CROWN POKER: Bubble seven spots away in APPT Main Event

Just seven players will miss a spot in the money after two full days on the felt at Crown Melbourne in the latest APPT tournament. Day two ended with 43 players remaining of the 309 starters in the $3000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Main Event, sponsored by PokerStars.

New Zealander David Yan is the chip leader on 705,500. He took the chip lead early on in the day and did not relinquish it, building steadily as he eliminated players.

There is still a host of seasoned professionals yapping at Yan’s heals including Jonathan Karamalikis (583,000), Billy ‘The Croc’ Argyros (356,500), Martin Kozlov (305,000), Jason Gray (240,500) and Tino Lechich (165,500).

The list of players KOed on day two included Andrew Hinrichsen, Brendon Rubie, Matthew Wakeman, Julius Colman, Graeme Putt, Bryan Huang, Gary Benson, Daniel Neilson, Joe Hachem, Jarred Graham and Aaron Benton.

APPT Melbourne $3000 ($2700 +$300) No Limit Hold’em Main Event (309 players, 36 players paid, 43 players remain, total prizepool $834,300)

David Yan (NZ) 705,500
Dejan Boskovic 586,500
Jonathan Karamalikis 583,000
Bowdy Tolhopf 450,500
David Heskin 417,000
Phi Luu 386,000
Bill Jordanou 376,000
Billy Argyros 356,500
Joel Feldman 338,500
Shaun Hughes 321,000
Ivan Zalac 307,500
Martin Kozlov 305,000
Matthew Caltieri 277,500
Benjamin Pockett 271,500
Ravindran Maravar 252,500
Jason Gray 240,500
Matthew Rolfe 231,500
Jazz Mathers 226,500
Sal Fazzino 210,500
Dean Yuen 200,500
Joe Cabret 177,500
Dean Schneider 169,000
Tino Lechich 165,500
Bradley Walker 133,500
Pravin Harji (NZ) 117,500
Jordan Westmorland (USA) 116,500
Jeremy Simon 116,000
Nazih Sibaei 110,500
Ashley Mason 108,500
Kwong Phung 102,500
Luke Brabin 99,500
Robert Damelian 99,000
David Leas 98,500
Yanji Ge 95,500
Kevin Clark 92,000
George Giannopoulos 68,500
Peter Abbey 58,000
Paul Altis 57,000
Najib Moubayed 56,500
Michael Fadersen 45,000
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn 31,000
Stefan Gruenewald (Germany) 25,000

Payouts (AUD)

1 $217,000
2 $139,300
3 $77,200
4 $58,400
5 $45,900
6 $37,550
7 $29,200
8 $22,920
9 $16,650
10-12 $11,680
13-16 $9175
17-20 $7090
21-24 $6260
25-28 $5840
29-32 $5420
33-36 $5000