Luke Brabin Leads All-Australian Final 10
Day 2 of the opening AU$1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator event from the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific has reached its conclusion. The third and final day of play is just one night's sleep away, and that's the day when someone will be crowned the first gold bracelet winner from Down Under this year. Also awaiting the champion is AU$131,365 in prize money.
The man best positioned to capture the top prize is Luke Brabin. He bagged up 336,000 in chips and will lead the remaining 10 competitors into Day 3. This is an all-Australian final 10, and each player is guaranteed a minimum payday of AU$9,831.
Joining Brabin are Ryan Hong, Stephen Lindeblad, Brian McAllister, Didier Guerin, Kahle Burns, Zane Ly, Daniel Murphy, Piyush Gupta, and David Profaca.
More than 90 players began Day 2, including the big chip leader Scott Clements. Unfortunately for Clements, though, his run fell short of the money. Paul Sharbanee also fell short of the money, and he was the tournament's bubble after busting out in 55th place.
One player hitting a cash was Brandon Shack-Harris, but he could only muster a min-cash. Coming into this event, Shack-Harris led the WSOP Player of the Year race, but that's in the past. George Danzer — the man closely trailing Shack-Harris by less than 10 points — worked his way to a 22nd-place finish in this event and took over the pole position. Other notables to finish in the money were Antonio Esfandiari (45th - AU$2,560), Dan Heimiller (31st - AU$3,159), Julius Colman (25th - AU$4,094), and Jeff Madsen (19th - AU$5,591).
Day 3 will certainly be an exciting day on the felt. Just nine eliminations stand in the way between the crowning of the first gold bracelet winner from the 2014 WSOP Asia-Pacific, and it couldn't be a more exciting time at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia.
Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Didier Guerin | 205,000 |
| 2 | David Profaca | 62,500 |
| 3 | Ryan Hong | 308,000 |
| 4 | Zane Ly | 121,500 |
| 5 | Brian McAllister | 233,000 |
| 6 | Daniel Murphy | 153,000 |
| 7 | Luke Brabin | 336,000 |
| 8 | Kahle Burns | 120,000 |
| 9 | Piyush Gupta | 67,000 |
| 10 | Stephen Lindeblad | 218,500 |
The action will commence at 12:10 p.m. local time with PokerNews live coverage plus a final-table live stream, so be sure to tune back in then.
with the open ended straight draw for the short stack but Brabin held up thanks to the 
on the river. All remaining 10 players are now moved to the unofficial final table and there are 20 minutes left to play in the last level of the day. If we lose one more player prior to that, the chips will be bagged and tagged.
flop and was quickly called by Brian McAllister. Portaro was stuck with his hand in the cooking jar, turning over the 
for a gutshot straight draw. McAllister had flopped top pair, top kicker with the 
and would need to hold to earn the elimination.
and improved McAllister to two pair, but he still just needed to fade an eight.
, and that was that. McAllister ended with a full house and busted Portaro in 13th place.
. Lim dominated the last few levels until he simply ran bad and the 14th-ranked player on the all-time money list for Australia was sent to the rail.
flop with the 
against the 
for Luke Brabin. The turn was the 
to give Lindeblad a full house, and he stayed in the lead from there after the 
completed the board on the river.
turn. A meaningless 
. Hong mucked and Kinnane also threw his 
, and Turco, the shortest of the three stacks, was eliminated. Kinnane was knocked all the way down to 13,000, while Ly tripled his stack.
turn reduced the outs to the three remaining queens in the deck. The dealer fanned the 
.
