After two long days of poker, just 15 of the 43 survivors in the PokerStars APPT Melbourne Main Event will miss a slice of the $1,207,900 prizepool when the remaining players return to Crown Melbourne this afternoon.
Wayne Bentley leads the field on 450,000, but all eyes are on Australian Poker Hall of Fame member and reigning APPT Melbourne champion Leo Boxell, who lies second in chips on 400,000.
Behind that duo lie many of the better known names on the regional poker scene including past ANZ Players of the Year Danny Chevalier and Tony Hachem, 2011 ANZPT Sydney champion Michael Kanaan, winner of the first APPT event on Australian soil Grant Levy along with Brendon Rubie, Dale Marsland, Hai Bo Chu, Michael Guttman, Billy Argyros, Jarred Graham, Gary Benson, Julian Powell, Tom Grigg and Kristian Lunardi.
In the battle for this year’s points title, Anthony Aston remains in the lead but he can still be overtaken by Mishel Anunu (135,000) and Liam O’Rourke (135,000). Anunu, who is second on the leaderboard only needs to reach the money to win the title, while O’Rourke will have to finish in sixth place or better.
APPT Melbourne end of day 2 chip counts (Aust. unless otherwise stated)
Wayne Bentley 450,000
Leo Boxell 400,000
Brendon Rubie 314,500
Michael Kanaan 311,000
Dale Marsland 294,000
Benn Skender 285,500
Samad Razavi (UK) 283,500
Ted Nguyen 279,000
Ashley Warner 278,000
Tam Truong 275,000
Hai Bo Chu 262,000
James Bills 230,000
Karan Punjabi 210,500
Stephan Bartheim (Germany) 206,000
Guenther Hornung 200,000
Ilir Beluli 195,000
Ismail Ismail 193,000
Charles Caris 181,500
Mile Krstanoski 168,500
Michael Guttman 166,000
Billy Argyros 165,000
Roy Bhasin 163,500
Joel Feldman 160,000
Oliver Gill 148,000
Keith Walker 138,500
Liam O’Rourke 135,000
Mishel Anunu 135,000
Vineet Jindal 125,500
Jarred Graham 117,500
Gary Benson 115,000
Stephen Hansen 111,000
Nigel Andrews 102,000
Rikki Papesch 93,000
Jeremy Simon 91,500
Lars Graf (UK) 87,000
Julian Powell 87,000
Tom Grigg 77,000
Chia-Hung Hsu (Taiwan) 72,500
Kristian Lunardi 71,500
Tony Hachem 69,500
Grant Levy 69,500
Nurlan Boobekov 66,500
Ivan Zalac 64,500
Danny Chevalier 49,000
Prizepool
1 $326,125
2 $205,345
3 $114,750
4 $87,575
5 $72,475
6 $57,375
7 $45,300
8 $36,240
9 $27,175
10-12 $18,120
13-16 $15,100
17-20 $12,080
21-24 $9660
25-28 $8455
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