The designated "table of death" from earlier today is still alive and kicking, minus Jackie Glazier who was eliminated earlier in the day. Of the four prominent players remaining at the table, it is Brendon Rubie who has the largest stack, while Tom Grigg and Jay Kinkade have both accumulated a hefty amount of chips. Kristian Lunardi is still alive and kicking, albeit with far less chips than his opponents.
When we arrived over at Table 25, David Allan had a 1,000 denomination chip out in front of him in early position and Mitch Carle had raised it up to 1,800. We aren't sure if Allan had opened with a small raise or limped, but either way, the blinds got out of the way and Allan made the call.
On the flop, Allan check-called a bet of 1,550 from Carle and a was dealt on the turn. This time Carle bet 1,875 and Allan again made the call. A was the final card to be dealt on the felt and Allan opted to check again. Allan had around 7,500 behind at this point and Carle flicked out a bet of 10,000. Allan announced "i call" and Carle immediately mucked. Allan raked in the handy pot, not showing his hand as he did so.
The remaining players in today's Day 1 flight seem to be taking it easy. Brendon Rubie is one of the few who consistently raises pots, but the others aren't giving him a lot of action.
Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu is hovering around 7,500 chips, making his options very limited. He will need to double up quickly, in order to stay alive.
Aussie Millions Main Event winner Oliver Speidel was sipping on a big coffee when we checked up on him, and this might get him to play more pots. Not that Speidel is known as a tight player, but so far it's fairly quiet this level.
The players are back from their break and ready to play three more levels before heading home for a good night's sleep.
We have just got word that the official number of entries for tonight is 98. That is a great result and with tomorrow looking to have in excess of 200 entrants, this year's tournament is on target to easily surpass last year's 260-player field.
Tom Grigg would be considered to most people to be a "loose" player. At the very least, he is a very active player. Unfortunately for Jackie Glazier, she has run into Grigg at the wrong moment, with Grigg waking up with a big hand very recently.
The end of Glazier's tournament began when an under the gun player opened the pot with a small raise. Glazier was next to act and three-bet it to 1,600. Grigg then four-bet to 3,700 and with the player who opened out of the way, Glazier would five-bet to 6,600. Grigg studies his opponent and then made the call.
Flop:
Glazier quickly tumbled out a bet of 8,000 here - a huge majority of her remaining stack. Grigg then put out a large stack of 5,000-denomination chips and Glazier called off her stack.
Glazier:
Grigg:
The turn and river brought no miracle jack for Jackie and it was all over early here on Day 1a of the APPT Melbourne Main Event.
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