Main Event Day 1b | 2015 ANZPT Melbourne

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

10-17-2015 23:40 UTC+11

Day 2 Seating Draw

[user198217]

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Name	Table	Seat	Chips
Eugene Portlen	7	1	42,800
Sumeet Brar	7	2	42,800
Pascal Boulet	7	3	31,300
Tim Whiteley	7	4	40,700
Yuet Chee	7	5	20,600
Katie Gooden	7	6	43,100
Ivan Zalac	7	7	92,800
John Lombardo	7	8	44,000
Peter Sheary	7	9	29,000

Tino Lechich	8	1	67,100
Ryan Otto	8	2	42,400
Adrian Indovino	8	3	79,200
Ryan Hong	8	4	57,000
Luis Chuquipiondo	8	5	35,200
Gary Retallick	8	6	79,200
Dylan Kehoe	8	7	34,100
Sean Keeton	8	8	28,500
Ross Grammer	8	9	83,900

Julius Colman	10	1	21,700
Corey Demartin	10	2	65,700
Jesse McKenzie	10	3	13,800
Emanuel Seal	10	4	45,200
Petrit Abazi	10	5	48,000
David Munday	10	6	61,900
Thang Truong	10	7	54,100
James Obst	10	8	22,100
Paul Tartak	10	9	34,600

Brent Taunton	11	1	56,100
Tristan Bain	11	2	85,200
Jamal Nagi	11	3	64,800
George Tang	11	4	18,000
Robert Allen	11	5	44,800
Andrew Starr	11	6	29,000
Jozef Ricciardello	11	7	19,100
Steve Pappas	11	8	18,600
Luis Pampliega	11	9	40,100

Nigel Brine	12	1	22,600
Min Jae Park	12	2	118,500
Seyed Hosseininasab	12	3	103,800
Hing Aik Shiung	12	4	7,600
Josh Mitchell	12	5	18,400
Peter Kotsiris	12	6	41,500
Joseph Giaquinta	12	7	9,500
Billy 'The Croc' Argyros	12	8	33,500
Nathan Gubieski	12	9	12,800

Ben Savage	25	1	87,200
James Rann	25	2	40,100
Joe Hachem	25	3	10,000
Hyeong Choi	25	4	131,100
Mark Schmelcher	25	5	98,300
Roy Vandersluis	25	6	13,500
Ben Jee	25	7	30,500
Graham Cowan	25	8	100,300
Carl Knox	25	9	49,200

Darren Schneider	26	1	20,100
Rahul Rastogi	26	2	32,600
Scott Reid	26	3	34,400
Cameron Bryce	26	4	19,000
Jordan Tentori	26	5	15,800
James Grosso	26	6	72,500
Erdinc Ibrahim	26	7	69,500
Ben Pockett	26	8	11,400
David Lim	26	9	28,810

Erich Stadler	27	1	65,900
Selwyn Austin	27	2	77,700
Stafford Hamilton	27	3	25,600
Denis Bacino	27	4	32,000
Philip Maker	27	5	25,100
Marcial Dias	27	6	53,300
Michael Pinzone	27	7	78,000
Nick Oiberman	27	8	16,700
Stephen Swirgoski	27	9	25,900

Elizabeth Vanprooyen	28	1	43,800
Arin Percy	28	2	10,300
Mark Sawicki	28	3	35,500
Aleks Brkovic	28	4	66,900
Van Marcus	28	5	30,200
Raiden Kan	28	6	17,300
Nikolce Trajkovski	28	7	20,100
Nikolaos Solomos	28	8	60,800
Kurt Burum-Mikelat	28	9	19,800

Stephen Goodridge	29	1	15,000
Andrew Mclaren	29	2	25,000
Phares Bouya	29	3	56,100
Peter Baars	29	4	20,100
Danny Boxell	29	5	107,100
Samuel Rotar	29	6	18,900
Yucheng Rong	29	7	58,800
Tom Rafferty	29	8	26,400
Brian Payne	29	9	30,700

Kenn Langcake	30	1	65,000
Michael Tomeny	30	2	25,900
Anthony Legg	30	3	21,300
Gideon Max	30	4	57,200
Cyrille Rousset	30	5	40,500
Vincent Chua	30	6	66,800
John Haddad	30	7	47,900
Luke Brabin	30	8	94,200
Dean Yuen	30	9	22,700

Daniel Christieson	31	1	53,200
Christopher Eade	31	3	49,200
Simon Chahine	31	4	32,400
Jason Giuliano	31	5	19,400
William Mitchell	31	6	16,000
George Balandinos	31	7	68,000
Angelo Scicchitano	31	8	15,000
Paul Whiteman	31	9	18,500

Joseph Cristallo	32	1	83,400
Morry Edelstein	32	2	46,400
Salvatore Fazzino	32	3	9,600
Patrick Hanrahan	32	4	95,800
Mansour Khorramshahi	32	5	28,100
Gary Banks	32	6	20,300
Robert Goodwin	32	7	32,200
Mathew Hawker	32	8	70,600
Anthony Aston	32	9	42,400

Ian Parnell	33	1	37,600
Michael Mackinnon	33	2	13,800
Michael Matsioukkou	33	3	23,000
George Tsatsis	33	4	68,200
Tony Grosso	33	5	46,800
Dib Yusuf	33	6	15,800
[Removed:415]	33	7	30,000
Luke Edwards	33	8	38,500
Tam Truong	33	9	41,600

Kan Lin	37	1	37,900
Kheng Ong Chu	37	2	84,000
Jeremiah Menzel	37	3	66,800
Peter Matusik	37	4	65,500
Yujen Lin	37	5	48,400
Ricardo Jardim	37	6	36,700
Charlie Pappalardo	37	7	15,800
Chi Thanh Le	37	8	30,300
Ngoc Dam	37	9	78,800

Troy Barnett	38	1	26,000
Frank Pezzaniti	38	2	44,000
George Dimitriadis	38	3	40,500
Christopher Wookey	38	4	13,000
Sam Razavi	38	5	11,700
John Jolly	38	6	60,800
Mile Krstanoski	38	7	9,400
Daniel Burich	38	8	34,200
Michael Kanaan	38	9	25,800

Mingmin Wu	39	1	19,700
Naween Fernando	39	2	38,300
Scott King	39	3	47,400
Andrew Zarro	39	4	42,900
Rody Kaka	39	5	24,200
Sam Nee Aik-Chuan	39	6	98,600
Mark Bradley	39	7	40,800
Tien Pham	39	8	24,100
Xiaoming Liang	39	9	41,200

Brian Lockett	40	1	21,700
Dale Townsend	40	2	34,600
Weipeng Deng	40	3	35,600
Adrian Attenborough	40	4	20,200
Byron Silvers	40	5	23,900
Michele Guzzardi	40	6	33,500
Stewart Ballard	40	7	34,300
Chris Diamantopoulos	40	8	7,200
Adam Monaghan	40	9	61,800

Henry Wang	41	1	23,600
Yibo He	41	2	65,600
Lin Shi	41	3	27,800
Damon Smith	41	4	76,900
Cale Callaway	41	5	15,600
Evan Mijo	41	6	88,500
Sarah Bilney	41	7	63,500
Sasha Dare	41	8	22,000
Sam Khoueis	41	9	31,400

Senthi Subramaniam	42	1	12,600
Anthony Ronalds	42	2	22,100
Ernest Guthrie	42	3	42,300
Paul Tadina	42	4	27,100
Warren Taylor	42	5	40,100
Rory Young	42	6	75,000
Chengen Lee	42	7	8,000
Stevan Chew	42	8	58,700
David Evans	42	9	40,400

Paul Khoury	43	1	30,100
Darren Lukas	43	2	60,800
Mark Betts	43	3	27,500
Hun Lee	43	4	57,700
Manuel Hansimikali	43	5	38,600
Michael Subacius	43	6	22,100
Jackie Glazier	43	7	10,100
Warren Halverson	43	8	45,400
Shao Liu	43	9	34,000

Craig Blight	44	1	14,500
Samuel Gorr	44	2	30,100
Roberto Damelian	44	3	58,200
Jack Orders	44	4	8,600
Khylon Hanegraaf	44	6	51,900
Hugo Robinson	44	7	32,200
Adeel Shaikh	44	8	14,800
Sam Higgs	44	9	58,100

Gilles Daniel	45	1	46,000
Daniel Bird	45	2	44,000
Manny Stavropoulos	45	3	59,800
Li Quan	45	4	15,700
Seonglee Ang	45	5	66,100
Sean Robey	45	6	55,200
Nick Morales	45	7	91,100
Brett McGrath	45	8	61,400
Robert Lauren Saggio	45	9	19,500

Christoph Colaneri	46	1	57,300
Ali Ghezelbash	46	2	77,400
Tony Disalvio	46	3	13,700
Josh Kennedyspooner	46	4	46,200
Danny Chevalier	46	5	25,900
Laurence Aston	46	6	16,500
Lukas Byrns	46	7	12,600
Didier Grigis	46	8	56,900
Ricardo Faura	46	9	21,100

Ismael Bourne	47	1	30,400
Liam O'Rourke	47	2	80,700
Chen-An Lin	47	3	60,900
Eric Grigaux	47	4	57,600
Jay Smith	47	5	33,300
Dimitrios Psaros	47	6	57,800
Anthony Huynh	47	7	21,200
Craig Duffy	47	8	25,600
Dean Blatt	47	9	43,800

Kevin Frame	48	1	25,600
Charlton Hawes	48	2	41,300
Milan Gurung	48	3	33,100
Minh Hau Nguyen	48	4	73,000
Tony Hachem	48	5	30,100
Leevan Puyat	48	6	23,700
Gerard Windsor	48	7	47,500
Panayot Flourentzou	48	8	64,100
Shivan Abdine	48	9	58,800

Ku Chia-Chang	49	1	86,900
Jonathan Wakefield	49	2	11,200
Yihsun Chuang	49	3	37,000
Arnold Bathan	49	4	57,500
Sam Butters	49	5	59,800
Charles Caris	49	6	67,900
Claire Jackway	49	7	65,000
Jarryd Godena	49	8	43,100
Tauraki Terejim	49	9	9,900

10-17-2015 20:32 UTC+11

Choi Leads Record-Breaking Day 1b of ANZPT Melbourne

[user198217]

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

What a massive day!

When it all began, the tournament staff and the ANZPT team were hoping to see a field of around 300. That would mean the tournament would reach a seven-figure prize pool for the second consecutive year. By the time registration closed, 314 players had hit the felt, putting the total field at 520 players with the prize pool weighing in at AU$1,066,000 — trumping last year's efforts and setting a new ANZPT record.

The eventual champion of this event will take home AU$261,200, and at the end of Day 1b, there were 148 players remaining. The player who finished up the night with the biggest smile was Hyeong Wook Choi, as he bagged the chip lead. It was a hand in the latter stages of the final level that would see him cement his lead at the end of the evening. Choi ultimately finished up with 131,100 in chips, ahead of Danny Boxell's 107,100 and Seyed Nasab's 103,800. Both Choi and Day 1a chip leader Min Jae Park will now go into Day 2 with the two largest stacks.

Some of the others who finished Day 1b with plenty of chips included Sam Chuan (98,600), Mark Schmelcher (98,300), Patrick Hanrahan (95,800), and Luke Brabin (94,200) . They will be joined on Day 2 by players such as Jackie Glazier (10,100), David Gorr (30,100), James Obst (22,100), Minh Hau Nguyen (73,000), Van Marcus (30,200), Dean Blatt (43,800), and Raiden Kan (17,300).

Unlike all of those players listed above there were dozens of players eliminated on Day 1b. Some of those who couldn’t make it through the night included 2012 ANZPT Melbourne champion Paul Hockin, Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang, and WSOP bracelet winner Jarred Graham. Also busting were Kahle Burns, Jono Bredin, and Bruno Portaro.

All of the 148 survivors from Day 1b will now join with those who advanced from Day 1a, meaning 241 players will return for Day 2. Those players will be back to it from 12:30 p.m. local time on Sunday. Being that this is a four-day event, tomorrow will see the field play to the money before coming back on Monday and working towards a final table. Be sure to return to PokerNews for continued live updates of the 2015 ANZPT Melbourne Main Event.

10-17-2015 20:31 UTC+11

PokerNews Podcast Ep. #337: More GPL/Cube Talk and WSOPE Recaps

donpeters

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

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Tags: Donnie Peters PokerNews Podcast Rich Ryan

10-17-2015 19:55 UTC+11

Three More Hands

[user198217]

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Each table will be playing three more hands each before it's all over on Day 1b.

Stay tuned for any last-minute action, a recap of the entire day, all the end-of-day chip counts and of course, the Day 2 seating draw.

10-17-2015 19:50 UTC+11

Corey Kempson Eliminated By Hyeong Wook Choi

[user198217]

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Corey Kempson checked his option from the small blind after the dealer produced the . The player on the big blind did the same before another player in middle position bet out 1,600 in chips. Hyeong Wook Choi called from the hijack as the decision fell back on Kempson. He moved all in for 15,300 which forced a fold back around to Choi.

He agonised briefly over his decision before clutching some chips and pumping them into the middle signifying a call.

Kempson:
Choi:

Kempson was infront with his top pair, but that would all change, after the dropped on the turn giving Choi a flush.

The meaningless completed the board and Kempson was sent to the rail.

Choi now moves up to 130,000 in chips nearing the end of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hyeong Wook Choi	130,000 24,000	24,000
Corey Kempson	Busted

10-17-2015 19:25 UTC+11

Rory Young Bluffs Eugene Portlen

[user198217]

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

On a flop reading the player in the big blind checked. Rory Young then led out for 3,000 from middle position and was called by Eugene Portlen in the hijack. The big blind got out of the way leaving the two remaining players to watch as the dropped on the turn.

Young reached for his chips and placed out a bet totalling 12,000. Portlen thought for a moment and made the call.

The river produced the and Young opted to stack all his chips up and move all in. The bet was around 30,000, and it was enough to force a fold from Portlen, who stood from his chair and tabled his in disgust.

Young then casually turned over for a bluff before raking in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rory Young	60,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Eugene Portlen Rory Young

10-17-2015 19:10 UTC+11

Updated Counts Following The Break

[user198217]

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hyeong Wook Choi	106,000 -9,000	-9,000
Danny Boxell	95,000 28,000	28,000
Ivan Zalac	67,000 9,000	9,000
Shivan Abdine	59,000 24,000	24,000
Dean Blatt	37,000 23,600	23,600
James Obst	35,000 7,000	7,000

Paul Khoury	33,000 2,000	2,000
Minh Hau Nguyen	28,000 4,000	4,000
Tony Hachem	27,500 1,500	1,500
Julius Colman	26,000 11,500	11,500
Corey Kempson	24,000 4,000	4,000
Luke Edwards	24,000 7,500	7,500
Nick Oiberman	22,000 -7,000	-7,000
Joe Hachem	20,000 -12,000	-12,000

Raiden Kan	19,500 -1,500	-1,500
Jackie Glazier	13,000 -2,000	-2,000

Yu Kurita	12,000 -15,000	-15,000
Michael Kanaan	7,500 -9,100	-9,100
Van Marcus	5,000 -2,500	-2,500

10-17-2015 19:04 UTC+11

Final Level of Play!

[user198217]

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

The players are back from their break and the final level has begun!

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100