Dramatic Day 1a of ANZPT Perth in the books
It’s been a wild night in the Crown Perth poker room as Day 1a of the ANZPT Perth Main Event has drawn to a close after a dramatic day of controversy and of course, plenty of poker action.
At the start of the day there were 85 players at the tables of the $2,200 buy-in event and at the end of six 60-minute levels, 54 remained. In the late stages of the night, Dale Marsland was building a big stack, but it was Bernard Beh who finished as the chip leader. Beh has had plenty of results here in Perth, while Marsland has previously made two final tables at ANZPT Perth - in 2010 and last year.
Throughout the day affable personality of Australian poker Oliver Gill was amongst the chip leaders and ended up with a top five stack. Sal Fazzino, Ben Breadsell, Ashley Warner and Patrick Crivell also bagged up plenty of chips. You can check out how each and every one of the 54 survivors fared in the post below and on the chip count page.
Perhaps over shadowing the poker on Day 1a of the ANZPT Perth Main Event was a bit of a controversy involving prominent US player Jim Collopy and a strange ruling which was made against him. Be sure to check out the full story, because it’s certainly not something you will see happening at many tournaments around the world.
Hopefully there will be less controversy at the felt on Day 1b tomorrow! It kicks off at 12:30 p.m. local time and PokerNews will once again be on deck providing all the live updates from the ANZPT Perth Main Event. We were informed early that tomorrow is going to be a massive day and that we will set a new record for total entries here at Perth.
Join us then!