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Didier Guerin will have to chase his dreams of winning the ANZ Player of the Year next season, as he has just been eliminated from the 2012 APPT Melbourne Main Event.
Guerin three-bet shoved holding 
on the button. Mile Krstanoski woke up with in the small blind and the player who opened the pot got out of the way. No help came for Guerin on the board and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Michael Kanaan is one of the chip leaders now, courtesy of recently eliminating two players. One of those players was the 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event champion, David Gorr. That hand saw Gorr get all his chips in holding 
on an eight-high flop, with Kanaan calling it off with . Kanaan then finished off another opponent, holding 
against 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
We arrived at Table 32 with Tom Grigg and Brendon Rubie playing out a hand on a 
board. It was already on the river with around 30,000 in the pot. Rubie was in the big blind position and led for 21,000. Grigg, from under the gun, tank-called and then mucked when Rubie turned over 
.
With that hand, Rubie is the latest player to move over 300,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
315,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Both players still have huge stacks, but in the following pot Tam Truong had the better of it against Michael Kanaan.
The flop read 
when Truong checked to Kanaan who bet 5,500. Truong got out more chips and made it 12,500. Kanaan quickly called.
The turn was the 
and Truong fired out 16,000. Kanaan called, after which the river brought out the 
. Both players checked.
Truong turned over 
, and he took it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
300,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
When we arrived at Table 27, there was a 
board out on the felt and Wayne Bentley was busy leading out for 50,000 into Milan Gurun with a sizable pot already built. Gurung tanked for a long time, eventually calling. At this point, Bentley kind of shrugged and was getting ready to muck. Gurung also hesitated. There was almost a stale mate. Bentley eventually showed a and thought it wasn't good so was still looking like mucking. Gurung told Bentley to turn his other card over and he did. It was a 
. At this point, Gurung mucked his cards and Bentley scooped up the large pot. Bentley went for a little walk after that, looking a little flabbergasted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
430,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
100,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Cards are back in the air in 10 minutes!
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
There are 75 minutes left to be played on Day 2, let's see who makes it into the third day of play!
Tam Truong raised pre flop to 6,500 and the action was folded to Michael Kanaan who three-bet to 15,000 from the button. Both blinds folded after which Truong four-bet to 31,500.
Kanaan wasn't giving up as he put in a fifth raise to 57,000. Truong tanked for a bit, but eventually laid his hand down. Kanaan immediately turned over 
, and showed his opponents he's not scared to put in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
300,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
