Jarred Graham was just all in for his tournament life against Karan Punjabi, and things didn't look good for the Australian.
| Jarred Graham |   |
| Karan Punjabi |   |
The board ran out 
, and Grahams stack was gone. He started the day with 117,500 chips, and those belong to Punjabi now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
119,500
|
119,500 |
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Busted | |
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Stephen Hansen was one of the short stacks early and has now gone home. We didn't catch all the action, but Wayne Bentley has considerably more chips at the table yet again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Haibo Chu raised pre flop to 8,000 after which the action got folded to Fenix Hsu. Hsu was on the button and moved all in for 96,500. Both blinds folded, and Chu counted out the needed chips before he decided to call.
| Fenix Hsu |   |
| Haibo Chu |   |
The board ran out 
, and Hsu was granted other chance is this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000
122,500
|
122,500 |
|
140,000
-122,000
|
-122,000 |
Stephen Hansen is now one of the shortest stacks in the room, courtesy of the following hand that recently played out on Table 31. It all started with Sam Razavi opening the pot to 10,000 from early position. Hansen then three-bet to 25,000 from middle position. Wayne Bentley wanted to get involved from the small blind, making the call. The big blind tanked for a long time before getting out of the way, prompting Razavi to say, "It's a prerequisite to slow down on Day 3, isn't it."
Rzavi quickly folded his cards and the dealer flipped over a 
flop. Bentley checked here and Hansen bet 30,000. At this point, Bentley tanked and then check-raised top 80,000. Now it was Hansen's turn to go deep into the tank. Eventually, around 5 minutes after the hand started, Hansen would fold and Bentley would rake in the pot.
"Good fold," said Bentley. "I had pocket kings."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
505,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
62,000
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
There are only two players left in the race for ANZPT Player of the Year, and one of them is Mishel Anunu. He started the day with 135,000 chips, and just managed to rake in a nice pot against Ismail Ismail.
The action was folded to Anunu who was on the button and raised to 8,000. Ismail was in the big blind, and he threw out a three-bet to 27,000. Anunu tanked for a bit and the put out a four-bet to 46,000. Ismail called.
The flop brought out 
, and Ismail check-folded to Anunu's 43,000-chip bet.
Anunu needs to min cash in order to take the lead in the Player of the Year rank, for now he's still trailing Anthony Aston. Liam O'Rourke is the only other remaining player that can win the leader board, but he would have to finish at least sixth, regardless of what Anunu does.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
184,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
147,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
The players are in their seats and the cards are in the air here on Day 3. The plan is to play down to a final table today. First we need to burst the bubble though and it is the top 28 players who make at least a min-cash. Let's do it!
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Welcome to the penultimate day of play here at the 2012 APPT Melbourne Main Event! Today will see 44 players become nine. Who will make the final table?
The player in the best shape heading in to today's play is Wayne Bentley. Hot on Bentley's tail is the defending champion and Australian poker hall of fame member, Leo Boxell. It would be a huge achievement for Boxell to make the final table of the same event in back-to-back years and so we will watch on with anticipation to see how it all goes.
Some of the other players who are still in contention include Brendon Rubie, Dale Marsland, James Bills, Haibo Chu, Tom Grigg, Sam Razavi, Billy Argyros, Benn Skender and PokerStars Team Online member, Roy Bhasin. Below are the top ten chip stacks heading into Day 3.
APPT Melbourne Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Bentley | 450,000 |
| 2 | Leo Boxell | 400,000 |
| 3 | Brendon Rubie | 314,500 |
| 4 | Michael Kanaan | 311,000 |
| 5 | Dale Marsland | 294,000 |
| 6 | Benn Skender | 285,500 |
| 7 | Sam Razavi | 283,500 |
| 8 | Ted Nguyen | 279,000 |
| 9 | Ashley Warner | 2780,00 |
The above players are in the best shape to make it to the top 28 players who are guaranteed a min-cash, with the money bubble expected to burst during the early stages of Day 3. Of course, it is the $326,125 first-place prize that all the players are looking to score. The action is set to kick off at 12:30 PM, so join us then as we will be feltside all day long!
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | Dale Marsland | 294,000 |
| 25 | 2 | Kristian Lunardi | 71,500 |
| 25 | 3 | Benn Skender | 285,500 |
| 25 | 4 | Daniel Chevalier | 49,000 |
| 25 | 6 | Tam Truong | 275,000 |
| 25 | 7 | Leo Boxell | 400,000 |
| 25 | 8 | Vasilios Argyros | 165,000 |
| 27 | 1 | Julian Powell | 87,000 |
| 27 | 2 | Liam Orourke | 135,000 |
| 27 | 3 | Nigel Andrews | 102,000 |
| 27 | 4 | Mile Krstanoski | 168,500 |
| 27 | 5 | Ilir Beluli | 195,000 |
| 27 | 6 | Ted Nguyen | 279,000 |
| 27 | 8 | Nurlan Boobekov | 66,500 |
| 28 | 1 | Stephan Bartelheim | 206,000 |
| 28 | 2 | Joel Feldman | 160,000 |
| 28 | 4 | Hai Chu | 262,000 |
| 28 | 5 | Lars Graf | 87,000 |
| 28 | 6 | Ashley Warner | 278,000 |
| 28 | 7 | Fenix Hsu | 72,500 |
| 28 | 8 | Gary Benson | 115,000 |
| 29 | 1 | Thomas Grigg | 77,000 |
| 29 | 2 | Brendon Rubie | 314,500 |
| 29 | 3 | Karan Punjabi | 210,500 |
| 29 | 4 | Oliver Gillgaber | 148,000 |
| 29 | 5 | Gunther Hornung | 200,000 |
| 29 | 6 | Jarred Graham | 117,500 |
| 29 | 7 | Rikki Papesch | 93,000 |
| 29 | 8 | Michael Guttmann | 166,000 |
| 31 | 1 | Wayne Bentley | 450,000 |
| 31 | 2 | Vineet Jindal | 125,500 |
| 31 | 3 | Grant Levy | 69,500 |
| 31 | 4 | Samad Razavi | 283,500 |
| 31 | 5 | Keith Walker | 138,500 |
| 31 | 6 | Stephen Hansen | 111,000 |
| 31 | 7 | Charles Caris | 181,500 |
| 31 | 8 | Jeremy Simon | 91,500 |
| 32 | 1 | Ismail Ismail | 193,000 |
| 32 | 3 | Rohit Bhasin | 163,500 |
| 32 | 4 | Ivan Zalac | 64,500 |
| 32 | 5 | Tony Hachem | 69,500 |
| 32 | 6 | Michael Kanaan | 311,000 |
| 32 | 7 | Mishel Anunu | 135,000 |
| 32 | 8 | James Bills | 230,000 |
Main Event
Day 3 Started
