The top 10 stacks were also the only players to finish with more than 100,000 in chips – led by Ryan Hong (178,800). Jesse McKenzie is well placed for a fourth Tour cash this year in fourth spot (124,700) while Jarred Graham will be aiming higher than his 13th in Canberra after finishing day one in sixth spot
Other notables returning for day to include New Zealand’s Phil Willcocks (90,200), Tom Grigg (89,500), Aaron Benton (78,500), Julius Colman (78,000), Liam Moffett (74,800), Lee Nelson (69,100), Minh Nguyen (64,100), Octavian Voegele (63,600), Harry Demetriou (44,400), Julian Cohen (13,100) and Paul Khoury (11,000).
ANZPT Melbourne Main Event day 1 top 10 chip counts
Ryan Hong 178,800
John Apostolidis 140,300
Ryan Larkin 127,100
Jesse McKenzie 124,700
Stephen Eliesen 117,100
Jarred Graham 115,400
Leigh Warne 113,200
Art Vanderlay 107,200
Mario Ljubicic 106,700
Justin Sanchez 100,500
• Wrapping up results from the other preliminary events, Aaron Benton again underlined his reputation as one of the nation’s premier players with victory in the $1100 Six-handed event. Amin Chehade placed second, while Khai-Trung Tran celebrated his second final table of the week, finishing fifth. In the $350 No Limit Hold’em Mega Stack event, Matthew Kolfe powered over a big field of 191 to claim the first prize of $13,625.
Event 7: $1100 No Limit Hold’em Six-handed (82 players; nine players paid; total prizepool $82,000)
1 Aaron Benton $25,830
2 Amin Chehade $16,400
3 Joe Cabret $11,070
4 Dennis Huntly $8610
5 Khai-Trung Tran $6970
6 Andrew McKenzie $5330
7 Sal Fazzino $3690
8 Jie Gao $2050
9 Manny Stavropoulos $2050
Event 8: $350 No Limit Hold’em Mega Stack (191 players; 20 players paid; total prizepool $59,210)
1 Matthew Rolfe $13,625
2 Stewart Ballard $8880
3 Vic Spadavecchia $7105
4 John Donohue $5920
5 Luis Arrilucea $4735
6 Nali Kaselias $3555
7 Quyet Pham $2960
8 Brendan Richards $2370
9 Michael Davy $1775
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