APPT Melbourne final tablist Jackson Zheng.

Player Chips Progress
Michel Bouskila au
Michel Bouskila
20,000 20,000
Tom Grigg au
Tom Grigg
20,000 20,000
Jackson Zheng
Jackson Zheng
20,000 20,000
Michael Guzzardi us
Michael Guzzardi
20,000 20,000

Ken Demlakian Sets Up a Nice Pot

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Ken Demlakian has just scooped a healthy pot to start Day 1a of ANZPT Melbourne strongly.

We picked up the action on the {4-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{2-Spades} flop. Demlakian checked to his lone opponent, who bet 1,100. Demlakian made the call and the dealer turned over a {9-Spades}. This time both players checked and the board completed with a {q-Spades}. Demlakian opted to bet 2,400 here, which put his opponent into the tank. Eventually the player called.

At showdown, Demlakian tabled his {2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} for a flopped set of deuces - enough to see his opponent quickly muck and with that, the pot went to Demlakian.

Demlakian's best result in an ANZPT was in 2011 in Queenstown, New Zealand. He finished runner-up to Dave Allan.

Player Chips Progress
Ken Demlakian au
Ken Demlakian
24,000 4,000