Didier Guerin started the day as one of the shortest stacks in the room, but that has all changed now. Guerin doubled up very early in the day, and has recently doubled again. The hand in question saw Guerin opened the pot to 1,600 and only the player in the small blind made the call.
The flop fell down - rainbow. The small-blind player opted to check-raise all in here after Guerin bet 1,400. Guerin called for around 11,000 and the two players turned their hands over.
Guerin:
Opponent:
The on the turn and the on the river ere safe for Guerin and he doubled yet again.
Sometimes they just happen, these massive coolers. The day has just begun, and already there was a classic aces versus kings clash over on Table 41.
The action started with Alan McMaster who raised under the gun to 1,600. A second player three-bet to 3,700 before the action got to Chihhsiang Chuang in the cutoff. Chuang had 23,900 chips in front of him, and he opted to move all in.
When the action was folded back to McMaster, he put in the call. The third player folded, and it was showdown time!
Alan McMaster
Chihhsiang Chuang
The board ran out , and Chuang doubled up. McMaster was left behind with 37,000 chips, while Chuang is now up to 63,000.
The staff here in the Crown Poker Room have just let everybody know how today is going to play out. We are going to charge through seven 75-minute levels, having a dinner break at around 6:45 PM. The players who survive the night are expected to bag up their chips prior to 11:00 PM.
Tom Grigg started the day with plenty of chips, but has since seen his stack skyrocket into the six-figure area. We recently watched Grigg bet 17,700 on the river against one opponent on a board. There was well over 20,000 in the pot at this point and his opponent paid him off. Grigg turned over at showdown, prompting his opponent to muck his hand.
"Good turn card," said Grigg as he raked in the pot.
Julian Powell has taken a small hit to his stack early, with the hand playing out like so. Folded to the player int he cutoff, he would raise it up to 2,100. Powell called on the button and the blinds got out of the way.
On the flop, the cut-off player checked and Powell bet 3,100. Back on Powell's opponent and he would quickly check-raise to 8,000. Powell didn't take long to get rid of his hand as he now sits with around 35,000.
Many short stacks started today, and many of them will try to make something happen in the first orbit. Both Ryan Hong and Didier Guerin tried doing this, but only the latter succeeded.
Hong shoved all in pre flop, and Guerin called all in for just a little bit less.
Didier Guerin
Ryan Hong
The board ran out , and Guering kept his hopes alive for a deep run in this event.
The players are primed to go and the cards are in the air! After standard one-hour levels yesterday, today's action will move to 75-minute levels. It isn't clear how many levels will be played today, but if we were the betting kind, we would put money on more than seven levels.
Welcome back to the Crown Poker Room for continued coverage of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Melbourne Main Event. Today sees Ted Nguyen head into Day 2 as the chip leader over the remaining field of 168 players.
Still in contention are some of the biggest names in the region, including Brendon Rubie, Jay Kinkade, Tom Grigg, Aaron Benton, Tim English, Graeme Putt, Liam O'Rourke, Gary Benson, Andrew Hinrichsen, Van Marcus, Tony Hachem, and the APPT Melbourne defending champ, Leo Boxell.
Also still in the mix are Team PokerStars Pros Raymond Wu, Roy Bhasin and Celina Lin. See below for the top ten chip stacks at the start of the day.
APPT Melbourne Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Name
Chips
1
Ted Nguyen
144,425
2
Phi Long Luu
134,025
3
Vineet Jindal
123,200
4
Tam Truong
119,500
5
Martin Comer
116,300
6
Jai Kemp
109,425
7
Brendon Rubie
103,575
8
Michael Kanaan
96,675
9
Ismail Ismail
94,275
10
Phillip Siddell
94,000
All the action on Day 2 is set to begin at 12:30 PM local time and the plan at this point is to play around six or seven 75-minute levels. Join us soon!
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- rainbow. The small-blind player opted to check-raise all in here after Guerin bet 1,400. Guerin called for around 11,000 and the two players turned their hands over.
on the turn and the 
on the river ere safe for Guerin and he doubled yet again.
, and Chuang doubled up. McMaster was left behind with 37,000 chips, while Chuang is now up to 63,000.
board. There was well over 20,000 in the pot at this point and his opponent paid him off. Grigg turned over 
at showdown, prompting his opponent to muck his hand.
flop, the cut-off player checked and Powell bet 3,100. Back on Powell's opponent and he would quickly check-raise to 8,000. Powell didn't take long to get rid of his hand as he now sits with around 35,000.
