2013 PokerStars.net APPT Melbourne

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.net APPT Melbourne

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
134,500 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,700 AUD
Entries
309
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Lombardo on the Move

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

John Lombardo has enjoyed his recent table change, taking out a player shortly after taking his seat. His opponent moved all in with a short stack holding {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and he just happened to wake up with {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {k-Hearts}{10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} to see him race up to 190,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
John Lombardo au
John Lombardo
190,000 40,000

It's Been a Long Time

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

"It's been a long time since i ran aces into kings," said Ivan Zalac. "And it held up!"

We didn't catch the hand, but apparently Zalac won a massive pot holding {a-}{a-} against {k-}{k-} and now has around "Three-Fifty...ish"

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Zalac
Ivan Zalac
350,000 145,000

Tags: Ivan Zalac

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Nuts will do it for Gray

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

When we arrived at Table 20, Jordan Westmorland and Jason Gray were deeply involved in a hand on a {2-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs} board. By the time we caught the action, Wesmorland had a bet of 22,500 in front of him and Gray had moved all in for 39,700 more. Westmorland eventually made the call and watched on as Gray turned over {6-Spades}{5-Spades} for the nuts (at this point). Westmorland held {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts} and was going to need a heart to take the pot off Westmorland.

The river was a {q-Clubs} and with that, Gray had doubled up while Westmorland fell to around 80,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Gray gb
Jason Gray
200,000 60,000
Jordan Westmorland us
Jordan Westmorland
80,000 -70,000

Tags: Jason GrayJordan Westmorland

Warner's Pot

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Ashley Warner opened to 4,000 from late position and was called by Andrew Rogers on the button as well as John Lombardo in the blinds.

The flop came down {9-Spades}{k-Spades}{q-Diamonds} before Lombardo instantly bet out 7,000. Warner didn’t looked to concerned, reaching for chips and raising it up to 17,500. Rogers was out of there quickly, but Lombardo contemplated the decision for a minute before opting to fold.

Player Chips Progress
John Lombardo au
John Lombardo
150,000
Ashley Warner au
Ashley Warner
105,000 15,000

Counts and Counts

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

With around 96 players remaining here are some approximate chip counts of some of the big stacks and notable names.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:17]
[Removed:17]
450,000 5,000
Jason Lee us
Jason Lee
290,000 40,000
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
250,000 125,000
Ashley Mason
Ashley Mason
160,000 -25,000
Jordan Westmorland us
Jordan Westmorland
150,000 75,000
John Lombardo au
John Lombardo
150,000 -40,000
Jason Gray gb
Jason Gray
140,000 50,000
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
WSOP 1X Winner
140,000 60,000
Luke Brabin au
Luke Brabin
WSOP 1X Winner
130,000 -10,000
Pravin Harji
Pravin Harji
130,000 80,000
Joel Feldman au
Joel Feldman
130,000 75,000
Jazz Mathers
Jazz Mathers
120,000 -20,000
Michael Fadersen
Michael Fadersen
110,000 35,000
Tino Lechich au
Tino Lechich
110,000 10,000
Julian Powell au
Julian Powell
100,000 20,000
Benjamin Pockett au
Benjamin Pockett
95,000 -25,000
Ashley Warner au
Ashley Warner
90,000 22,000
Hai Bo Chu
Hai Bo Chu
90,000 50,000
Kahle Burns au
Kahle Burns
WSOP 2X Winner
85,000 30,000
Trung Tran us
Trung Tran
80,000 20,000
Dean Schneider
Dean Schneider
75,000 35,000
Stefan Sudar
Stefan Sudar
70,000 -10,000
Cole Swannack nz
Cole Swannack
65,000 -20,000
Julius Colman au
Julius Colman
65,000 -15,000
Matt Wakeman au
Matt Wakeman
60,000 -8,000

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Yan Applies the Pressure

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The action started with [Removed:17] opening to 6,000 from under the gun. Bowdy Tolhopf was in middle position and raised it up to 12,000 as the table folded back around to Yan. He made the call as both saw the flop come down {4-Clubs}{6-Spades}{10-Diamonds}.

Yan led out for 7,000 and was called. The {9-Hearts} fell on the turn and Yan bombed out a bet of 35,000. Tolhopf made the call as both watced the {5-Clubs} get produced on the river. Yan then bet out over 100,000 in chips which had Tolhopf covered, and after tanking for over a minute released his hand into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:17]
[Removed:17]
445,000
Bowdy Tolhopf au
Bowdy Tolhopf
115,000

Tags: Bowdy Tolhopf

Pittock No More

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Former Crown Poker Room Tournament Director Jonno Pittock has recently made his way to the rail. We didn't catch his elimination hand, but we do know that he called a small raise preflop out of the big blind holding {9-}{7-} and then got it all in on a {9-}{9-}{k-} flop against an opponent's flush draw. The flush ended up getting there and that's all she wrote.

Player Chips Progress
Jonno Pittock
Jonno Pittock
Busted

Tags: Jonno Pittock

Play Resumes

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The players have returned from their breaks and will continue with blinds at 1000-2000 with a 300 ante.