AU$1,150 Main Event | 2021 Poker Palace Summer Championships

03-08-2021 08:34 UTC

Dinner Break

MervHarvey

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Players are currently half-way through a 30 minute dinner break

03-08-2021 08:36 UTC

Chips At The Break

MervHarvey

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Bogdanovski	3,700,000 -100,000	-100,000
Toby Giles	3,100,000 100,000	100,000

Adnan Al-Maliki	2,400,000
Kiavash Arbabi	1,600,000
Michael Tran	1,400,000 400,000	400,000
Didier Guerin	1,300,000 400,000	400,000
Mark Staples	1,300,000
[Removed:271]	1,100,000 450,000	450,000
Joseph Antar	750,000 -550,000	-550,000
Grant Levy	650,000 -170,000	-170,000
David Hirst	420,000 -110,000	-110,000
Josh Norvock	420,000 -280,000	-280,000

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

03-08-2021 08:50 UTC

Josh Norvock Eliminated in 12th Place (A$4,200)

MervHarvey

Level 25 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Josh Norvock went all-in from the small blind for 450,000 and Joseph Antar in the big blind called.

Norvock
Antar:

Antar turned the flush to send Norvock to the rail in 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Antar	900,000 150,000	150,000
Josh Norvock	Busted

03-08-2021 08:56 UTC

Better Than A Walk

MervHarvey

Level 25 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

With Adnan Al-Maliki limping UTG, John Bogdanovski in the small blind called, and David Hirst in the big blind checked.

The flop came , it went check check, then Hirst got all-in with after Bogdanovski raised holding , and Al-Maliki got out of the way.

The turn was and the river , and Hirst stays alive.

"Better than a walk" he said.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Bogdanovski	2,900,000 -800,000	-800,000
David Hirst	900,000 480,000	480,000

03-08-2021 09:11 UTC

Levy From The Small

MervHarvey

Level 25 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Grant Levy was all-in from the small blind for 790,000, and Michael Tran in the big blind just barely covering gave it plenty of consideration, then flashed and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grant Levy	915,000 265,000	265,000
Michael Tran	820,000 -580,000	-580,000

03-08-2021 09:18 UTC

Bogdanovski Drags A Nice Pot

MervHarvey

Level 25 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

With the board showing , John Bogdanovski bet 180,000 and Kiavash Arbabi check-called. The pot now was about 700,000 going to the river which was the .

Arbabi checked, and Bogdanovski went all-in. Arbabi folded, and the pot was pushed to Bogdanovski.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Bogdanovski	3,400,000 500,000	500,000
Kiavash Arbabi	1,200,000 -400,000	-400,000

03-08-2021 09:28 UTC

"Anyone Else, I Snap-Call"

MervHarvey

Level 25 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Mark Staples put all his chips in with , and Grant Levy had . Levy was torn between calling and folding.

"Anyone else and I snap call", but he made the call anyway.

The flop brought a queen and Staples doubled, leaving Levy as the short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Staples	1,700,000 400,000	400,000
Grant Levy	320,000 -595,000	-595,000

03-08-2021 09:31 UTC

Levy Hanging In There

MervHarvey

Level 25 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

When Grant Levy went all-in from the button, Mark Staples in the big blind asked, "Can you beat 7-2?". "I've got the nuts for my position", Levy said, showing and he took the blinds.