$1,100 Main Event [Day 1b]
Structure Chip counts Prizepool
Photo Gallery Players Left: 1 out of 725
Day 1a Day 1b Day 1c Day 2 Day 3
"Danny Joukhadar - Overnight Chip Leader"
May 29, 2009
That's A Wrap
After a whopping 347 players took to the felt for Day 1b of the 2009 Melbourne Poker Championships, we're now left with around 150 players who will join the Day 1a survivors for Day 2 of play on Sunday.Many took the challenge to gamble it up, safe in the knowledge that they had a second chance tomorrow. However for some, the gamble paid off and they will be in good shape heading into Day 2. Today's flight will be led by Danny Joukhadar who surged late to accumulate over 140,000 chips. Others with healthy stacks include Nobbi Tanaka, Eugene Portlen and David Zhao.
We'll be back tomorrow for the repechage day which should boost the total number of entrants in the Main Event to well over 800 players. Our coverage kicks off at 12:10pm, so we look forward to your company then!
Bush Collects Nice Late Pot
Pierre Bush opened with a raise to 3,200 from the cutoff and called the button raise of an additional 5,000 chips. The two players took a flop of
and Bush check-called another 4,200.The turn brought the
and Bush checked again to his opponent who fired 6,200. Bush then announced he was all in for 25,900 in total. His opponent laid it down and Bush rakes in a nice pot at the end of the day to move up to 60,000 chips.
"Rubie: set of tens a gem of a hand"
May 29, 2009
'Wrckngball' Almost Demolished, Rubie Shines
Will 'wrckngball' Mitchell, Brendan Rubie and another opponent all had their money in the middle as we caught the players turning over their cards:Rubie:
Mitchell:
Opponent:
The board ran out
- Rubie's set was good to send his stack up to 65,000. Mitchell is down to only 6,000.
Three More Hands
Tournament Director Jonno Pittock has called last three hands, after which play will concluded for the day - expect some fast, loose and borderline insane plays before it all comes to a close!Ouchies For Gao
Jie Gao raised to 3,000 before the flop before two players pushed all in - the cutoff was in for 17,800 and the small blind called all-in for 14,700. Gao snap-called.Gao:
Small Blind:
Cutoff:
The flop of
gave the cutoff a piece of it but Gao was still well ahead. The turn of the 
saw the small blind player packing his bags and Gao once again pacing up and down, arms folded, staring at the table almost daring the dealer to make it go his way or no way.The dealer was unfazed as he peeled off the
on the river! The cutoff player pumped his fist and shouted for joy and Gao stood there stunned as the chips were cut down and shipped over.Gao is now down to 23,000 in chips after that unfortunate outdraw.
"Nassif busto"
May 29, 2009
Nassif No More
Marwan Nassif got it in with the best of it before the flop with against an opponent's 
.The board ran out
, pairing the ace of the opponent and ending Nassif's tournament life.
Agostinelli Has Deja Vu
888 Poker League qualifier Guy Agostinelli is not out of the tournament, but is well below average with 26,000 heading into the last 30 minutes of the day."I've been doing all right, but twice today I've had to fold a set of kings, only to have made a great laydown over a set of aces!"
Fellow 888 Poker League qualifer Jamie Deans is also hanging in there with 35,000 in chips.
Peart Rivered
Kim Peart moved her last 4,500 chips in preflop with and looked set for a double up against her opponent's 
until the river of death on a board of 
.Peart is eliminated and will have to consider repechaging tomorrow.
"Last Level Of The Day"
May 29, 2009