Niveau: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Niveau: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
The cards of the short stack were already in the muck while Corey Zarb dragged in the pot with after having rivered top pair on the board of . According to the dealer, the player at risk had been all in for 7,175 with pocket jacks only to see his hopes of a comeback destroyed on the river.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Corey Zarb
|
67,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Michael Del Vecchio appears to be the early chip leader after having more than doubled his stack. Below are further assorted counts including Lily Kiletto, who recently joined the field.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Mike Del Vecchio |
80,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Nikki Stiefel
|
42,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Andreas Klatt |
41,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Marton Czuczor |
38,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Tolly Sakellariou |
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Beshara Sukkar
|
37,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Andrew Basset
|
33,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
Lily Kiletto |
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Peter Aristidou |
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Vojtech Ruzicka |
26,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
Srdjan Brkic | 25,000 | |
Michael Egan |
23,000
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
Corey Kempson |
5,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
We spotted Samantha Abernathy walking through the poker room on her way to her table. We waited for her to get installed, fold her big blind and managed to grab a few words with her.
"I'm very excited!" said Abernathy, "I'm a little nervous just with all the buzz that's going around. It's a weird moment to sit down!"
Abernathy shot to fame with a third-place finish in this event two years ago, taking home $437,543 the year Ari Engel took down the title, and she said that it holds a special place in her annual poker calendar.
"I think about it through the whole year! There's always this looming feeling about this stop...in a good way of course. It's diferent to any other stop."
During her trip to Melbourne, Abernathy has managed to squeeze in a trip to the tennis as well as several media opportunities.
"I went to see the Men's Semi-final, but I've also had to deal with jet lag. There were a couple of media stuff with Kiss FM and the Herald Sun."
However, now she's seated in the Main Event, she says here eyes are firmly on the prize.
"I want to run deep. I really do. I'm feeling it again this time around!"
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Samantha Abernathy | 30,000 |
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Benny Spindler |
42,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Steven van Zadelhoff |
42,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Kristen Bicknell |
40,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
Samantha Abernathy |
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Dara O'Kearney | 25,000 | |
Lawrence Bayley |
5,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
After a raise to 550, Laszlo Bujtas three-bet to 2,200 and Pasquale Ragozzino four-bet to 4,500 in the big blind. The initial raiser folded and Bujtas called. On the flop, Bujtas checked to Ragozzino, who bet 10,000 and forced a fold.
Arthur Maggs raised to 650 and Ragozzino three-bet to 2,000 on the button, Maggs called. On the flop, Maggs check-called a bet of 3,000 and the turn was checked. Maggs bet the river for 12,000 and Ragozzino mucked face up. "You didn't have the ace, right?" Ragozzino asked and Maggs just smirked back.
Benedikt Eberle on the same table has dropped to a mere 3,000 and folded on all of those hands, but will be forced to make a move very soon. Corey Kempson was down to 2,500 recently and has busted from a different table.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Pasquale Ragozzino
|
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Arthur Maggs |
45,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Laszlo Bujtas |
22,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Benedikt Eberle |
3,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
Corey Kempson | Eliminé |
Harry Demeteriou raised to 550 pre-flop and an opponent three-bet to 1,650. Demeteriou called and the flop came .
Demeteriou check-raised his opponent's bet of 1,000 to 2,000 and they called. Demeteriou then bet 5,000 on the turn and his opponent called.
With his opponent having just 12,000 behind, Demeteriou bet 15,000 on the river and his opponent called.
Harry Demeteriou:
Opponent:
It was a set over set situation, and the 2003 Aussie Millions third-place finisher sent his opponent to the rail.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Harry Demetriou |
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Michael Sklenicka has dropped to a mere 4,000 while Andrew Shanahan has joined the early big stacks from two seats over. Emanuel Seal has joined that very table and took a seat between Nikki Stiefel and Joshua Clancy. The turn showed and Clancy bet 2,150 out of the big blind, which Stiefel called. On the river, Clancy made it another 6,600 to go and Stiefel folded.
"I gonna show you one of the cards," Clancy said and flashed the . Some table chat followed and Stiefel added "a queen would have been the best card for me."
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Andrew Shanahan |
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Joshua Clancy
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Nikki Stiefel
|
34,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Emanuel Seal |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Michael Sklenicka |
4,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
On a board, and with around 10,000 chips in the middle, Heidi May checked to an opponent who bet 3,100. May called and the river was the .
May bet 11,000. Her opponent shook his head before flicking his cards into the muck.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Heidi May |
39,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
Kristen Bicknell |
27,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
||
Nikki Stiefel
|
24,500
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
Samantha Abernathy |
21,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
Lily Kiletto |
20,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Cale Treacy
|
72,000 | |
Andreas Klatt |
40,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Max Silver |
38,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
Vojtech Ruzicka |
33,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
Bas de Laat | 32,000 | |
Luigi Knoppers | Eliminé |