Melbourne Getting Ready For Day 2
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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!