2011 ANZ Player of the Year Danny Chevalier has recently fallen to 15,000 in chips.
We recently picked up the action with Chevalier and one opponent on the turn of a board. Chevalier was on the button and led out for 5,000 when his opponent checked. The player called and the dealer completed the board with a . This time the player led for 6,000. This made Chevalier sort of laugh. Then he shrugged and called.
The player turned over for turned quads! Chevalier's cards went into the muck.
His final hand started when a player opened to 800 from under the gun. Jazz Mathers called on his direct left, the action folded around to the small blind, who called, and then Trung Tran called out of the big blind.
On the flop, the small blind checked and Tran moved all in for 4,650. All the players folded, except for the small blind, who made the call. Tran had for an open-ended straight draw, while he was up against . The turn and the river werent what Tran was looking for and just like that it was all over.
Joe Hachem has one of Australia’s most decorated careers but he’s yet to earn himself a cash on the ANZPT. That’s something he’s keen to rectify and there seems no better place to do it than his home town of Melbourne.
Hachem is off to a strong start, despite a recent hit to his stack. We picked it up on the turn with Hachem checking the board of . His opponent bet 2,400 and Hachem called as the landed on the river. Hachem checked and his opponent fired a hefty 7,500. Hachem deliberated for a good three or four minutes, but eventually gave it up. He sits with 36,000 in chips.
There were 274 entries on Day 1b, which added with those from Day 1a, means the total field is 516 players. That makes the 2014 ANZPT Melbourne Main Event the largest in the tour's history.
The total prize pool is $1,032,000. The top 63 players will pick up at least $3,100 of that, while the eventual winner will pocket $253,000. A place at the final table will secure $18,550. You can see the final table payouts below, while the full prize pool information can be found here.
We have a new chip leader and his name is Shy Jachimowicz.
While Jachimowicz was away from the table, perhaps taking a well-earned breather, his tablemates recollected the story of his new-found wealth.
The gist of the story was that three players got to the river on a , three-diamond board. A bet and a call was followed by an all in from Jachimowicz with both opponents making the call.
The original bettor showed pocket fives for a full house, while the player stuck in the middle was out of luck with for trips. However they were both rivered by Jachimowicz’s pocket tens for a bigger full house!
Incredibly no one was eliminated as Jachimowicz more than tripled up to 140,000 to soar to the top of the chip counts.
Shy Jachimowicz is crushing! He's moving towards 200,000 with the average stack being just a little over 30,000. The most recent hand to go Jachimowicz 's way saw him holding on a board. One opponent eventually got around 50,000 chips in the middle holding and had ran into Jachimowicz's set.
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang has just moved toward six-figures.
We watched him lead out with a bet of 2,500 on the river of a board. Huang's lone opponent, Sam Higgs, was on the button and raised it up to 8,500. Huang tanked and eventually opted to call.
At showdown, Higgs shrugged and flipped over for a bluff. Huang's was strong to claim the pot.
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board. Chevalier was on the button and led out for 5,000 when his opponent checked. The player called and the dealer completed the board with a 
. This time the player led for 6,000. This made Chevalier sort of laugh. Then he shrugged and called.
for turned quads! Chevalier's cards went into the muck.
flop, the small blind checked and Tran moved all in for 4,650. All the players folded, except for the small blind, who made the call. Tran had 
for an open-ended straight draw, while he was up against 
. The 
turn and the 
river werent what Tran was looking for and just like that it was all over.
. His opponent bet 2,400 and Hachem called as the 
landed on the river. Hachem checked and his opponent fired a hefty 7,500. Hachem deliberated for a good three or four minutes, but eventually gave it up. He sits with 36,000 in chips.
, three-diamond board. A bet and a call was followed by an all in from Jachimowicz with both opponents making the call.
board. One opponent eventually got around 50,000 chips in the middle holding 
board. Huang's lone opponent, Sam Higgs, was on the button and raised it up to 8,500. Huang tanked and eventually opted to call.
was strong to claim the pot.
