Mitch Carle is climbing ever higher as the chip leader here at the APPT, Melbourne by maneuvering his big stack to perfection over on table 27.
Jesse McKenzie opened the pot with a min-raise from middle position and received the call from Carle in the cutoff. Michael Egan was in the small blind when he reraised to 6,500. McKenzie got out of the way, while Carle made the call.
Carle would check-call on both the flop and turn, with the board showing . When the scary hit the river, Carle would move his giant stack all in, instantly sending Egan's cards into the muck.
The action started with a limp from an early-position Joey Baker, before Jesse McKenzie raised to 2,500 from middle position. Chip leader Mitch Carle would make the call from the button and Baker also came along for the ride.
Flop:
Baker checked to McKenzie who threw out a bet of 3,200. Carle made the call and Baker got out of the way as the hit the turn. McKenzie and Carle both checked to see the land on the river. McKenzie again checked and Carle fired out 7,800. McKenzie folded, sending the pot to Carle. The rich, get richer.
It has just come to our attention that there was a slight error on one of the players chip counts. Apparently Joey Baker was in a bit of a rush to get to an Aussie Rules Football match last night and left off a couple of zeros on his chip bag.
It's an early home time for a couple of players over on Table 32, with Jim Andreadis and Dale Vears putting their tournament lives on the line against Vinh Tran.
Andreadis had his short stack all in, holding against the of Vears, who was all in for his last 40,000, but it was Vinh Tran who would be the most dangerous, having both the players covered holding .
When the board ran out it was all over for Andreadis and Vears, both finishing in time to go get some lunch.
An interesting group of players have taken their seats over at Table 27, with chip leader Mitch Carle sitting next to last year’s APPT Sydney Champion Jonathan Karamalikis. Also at the table is successful Melbourne veteran Julius Colmon, 2010 Victorian Poker Champion Michael Egan and current ANZ Player of the Year leader Jesse McKenzie.
Table
Seat
Player
Chips
27
1
Michael Frydman
19625
27
2
Jonathan Karamalikis
98525
27
3
Mitchell Carle
187900
27
4
Julius Colman
47325
27
5
Michael Egan
64875
27
6
Simon Davidson
80000
27
7
Joey Baker
14000
27
8
Jesse McKenzie
47325
27
9
Brett Chalhoub
56350
We will be sure to watch how the action unfolds on this table!
Welcome back to the Crown Poker Room for Day 2 action of the PokerStars.net APPT Melbourne Main Event!
There were exactly 260 players who began on the felt on Day 1, each dishing out the $5,000 entry fee and hoping to take a run at poker glory in the land down under. However, they couldn’t all survive, and when all was said and done, a total of 146 players had enough chips to bag and tag, with the following players leading the counts. As you can see, the top-ten list was heavily dominated by the host country of Australia with Mitch Carle leading the way with a substantial lead on the rest of the pack.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts:
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Mitch Carle
Australia
187,900
2
Kyle Cheong
Australia
126,825
3
David Allen
Australia
123,700
4
Ilir Beluli
Australia
114,275
5
Francis Artufel
Australia
111,425
6
David Bonadio
Australia
111,300
7
Phillip Wilcocks
New Zealand
110,100
8
Koray Turker
New Zealand
109,800
9
James Obst
Australia
108,800
10
David Steicke
Hong Kong
107,050
Carle has over 50,000 chips more than his nearest competitor. Following Carle is an array of fellow Aussies, with New Zealander Phillip Wilcocks heading the international contingent of players.
Team PokerStars Pros Bryan Huang and Chris Moneymaker are still alive and kicking and will both be looking to take the APPT title out of Australia and the $330,000 first prize to go along with it.
With the levels set to be increased to 75 minutes each and the money bubble getting ever closer, it will be interesting to see how the day plays out. Join the PokerNews Live Reporting Team here at 12:30 AEST for all the action!
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