Vic Champs Main Event Day 1

10:15
Soon to get underway. At least top 40 will be paid. Top 3 will have an Aussie Millions seat as part of their prize.

10:15
20k start bank. 385 entries at the minute.

10:16
The tournament will run to 2am, regardless of the number of players remaining.

10:30
Shuffle up and deal... Almost 600k in the prize pool.

10:44
Table Seat Name ----- ---- ------------------------------ 37 2 ABL, GERNOT K 30 1 ADAMS, KON 21 5 ADDAMS, DEAN 11 1 ALEXANDER, RAEMIN 41 6 ALI, HURKAN 9 2 ANASTASI, BENJAMIN A 44 8 ANDREWS, JON 27 10 ANTILL, PETER 32 4 ARANGO, JAVIER A 42 8 ARGYROS, BILL 17 4 ARISTIDOU, PETER 43 8 ARTUFEL, FRANK 43 10 ASCENZIO, NINO 18 7 ASSADOURIAN, ERIC 44 9 ASSIOTIS, NICK 39 8 AUFDEMKAMPE, JOHAN M 32 3 AYALON, ABRAHAM 12 3 BALABAN, TIM 18 6 BAMPTON, JOHN S 41 4 BARRATT, CHRISTOPHER R 15 10 BARTUCCIO, ROBERT L 28 4 BEAHAN, DANIEL A 20 5 BEATTIE, KELVIN J 11 6 BEH, BENG HOOI 25 5 BENNETT, LINDA 29 2 BENSON, GARY 21 7 BILLER, PAUL 31 2 BOBIK, NATHAN M 34 7 BORG, DAVID J 22 10 BOUYA, PHARES 23 8 BOXELL, GARY J 10 1 BOXELL, LEO W 16 10 BOZ, MARCO P 35 1 BRADFORD, DAVID G 38 3 BRADSHAW, DAVID 45 10 BRESLAND JASON 39 9 BRIGG, JEFFREY P 10 2 BROOKSREID, MICHAEL 13 3 BROOM, JAMES A 41 7 BROUGHTON, DAVID 6 6 BROWN, GEOFFREY S 12 5 BURGE, ANTHONY 31 7 BURKE, LESLIE F 39 1 BUTERIN, JOSEPH 12 6 CABRET, JOSEPH A 21 1 CAO, PHI T 42 2 CARDNO, MARTIN J 30 5 CHAMBERS, TIMOTHY J 20 7 CHAN, HOWARD 28 3 CHANDRA, SOETANTO 22 7 CHANG, JOEY 45 5 CHEA, MAP 43 5 CHEAP, PHEAP 41 10 CHOI, SUN Y 8 2 CHU, HAI B 15 6 CHUA, CHARLES 42 6 CICCONE, FABIO C 31 5 COLLINS, MARCUS 37 3 COLOSIMO, SERGIO 25 3 COMEAU, JASON J 18 5 COMEAU, MARY 26 6 COMER, MARTIN 43 4 COOK, GREGORY S 38 9 COOPER, ALLAN W 20 3 COOPER, IAN 19 1 COPELAND, MARTIN 7 8 COSTELLO, PAUL 13 1 COTAIDIS, GEORGE 35 3 COTSOMITIS, KONSTANDINOS 30 3 COWAN, ANTON F 9 3 CRNAC, JOZO 45 9 CUSCHIERI, CHARLERS 19 5 DALESSANDRI, JOHN 11 10 DALEY, BENJAMIN 21 10 DAMBROSIO, ALESSANDRO 9 5 DAOUD, TONY 44 2 DAVIES, RUSSELL A 35 10 DAVIS, ALAN 5 7 DAVIS, HELEN 36 5 DEGUZMAN, DONCHARLES 36 6 DELANEY, ALISON M 35 6 DELLARTE, SALVATORE 43 6 DERIAS, SHERIF 18 1 DEROTA, DON 16 5 DIMOVSKI, ROBERT 7 1 DIONISSOPOULOS, GEORGE 9 1 DIPIETRANTONIO, MARIO 12 10 DODD, JAMES H 44 6 DODDS, JOEL 5 9 DONJERKOVIC, ANTHONY 27 2 DORIA, MARIO 18 8 DRYDEN, JIMMY 15 4 DUFFY, CRAIG 32 7 DUNWOODIE, SEAN ANDREW 13 5 DY, CHANDORAMY 19 3 EDUARD, TIM 42 4 EFFENEY, PAUL L 11 9 EPSTEIN, DAVID S 43 1 ERCHOV, SERGUEI 13 10 EVENSTAD, KRISTOFFER 34 2 EZEKIEL, JEREME 7 4 FARAH, KARLOS 36 10 FARID, DANIEL J 26 9 FELLOWS, KERRIGAN C 17 6 FERNAN, JACQUILINE P 5 10 FITT, GERARD R 39 7 FITZPATRICK, SEAN M 37 7 FLETCHER, PATRICK D 27 8 FOREMAN, GRAY 21 6 FRAIETTA, JOSEPH 30 6 FRY, MATTHEW J 14 6 FRYDMAN, MICHAEL 16 9 FURNISS, MARK D 40 1 GALLO, LUIGI 29 7 GANAL, CHRISTIAN 31 6 GANGE, JOHN C 15 1 GEORGES, SALAM P 36 1 GEORGOULAS, NICK 21 8 GIANFRIDDO, PAUL J 15 2 GIANNOUKOS, JAMES 38 5 GOLDBERG, GLEN S 31 4 GOLLAN, STUART A 22 2 GOONAWARDANA, MARLON A 17 2 GORDON, KARYN J 10 9 GORDON, SCOTT 13 6 GORR, SAMUEL 5 4 GOV, RICKY S 31 9 GRACE, RICHARD 18 10 GREEN, CHRISTOPHER D 5 8 GREENEY, ANDREW R 25 7 GREENWOOD, DANIEL A 17 1 GROGAN, TRAVIS M 25 8 GURUNG, MILAN 42 5 GUTTMANN, MICHAEL 38 4 HACHEM, JOSEPH P 6 8 HACHEM, TONY 35 9 HAIDARIS, NIKOLAOS 22 6 HALKIC, ALIJA 32 6 HALL, GARY M 10 8 HAMM, HYUNG W 28 9 HAYES, JAI D 32 5 HEFFERNAN, TRISTAN 42 9 HEGYI, STEVEN K 32 1 HENDERSON, EVAN B 26 1 HENRY, CRAIG B 40 2 HESS, PAUL 23 3 HOLMES, RICHARD M 32 10 HOMANN, JOHN G 22 9 HOMSY, CHARBEL 14 2 HOVSEPIAN, NARBEH 26 3 HULL, BRIAN G 6 10 HUMUNICKI, DORIS 40 5 HUMUNICKI, JOSEPH E 38 8 HUNTLY, DENNIS J 12 2 HYLTONSMITH, MARTIN C 17 8 INGLE, PETER W 9 4 ISAACS, LYNN 43 7 ISKRA, JOHN A 22 5 ISSA, ALAN 13 8 ITALIANO, ANGELA R 44 1 ITALIANO, DOMENICO 41 3 IVIN, MLADEN 32 9 JARKAN, MERT Y 12 4 JAVOR, SIMON P 16 6 JOHNS, LEAH M 14 8 JONES, MICHAEL A 43 3 JOUKHADAR, DANNY 45 3 JUAN, MADANTE R 22 4 KALTZIDIS, PETER 11 5 KANE, JANSON R 42 3 KARABAS, EROL 36 2 KARACIC, SIMON P 7 10 KASELIAS, NALI Y 34 1 KATSANAKIS, GIANNI 14 3 KATSAROS, GREGORY 23 6 KAYA, EROL 19 4 KAYA, YALCIN M 37 1 KEETON, SEAN J 11 7 KEIL, JOSEPH 16 1 KEMMLER, ANDREW R 9 7 KERR, GAVAN T 33 9 KHOO, PENG H 6 5 KHOUISS, KEVIN 45 6 KHOUISS, SAM 16 8 KIM, JOSEPH 23 9 KING, MICHAEL J 31 1 KIPNIS, MICHAEL 20 1 KORMAN, SAMUEL I 7 9 KOSTIC, ALEX 30 2 KRMPOTIC, STEVEN 21 2 LACKOVIC, ALEKS 8 7 LANTERI, MARK A 26 2 LECHICH, TINO J 21 3 LEE, CLIFFORD S 32 2 LEE, DAVID 13 7 LEE, JOON W 41 9 LEE, NICK 8 5 LEE, YONG H 29 6 LEGASSICK, BRADLEY J 19 7 LEROY, ANDREW 34 4 LIGHTMAN, SARNE L 39 3 LOGAN, BADEN V 33 8 LOGIUDICE, MICHAEL 29 8 LONG, BARRY C 20 9 LONGMORE, PETER R 35 5 LUCAS, GEORGE S 12 8 LUMSDEN, ROBERT M 23 4 LUU, HAN T 40 7 MACEY, JONATHAN B 9 6 MADAFFARI, GIOVANNI A 43 2 MAHONEY, DAVID J 33 1 MAI, HUY K 21 4 MALKI, MOURAD 23 7 MAMISTVALOV, YURI 37 10 MARBURG, LUKE C 7 5 MARCUS, VAN 13 2 MARKS, KEVIN M 42 7 MARVANEK, MIKE 35 2 MASTORAKOS, DIMITRIOS 22 8 MATTHEWS, CRAIG T 40 8 MAVER, JOHN 20 2 MAZZOCCHI, LUCA 31 8 MAZZOCCHI, OMAR 6 9 MCCARTHY, CRAIG A 16 3 MCDERMOTT, ANDREW 6 7 MCIVER, DEAN C 26 10 MCIVER, LAUREN 39 2 MCKINNON, DUNCAN J 26 5 MEISSNER, LADISLAUS 5 2 MELDRUM, ANDREW T 40 9 MELLROSS, JASON L 19 8 MERENDA, STEPHEN 33 5 MILINKOVIC, OBRAD 33 7 MILLAR, NICHOLAS A 44 10 MILLER, ADAM D 38 10 MIRZIKINIAN, WARWICK 15 8 MOAREF, EMAD 5 1 MONAGHAN, ADAM 40 6 MORDAUNT, PETER 9 8 MORGAN, EWAN T 28 8 MOUNTT, DANIEL 18 3 MOWER, CARL S 34 10 MURTAGH, BRETT D 36 3 MUSZKAT, STEPHEN J 28 7 NADALIN, MILO 14 10 NASSIF, MARWAN 38 7 NATHAN, GREGORY 45 4 NATHAN, RAYAN 29 5 NATION, DAMIEN T 28 6 NATOLI, DAVID 7 2 NEOPHITOU, ANDREW 9 9 NGUYEN, CHUONG T 17 5 NGUYEN, CONG T 29 4 NGUYEN, DUNG T 44 5 NGUYEN, THIEN QUANG 37 4 NGUYEN, TRI 6 2 NICOLAOU, NICOLAOS 20 10 NOLTON, MICHAEL J 42 1 NOP, CHANSE 35 8 OLIVER, BRETT R 13 4 ONEIL, MICHAEL J 30 10 OSULLIVAN, JAMES 37 6 PAINO, ANTONIO J 9 10 PALAVOS, GEORGE 10 5 PANAGIOTOPOULOS, JOHN 11 3 PEARCE, MATTHEW 27 3 PECKOVER, COLIN 44 3 PESOCHINSKY, ROMAN 18 2 PETERS, DAVID 12 1 PHAM, TIN H 18 4 PICKERING, JAMIE L 38 6 PINDAR, TIMOTHY R 25 4 PINDER, PAUL 16 7 PLUMB, MYRON KWAI 37 9 PORTARO, BRUNO 14 7 POTTER, JAMES T 34 6 PRITCHARD, WARREN J 15 5 PUTT, GRAEME H 16 4 PUTT, NICHOLES B 19 10 QUEL, RAINER 23 10 RAE, DANNY 8 4 RAHME, ALFRED G 25 6 RANDALL, ROBERT B 17 10 RASETA, PAUL H 8 3 RASHEED, DAMON L 28 5 RAVESI, PAUL A 21 9 REDDIE, SCOTT 33 10 RIBBERA, SALVATORE 31 3 RICH, COLIN G 12 9 RILEY, PETER A 23 1 ROCHFORD, PAUL 14 4 ROCHFORD, VIKI A 10 4 ROLLS, MICHAEL A 45 2 ROYSTONING, ELLEN L 10 6 ROZSIVAL, JIRI 10 3 RUPARELIA, HEMAL P 39 6 RUSSELL, STEPHEN C 30 7 SAAB, DAVID 25 2 SAAB, ROBIN I 26 8 SACHINIDIS, JIM 10 7 SAHINKAYA, TASKIN 27 4 SAMPIERI, MICHEAL F 35 7 SARASWAT, AVADHESH 28 10 SATYAJIT, SIVA 8 9 SAUNDERS, TERRY D 14 9 SAUNDERS, TREVOR 36 4 SAVAGE, BENJAMIN J 45 8 SAWARD, PETER 5 5 SAYED, SAMEREL 13 9 SCEKIC, JOVO 39 4 SCHOOTS, IAN CHRISTOPHER 6 4 SCLAVOS, GREG  Seating Allocation 27 1 SELVAGGI, ANDREW M 26 4 SEREMET, ANTONIO 19 6 SEREMET, DANIEL 41 2 SHARBANEE, PAUL G 8 1 SHEE, WEE K 29 9 SHO, RIM J 20 4 SLATER, SCOTT 28 2 SLEIMAN, MICHAEL 36 9 SMITH, GEOFFREY R 42 10 SMITH, SCOTT A 37 5 SMITH, TAMATI H 34 8 SMITHIES, GREGORY B 33 2 SMITHIES, MARK 27 5 SOLOMON, KESTER 36 7 SOMERVILLE, THOMAS A 20 8 SOP, STEVE 8 6 SORTINO, PAOLO 33 4 SPEIDEL, OLIVER 34 3 SROUR, ELIAS 36 8 STANTON, MICHAEL A 11 8 STARRENBURG, NICHOLAS 29 10 STERGIOTIS, ANDREW 11 4 STEVENS, CLAUDE 34 5 STEVENSON, RUSSELL T 18 9 STICHLING, WAYNE M 17 9 STILLMAN, LUKE 27 7 STOEVSKI, DUSAN 40 3 STOJANOVSKI, PETER 15 3 SUHAN, ANTHONY J 37 8 SUKKAR, BESHARA 34 9 SUKKAR, RAY 39 10 TAHTOUH, EMAD 35 4 TAOUK, YOUSSEFF 12 7 TAYLOR, PAUL J 43 9 TEE, JAMIE 44 4 TEOH, SIANG T 17 7 TESORIERO, JOSEPH 15 7 THILLAINADESAN, ARU 10 10 THORNTON, VICTOR J 22 3 TICLI, MARK A 25 1 TIONKO, EFRAIN 45 1 TOLTSAN, ZORICK L 17 3 TOMAS, GREG 22 1 TOPAKAS, ANDREW L 23 2 TOSONE, ADRIAN 7 3 TRAN, TIEN VAN 5 3 TRIMARCHI, ANTONIO 26 7 TROGRLIC, GORAN 41 1 TSAPAZIS, LUKE 40 10 TSAPKOUNIS, CON 30 4 TUNA, EROL 14 1 TUTUNGI, ELLI 29 1 VAKILI, REZA 32 8 VAKILI, SAM 25 9 VANDERSLUIS, ROY 44 7 VAROXIS, KOSTA 11 2 VASSILOPOULOS, GEORGE 31 10 VEENHUYZEN, MARCUS P 14 5 VEREY, PETER 30 8 VERKUIJL, JOHAN 33 3 VERVERIS, JIM 41 5 VEVLE, KIM B 40 4 VINCENT, JOHN H 38 2 VOS, MARK C 30 9 VUKOVIC, MICHAEL 16 2 WALL, DERRICK 8 10 WALTER, RAYMOND W 19 9 WARDAK, SAIDAL 5 6 WARNE, LEIGH A 25 10 WARRENER, JOHN 41 8 WHIBLEY, MICHAEL 15 9 WILLIAMS, PAUL 8 8 WILSON, PAUL N 19 2 WILSON, SCOTT 2 23 5 WISE, STEPHEN D 45 7 WOLLARD, TREVOR R 7 7 WONG, HELENA 20 6 WONG, PETER 27 6 WOOD, CHRISTOPHER D 33 6 XENOFONTOS, XEN 7 6 YOON, DAREN T 38 1 YOUSSEF, CARLOS 27 9 YOUSSEF, MOUNIB 28 1 ZANETIC, KENNETH M 6 3 ZENONOS, SAVVAS 29 3 ZHANG, YIFEI 39 5 ZHU, JING YI

10:46
Exactly 400 entrants. 8,000,000 chips in play.

11:00
Three late entrants, including Matt Downing and Ulf Hansen. Now at 403, but the tournament is still open.

11:01
Mark Vos and Joe Hachem on the same table (38).

11:03
Billy the Croc and Sticky Micky (Michael Guttman) on the same table (42).

11:12
Dogmeat just took out a nice all in pot for 17K. Not much action yet. All feeling each other out.

11:26
Emad has lost half his stack. Tried to make a play but was called with mid pair.

11:33
2nd level now, 100/200 blinds. With 60min levels, there sure is enough time for some quality poker.

11:35
We are locked out now with 404 players (398 remaining)/

11:37
Joe Hachem is yet to take his seat...

11:38
10 handed at the moment, but sometime later today will move to 8 handed. Tomorrow when we reach the top 36, it will be changed to 6 handed.

11:46
Joe Hachem just turned up to the table to join Mark Vos and others. Table 26 with plenty of action (two allins) Tino Lechic, Brian Hull, Joe Meissner and Martin Comer. All surviving but Martin a bit low on chips.

11:54
Payouts as follows; 1st: $112,110 2nd: $81,810 3rd: $61,812 4th: $48,480 5th: $39,390 6th: $30,300 7th: $22,725 8th-9th: $15,150 10th=12th: $10,605 13th=15th: $7,878 16th-18th: $6,060 19th-24th: $4,848 25th-30th: $3,939 31st=36th: $3,333 37th-48th: $2,727

12:10
AMAZING STORY: On table 9, there is a raise to 1k, a re-raise to 3k and all-in for about 10k. The player on Tony Hachem's left (Craig McCarthy) thinks for a while and folds. Tony says, "So what did you fold, queens?". Craig shows Aces, "I don't want to go home this early." The table erupts. Sure to be some tilt now. WOW.

12:17
Local crown Champion Colin Rich just took down a handy 20K pot with 555. 5h 8h Qd 5c and no river. Other handy chip holders, Daniel Beahan, Ben Savage, Warren Pritchard, David Saab, Milo, Ali, Showman, gary benson, Bok, Joe hachem, Baden, Nick Assioti (one "t" please), Jim Mastorakos, plenty of others comfortable. Going for a cup of tea. Just saw a player fold AA pre flop???

12:36
On a break now. 404 entries and 384 left Chips in play 8.1 Million Average 21093 Too many players to comment at present but Richard Holmes, Steven V, Paul G, Dan Deroata and Dogmeat all comfortable.

12:49
Tony Hachem just informed us that Craig, the guy who folded the Aces preflop, has been given a 10 minute penalty from Danny incase he is colluding with another player on the table.

12:52
Blinds 100/200 with 25 ante.

13:10
Emad up to 42k now. Won't be long before he releases his book "Bluff Your Way to Success". :)

13:12
The board at the turn is K-4-3-6. Gary Benson and Reza Vakili are all in. Gary has KQ but Reza has K4. Gary is looking for a Q or a 6 on the river and the Six peels off, eliminating Reza.

13:22
Tim Pindar and Jonathan Macey double through on adjacent tables. Pinder made a good call on the river with JQo on a J7744 board. =============== On table 38, the flop comes down Qh-9h-6s. Warwick Mirzikinian bets 1500 and Joe Hachem pushes all in for about 5000 more. Warwick makes the all and turns over AQ, but Joe has the cowboys KK. The turn is the 7h but Joe has the only heart, so Warwick is hoping for an Ace or a Queen. A Ten on the river, and Joe doubles up.

13:31
Benson is up to 63k - he says he's gotten lucky twice :)

14:20
The board is 7-7-7-T and Marlon Goonawardana moves all in with his TT for Tens full of Sevens. He is called Phares Bouya with AA for Sevens full of Aces. Wham, the river comes an Ace, and Marlon is eliminated.

14:23
Nick Georgoulos gets all his chips in with KK against QQ. The flop comes Qd-Xd-Xd giving his opponent a set. Nick has the King of diamonds, but cannot catch one on the turn or river and is eliminated.

14:25
18 mins left on 1500/300 level with 50 ante.

14:45
John Vincent and The Mock (Dom) are nursing short stacks. Gary still looks to be the chip leader. 15min break.

15:25
Some chip counts; Milo - 30k Danny Seremet - 30k Gary Boxell - 26k Leo Boxell - 17k Richard Holmes - 45k Warren Pritchard - 50k Paul Gianfriddo - 30k Phi - 37.5k Bugsy - 15k Nick Putt - 20k Arul - 38k Angie just doubled up to around 50k Eric Assadourian - 18k Tim Eduard - 25k John Dalessandri - 60k James Potter - 30k Joe Meissner - 35k Mark Vos - 32k Joe Hachem - 8k David Saab just knocked out a player with QQ vs JJ and has a bit less than 40k.

15:26
30 mins left at 250/500 (50).

15:41
287 players left.

15:48
Richard Grace (NZ) with 88 just knocked out Michael Guttman with AK. Richard now has about 50k.

16:00
Well known competitor Scottie KK vs Cliff Lee Ac-Qc Flop Q 9 4, A 8 Scottie loses big pot and left with 30K Cliff Lee set up with a 50K pot to run again.

16:08
Robin Saab up to 120,000 - just knocked out a shorstack before with queens versus kings. Vos knocks Hachem out. On a flop of Qh-8h-4h, Mark bet, Joe moved all-in and Mark called the extra 5k. Joe showed AcKc while Mark had Th-2d. The turn was a Jx and the river a 9d, and Mark won with a straight.

16:22
Dom Choi limps behind 5 other limpers with 8c-7c. The flop comes down 6c-Tc-Jc. There is a 2k bet, a raise to 5k and Dom moves all in for 16k. The 2k better calls and other player folds his 5k. Dom turns over his flush and the other player has Qc=9s for up and down straight draw and Queen high flush draw. No help and Dom (the mock) doubles through.

16:23
On the feature table, Tim Pindar is all in with Ad-Td against AKo. The door card is a King and Tim thinks it's all over, but the other two cards slide out - both Tens! The trips win and Tim doubles up.

16:34
Table 23 Been watching for a while. Big stacks and action Arul 120K and looking good for some points and the PAR 2006 award. Angie 52K (our lady Champ) Warren Pritchard 44K (Splash) Richard Holmes 42K (impoverished punter from Gold Coast) LOL and Steve Wise with 40K well known player Event average about 30K but some big stacks developing around the room

16:43
Name Chips Tony Hachem 16,000 Mick Stanton 13,000 Daniel Farid 16,000 Alison Lightman 11,000 Baden Logan 42,000 Emad Tahtouh 32,000 Jonathan Macey 40,000 John Vincent 2,000 Dom Choi 40,000 Mike Ivan 35,000 Leo Boxell 32,000 Matt Downing 8,000 Roman Pesochinsky 35,000 Sarne Lightman 33,000 James Potter 45,000 Brian Hull 65,000 Joe Meissner 13,000 Rob Saab 140,000 Daniel G 15,000

16:49
Name Chips David Saab 56,000 John Homman 17,000 Damon Rasheed 20,000 Nick Nicolaou 30,000 Mark Vos 14,000 Tim Pindar 30,000 Jim Ververis 80,000 John Dalessandri 65,000 Arul Thillai 120,000 Gary Boxell 30,000 Angie Italiano 50,000 Richard Holmes 40,000 Chris Wood 70,000 Gary Benson 30,000

16:51
A player on the feature table moves all in for 3800 with 99 and is called by another player who had 45o. The flop K-Q-6. Turn 4. River 4. Oops.

16:52
240 players left with 5 mins until a break.

16:56
John Vincent is back up to 7000 after having only 275 after he tried to move Joe Humunicki off trip aces. Didn't work.

17:02
Happy birthday Arul sais Richard Holmes as he took a 30K pot from him. Richard now 63K and Arul 90K. Bugsy on a nearby table with 34K. Peter Ingle looking good with 50K and Emad on the top floor with about 90K. Our favourite lady Angie italiano still with about 53K and going strong Yo was 175 in chips yes 175 a while ago and just looked and he has doubled up to 10K Break now and we will look around for the stacks.

17:06
Forgot Steven Bouya who has been steady at 50K 70K all day. Now at 63K.

17:09
229 players left in play 175 left the arena. Average stacks 35K

17:28
Daniel G just doubled through Robin Saab. Robin is a huge chip leader and raised, Dan pushed all-in for 14.5k and the big blind was shortstacked and was all-in for about 4k. Robin called with pocket sevens, Dan G had KQ and the BB had Q9. Queen on the flop and king on the turn sees Dan double up to just over 30k. Robin still has about 140k.

17:39
Avi Ayalen has AK and runs into Nick Nicolaou with AA, Avi is eliminated and Nick is up to 70k.

18:36
The small blind shoves in and Mark calls with 88. The other player shows AT and catches up on the flop. Mark Vos is eliminated. Gary Benson - out Tim Pindar - out Gary Boxell - out

18:36
Some chip counts; Robin Saab 135000 Richard Holmes 130000 James Dryden 110000 David Saab 110000 Paul Gianfriddo 100000 Arul Thillai 80000 Brian Hull 80000 Emad Tahtouh 80000 Paul Effeney 80000 Antos 76000 Martin Hylton-Smith 75000 Gary Boxell 70000 Richard Grace 65000 John Maver 63000 Sarne Lightman 55000 John Dalessandri 50000 Costa Varoxis 50000 Leo Boxell 50000 Jonathan Macey 47000 Eric Assadourian 42000 Angie Italiano 40000 Daniel Greenwood 40000 Ian Schoots 40000 Nick Nicolaou 40000 Dom Choi 37000 Kim Vevle 37000 Baden Logan 35000 Danny Seremet 35000 Joe Humunicki 35000 Matt Downing 35000 Rob Lumsden 35000 Andrew Lindsay 33000 Damon Rasheed 32000 James Potter 30000 Nick Putt 30000 Roman Pesochinsky 25000 Tim Eduard 25000 Daniel Farid 22000 David Bradshaw 20000 Mike Ivin 20000 Nick Assioti 14000 Nick Kaselias 11000 Gary Benson 10000 Mick Stanton 10000 Scott Reddie 10000 Rayan Nathan 9000 Tony Hachem 7000 Joe Meissner 4000

18:37
185 players left at the 500/1000 (100) level with just under 40 mins remaining until dinner break.

18:39
John Maver eliminated John Vincent.

18:48
Angie Italiano out. She was called with bottom pair on the river. Oops. 179 left.

18:56
Meissner all in with QQ and quickly called by a player with KK. The flop comes Q-9-2 and Meissner sits back in his chair. Turn, a King and back up he gets. Joe Meissner eliminated.

19:22
Mike the TD reported this hand for us.. Last hand before the break, Arul is all-in preflop with AA and is called by Richard Holmes with Ah-Qh. The flop of 9-T-J gives him a straight draw, but Aru's Aces hold up and he doubles up to over 130k.

19:22
171 left, 45min dinner break.

19:35
Some chip counts at the break; Robin Saab 135000 Richard Holmes 130000 James Dryden 110000 David Saab 110000 Paul Gianfriddo 100000 Arul Thillai 80000 Brian Hull 80000 Emad Tahtouh 80000 Paul Effeney 80000 Antos 76000 Martin Hylton-Smith 75000 Gary Boxell 70000 Richard Grace 65000 John Maver 63000 Sarne Lightman 55000 John Dalessandri 50000 Costa Varoxis 50000 Leo Boxell 50000 Jonathan Macey 47000 Eric Assadourian 42000 Angie Italiano 40000 Daniel Greenwood 40000 Ian Schoots 40000 Nick Nicolaou 40000 Dom Choi 37000 Kim Vevle 37000 Baden Logan 35000 Danny Seremet 35000 Joe Humunicki 35000 Matt Downing 35000 Rob Lumsden 35000 Andrew Lindsay 33000 Damon Rasheed 32000 James Potter 30000 Nick Putt 30000 Roman Pesochinsky 25000 Tim Eduard 25000 Daniel Farid 22000 David Bradshaw 20000 Mike Ivin 20000 Nick Assioti 14000 Nick Kaselias 11000 Gary Benson 10000 Mick Stanton 10000 Scott Reddie 10000 Rayan Nathan 9000 Tony Hachem 7000 Joe Meissner 4000

20:28
600/1200 (200) with 153 players remaining.

20:35
Mick Stanton with TT all in against Nick Nicolaou with AA. A Ten hits the flop and Mick doubles through.

20:43
Dan Farid eliminated with AK vs 22.

20:44
Out - Macey with 99 vs KK, Emad

20:45
The tournament is moving towards 8-handed play...

20:49
Peter Antill from WA out with 43 vs A4 on an A-4-3 flop.

21:10
Daren Yoon out with jacks versus kings 138 players left, 50 minutes to go at 800/1600 (200 ante), average stack is 58,550.

21:28
Paul Gianfriddo 135000 David Saab 120000 Robin Saab 120000 Arul Thillai 115000 James Dryden 110000 Joe Humunicki 100000 Antos 90000 Damon Rasheed 85000 John Maver 80000 Paul Effeney 80000 Baden Logan 75000 Jim Ververis 75000 Martin Hylton-Smith 75000 Eric Assadourian 65000 Danny Seremet 60000 Dom Choi 60000 Sarne Lightman 51000 Andrew Lindsay 50000 John Dalessandri 50000 Kim Vevle 50000 Nick Assioti 50000 Brian Hull 42000 Rob Lumsden 42000 Colin Peckover 40000 Mike Ivin 40000 Nick Nicolaou 40000 Roman Pesochinsky 40000 Daniel Greenwood 35000 James Potter 35000 Ricky Gov 20000 Mick Stanton 8000

21:31
Happy birthday to Arul, he is the new chip leader with 275,000

21:39
Paul Gianfriddo is all in with KK against Barry Long with AA. Barry has Paul covered and takes down the 220k pot. Barry now has about 250k.

21:56
120 players remaining, average 67,333, break in 5 minutes.

22:33
Flop comes 9 7 4 and Gerry Fitt and Jim Ververis get their chips in. Gerry turns over 99 for the nuts and Jim has an overpair, Tens. Another Ten peels off in the river and Jim doubles up.

22:47
Gerry Fitt doubles through Arul with TT versus 22. Jim Ververis then doubles through Gerry with QJ, catching two pair. Gerry is now at 32,500.

22:48
Dom (The Mock) just lost half his stack with queens versus kings....he's still in it though with 40k.

22:49
Early chipleader Robin Saab is down to 41k and calls all-in versus David Epstein, Robin shows aces, while David had AQ and Robin doubles through.

22:56
Daniel G is all in with jacks versus pocket aces. Somehow Daniel finds a jack on the flop and he doubles through. Dan now has 90,000. Luke Stillman is out, along with Ricky Gov, Mick Stanton, Sarne Lightman, Mike Ivin. There are 98 players left, 20 minutes to go at 1000/2000 (300 ante), average stack is 82,448.

23:09
Barry Long 280000 Yong Lee 270000 Arul Thillai 257000 Rob Dimovski 210000 Nick Nicolaou 185000 David Saab 150000 Joe Humunicki 143000 James Dryden 130000 Antos 127000 Chris Wood 120000 Baden Logan 111000 Leigh Warne 100000 Paul Effeney 100000 Daniel Greenwood 90000 Robin Saab 85000 Michael Friedman 85000 Jim Ververis 80000 Dom Choi 80000 Rob Lumsden 77000 John Maver 75000 David Epstein 70000 Kim Vevle 70000 Damon Rasheed 70000 Andrew Lindsay 68000 Colin Peckover 52000 Eric Assadourian 50000 Danny Seremet 50000 James Potter 40000 John Madaffari 40000 Michael Rolls 40000 Brian Hull 35000 Nick Assioti 29000 Martin Hylton-Smith 25000 Roman Pesochinsky 16000 Con Cotsomitis 10000

23:44
Dom 'The Mock' Choi lives up to his nickname - just lost a 60k pot with AK versus AT....is still alive but shortstacked.

23:51
Arul just lost 100k - made a move on a player preflop with 57, got called with AQ....still has plenty of chips though.

23:53
Out - James Potter, Brian Hull, Nick Assioti

23:55
Robin Saab short stacked.

00:02
79 players left, 14 minutes at 1200/2400 (400 ante), average stack is 102,278.

00:05
Dom raises from the button to 8k, the player in the small blind raises all-in for 23,400 more. Dom thinks about it for awhile and says he thinks it's a race and calls. Dom has AJ and the other player has AK. The flop is Kc-Qs-8d, giving Dom a gutsa, but the turn and river both come 4s and he is left with about 20k.

00:11
Rob Dimovski 350000 Barry Long 300000 Yong Lee 270000 Nick Nicolaou 235000 David Saab 200000 Joe Humunicki 180000 Antos 175000 Baden Logan 150000 James Dryden 135000 Arul Thillai 120000 Chris Wood 115000 John Maver 105000 Leigh Warne 105000 Jim Mastorakou 95000 Daniel Greenwood 95000 Jim Ververis 85000 Rob Lumsden 82000 Michael Friedman 80000 Colin Peckover 75000 Con Cotsomitis 70000 Andrew N. 70000 Martin Hylton-Smith 65000 Damon Rasheed 65000 Eric Assadourian 60000 Andrew Lindsay 60000 Kim Vevle 50000 Danny Seremet 50000 John Madaffari 30000 Damian N. 30000 Nick Kaselias 30000 Dom Choi 25000

00:20
Eric just doubled up before the break - another player put him all in on a flop of 4c-8d-3d...Eric thought for a while and made the call. It turned out to be a good one as Eric was ahead with Kd6d versus JcTh. The turn and river were the 7c-Ac and Eric doubles up to over 150,000.

00:26

Tony Hachem.....long day?

00:31
Players about to come back from break, blinds will be 1500/3000 (500 ante).

00:32
75 players left, average stack 107,773. This will be the last level of the night, play will cease at 1:30am.

00:36
Dom Choi pushes with JT and is called by 99. No help for Dom "The Mock" and he is gonnnne.

00:46
Danny Seremet comes over the top of the raiser on his right, and gets called. It's bad for Danny - he has K9 and the other player has KJ. The flop has a jack, and there is four hearts on the board but neither player has a flush and Danny loses about 40k. He is now shortstacked with about 12k.

00:53
Danny out soon afterwards, all-in against Robert Lumsden with pocket sixes...six on the board and Robert wins. Arul has taken down the last two hands uncontested preflop.

00:54
Jim Ververis all-in with Ad5d versus pocket eights....Jim can't hit and is eliminated.

00:55
67 players remaining...

00:57
Arul is back up to around 200,000 (that's for you Emad)

01:05
Antos seen raking in a huge pot - is up 330,000.

01:05
A player raises from middle position to 13,000 and Arul raises to 27,000 from the cutoff. The other player thinks for a short while and then folds.

01:13
The flop is 9-2-5. Damon Rasheed is all in to a raise from Ben Savage and Ben calls. Damon had 97 and Ben had 92. Damon out.

01:14
The flop is 8-9-T and Daniel G and James Dryden get their chips in. Dan had 88 for a set, but James flopped the nuts with JQ. Daniel G left with around 50k.

01:16
Joe Humunicki raises to 10k from middle position and Arul raises to 30k from the big blind. Joe calls. The flop is 5h-7d-Qs and Arul bets out 50k. Joe folds and Arul shows a queen. The table groans as they are the next table to be broken - with 15 minutes left of play in the day.

01:21
John Madaffari comes over the top of a limper with pocket queens, but the limper quickly calls and shows aces. Board is 4c-4s-3h-Jc-6s and John is out. 64 players remaining, 9 minutes left to play.

01:25
Con Cotsomitis is all in with QQ but runs into AA. No miracle for Con and he is eliminated.

01:27
Arul has won the last two pots uncontested, has stolen the blinds and antes at least ten times this level.

01:28
Daniel G had Aces on the button, but Nick Nicolaou in the small blind and James Dryden didn't bite and he picks up the blinds and antes.

01:29
2 minutes left to play... most shortstacks nursing along.

01:34
Robin Saab is all-in for 34k from the cutoff. Play folds to the big blind, who asks how much it is to call (he has about the same amount in chips) and thinks for ages before folding and shows 4c2c. Robin shows an ace. Play is over for the night, the remaining 63 players will have their chips verified and will return tomorrow at midday. Chip counts, and table positions will be posted by Crown staff in a little while.

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