Packed fields have been the order of proceedings for the first three flights of the ANZPT Sydney Opening Event, which marks the start of the first major tournament series at Star Poker for 2013.
The traditional series opener drew a huge field of 863, with 90 players set to share in the prizepool of $258,900 and the winner assured a tasty prize of $60,065.
When the cards were sent into the air for the first hand of day two, the chip leader was Tony Daoud on 203,800. He held the only stack of more than 200,000, while Faysal Kurdi was close behind on 198,400.
Others returning among the 150 survivors for day two featured Monica Huynh, 2011 ANZPT Main Event winner Michael Kanaan, Michael Guzzardi, Sheldon Mayer, Star Poker ambassador Aaron Benton, Tony Kambouroglou, Australian Poker Hall of Famers Gary Benson and Mel Judah, Andrew Scarf, Tony Kondevski, Dean Yuen, Mike Ivin and Didier Guerin.
The action continues at The Star tomorrow with the final table of the Opening Event (2pm) and the fourth running of the $1100 buy-in PokerMedia Australia No Limit Hold’em Special Event from 12.30pm.
Players will start with 15,000 in chips, levels are 40 minutes and we’re hoping to lure a field of more than 100 players as PMA continues its proud association with Star Poker.
ANZPT Sydney $330 No Limit Hold’em Opening Event (863 players; total prizepool $258,900; 90 players paid) end of day 1 chip count
Tony Daoud 203,800
Faysal Kurdi 198,400
Dien Nguyen 138,900
Micah Keall-Grant 137,300
Alan Taylor 136,800
Damien Hubbard 134,800
Monica Huynh 119,700
Chris Kittos 118,800
Michael Kanaan 117,900
Kheng Wong 112,700
Sefarn Sudar 109,200
Andrew Starr 108,600
Martyn Poytress 107,600
Joseph Alvaro 107,500
James Tai 102,900
Nizar Nakhle 102,000
Mark Wong 100,300
Evgeny Zaydenberg 100,000
Michael Tran 99,300
William Delaney 97,500
Michael Guzzardi 97,400
Osama Hassan 95,100
Siyu Sha 91,400
Rory Young 90,000
Sheldon Mayer 84,100
Alexander Antonios 83,700
Aaron Benton 83,600
Michael Doumani 83,500
Neb Blanusa 83,000
Jackson Sargeant 81,700
John Thomson 80,600
Sam Ioannou 79,800
Lior Segre 79,800
Tony Kambouroglou 78,800
Gary Benson 78,500
Carmen Vella 76,600
Jeremi Stepinski 75,400
Rohan Cunico 75,100
Yibo He 75,000
Raymond Ruiz 74,400
Yibo Zhou 74,200
Weng Wong 73,900
Michael Doodson 73,000
Obie Blasnusa 72,100
Trudie Sultana 71,100
Siddharth Gunasekran 70,300
David Nguyen 69,400
Ashkan Shiran 67,900
Alex Falon 67,700
Player did not report 65,800
Richard Blackburn 65,300
Ioanis Kouriambalis 64,000
Jason Clissold 63,300
Victor Teng 61,600
Adam Ratten 60,400
John Azzi 60,200
Cale MacLean 59,700
Robert Damelian 59,200
Ahmad Barakat 58,600
Jamie Mortimer 58,400
Joseph Selwyn 56,500
Ismail Sahin 56,400
Raad Ali 55,700
Daniel Magrin 55,200
Brad Stott 54,800
Nafiz Safi 54,200
Andrew Scarf 53,400
Tony Kondevski 52,900
Iori Yogo 52,400
George Karageorge 51,500
Bane Jocic 51,000
Gary Levien 50,400
Paul Pedersen 48,700
Nicholas Polias 47,800
Mark Monteforte 47,800
Lee Ladiges 47,400
Dean Yuen 46,700
Mark Matthews 46,400
Murat Ceyhan 46,300
Mike Ivin 45,800
Patrick Pepper 43,500
Didier Guerin 43,300
Giouanni Messina 43,100
Ngoc Phu 42,400
Collin Tran 42,000
Ruth Jones 41,600
Chris Diamantopoulos 41,600
Steven Baker 40,700
Julian Malki 40,300
George Lazos 40,300
Trent Adams 40,200
Player did not report 40,000
Daniel Salama 40,000
Donald Civic 40,000
Axel Peeck 39,800
Rinderson Poerwondo 39,500
Andrew Ryland 39,200
Brooke Eisenhuth 39,200
Matt Woodards 39,000
Maciej Kaminski 38,600
Jason O’Brien 38,000
James Langford 37,700
Fidan Shevket 37,600
Brian Brannigan 36,900
George Elbarhoum 36,700
Corbin White 36,400
Roni Hakim 35,500
Justin Cohen 35,100
Zheng Zhang 35,000
Adam Smith 35,000
Adrian Davis 34,500
Glen White 33,900
Chris Ciardi 33,600
Ryan McKay 32,800
Benn Sowerby 32,700
Anthony Kim 32,600
Edgar Montenegro 31,400
Tam Truong 30,200
David Stefanoff 30,100
Player did not report 30,000
Seyed Behzad 29,300
Elisabeth Zhang 29,300
Saul Kari 28,400
Mel Judah 27,600
Jarrod Glennon 27,100
Nathan Davis 27,000
Rod Meneses 26,800
James Cornelly 26,300
Sammy Lucisano 26,000
Evan Ryan 25,900
Nicola Kordahi 25,300
David Neumann 25,200
George Tzakis 25,000
Ashton Cartwright 25,000
Jamal Ayoub 24,700
Jacob Kovacs 23,700
Mai Nhon Nguyen 23,500
Andre Dowling 23,400
Nurlan Boobekov 21,000
Chen Chen 20,700
Marc Liddell 20,600
Robert Spano 20,400
Daniel Taylor 18,900
Cathal Shine 16,200
Jason Abrahim 15,200
Robert Turvey 15,200
Robert Wilson 14,700
Suzy Khoueis 12,600
Bede Connelly 12,500
Paul Issa 12,000
Dean Schneider 8800
Payouts
1 $60,065
2 $37,670
3 $19,030
4 $15,016
5 $12,168
6 $9062
7 $6214
8 $4919
9 $3625
10-12 $2589
13-15 $2330
16-18 $2201
19-21 $1942
22-24 $1683
25-32 $1424
33-39 $1295
40-46 $1165
47-53 $1036
54-60 $906
61-67 $777
68-72 $647
73-80 $517
81-90 $388
What’s coming up at ANZPT Sydney
March 17
12.30pm Event 2: $1100 ANZPT Poker Media Australia No Limit Hold’em Special (start stack 15,000, 40-minute levels)
2pm $330 ANZPT No Limit Hold’em Opening Event final table
6.15pm $250 ANZPT Main Event Mega Satellite (start stack 6000, 25-minute levels)
March 18
12.30pm Event 3: $550 ANZPT No Limit Hold’em Bounty (start stack 8000, 30-minute levels)
4pm Event 2: $1100 ANZPT Poker Media Australia No Limit Hold’em Special final table
6.15pm $250 ANZPT Main Event Mega Satellite (start stack 6000, 25-minute levels)
March 19
12.30pm Event 4: $550 ANZPT Pot Limit Omaha (start stack 10,000, 30-minute levels)
6.15pm Event 5: $440 ANZPT Teams Event (start stack 8000, 20-minute levels)
March 20
12.30pm Event 6: $550 ANZPT No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed (start stack 10,000, 40-minute levels)
6.15pm $250 ANZPT Main Event Mega Satellite (start stack 6000, 25-minute levels)
March 21
12.30pm $250 ANZPT Main Event Mega Satellite (start stack 6000, 25-minute levels)
6.15pm Event 7: $2200 ANZPT No Limit Hold’em Main Event day 1 flight 1 (start stack 20,000, 60-minute levels)
March 22
12.30pm Event 7: $2200 ANZPT No Limit Hold’em Main Event day 1 flight 2 (start stack 20,000, 60-minute levels)
March 23
12.30pm Event 7: $2200 ANZPT No Limit Hold’em Main Event day 2
4pm $550 Mega Satellite to $5K No Limit Hold’em Challenge Mega Satellite
March 24
12.30pm Event 8: $330 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha/No Limit Hold’em
2pm Event 7: $2200 ANZPT No Limit Hold’em Main Event day 3/final table
4pm Event 9: $5000 No Limit Hold’em Challenge
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