Main Event
Day 3 Completed
PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 6 Sydney
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 6 Sydney
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
916,000 AUD
Entries
458
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Jazz Mathers Leads Final Nine at ANZPT Sydney
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Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
After two Day 1 flights and two more days of action-packed poker, the starting field of 458 has been whittled down to nine as the ANZPT Sydney Main Event final table has been set!
Leading the way with 1,837,000 in chips is Jazz Mathers, while Peco Stojanovski and Nathan Sawyers aren’t too far behind. Also at the final table and in contention for the $225,300 top prize includes Rory Young, Steven Zhou, Joshua Redhouse, Oliver Gill and Milan Gurung.
When Day 3 of ANZPT Sydney began there were 37 players all hoping to make it through the day and secure a spot on the final table. The action kicked off with an exciting double-elimination as Phillip Dong (37th) and Michael Frydman (36th) were both sent home at the hands of the eventual end-of-day leader Jazz Mathers.
There were a steady stream of eliminations throughout the day which would ultimately last around six levels. Anthony Aston (33rd), Katie Sekhas (30th), Mel Judah (29th), Jie Gao (27th), Daniel Neilson (22nd), start-of-day chip leader Alex Lee (20th) and Edison Nguyen (19th) were a few of those not table to make it to the final two tables.
From there, Sean Knight (18th), Nicholas Polias (17th) and Murray Roach (16th) were quickly eliminated, while Peter Baars (15th), Karam Bahl (14th), Robert Spano (13th), Adrian Attenborough (12th) and John Parker (11th) all got so close to making the final nine.
The final hand of the day would see Andrew Michael hit the rail as the final table bubble boy with a consolation prize of $11,450, which you can read about in the live reporting blog below, while the ANZPT Sydney payout page has all the important prize pool information.
ANZPT Sydney Final Table
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peco Stojanovski | 1,167,000 |
| 2 | Nathan Sawyers | 1,318,000 |
| 3 | Joshua Redhouse | 994,000 |
| 4 | Milan Gurung | 283,000 |
| 5 | Jazz Mathers | 1,837,000 |
| 6 | Steven Zhou | 1,117,000 |
| 7 | Rory Young | 1,124,000 |
| 8 | Oliver Gill | 536,000 |
| 9 | Brent Taunton | 637,000 |
The final nine players will return from 2:00 p.m. tomorrow and by tomorrow night an ANZPT Sydney champion will have been crowned! Be sure to return then for continued live updates straight from the floor of The Star Casino!
Final Table Chip Counts
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,837,000 | 687,000 |
|
1,318,000 | 18,000 |
|
1,167,000 | -83,000 |
|
1,124,000 | 274,000 |
|
1,117,000 | 417,000 |
|
994,000 | 44,000 |
|
|
637,000 | -133,000 |
|
536,000 | -114,000 |
|
283,000 | -217,000 |
Andrew Michael Out in 10th, Final Table Set
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
And just like that we are at the final table!
The final hand of Day 3 of the ANZPT Sydney Main Event saw Andrew Michael shove from the cutoff for just around 15 big blinds holding 
. Jazz Mathers re-shipped his big stack in from the small blind holding 
and with that Michaels was not looking good.
The 
flop gave Mathers a set, but gave Michael a few outs to the straight draw, while the 
turn gave him even more.
But the 
sealed the deal and with that Michael was eliminated in 10th place, collecting $11,450!
Following this hand Mathers will be our final table chip leader!
Stay tuned for the final table seating draw and a recap of the day’s action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Nathan Surging
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Joshua Redhouse continues to cop a battering following the dinner break. This time it was in a hand against Nathan Sawyers.
With the flop reading 
, there was a bet of 76,000 in front of Redhouse who was under the gun, but Sawyers had popped that to 170,000 from the big blind. Redhouse thought long and hard before calling as the 
appeared on the turn.
Sawyers came out swinging with another bet of 220,000 to which Redhouse sighed, flashed the and folded. Sawyers raked in the pot, saying he flopped a set of sixes to climb to 1.3 million as Redhouse drops below seven figures.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000 | 500,000 |
|
|
950,000 | -200,000 |
Gill Gets Some Chips
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Oliver Gill is up to around 650,000 after winning a handy pot off Peco Stojanovic.
It started when the action was folded to Stojanovic in the small blind. He limped in and Gill checked from the big blind.
The 
flop would see Stpojanovic lead for 30,000 and Gill raise it up to 75,000. Stojanovic called.
On the 
turn, Stojanovic led for 75,000 and Gill moved all in for 406,000.
"What are you repping? Nine-Ten?" Asked Stojanovic before eventually folding.
Gill showed the 
as he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000 | 210,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Peco Building
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
With the flop reading 
, both Peco Stojanovski and Joshua Redhouse committed 80,000 to see the 
hit the turn.
Redhouse checked to Stojanovski on the button who bet 120,000. Redhouse quickly called and the 
appeared on the river. Redhouse checked again and Stojanovski checked behind before opening 
for a pair of aces.
“River!” exclaimed Stojanovski as Redhouse flashed 
and tossed them muckwards. The dinner break leader is down to 1.15 million with Stojanovski now up to 1.25 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000 | 590,000 |
|
|
1,150,000 | -450,000 |
Miracle Milan
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Milan Gurung was just about to be eliminated and we were just about to be at our final table!
He was all in from the big blind for 229,000 holding 
against the 
of Rory Young.
The 
flop gave Gurung a set, but Young hit the flush to leave Gurung struggling.
The turn didn't change too much, but the 
river gave Gurung a full house to double!
Ten-handed action continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000 | 100,000 |
Parker Out In 11th As Final Table Bubble Begins
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
John Parker was the last Kiwi in the field but his time in the ANZPT Sydney Main Event is now over.
Parker was short and moved all in with with Nathan Sawyers making the call with .
The board bricked out 
to see Sawyers rake in the chips and eliminate Parker in 11th place.
That puts us on the final table bubble.
We’re playing two five-handed tables and we can confirm that play will be stopping this evening once we have one more elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |