Thursday, November 20, 2014

Germany attacks Canberra in quest for ANZPT crown



We started off nearly eleven hours ago with 76 hopefuls entering the Casino Canberra poker site of their quest for ANZPT glory. We had previous ANZPT champions, Australian poker legends and a number of other young guns in contention. But after an afternoon filled with psychological warfare, we're left with just fifteen men standing.

They're a contented bunch and can sleep well tonight knowing they seem to be a minimum of $4,690 wealthier. Some can be greater than satisfied with that, but there are a couple of others who want nothing greater than to move all of the option to claim the title and $73,700 first place prize.

Along the way in which today there has been quite a few roadkill, with the largest of all of them falling within the opening minutes of the day.

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Team PokerStars Pro Tony Hachem was in dire need of a snappy double up and when he looked down and located the pocket rockets it gave the look of a really perfect opportunity. However a cruel river gave his opponents trips and Hachem departed.

Other high profile casualties included ANZPT Adelaide champion Octavian Voegele, ANZPT Sydney winner Michael Kanaan, day one chip leaders Scott Kerr and Leo Boxell, Rennie Carnevale, Michael Guzzardi, Sal Fazzino and ANZ Player of the Year contenders Oliver Grujic, Sebastian Pagana and Graeme Putt.

It left the door open for reigning Aussie Millions champion David Gorr because the only player within the current POTY top ten to stay in contention. Gorr battled for long periods today on a brief stack, and needed to survive some intense duels with the ultra-aggressive James Broom, but Gorr managed to make it throughout the day and will now finish as high as second within the rankings with an excellent result tomorrow.

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As players approached the money stage, the likes of Luke Edwards, Jarred Graham and Germany's Khiem Nguyen moved in the course of the field to snatch the chip lead. Nguyen was particularly impressive as he picked the fitting spots to throw jabs and accumulate. When he eliminated David Steele he shot into the chip lead and not relinquished that position as he enters the general day of play as our chip leader.

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When George Moussa's courageous run came to an result in devastating fashion by the hands of an artistic Tristan Bain, the bubble had burst and we were within the money. Here's the redraw for play tomorrow:

Table 5
Seat 1: Tristan Bain (Australia) - 263,300
Seat 2: Xiuming "Sammy" Huang (Australia) (PokerStars Qualifier) - 191,400
Seat 3: Brett Chalhoub (Australia) (PokerStars Qualifier) - 119,700
Seat 4: James Broom (Australia) - 203,700
Seat 5: Tony Kambouroglou (Australia) - 255,000
Seat 8: Luke Edwards (Australia) (PokerStars Qualifier) - 233,200
Seat 9: Gioreio Graziani (Australia) - 187,800

Table 6
Seat 1: Jarred Graham (Australia) - 95,500
Seat 2: Naz Sibaei (Australia) - 35,500
Seat 3: Khiem Nguyen (Germany) - 325,600
Seat 4: Andrew Watson (Australia) (PokerStars Player) - 233,900
Seat 5: Leigh Warne (Australia) - 311,600
Seat 6: Mario Ljubicic (Australia) - 39,300
Seat 8: David Gorr (Australia) - 112,500
Seat 9: Takahiro Morooka (Australia) (PokerStars Qualifier) - 77,700

We'll recommence play at 12:15pm tomorrow (GMT+10) and play all of the way down until a brand new ANZPT champion is crowned. the lineup, it's set to be a stellar final table and may provide a number of great highlights from the nation's capital. Until then, enjoy your Sunday evening and we'll see you tomorrow!

















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