It was the first hand of play when Andrew Mercaldi raised to 11,200 from under the gun. The action folded around to Aharon Shabtay, who started the day as one of the short stacks. Shabtay decided that this first hand would be a perfect time to ship his stack all-in and did just that. With a call from Mercaldi, the players tabled their hands.
Mercaldi:
Shabtay:
Shabtay would need to dodge some bullets or it would be a very quick day for him.
Board:
No danger for Shabtay as he makes the first hand double-up and puts a dent in Mercaldi's stack.
The cards are in the air on Day 3 of the APPT Melbourne Main Event!
With blinds starting at 2,000/4,000 and with a 400 chip ante, some of the short stacks such as Amir Minager, Simon Taberham and Aharon Shabtay will be looking to get a move on.
Here we are again in the Crown Poker Room for the 2011 PokerStars.net Melbourne APPT Main Event, with the action of the penultimate day set to kick off!
Only 37 players will be returning for today’s proceedings, and nine of those will be going home empty-handed, while the rest will be guaranteed at least $8,600 and the chance at taking a run at the $330,000 first prize.
The player with all the chips and the man to catch today is Phillip Willcocks, who starts Day 3 with 770,400 in chips. Hot on Willcocks' tail, and starting the day sitting side-by-side with Willcocks is James Obst and his 452,900 in chips. Also in a good position is PokerStars Team Online Pro Keiran Harris with 389,000 in chips.
Today is expected to play until a final table is reached and some players with plenty of chips to work with include, Luke Edwards (356,100), Jackson Zheng (281,800), Antonis Kambouroglou (279,200), Michael Guzzardi (230,100), Mitch Carle (172,300), Leo Boxell (172,300) and Tony Hachem (161,400).
Play is set to begin at 12:10 PM AEST with PokerNews again providing all the action from the floor, as we weave our way down to the APPT final table!
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