$2,200 Main Event [Day 1b]
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"One of the chip leaders Michael Pedley"
April 23, 2010
Day 1b All Done!
Another great day in the Star City poker room today saw the starting field cut down to just 138.Martin Comer was an early casualty while defending Champion Paren Arzoomanian also fell early when his Kings were rivered by Jacks. Jonathan Karamalikis was unable to carry his High Rollers Event form into the Main Event also hitting the sidelines early while Jeff Lisandro never gathered any momentum today and exited early too.
Leading the day 1b field is cash game player Michael Manttan with an amassed 116,800 in chips. Trailing him slightly are Patrick Woodley (116,200), Mile Krstanoski (112,800), Michael Pedley (104,200), Tony Hachem (95,000) and Lee Nelson (92,700).
Still in contention are ANZPT Queensland Champion Scott Kerr (69,200), Aussie Millions Champion Tyron Krost (56,200), Joel Dodds (48,800), Stewart Scott (41,900) and Emad Tahtouh (38,400).
Tomorrow will see both flight one and two fields merge to see the remaining 209 players take to the felt to battle it out over seven levels until we reach the money.
Make sure to join the PokerNetwork team from 12:30pm tomorrow where we will be providing live updates from the tournament floor as the action heats up as we look for the next ANZPT Sydney Champion.
Final Five Minutes
Tournament Director Jason Wicks has just asked onlookers to vacate the tournament area as there is now just five minutes left on the clock.Once the race off has been concluded, the chips bagged and tagged, we will be providing total counts and wrap for the day.
"Yann Pauchon in action"
April 22, 2010
Pauchon Stop-n-Go's!
Yann Pauchon opened to 2,500 from middle position and Stewart Scott made it 5,000 to go.The blinds passed and Pauchon made the call to see a
flop fall.Pauchon grabbed his remaining 8,350 and pushed them into the pot to get a crying-fold from Scott.
Pauchon flashed his
and raked in the pot to move to around 19,000 in chips.
Tahtouh Finds River Call
Emad Tahtouh opened to 2,100 from the under the gun and was called by a player in the hi-jack.The flop fell down
and Tahtouh led out for 3,600 and was called before both players checked the 
on the turn.When the river landed the
Tahtouh took his time before firing out 5,600.His opponent went into the tank as some friendly banter was exchanged.
"You got nines? Cause nines are no good" stated Tahtouh.
Around two minutes went by before Tahtouh commented, "if you spend all this time just to move all in I'm going to jump across the table and smack that beard off your face!"
Peter Aristidou pulled out a $100 note from his pocket and offered it to Tahtouh if he did so.
Finally Tahtouh's opponent made the call, but mucked at the sight of Tahtouh's
as he climbed to 41,000 in chips.
"Peter Zabow"
April 22, 2010
Monaghan Doubles Zabow
Adam Monaghan called the all in from Peter Zabow.Monaghan:
Zabow:
The board ran out
to see Zabow double through while Monaghan slips to 23,000 in chips.
"Michael Guttman in action"
April 22, 2010
Nelson Rivered
On a board reading
Lee Nelson fired out a bet only to have Michael Guttman move all in.The third opponent in the hand folded and Nelson immediately made the call.
Nelson:
Guttman:
The river landed the
to see Guttman find some luck to stay alive as Nelson slipped to around 42,000 in chips.
Top Five Chip Counts
Here are our current chip leaders.Emanuel Seal - 85,000
Scott Kerr - 73,000
Tony Hachem - 72,000
Tom Grigg - 68,000
Michael Pedley - 68,000
"Jai 'Grant Levy1' Kemp"
April 22, 2010
Levy1 Undone
On a board of
with a pot inexcess of 20,000, Grant Levy1 moved all in for 20,025 to put his opponent to a decision.Nearly four minutes went by before Levy1's opponent made the call for his tournament life.
Levy1:
Opponent:
The river landed the
to see Levy1 crippled to just 2,500 in chips.A few hands later, Levy1 found himself all in but was unable to stay alive and consequently the Grant Levy impersonator conspirator in Jai Kemp hit the rail.
Kings Cracked For Levy2
Grant Levy2 opened under the gun to 1,500 only to be shoved on from the button by an opponent for his last 21,500.Although at the bottom of his range, Levy2 made the call and we were off to a showdown.
Levy2:
Opponent:
The board ran out
to see Levy2's Kings cracked to slip to 18,000 in chips.