AU$1,150 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
AU$1,150 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
After ten levels of 45 minutes each, 26 players out of a field of 93 survived Day 1B to progress through to Day 2 of the $1,150 Main Event of the Summer Championships here at the Poker Palace at Club Marconi. That adds to the 26 who made it through on Day 1A. So far, there have been 179 entries in total, which should see the estimated prize pool of $250,000 easily reached on Day 1C.
Emran Abu (412,500) bagged the most chips after a solid day, with Marco Perri (350,500), Majid Saab (326,000), and Ram Lakshamanasamy (308,000) hot on his tail. Kiavash Arbabi, who won the APL Million event last year, also had a strong day finishing with an above-average stack.
After having no luck in the $550 Satellite to the $5,000 Super High Roller event, Mark Yazbeck jumped into the Main and finally turned things around to end the day with a top 10 stack, while satellite winners David Rodwell and Chris Pisani G. will be hoping to parlay their satty investment into a five-figure cash.
The other Chris Pisani (uncle of Chris Pisani G.) also made it through with the shortest stack of 45,000, just under the original starting stack of 50,000. Finally, Daniel Embleton will also be there on Day 2, helped by a triple-up as a short stack earlier in the day when his pocket aces held up.
Saturday will see the final two flights of the event played, with Day 1C kicking off at noon and the turbo Day 1D at 6 p.m local time. Follow all the action of Day 1C with complete coverage here on PokerNews, while Day 1D chip counts will be added later in the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
412,500
500
|
500 |
|
|
||
|
|
350,500
500
|
500 |
|
|
326,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
308,000 | |
|
|
265,000 | |
|
|
248,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
|
233,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
229,500
229,500
|
229,500 |
|
|
223,500
152,500
|
152,500 |
|
|
221,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
211,500
91,500
|
91,500 |
|
|
195,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
|
186,500
136,500
|
136,500 |
|
|
155,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
|
144,000
144,000
|
144,000 |
|
|
139,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
|
|
132,500
82,500
|
82,500 |
|
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
88,500
111,500
|
111,500 |
|
|
81,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
|
77,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
71,500
71,500
|
71,500 |
|
|
66,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
63,500
86,500
|
86,500 |
|
|
59,500
59,500
|
59,500 |
The remaining 26 players have now bagged and tagged their stacks with some of the chip leaders below. A full recap will be posted later tonight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
412,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
350,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
326,000
326,000
|
326,000 |
|
|
308,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
265,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
With just under 12 minutes to go in level 10, it's been announced players will play four more hands each to end the day.
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, Noel Jaber bet 15,000 into a pot of around 25,000. His opponent tanked for a while, teasingly almost flashing his cards, and then called.
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had hit the straight against his opponent's pocket sevens and Jaber dragged the pot.
Jian Long raised from early position to 5,000 and Mark Yazbeck called in the small blind.
Both played checked the flop of ![]()
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. The turn was
and Yazbeck bet out for 6,000, Long called. The river was
and again, both players checked.
Yazbeck showed 8-6, while Long had top pair holding A-J and took down the pot.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
With the final level of the day about to start, a player on the button min-raised, the small blind 3-bet, and Noel Jaber 4-bet from the big blind took down the pot after his opponents quickly folded.
Paul Tartak held pockets queens against his opponent's pocket aces and had to get lucky. A queen on the flop gave Tartak a set and put him way out in front. The board ran out with four clubs, but his opponent did not have one.