Main Event
Day 1a Completed
Main Event
Day 1a Completed
The next stop on Season 7 of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour began on tonight as the APPT Melbourne Main Event took centre stage at the Crown Poker Room in Melbourne, Australia.
Exactly 111 players ponied up the $3,000 buy-in on the first of two Day 1 flights. Each of these players was in with a chance to join past APPT Melbourne champions Leo Boxell and Sam Razavi on the winner’s podium, but at the end of the night only 65 remained. Leading the way with a stack of 128,200 is John Lombardo.
Throughout most of the day it was Matthew Edwards who was the chip leader. When Edwards eliminated a player late in the day, it was looking like no player would surpass Edwards. Then Lombardo found the right cards and plenty of chips to swoop into the lead.
When Day 1a began some of the most notable names in Australian poker were at the felt, including 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Hachem, recently appointed Full Tilt ANZPT Ambassador Liam O’Rourke, WSOP gold bracelet winners Jarred Graham and Andrew Hinrichsen, and 2013 Aussie Millions runner-up Joe Cabret.
Of the above players it was only O’Rourke who hit the rail, while Hachem, Graham, Hinrichsen and Cabret all survived. Cabret even managed to thrive, finishing Day 1a with 117,200 and the fourth largest stack over all. Some of the other players who bagged up plenty of chips include Sal Fazzino, Andrew Rogers, Ashley Warner and Tino Lechich.
A few of the players who weren’t as fortunate as the above and found themselves on the rail throughout the day included Jesse “On The Mac” McKenzie, Ryan Hong, Michael Pedley, Tim “weygang” English, 2007 APPT Sydney champ Grant Levy and 2008 APPT Sydney champ Martin Rowe.
The second and final Day 1 flight of the APPT Melbourne Main Event is looking to host a much larger field than Day 1a, so make sure to join the PokerNews Live Reporting Team from 12.10pm local time for all the continued action from the Asia Pacific Poker Tour.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Lombardo | 128,200 | |
Matthew Edwards | 123,600 | |
Sal Fazzino |
122,800
122,800
|
122,800 |
Joe Cabret |
117,200
32,200
|
32,200 |
Richard Harvey
|
113,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
Ashley Warner |
107,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Jason Gray |
97,300
27,300
|
27,300 |
Andrew Rogers
|
95,100
95,100
|
95,100 |
Henry Szmelcer |
86,800
86,800
|
86,800 |
Nick Dallimore
|
83,500
83,500
|
83,500 |
Kwong Phung
|
83,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
Andrew Hinrichsen |
80,500
35,500
|
35,500 |
|
||
Tino Lechich |
79,800
14,800
|
14,800 |
Chris Colaneri
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Piyush Gupta |
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
Matthew Caltieri |
61,800
61,800
|
61,800 |
Ivan Zalac |
60,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Billy Seri
|
59,800
4,800
|
4,800 |
Oliver Gill |
57,200
-20,800
|
-20,800 |
Matthew Rolfe |
56,100
56,100
|
56,100 |
David Tang |
55,300
55,300
|
55,300 |
Paul Juliusz Giza
|
54,700
54,700
|
54,700 |
Didier Guerin |
53,900
-2,100
|
-2,100 |
Bowdy Tolhopf |
53,300
53,300
|
53,300 |
Iori Yogo |
50,900
30,500
|
30,500 |
Martin Rowe and Jason Gray have done a little overtime here at the end of the day, with a gripping final hand resulting in a lengthy delay on their table before players could bag and tag.
Interestingly back in 2008 it was Rowe who got the better of Gray to win the APPT Sydney championship, but today Gray was able to get a small slice of revenge.
We arrived to see Gray leading out with a bet of 3,500 on a board of . Rowe responded with a raise to 8,000 which Gray was happy to match. When the arrived on the turn, Gray again took charge and led out for 12,000. Rowe thought for a while and made the call as the completed the board.
Gray now thought for several moments before moving all in to force Rowe to a decision for his entire stack. Rowe thought long and hard, removing his hat and headphones as the rest of the table were keen to bag up and head off home. Eventually Rowe mustered up a call with but Gray had the straight with his .
Rowe departs on the final hand of the day as Gray will end up with a pretty decent stack to bring back on Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Martin Rowe | Busted |
The tournament clock has been stopped and the players have been told that there will be three more hands here on Day 1a of the APPT Melbourne Main Event. At this point it is still looking like Matthew Edwards will be the chip leader, but there are a few stacks edging closer.
Stay tuned for all the end-of-day chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Tim English has been eliminated in the dying minutes of play here on Day 1a of the APPT Melbourne Main Event. English squeezed all in from the big blind for his last 16,100 following a raise and a call. His three-bet got through one player, but the second quickly called with to have English's well dominated.
The board rolled off to see English sent to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tim English | Busted |
Matthew Edwards started things off by opening the pot with a bet of 2,600. He received a call from the player on the small before both saw the flop come down . With a check before him, Edwards threw out a continuation bet of 3,400. His opponent then sat back for a minute before moving all in for approximately 27,000 in chips. Edwards snap called as both players exposed their cards.
Edwards:
Opponent:
Edwards had flopped the best hand, and held as the board ran out the and to regain the chip lead closing in on the end of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Edwards |
140,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Earlier in the night Nicky Pickering spoke with WSOP bracelet winner Jarred Graham, who happens to still be alive here late in the night.
With a board showing , Stefan Sudar bet out 2,600 from the big blind. Tino Lechich was his opponent in the hand, and made the call. The fell on the turn, and Sudar instantly bet out another 5,800 which was called. The on the river saw Sudar slow right down as he checked his option. Lechich counted out a bet of 6,600, before placing it into the middle. Sudar thought about his decision for a moment, before making the call.
Lechich then casually turned over his for trip kings, which was enough to take down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tino Lechich | 65,000 | |
Stefan Sudar
|
37,000 |
Below are the approximate stacks of some of the prominent players remaining here during the last level of Day 1a of the APPT Melbourne Main Event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Edwards |
125,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Joe Cabret |
85,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Oliver Gill | 78,000 | |
Jason Gray | 70,000 | |
Ricky Kroesen |
65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Didier Guerin |
56,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Alex Lynskey |
55,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Danny Chevalier |
46,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Andrew Hinrichsen |
45,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
Dave Allan
|
44,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Liam O'Rourke |
42,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Ivan Zalac |
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Jordan Westmorland |
39,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Phillip Willcocks |
30,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Julian Powell |
27,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Billy Argyros |
24,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
Gary Benson |
23,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
||
Pat Dillon |
22,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Iori Yogo |
20,400
7,400
|
7,400 |
Fabian Craib |
20,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Tim English |
19,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Jarred Graham |
19,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
||
George Tsatsis
|
18,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
Joe Hachem | 15,000 | |
|
||
Jonno Pittock
|
15,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |