Antonis 'Toothpick Tony' Kambouroglou didn't have a very good start to the day, but has recently won a few pots to ensure that changed. The most recent hand that went in Kambouroglou's favour saw him scoop up a handy pot on a board. We arrived at the action on the turn, with Kambouroglou leading into three opponents with a bet of 1,500. Only one player called. On the river, Kambouroglou led for 1,800 and his opponent eventually called. At showdown, Kambouroglou tabled and scooped up the pot.
Peter Aristidou made the final table of this event back in 2009 and we are sure he will be hoping to do the same here in 2014. There is a long way to go, but he has just won some chips, and that's a start.
We picked up the action with Aristidou involved in a hand with two opponents on a flop. The first player to act led out for 850 and Aristidou, and the other remaining player, both called.
On the turn, the play was checked to Aristidou, and he bet 2,600. Two folds meant that the pot was Aristidou's. He is up to around 25,000.
Both Benn 'risk2Dupside' Skender and Tristan 'SkunkDen' Bain have started the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event strongly. Both players are situated in the section near the bar, though at different tables. Skender mostly plays online, but interestingly his last two recorded live cashes were in this very tournament in 2012 and 2011. Bain has never ran deep here in Melbourne, but has final tabled an ANZPT event before.
“This is my event!” chirped local Ben Savage as he raked in a handy pot and sent an opponent to the rail. It was a classic coinflip with Savage calling with against a short stack’s .
The first four community cards were a bare but the ace from space river gave Savage the winning pair of aces.
Savage’s reference to this being his event comes on the back of three previous cashes in the ANZPT Melbourne. In Season 1 back in 2009, Savage took 8th place and followed that up with a 5th place finish the next year. In 2011 he couldn’t make it three final tables in a row, but did cash in 25th place for his third consecutive ANZPT Melbourne cash.
With the elimination, Savage climbs to 26,000 in chips and his on his way towards another deep run.
Oliver Gill is making his usual noise here on Day 1a of the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event. He’s been chatting away with ANZPT Commissioner Danny McDonagh with typical gusto and it’s got a few people riled up, even those not on his table.
“My hearing is only 70% but he’s still too loud for me, and I’m not even on his table!” chuckled former Aussie Millions champ David Gorr from a nearby table.
By his own admissions, Gill hasn’t had a great ANZPT series so far, but with the volume turned up that should kick his game up a notch here in the Main Event.
James Broom is down to just six thousand in chips.
The most recent hand we watched involving Broom saw him and two opponents take to a flop. One of Broom's opponents was Minh Nguyen. Broom was on the button and led out for 1,400 when it was checked to him. Nguyen was the lone caller and with that, the dealer flipped over a turn. Nguyen and Broom checked here and a was dealt on the river. This time Nguyen led for 2,300 and Broom opted to fold, leaving himself with just around 6,000 behind.
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board. We arrived at the action on the turn, with Kambouroglou leading into three opponents with a bet of 1,500. Only one player called. On the river, Kambouroglou led for 1,800 and his opponent eventually called. At showdown, Kambouroglou tabled 
and scooped up the pot.
flop. The first player to act led out for 850 and Aristidou, and the other remaining player, both called.
against a short stack’s 
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but the ace from space 
turn. Nguyen and Broom checked here and a 
was dealt on the river. This time Nguyen led for 2,300 and Broom opted to fold, leaving himself with just around 6,000 behind.