$1,100 Main Event [Day 2]
Structure Chip counts Prizepool
Photo Gallery Players Left: 1 out of 725
Day 1a Day 1b Day 1c Day 2 Day 3
"Day 2 Concludes; Portaro Leads"
June 01, 2009
Day 2 Concludes; Portaro Leads
After a long fifteen hour day we have finally whittled our field of 327 down to our final 19 players. The day was full of many twists and turns with Australia's best poker talents hitting the felt and many succumbing before the final hurdle.Notable players that ended the day in the cash included Roy Vandersluis, Jonathan Karamalikis, Karl Krautschneider, Billy Argyros, Trung Tran, Nali Kaselias and Ben Delaney.
However when they return tomorrow they will be chasing Bruno Portaro who stormed through the field to claim a massive chip lead. Despite a few late gambles, Portaro will enter Day 2 in a commanding position with over 2 million chips. He will be joined by the likes of Kristian Lunardi, Aaron Tran, Sam Jessop, Steve Topakas and Sam Vakili.
The final day action will commence at 2pm tomorrow, so login to PokerNetwork.com for the exciting conclusion of the 2009 Melbourne Poker Championships!
Lunardi Doubles
Kristian Lunardi made it 75,000 to go from the small blind, and with the action on Peter Peeters he pushed it to 175,000 total.Lunardi then moved all in for a further 429,000 and after some deliberation Peeters made the call.
Lunardi:
Peeters:
The board ran out
to see Lunardi double through 1,200,000 to as Peeters was left crippled with 110,000.
Christopher Bianco Eliminated in 20th Place ($5,500)
Christopher Bianco has been travelling well all tournament but he chose the wrong spot to move all in preflop with
as he ran into the 
of Peter Sawitzki.The board fell
and after a quick count down of chips, Sawitzki had Bianco covered and he was eliminated.
It's Called The Flop Right?
Meanwhile table 28 just asked for a ruling as to what the first three community cards were called. It appears they've forgotten what a "flop" is as they haven't seen one for a while!O'Connell Doubles Through Cai
In some rare action, Michael O'Connell moved all in from the cutoff for 199,000 and Leonid Cai cut down his chips and made the call in the big blind.O'Connell:
Cai:
The board ran out
and O'Connell had to sweat it out until the river to pair up and stay alive. He's up to 420,000 with Cai falling to 560,000.
Quang Nguyen Eliminated in 21st Place ($5,500)
Mark Iskander opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and Quang Nguyen moved all in from the big blind with Iskander double-fist-pump-snap calling.Nguyen:
Iskander:
The board ran out
to see Nguyen head to the rail in 21st place for a $5,500 pay day.
Luke Tsapazis Doubles
Christopher Bianco shoved all in from the small blind and Luke Tsapazis snapped him off for his tournament life.Bianco:
Tsapazis:
The board fell
to see Tsapazis double to 600,000 as Bianco slipped to 350,000 in chips.