Final Break of Day 1b
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Level 6
: 300/600, 75 ante
Approximately 150 players have been sent on their final break of the day.
They will be back in 10 minutes to play two more levels.
PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 6 Melbourne
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 6 Melbourne
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
1,032,000 AUD
Entries
516
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Final Two Levels Begin
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
The players are back from their break and the final two levels have begun!
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 
against Caterwell's 
. Fortunately for Young, the board ran out 
, 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
|
4,300
-12,700
|
-12,700 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
85,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
66,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
57,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
50,000 | |
|
|
||
|
32,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
32,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
27,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
26,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
22,500
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
|
||
|
21,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
19,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
|
||
|
19,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
14,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
13,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
9,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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 
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | |
|
|
||
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
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.
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 
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: 
Huang: 
The turn and the 
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
Sharbanee Gone
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We wandered past the table of West Australian Paul Sharbanee just in time to see him move all in for his last 16,000 chips. Sharbanee was in the small blind facing a preflop raise from Crown’s Winter Warm-Up Main Event winner, David St Eloi, who was in the cutoff. St Eloi took a moment for dramatic effect before making the call as Sharbanee confidently tabled 
but he’d run into a monster as St Eloi showed 
.
The board ran out 
to leave Sharbanee to make a disappointed exit from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |