PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 6 Melbourne

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Bryan Huang Surging

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang has made a late surge up the chip leader board.

The latest pot to go Huang's way began when he opened the button to 2,300. Sam Higgs was in the small blind and three-bet to 4,900. Huang made the call and the dealer flipped over a {4-Clubs}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs} flop. HIggs led for 6,500 here and the action was Huang. After looking at Higgs stack size and taking a few moments to think, Huang raised it up to 14,700. Higgs then quickly moved all in for 35,000 total and Huang made the call.

Higgs: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Huang: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}

The {8-Spades} turn and the {j-Clubs} river didn't help Higgs and with that, he was sent home.

Huang, meanwhile, is now one of the chip leaders with around 135,000.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Huang sg
Bryan Huang
135,000 45,000

Tags: Bryan Huang

Final Level of Day 1b

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Approximately 125 players are still alive as the final level of the night has just begun.

One more hour to build a stack and grind through to Day 2.

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Higgs Building Stack

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Sam Higgs won an Aussie Millions gold ring earlier this year, but has yet to post a result in an ANZPT. He will be hoping that changes this weekend. Right now he sitting on around 35,000. Plenty of those chips came after a recent pot that he scooped on a {6-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{8-Spades} baord. We picked up the action on the flop, with Higgs checking, one opponent leading out for 2,500 and Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang folding. Higgs made the call. On the turn, Higgs led for 3,400 and his opponent called. Then, on the river, Higgs led for 10,400. This was more than half the player's stack

Player Chips Progress
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
WSOP 1X Winner
35,000

Tags: Sam Higgs

Stacks in the Second Last Level

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

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

Player Chips Progress
Shy Jachimowicz
Shy Jachimowicz
155,000 -20,000
Bernard Beh
Bernard Beh
85,000 -5,000
Steven Zhou au
Steven Zhou
66,000 55,000
Matt Wakeman au
Matt Wakeman
57,000 -3,000
Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000
Liam O'Rourke au
Liam O'Rourke
32,000 -4,000
Anthony Aston
Anthony Aston
32,000 -13,000
David Steicke au
David Steicke
27,000 -5,000
David Leas au
David Leas
26,000
Aaron Benton au
Aaron Benton
25,000
Martin Kozlov au
Martin Kozlov
WSOP 1X Winner
22,500 -7,500
Joe Cabret au
Joe Cabret
21,000 -29,000
Luke Brabin au
Luke Brabin
WSOP 1X Winner
19,000 -21,000
Tam Truong au
Tam Truong
19,000 2,000
Victor Teng au
Victor Teng
14,000 -3,000
Danny Chevalier
Danny Chevalier
13,000 -2,000
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
9,000 -1,000
Ash Warner
Ash Warner
Busted

Rory Doubles Through Bec

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Rory Young was down to just 8,900 when the action folded to him on the button. Young moved all in here and Bec Catterwell put him at risk from the small blind. It was Young's {q-Spades}{9-Hearts} against Caterwell's {a-Hearts}{5-Spades}. Fortunately for Young, the board ran out {2-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{k-Spades}{q-Clubs}, with the river giving him what he needed.

Young is now back to around the starting stack, while Catterwell is nursing a very small stack.

Player Chips Progress
Rory Young au
Rory Young
WSOP 1X Winner
20,000 3,000
Bec Catterwell
Bec Catterwell
4,300 -12,700

Tags: Bec CatterwellRory Young

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Some Level Six Stacks

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Here are approximate stacks of some of the players during Level 6.

Player Chips Progress
Fabian Craib
Fabian Craib
95,000 77,000
Bryan Huang sg
Bryan Huang
90,000 -5,000
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
75,000 39,000
Luke Edwards au
Luke Edwards
67,000 22,000
Joe Cabret au
Joe Cabret
50,000 30,000
Liam O'Rourke au
Liam O'Rourke
36,000 13,000
Patrick Crivell ca
Patrick Crivell
34,000 4,000
David Steicke au
David Steicke
32,000 2,000
Martin Kozlov au
Martin Kozlov
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000 7,000
David Leas au
David Leas
26,000 8,000
Michael Pedley au
Michael Pedley
21,000 -9,000
Brendon Rubie au
Brendon Rubie
17,500 1,500
Rory Young au
Rory Young
WSOP 1X Winner
17,000 2,000
Nam Le us
Nam Le
WPT 1X Winner
17,000 9,000
Tam Truong au
Tam Truong
17,000 1,000
Bec Catterwell
Bec Catterwell
17,000 -5,000
Jazz Mathers
Jazz Mathers
7,000 -31,000