A decade has passed since the Melbourne Poker Championships kicked-off, and the celebrations kicked-off in emphatic fashion with the ninth running of the $550 buy-in Joe Hachem Deep Stack event.
A massive field of 475 players built a prizepool of almost $240,000 ensuing the winner almost $50,000 – not bad for a preliminary event! A marathon day in the Crown poker room, which started with 169 players still in contention for the title, ended when Ron Parsons hoisted the championship trophy.
Jackie Glazier underlined her status as Australia’s premier female player in finishing runner-up while former JHDS winner Andrew Mellado, who started the day as chip leader, was still there at the business end to place third.
Other familiar names to finish in the money included Jim Sachinidis (eighth), Michael Egan (10th), 2011 Aussie Millions champion David Gorr (15th), day 1B chip leader Dave Lee (20th), day 1A chip leader Chris Bonato (21st) and Billy Jordanou (23rd).
Event 1: $550 Joe Hachem Deep Stack IX results
1 Ron Parsons $49,450
2 Jackie Glazier $35,000
3 Andrew Mellado $26,500
4 Michael Rosenfield $20,000
5 Andrew Rogers $15,000
6 Andrew Santo $11,250
7 Barry Long $8750
8 Jim Sachinidis $6500
9 Christopher Rowell $4750
10 Michael Egan $3500
11 Carl Booth $2600
12 Dale Townsend $2600
13 Andrew Yam $2600
14 Peter Liakos $2600
15 David Gorr $2600
16 Mikel Habb $2600
17 Peter Pantanassiotis $2600
18 Laurence Hall $2600
19 Nick Van Engelenburg $1800
20 Dave Lee $1800
21 Chris Bonato $1800
22 Stephen Osmea $1800
23 Billy Jordanou $1800
24 Andrew McKenzie $1800
25 Anthony Lande $1800
26 Phillip Edwards $1800
27 Seonglee Ang $1800
28 Vito Dalessandri $1100
29 Timothy Tan $1100
30 Quoc Nguyen $1100
31 Steve Goodridge $1100
32 Maria Tsakrios $1100
33 George Giannopoulos $1100
34 Christopher O’Neil $1100
35 Nam Le $1100
36 Matthew Pilat $1100
37 Ben Harper $1100
38 Maria Baquran $1100
39 Sasho Andovski $1100
40 Ben Vanerveen $1100
41 Roy Agresta $1100
42 Andrew Lock $1100
43 Paul Bennett $1100
44 Daniel Zgalin $1100
45 Yesha Desai $1100
Melbourne Poker Championship schedule
May 8
10.10am $130 Melbourne Champs Side Event Supershot
12.10pm $65 Melbourne Champs Step 1
2.10pm Event 5: $550 Pot Limit Omaha (double chance format)
4.10pm $65 Melbourne Champs Step 1
7.10pm $250 Melbourne Champs Step 2
10pm $130 Melbourne Champs Side Event Supershot
May 9
12.10am $65 Melbourne Champs Step 1
10.10am $130 Melbourne Champs Side Event Supershot
12.10pm $65 Melbourne Champs Step 1
2.10pm Event 6: $550 No Limit Hold’em w/ Bounties
4.10pm $65 Melbourne Champs Step 1
7.10pm $250 Melbourne Champs Step 2
10.10pm $130 Melbourne Champs Side Event Supershot
May 10
10.10am $130 Melbourne Champs Side Event Supershot
2.10pm Event 7: $550 No Limit Hold’em Six-handed
4.10pm $250 Melbourne Champs Step 2
7.10pm Event 8: $1100 Melbourne Poker Championship Main Event day 1 flight 1
10pm $130 Melbourne Champs Super Satellite
May 11
10.10am $65 Melbourne Champs Step 1
12.10pm Event 8: $1100 Melbourne Poker Championship Main Event day 1 flight 2 (repechage)
2.10pm $65 Melbourne Champs Step 1
4.10pm $65 Melbourne Champs Step 1
7.10pm $250 Melbourne Champs Step 2
10pm $130 Melbourne Champs Super Satellite
May 12
10.10am $130 Melbourne Champs Super Satellite
12.10pm Event 8: $1100 Melbourne Poker Championship Main Event day 1 flight 3 (repechage)
2.10pm $100 Terminator Qualifier
4.10pm $100 Terminator Qualifier
7.10pm $160 APPT Melbourne Step 2
10.10pm $100 Terminator Qualifier
May 13
10.10am $100 Terminator Qualifier
12.30pm Event 8: $1100 Melbourne Poker Championship Main Event day 2
2.10pm $160 APPT Melbourne Step 2
3pm Event 9: $400 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Terminator
4.10pm $700 APPT Melbourne Step 3
6.10pm Event 10: $200 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Ante up
May 14
2.10pm Event 8: $1100 Melbourne Poker Championship Main Event day 3/final table
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