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Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis has just been seen standing on the rail, and with his tournament seat empty, its safe to assume he has been eliminated from today's event. Karamalikis recently finished in 11th place in the EPT Barcelona Main Event, but won't be adding another result to his resume here in Melbourne.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
One of the most successful Aussies in today's Day 1 flight has to be Andrew Hinrichsen. The youngster had an amazing 2011 when he finished 23rd in the World Series of Poker Main Event for $302,005 and just a few months later he won a WSOPE bracelet in the €1.000 No-Limit Hold'em event. He took home the €148.030 first place prize after beating a field of 771.
Hinrichsen is having a good day here so far, as he just managed to pick up another pot.
The board read 
when David Gorr checked from the big blind. Hinrichsen bet 2,000, and the player to his left called right away. Gorr checked his cards, and folded.
The river was the 
, and Hinrichsen eyed his opponent's stack. He came up with a 4,800-chip bet, and that was enough to take down the pot. Hinrichsen is up to 49,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000 | |
|
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It's not often a player flops quads, but that is what Celina Lin has just done over on Table 27. We arrived at the action on the turn of a 
board, with Lin last to act against two opponents, including Andrew Hinrichsen.
The first player to act led for 1,500 and Hinrichsen and Lin both flat-called. The 
completed the board on the river and the aggressor again led, this time for 2,500. Hinrichsen took his time before folding and the action was on Lin. The Team PokerStars Pro studied her opponent's stack, before raising to 8,000. The player opted to call and quickly mucked when Lin turned over 
- yep, flopped quads.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
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Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang just got very unlucky, and his tournament ended in the third level of the day.
We heard that Huang raised to 400, and he got three-bet to 6,000. Yes, that is not a typo. The action came back to Huang who opted to four-bet. He made it 15,000 to go. Angel Guillen explained that the same player had made a similar big raise before, after which he showed 
.
After his opponent had called the flop brought out 
, with two spades. Huang moved all in for right around 11,000, and his opponent called.
Huang turned over 
, and he was well ahead against 
. The turn was the 
, giving his opponent a flush draw, and the river brought out another . Huang's opponent made a winning set, and the Team PokerStars Pro was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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When we arrived at Grant Levy's table, he and two other opponents were partaking in a hand on the 
flop. The first player to act bet 1,200 and a player a couple of spots to their left called, along with Levy in the hi-jack seat.
On the turn, the flop aggressor checked and the other player bet 3,200. Levy asked the player how much he had behind (around 20,000) and then raised it up to 8,700. With the flop aggressor getting out of the way, the one remaining opponent called and the dealer flipped over a on the turn.
After plenty of thought on the river, Levy's opponent shoved all in for 15,175. Levy didn't look too excited about this move.
"Did you really call with a flush draw on the turn?" Levy asked.
The player didn't respond and Levy continued thinking.
"This is pretty sick," levy added.
More thinking.
"Really?" Levy asked.
Eventually Levy tumbled in a call and the player turned over 
. Levy flashed his 
and said, "sick game," as he took a big dent to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000 |
Billy Jordanou was just in the big blind, and he called a 700-chip raise from a young player in middle position.
The flop came down 
, and Jordanou check-called 1,300. On the turn the hit, and both players checked.
The river was the , and brought out a possible flush. Jordanou grabbed chips right away, and bet 1,100. His opponent tanked for quite some time, but eventually he raised it up to 4,500.
This river raise sent Jordanou into the tank, but after around a minute he decided to give it up.
"What did you have?" Jordanou asked his opponent who claimed to have had a flush.
"But what two cards did you have?" Jordanou continued, but he didn't get a clear answer. Jordanou still has just under the starting stack, and nothing to worry about.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
42,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
40,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
35,000 | |
|
31,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
25,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
21,500
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
|
17,700
2,700
|
2,700 |
|
14,500
-15,500
|
-15,500 |
|
13,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
|
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World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Andrew Hinrichsen didn't have a great start to the day, but a nice little pot has seen him almost reach the starting stack. The hand in question began when David Gorr opened the pot to 500 from early position. Adam Cusenza flat-called from the hi-jack seat and Andrew Hinrichsen then three-bet to 1,700 from the button. The player in the small blind made the call, Gorr got out of the way and Cusenza also called.
On the 
flop, the action was checked to Hinrichsen and he bet 2,300. The small blind folded and Cusenza thought long and hard before also letting his hand go, sending the pot to Hinrichsen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
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Here is how a few of the players are currently faring here on Day 1b of the APPT Melbourne Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
30,500
500
|
500 |
|
|
||
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
22,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
22,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
22,000 | |
|
|
19,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
18,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
17,200
-12,800
|
-12,800 |
