Ryan Hong leads Main Event top 10 – that’s a wrap!
Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves an officially unofficial final table!
After what was another manic day at the tables, Ryan Hong has emerged as the one to watch, bagging up the chip lead with 3.155 million.
Hong’s performance through the late stages of Day 2 was virtually unmatched, but the table dynamic forming will make for interesting viewing, particularly when you factor in three of our Super High Roller finalists – P.P. Huang, Gary Benson and Pierre Aoukar – are all still in contention.
Play will resume tomorrow at 2pm local time, with exactly one minute remaining in Level 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000).
STACKED POKER CHAMPIONSHIP MAIN EVENT: FINAL 10 CHIP COUNTS
| Name | Chips | BBs |
| Ryan Hong | 3,155,000 | 79 |
| P. P. Huang | 1,945,000 | 49 |
| Ty West | 1,510,000 | 38 |
| Bunteoun Bok | 1,310,000 | 33 |
| Fred Chaptini | 1,265,000 | 32 |
| Milan Mehta | 1,175,000 | 30 |
| Kym Newgen | 1,145,000 | 28 |
| Gary Benson | 870,000 | 22 |
| David Ewing | 815,000 | 20 |
| Pierre Aoukar | 510,000 | 13 |
REMAINING PAYOUTS (266 entries, 32 players paid)
| Place | Amount |
| 1st | $134,000 |
| 2nd | $85,320 |
| 3rd | $47,400 |
| 4th | $36,870 |
| 5th | $30,180 |
| 6th | $25,280 |
| 7th | $20,000 |
| 8th | $16,000 |
| 9th | $11,950 |
| 10th | $7,900 |
And just before we go, a quick update on the PLO High Roller, which was stopped at the completion of 14 levels: a total of 34 entries were taken in, giving us a total prize pool of more than $33,000, which has been divvied up for our top six – and three players have already cashed out!
Jin Li (737,000), Michael Tomeny (395,000) and Amin Chehade (344,000) will return from 1:30pm local time to battle it out for the top prize of $13,450 and one of the last trophies on offer for the series.
In lieu of the originally scheduled Live Reporting coverage, PMA will bring you updates and the final results of the PLO High Roller via social media, as well as for the $300 buy-in ‘The Giant’ Closer, which kicks off at 7pm tomorrow (Monday).
Join us again as we bring you all the action until the final river falls, but until then, from all of us here at Stacked Social, it’s ‘bye for now!
Time!
With not much action to speak of through the remainder of this level, Stacked Poker Managing Director Andrew Michael has consulted with the players, who have all agreed to halt play and form an unofficial final table of 10.
The PMA Live Reporting Team will be back soon to wrap things up – don’t touch that dial!
Updated payouts (11th-21st place)
The tournament clock has been paused with one minute remaining in the 24th level, and our Main Event players are now discussing with tournament staff as to whether or not to continue play. While we wait, here’s a quick recap of the latest payouts.
| Place | Name | Amount |
| 11th | Kenny Wang | $7,900 |
| 12th | Josh Foster | $7,900 |
| 13th | Ben Tieu | $6,850 |
| 14th | Christopher Colaneri | $6,850 |
| 15th | Joe Sandaev | $6,850 |
| 16th | Jim Chahoud | $5,800 |
| 17th | Adam Cusenza | $5,800 |
| 18th | Marco Perri | $5,800 |
| 19th | Michael Roros | $5,000 |
| 20th | Jono Karamalikis | $5,000 |
| 21st | David Lloyd | $5,000 |
Kenny Wang eliminated in 11th place ($7,900)
We are now on the bubble for the final table, after Kenny Wang was felted by Bunteoun Bok.
Bok opened for 100,000 on the button, Wang went all in from the small blind for 265,000, and Bok made the call.
Bok: K♣K♠
Wang: A♣J♦
Wang couldn’t find any help at all on the board of 7♠4♣10♥6♣9♣, and he was eliminated in 11th place.
| Bunteon Bok | 1,665,000 |
| Kenny Wang | BUSTED! |
Josh Foster eliminated in 12th place ($7,900)
Ryan Hong opened to 80,000 from the UTG position before Josh Foster ripped all-in on the small blind for 630,000. Hong called and the cards were tabled.
Hong: A♠10♣
Foster: K♠10♠
Hong had Foster’s hand covered the whole way through 4♠7♦5♠9♥Q♣, sending Foster to the cage to collect his cash.
| Ryan Hong | 3,055,000 |
| Josh Foster | BUSTED! |
Ben Tieu eliminated in 13th place ($6,850)
Ben Tieu has bid adieu after shoving 270,000 all in from the hijack with 2♥2♠, only to be snapped by P.P. Huang with 7♥7♠.
Huang’s hand ran cleanly through the spread of K♠Q♦4♦J♠10♦, and Tieu had no hope of hitting an out as Gary Benson revealed he’d folded 7-2o and David Ewing had folded another deuce.
| P.P. Huang | 1,770,000 |
| Ben Tieu | BUSTED! |
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 (40,000)
Mehta-verse
Milan Mehta has picked up some chips versus Ryan Hong after building up a pot. On a flop of 6♣10♣J♦, Hong check-called Mehta for 55,000, and then check-called 125,000 on the K♦ turn. The river 2♠ didn’t seem to agree with Hong as he folded to Mehta’s bet, leaving Mehta to chip up.
| Ryan Hong | 2,850,000 |
| Milan Mehta | 1,535,000 |
“Yep, that’s good!”
Ryan Hong’s stack continues to climb, after calling from the button to Josh Foster’s open 65,000 bet UTG+1. Hong called Foster’s 80,000 bet on the flop 5♥A♥7♣, and then both checked the turn 4♥. The 4♣ river didn’t encourage any confidence of action, and Hong’s A♦J♣ prompted Foster to utter “Yep, that’s good” as he retraced his cards into the muck.
Ben Tieu found a double up for his short stack, going all in preflop on the button, called by David Ewing. Tieu’s 8♦8♥ hit a set on the flop 10♦J♥8♣, and Ewing’s A♦J♣ had also hit, with the top pair hoping to improve after the K♠ offered a slim hope of a straight, but dashed as the river delivered 6♣.
| Ryan Hong | 3,445,000 |
| David Ewing | 930,000 |
| Josh Foster | 675,000 |
| Ben Tieu | 380,000 |
Christopher Colaneri eliminated in 14th place ($6,850)
Ryan Hong is now the overwhelming chip leader in this Main Event, having broken the three-million chip barrier after he eliminated Christopher Colaneri in 14th place.
Hong min-clicked to 60,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Colaneri who defended his big blind to go head-up to a flop of Q♠J♠. Colaneri checked, Hong continued for 60,000, but Colaneri check-raised all-in. Hong snap-called.
Hong: Q♦J♣
Colaneri: 10♦9♥
Colaneri’s hopes dimmed further with the repeat 4♣ on the turn, and then subsequently diminished with the 6♥.
| Ryan Hong | 3,300,000 |
| Christopher Colaneri | BUSTED! |
Upswing for Ewing
David Ewing has found a double-up in one of the first hands after the break courtesy of Bunteoun Bok.
After a button raise of 140,000 from Bok, Ewing shoved with 10♠10♣ and Bok called with his A♠Q♥, however Ewing won the race after the board was spread 8♥5♠4♣7♣9♠.
| David Ewing | 1,050,000 |
| Bunteoun Bok | 1,150,000 |
Updated chip counts
| Name | Chips |
| Ryan Hong | 1,902,000 |
| Milan Mehta | 1,400,000 |
| Bunteoun Bok | 1,350,000 |
| P. P. Huang | 1,325,000 |
| Gary Benson | 1,235,000 |
| Fred Chaptini | 1,000,000 |
| Ty West | 955,000 |
| Pierre Aoukar | 935,000 |
| Kym Newgen | 805,000 |
| Josh Foster | 720,000 |
| David Ewing | 535,000 |
| Christopher Colaneri | 495,000 |
| Ben Tieu | 375,000 |
| Kenny Wang | 330,000 |
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 (30,000)
Take 10
Our 14 remaining players are now on another 10-minute break. Counts incoming!
Joe Sandaev eliminated in 15th place ($6,850)
It’s been another impressive run, but unfortunately, there’ll be no back-to-back titles this time around for Joe Sandaev, who was eliminated from this Main Event in 15th place.
Down to his last 450,000, Sandaev got it in good pre-flop with 9♥9♣ against Mehta, who called with 10♠9♠.
Sandaev then caught a set on the flop of 9♦3♥10♦ and kept his lead on the turn of the 7♦, but remarkably, Mehta scored the two-outer for tens full with the river 10♥!
| Milan Mehta | 1,450,000 |
| Joe Sandaev | BUSTED! |
Jim Chahoud eliminated in 16th place ($5,800)
After copping a hit against defending Main Event champion Joe Sandaev, Jim Chahoud was resigned to 16th place at the hands of Ryan Hong.
Earlier, the action folded around to Sandaev who open-shoved from the small blind; Chahoud quickly called out of the big blind with 9♠9♣, but Sandaev scored the full double after hitting top-top on the board of A♣K♥J♦8♦6♦.
Down to a single 25K chip, Chahoud put it all on the line in the very next hand with 8-3o, but was felted by Ryan Hong, whose Q♣10♠ made two pair on the board of 2♥2♠J♥4♦Q♦.
| Ryan Hong | 1,600,000 |
| Joe Sandaev | 530,000 |
| Jim Chahoud | BUSTED! |
A couple of doubles
Jim Chahoud and Ty West have both found a full double to keep their Main Event hopes alive as we head towards the end of Level 22.
In earlier action on the feature table, Chahoud moved all-in with K♣10♣ and was called by Josh Foster who turned up A♠4♦, but Chahoud took it down after hammering two pair on the board of K♦10♦5♥4♠8♠.
Meanwhile over on Table 2, West found himself all-in against Christopher Colaneri, but won the do-or-die flip after flopping a set with his 8♥8♦ on the board of 2♠8♣J♠K♣5♦ against Colaneri’s A♥K♥.
| Ty West | 1,200,000 |
| Josh Foster | 815,000 |
| Christopher Colaneri | 710,000 |
| Jim Chahoud | 360,000 |
Go, West!
Not much action to be seen amongst our final 16, however Ty West has scored a crucial double-up through Gary Benson as Main Event action rolls on.
All the money went into the middle pre-flop; West had the best of it with his holding of K♠Q♣, which made the better two pair on the board of 4♣4♠3♥K♦Q♠ against Benson’s Q♥J♠.
| Ty West | 470,000 |
| Gary Benson | 400,000 |
Adam Cusenza eliminated in 17th place ($5,800)
The Stacked Poker Championship Main Event is now down to 16 players, with Adam Cusenza cut out by Kym Newgen in one of the last hands the previous level.
Action folded to Cusenza who open-shoved from the button pre-flop with K♠5♠, however Newgen woke up with K♦K♣ in the small blind, with no change to either hand on the board of A♣J♣4♦5♦10♣.
| Kym Newgen | 700,000 |
| Adam Cusenza | BUSTED! |
Level 22: 15,000/25,000 (25,000)
Marco Perri eliminated in 18th place ($5,800)
Another elimination from Table 2, with Marco Perri the first to ladder up after he was taken out by Kenny Wang in 18th place.
Action folded to Perri who open-shoved for his last 181,000 from the button with 8♥7♥; Wang called him down out of the big blind with A♦J♣, but flopping an open-ender, Wang’s top pair held all the way on the board ofg 9♦A♥6♦2♠7♣.
| Kenny Wang | 440,000 |
| Marco Perri | BUSTED! |
Michael Roros eliminated in 19th place ($5,000)
The Stacked Poker Social Main Event is now down to two tables after Michael Roros was eliminated in 19th place.
Over on Table 2, the action folded around to Christopher Colaneri who bumped it up to 50,000 before Roros ripped in his last 620,000 from the button. Huang quickly called out from the small blind and Colaneri got out of the way before the cards were tabled.
Huang: Q♠Q♥
Roros: A♠K♠
Board: 6♥10♣7♦5♠9♦
| P.P. Huang | 1,520,000 |
| Michael Roros | BUSTED! |
Chip counts at the break
| Name | Chips |
| Ryan Hong | 2,058,000 |
| Pierre Aoukar | 1,098,000 |
| Christopher Colaneri | 1,085,000 |
| Fred Chaptini | 997,000 |
| Bunteoun Bok | 955,000 |
| Gary Benson | 850,000 |
| P. P. Huang | 816,000 |
| David Ewing | 742,000 |
| Adam Cusenza | 678,000 |
| Joe Sandaev | 647,000 |
| Michael Roros | 608,000 |
| Ty West | 565,000 |
| Milan Mehta | 518,000 |
| Josh Foster | 510,000 |
| Kym Newgen | 447,000 |
| Kenny Wang | 440,000 |
| Ben Tieu | 327,000 |
| Marco Perri | 234,000 |
| Jim Chahoud | 223,000 |
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Break time!
Our remaining 19 players are now on another 10-minute break. Back soon with a full round of counts!
Jono Karamalikis eliminated in 20th place ($5,000)
Ryan Hong is on song, becoming the first player to move past two million in chips after he busted Jono Karamalikis in 20th place.
In one of the last hands before the break, Karamalikis open-shoved from under the gun for 196,000 and the action folded to Hong, who was the only caller from the cut-off.
Hong: A♣J♦
Karamalikis: K♦10♣
Board: 2♦8♥5♥A♥3♣
| Ryan Hong | 2,060,000 |
| Jono Karamalikis | BUSTED! |
Rodriguez routed, Lloyd void
An unfortunate hand for David Lloyd, who was eliminated in dramatic fashion by P.P. Huang as the Main Event continues here at Stacked Social.
Lloyd got the last of his chips in before the flop with A♦J♦, and looked set for a chop against Huang, who called with A♠J♠, but Huang managed to dig up a flush on the board of 9♠9♦10♥5♠6♠.
Manny Rodriguez was also eliminated, taken down by Michael Roros after losing the flip for his tournament life with 9♠9♦ against Roros’ A♠J♠, which turned two pair on the 10♠J♥2♣A♣K♠ board.
| P.P. Huang | 935,000 |
| Michael Roros | 740,000 |
| Manny Rodriguez | BUSTED! |
| David Lloyd | BUSTED! |
The La-st stand
After Truc La moved all-in pre-flop from under the gun, the action folded around to Kenny Wang, who called from the button and the blinds got out of the way to force the showdown.
Wang: A♠K♠
La: A♥6♥
La was left out in the cold – but not before collecting his payout – after the dealer fanned a board of J♦4♥J♣7♦5♦.
| Kenny Wang | 870,000 |
| Truc La | BUSTED! |
Recent payouts (22nd-32nd place)
The tournament clock now shows 21 players remaining, with Truc La and Manny Rodriguez completing the second payout bracket on either side of this level.
| Place | Name | Amount |
| 22nd | Manny Rodriguez | $4,475 |
| 23rd | Truc La | $4,475 |
| 24th | Elliott Esca | $4,475 |
| 25th | Mata Ye | $3,950 |
| 26th | Emmanuel ‘Curly’ Seal | $3,950 |
| 27th | Fotis Fotakis | $3,950 |
| 28th | Scott Calcagno | $3,425 |
| 29th | David Sun | $3,425 |
| 30th | Yita Choong | $3,425 |
| 31st | Huey Lam | $3,425 |
| 32nd | Mike Gainer | $3,425 |
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 (16,000)
Fotakis felted
After being crippled by Adam Cusenza in a previous hand, Fotis Fotakis jammed his last 43,000 into the middle immediately afterward, and found two callers in Michael Roros and Christopher Colaneri, who checked down all streets into a dry sidepot on a board of 5♥8♠Q♠J♠8♦.
Roros showed down J♦9♥, which was enough to scoop and confirm Fotakis as our latest elimination from this Main Event.
| Christopher Colaneri | 1,260,000 |
| Michael Roros | 830,000 |
| Fotis Fotakis | BUSTED! |
Time to go, Calcagno
Another bust-out from the feature table, with Scott Calcagno gunned down by Milan Mehta.
The money was all-in the middle before the flop; Calcagno was at-risk with K♣4♣, but Mehta had him crushed with A♦A♣, and was left in the dust by the turn on the board of 3♥10♠5♠7♠7♣.
| Milan Mehta | 465,000 |
| Scott Calcagno | BUSTED! |
Sun down
Another impressive showing from David Sun, who has now collected from the cage here at Stacked after his Main Event run was ended by Fred Chaptini on the feature table.
Sun moved all-in pre-flop for 190,000 effective holding K♦Q♦, but Chaptini woke up with K♠K♣ and flopped the bigger two pair on the board of 10♠9♦10♣Q♥5♣ to scoop the pot.
| Fred Chaptini | 990,000 |
| David Sun | BUSTED! |
Choong cut out
Over on Table 2, Yita Choong opened for 25,000 from the UTG+1 position before Marco Perri came out with a three-bet shove, forcing the others out of the way before Choong called short.
Choong: J♠J♥
Perri: A♥9♦
No change after the flop and turn of 6♠3♠Q♣10♣, but Perri jagged the A♣ on the river to eliminate the reigning GPI Australian Player of the Year.
| Marco Perri | 585,000 |
| Yita Choong | BUSTED! |
Wham, bam, thank you Lam
Huey Lam has been confirmed as one of the first players to cash in this year’s Stacked Poker Championship Main Event after being eliminated by Kym Newgen.
Lam put his tournament life on the line holding 7♥6♥, but lost the fair fight against Newgen’s A♦J♣, which hooked top-top after the dealer ran out the board of 3♥J♦7♦8♣4♥.
| Kym Newgen | 460,000 |
| Huey Lam | BUSTED! |
Top 10 chip counts
Our players have returned from break and action is now back under way! Ryan Hong continues to lead the way with more than 1.2 million in chips, with Christopher Colaneri now in second chip position with 991,000.
Tournament staff have confirmed that we’ll be playing down to our final table of nine tonight.
| Name | Chips |
| Ryan Hong | 1,214,000 |
| Christopher Colaneri | 991,000 |
| Adam Cusenza | 954,000 |
| Gary Benson | 820,000 |
| Michael Roros | 788,000 |
| Fred Chaptini | 740,000 |
| Ty West | 690,000 |
| Joe Sandaev | 648,000 |
| Josh Foster | 590,000 |
| Ben Tieu | 497,000 |
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 (12,000)
Let’s eat!
Our players are now on a 40-minute dinner break.
Bubblin’ blues
Our remaining 32 players will be coming back to Stacked Social a lot more comfortable after the dinner break – and not just from a good feed – as they are now all officially in the money!
Shane Moran was confirmed as the soft bubble, moving all-in pre-flop for his last 56,000 holding 5♠5♣, only to see Josh Foster wake up with Q♠Q♣ which led all the way across the board of 3♥4♦K♦9♠K♣.
It didn’t take long to confirm our stone bubble soon after that – and shockingly, it was none other than Alex Markopoulos over on Table 3!
It had clearly been a tough stanza for the Super High Roller Champion, who committed the last of his stack from the button with J♠8♠ after a pre-flop raise of 65,000 from Michael Roros in the cut-off.
Roros called and tabled A♣2♦, but although Markopoulos turned a straight, Roros freerolled to a flush on the run-out of 10♥7♣5♣9♣6♣.
| Michael Roros | 788,000 |
| Josh Foster | 644,000 |
| Alex Markopoulos | BUSTED! |
| Shane Moran | BUSTED! |
Foster and Benson bounce back
Down to four tables in the Main Event now, and there’s still been plenty of movement across the felt, however Gary Benson and Josh Foster have both scored double-ups as we move closer to the money.
In earlier action, Foster got his money in good pre-flop with Q♦Q♣ against Scott Calcagno, who called with A♥K♠. Calcagno rivered two pair, but that wasn’t enough against Foster’s flopped set on the board of K♣Q♠J♥9♣A♦.
Our reporter then wheeled around to witness Benson moving all-in from under the gun before the action folded around to Kenny Wang, who was the only caller out of the small blind.
Benson: A♠A♦
Wang: K♠K♣
Just your typical uber-cooler, with no change to either hand after the dealer spread a board of 3♦2♠7♣6♥5♥.
| Gary Benson | 804,000 |
| Josh Foster | 560,000 |
| Kenny Wang | 528,000 |
| Scott Calcagno | 260,000 |
The end is Nyberg
Fred Chaptini has capitalised on his good fortune, picking up another elimination at the feature table to move up to more than 600,000 in chips.
This time, it was Dean Nyberg who was sent to the rail; Nyberg jammed the last of his short stack in pre-flop with K♣Q♥, but was unable to dodge Chaptini’s A♥A♣, even with the rivered pair on the board of 3♦10♥9♦4♥K♥.
| Fred Chaptini | 665,000 |
| Dean Nyberg | BUSTED! |
Chaptini chips up
Our reporter was called over to the feature table, where we witnessed Tony Xu and Fred Chaptini both all-in and going to showdown against Kym Nguyen.
Chaptini: A♥A♦
Newgen: Q♣Q♦
Xu: 7♠7♦
No change to either hand as the board was spread 6♥10♠9♣4♠K♥, and after the chips were cut down, Chaptini scooped, Newgen was crippled and Xu was eliminated.
| Fred Chaptini | 578,000 |
| Kym Newgen | 170,000 |
| Tony Xu | BUSTED! |
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Lisandro straightened out
Australian Poker Hall of Fame Legend Jeff Lisandro was amongst those to have bought in late today, but sadly, his Main Event run has ended after he was straightened out by Mata Ye.
After Ye raised from early position, Lisandro shoved and the rest of the table got out of the way before the cards were tabled.
Ye: J♠J♥
Lisandro: A♣K♣
Board: 8♠9♥Q♦10♥7♥
| Mata Ye | 377,000 |
| Jeff Lisandro | BUSTED! |
Roros rising
Michael Roros is now close to 600,000 in chips after taking out Nick Morillo out on Table 3.
Once again, all the money was in the middle before the flop, but although Borrillo turned a small pair on the board of 3♥K♣9♣7♠8♣, Roros rivered the nut flush to relegate Borrillo to the rail.
| Michael Roros | 585,000 |
| Nick Borrillo | BUSTED! |
Goodall gutted
Nathan Goodall was eliminated Josh Foster in one of the first hands after the break on the feature table.
Goodall got the last of it into the middle pre-flop with A♠J♣, but was outkicked by Foster’s A♣Q♠ after the board was spread 5♣2♣A♥10♥6♠.
| Josh Foster | 465,000 |
| Nathan Goodall | BUSTED! |
Assorted Stacked stacks
Our roving reporter has gathered the largest stacks off each table for our first unofficial leader board!
| Name | Chips |
| Ryan Hong | 780,000 |
| Chris Colaneri | 713,000 |
| Michael Roros | 710,000 |
| Daniel Dessman | 662,000 |
| Kenny Wang | 574,000 |
| David Sun | 525,000 |
| Bunteoun Bok | 520,000 |
| Joe Sandaev | 496,000 |
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Take a breather
Our players are now on another 10-minute break.
Seal beats the boss
Emmanuel ‘Curly’ Seal has sent Stacked Poker head honcho Andrew Michael to the rail after he went all in pre with 62,500 short.
Michael held A♥10♠, hoping to hit against Seal’s J♣J♦, but a Jack in the window gave Seal the set, which then turned a full house on a spread of J♠6♣5♠5♥6♥.
| Emmanuel ‘Curly’ Seal | 220,000 |
| Andrew Michael | BUSTED! |
Another e-Li-mination
Ryan Hong is now edging close to the one-million chip mark after eliminating Jin Li.
Li pushed his short stack into the middle with 3♣3♠ before the flop and was snapped off by Hong who had him dominated with Q♦Q♠, which flopped a set and held the whole way through the board of 6♦8♠Q♥7♥10♦.
| Ryan Hong | 880,000 |
| Jin Li | BUSTED! |
Meer-wasted
Meerwais Hussaini has just been eliminated by defending Main Event champion, Joe Sandaev.
Hussain sent the last of his crippled stack in pre-flop, with Sandaev priced in to take the action heads-up; despite getting it good with A♣A♠, Hussaini fell behind Sandaev’s 9♦5♠, which connected two pair on a spread of 6♦9♠5♦8♠4♥.
| Joe Sandaev | 444,000 |
| Meerwais Hussaini | BUSTED! |
Truc running out of luck
Although he finished the first Day 1 flight as chip leader, Truc La has now been cut down to less than 60,000 after losing a pot to Kenny Wang.
Wang opened from the UTG position for 12,000 before Truc La raised to 35,000 from the lojack; Wang called, and then he check-called after La’s bet of 22,000 on the flop of3♠K♥4♦.
Both players checked the J♦ on turn, and then Wang fired off a bet of 50,000 on the river 8♠. La called, but his A♣K♣ was no good against Wang’s A♦A♠.
| Kenny Wang | 397,500 |
| Truc La | 58,500 |
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Edgar gone
Alex Markopoulos is still hovering around the 900K mark after taking out Chris Edgar in the last few minutes of Level 15.
Edgar put his tournament life on the line with K♦8♦, but was left dead on the turn against Markopolous’ A♥7♥ after the dealer spread the board of A♦J♠A♣J♣5♣.
| Alex Markopoulos | 942,000 |
| Chris Edgar | BUSTED! |
Max’d out, Williams wasted
Two more eliminations on Table 7, with Max Chea and Nick Williams both sent to the rail by two of the biggest stacks in the room.
Chea was the first to go, moving all-in pre-flop with Q♣J♥, but was smashed by Markopoulos’ K♥K♣, despite Chea turning a pair on the board of 3♦10♠5♣J♣9♠.
Williams then shoved the last of his short stack in the very next hand with 10-9 suited, but failed to improve against Marco Perri, who called him off with A-Jo.
Perri moved up to 500,000 after that hand, but Markopoulos is now very close to becoming the first millionaire in this tournament!
| Alex Markopoulos | 964,000 |
| Marco Perri | 500,000 |
| Nick Williams | BUSTED! |
| Max Chea | BUSTED! |
Hachem mashed
Down to his last 9,000 in chips, 2005 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Hachem has fallen at the hands of Dean Nyberg.
Hachem flicked in the last of his chips holding K♣10♣, but lost the flip for his tournament life against Nyberg’s 7♦7♣, which drilled a set on the flop of 3♥6♣7♠ and then filled up as the turn and river repeated 9♠, 9♥.
| Dean Nyberg | 181,000 |
| Joe Hachem | BUSTED! |
Stacked Poker Championship Main Event payouts
The Stacked Poker Championship Main Event has now been locked out and confirmed at 266 total entries, good for a total prize pool worth $526,050! Top 32 players will be paid, with tomorrow’s winner pocketing a top prize of $134,000.
A sensational result for the Stacked Social team – congratulations, all!
| Place | Amount |
| 1st | $134,000 |
| 2nd | $85,320 |
| 3rd | $47,400 |
| 4th | $36,870 |
| 5th | $30,180 |
| 6th | $25,280 |
| 7th | $20,000 |
| 8th | $16,000 |
| 9th | $11,950 |
| 10th-12th | $7,900 |
| 13th-15th | $6,850 |
| 16th-18th | $5,800 |
| 19th-21st | $5,000 |
| 22nd-24th | $4,475 |
| 25th-27th | $3,950 |
| 28th-32nd | $3,425 |
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 (5,000)
Break it up!
Our players are now on their first 10-minute break of the day.
B-B-B-busto!
It’s bedlam here in the Stacked Poker room, with players rushing back and forth to the cage to fire multiple bullets as we approach the end of the re-entry period.
Loc Duong was the first to go, taken out by Mata Ye after he shoved pre-flop with A♦5♦, but ran smack-bang into Ye’s 8♥8♦ which boated up by the river on the board of 8♠2♠2♣K♥2♦.
Gavin Best then dropped three bullets in quick succession, losing out big time to Yita Choong as one of three eliminated after a four-way-all-in, and then lost a fresh stack to Gary Benson before finding himself in another three-way all-in.
Hong: 5♠5♣
Haddad: A♣J♠
Best: 7♣2♦
Board: 2♠3♣K♠10♦4♣
As a result on that hand, Hong is now well and truly towards the top end of the leader board, holding a stack close to 800K.
| Ryan Hong | 771,000 |
| Mata Ye | 361,000 |
| Yita Choong | 290,000 |
| Gary Benson | 279,000 |
| Kenny Wang | 211,000 |
| Michael Haddad | BUSTED! |
| Loc Duong | BUSTED! |
| Will Bolton | BUSTED! |
| Gavin Best | BUSTED! |
Carnage!
Another two successive KO’s on Table 3, with both Eli Ulbrich and Fotis Fotakis on the rail enjoying an early lunch, with thanks once again to Arz Charcoal Chicken.
In earlier action, play folded to Ulbrich who moved all-in for his last 65,500 with A♣8♣, but was outdrawn by Christopher Colaneri’s K♣2♦, which flopped two pair on the board of 4♠2♥4♦10♠Q♣.
Fotakis then ripped in the remainder of his stack a short time later, but his A♦10♥ was crushed by Michael Roros’ K♥7♥, which rivered two pair after the dealer spread a board of 6♣Q♣2♥K♠2♠.
| Christopher Colaneri | 476,500 |
| Michael Roros | 228,000 |
| Fotis Fotakis | BUSTED! |
| Eli Ulbrich | BUSTED! |
Haddad doneski
Yoon Kang has now become our first player to hit the half-million chip mark after taking out Michael Haddad.
Haddad put the last of his stack at risk pre-flop with A♠Q♥, but ran head-first into Kang’s K♥K♦
Board: 2♦J♦8♠9♣2♠
| Yoon Kang | 506,000 |
| Michael Haddad | BUSTED! |
Perri picked off
Over on Table 4, Marco Perri raised to 9,000 from the +1 position before action folded to Afshin Behniya who called from the button. Ryan Hong also defended his big blind, making it three-handed to a flop of 10♠4♣Q♠.
Hong checked his option and Perri continued, which forced a fold from Behniya before Hong check-raised to 50,000. Perri shoved and Hong snap-called.
Hong: K♠J♠
Perri: Q♥4♥
Second nut flush for Hong, which held firm as the turn and river ran out 7♥, 8♥.
| Ryan Hong | 406,000 |
| Marco Perri | BUSTED! |
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Russell routed, Li relinquished
Hayden Russell and Jin Li have now both hit the rail as action continues here in Day 2 of the Stacked Poker Championship Main Event.
Earlier on Table 2, Russell jammed the last of his stack in pre-flop with Q♠J♥, only to find himself trailing all the way against the A♥K♦ of Kenny Wang, who hit the bigger boat on the board of A♦8♦Q♥A♣Q♣.
Then over on Table 7, Li clashed with Alex Markopoulos on all streets down a board of 4♣9♣6♣K♠5♥; while we weren’t able to get Li’s hand, Markopoulos clearly had the best of it with K♣2♣ for a flopped flush.
| Alex Markopoulos | 850,000 |
| Kenny Wang | 115,000 |
| Jin Li | BUSTED! |
| Hayden Russell | BUSTED! |
Bok bops Sanderson
Over on Table 2, Harry Sanderson opened to 6,000 and the action folded to Bunteoun Bok who three-bet it to 16,000 from the button. Sanderson ripped in the rest of it and Bok snap-called.
Bok: K♥K♣
Sanderson: J♠J♦
Board: 9♠4♥A♠2♥8♦
| Bunteoun Bok | 411,000 |
| Harry Sanderson | BUSTED! |
Apostolidis axed
Having started Day 2 as the overall short stack, John Apostolidis held on for as long as he could, however he has just been eliminated by Eli Ulbrich.
Again, all the money was in the middle before the flop; Apostolidis got his money in good with K♠K♣, however Ulbrich’s J♥J♦ hooked up a boat after the dealer spread the board of 9♦J♠6♥8♠9♥.
| Eli Ulbrich | 103,000 |
| John Apostolidis | BUSTED! |
Bolton blasted
A few new entries have now already seated, including Nick Williams, Pip Chea and Jeffrey Lisandro. As a result, venue capacity has been stretched to its limits and some tables are now 10-handed, but Stacked Poker staff have advised that play will go back to nine-handed as soon as possible.
That is indeed the case on Table 7, after Will Bolton was eliminated by P.P. Huang. Bolton moved all-in pre-flop with the holding of K♦10♣, but Huang’s Q♣10♠ rivered a straight on the board of 10♥8♦A♠9♥J♠.
| P.P. Huang | 244,000 |
| Will Bolton | BUSTED! |
Mehta busts Benson
Australian Poker Hall of Famer Gary Benson has been confirmed as one of the first eliminations on Day 2, taken out by Milan Mehta.
Ben shoved the last of his chips in the middle pre-flop holding K♠K♠, but Mehta’s A♦K♦ drilled trips and then improved to a full house on the run-out of A♣5♠A♥6♠5♦.
Benson has re-fired and is now seated over on Table 6.
| Milan Mehta | 484,000 |
| Gary Benson | BUSTED! |
Shuffle up and deal!
Cards are now in the air for Day 2 of the Stacked Poker Championship Main Event!
Blind levels are now 50 minutes in duration, with late registration and re-entries still available until the start of Level 15.
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | BB Ante |
| 13 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| 14 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| 15 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 16 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| 17 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| 18 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 19 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 20 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| 21 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 22 | 15,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| 23 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| 24 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| 25 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| 26 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Level 13: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Time to get moving!
From wherever you’re watching in Australia, New Zealand or around the world, good afternoon and welcome back to Stacked Social for Day 2 of the Stacked Poker Championship Main Event!
After a frenetic day of action across the felt, Alex Markopoulos has continued to build upon his finishing as the overall chip leader after yesterday’s Main Event Day 1 double-header.
The newly-minted Super High Roller Champion found a late rush after firing multiple bullets in the Day 1C Turbo flight to end the session with 437,000, overtaking Pierce Hynes who topped the counts after the completion of Day 1B with 364,500.
David Sun, who finished sixth in the Super High Roller, returns in third chip position, with Milan Mehta (339,000) and Day 1A chip leader Truc La (329,000) rounding out the top five. Other notables who are amongst the 69 players returning today include Andrew Michael, Shane Baxter, Adam Cusenza, Jerry Zhang, Amin Chehade, and Gavin Best.
Stacked Poker Championship Main Event winners Joe Sandaev and Michael Haddad are also still in contention, along with Australian Poker Hall of Famers Billy ‘The Croc’ Argyros, Gary Benson and Joe Hachem.
Play is about to get underway very shortly, so stay with us here at PokerMedia Australia as we bring you all the action until the final river falls!
Day 2 seat draw
Play will begin at 1pm ACDT, with recommencing blinds at 1,500/3,000 (3,000). Blind levels are now 50 minutes in duration, and late registration and re-entries are still available until the start of Level 15.
Should you have any queries regarding your seat allocation, please see staff at Stacked Social upon arrival. Best of luck to all players and may the flop be with you!
To assist our WPT Live Reporting Team, please ensure your PMA ID cards are kept close to your stack, face-up and visible at all times.
Players are also asked to move their PMA IDs with them when broken or balanced to another table, and they must be left on the table to be collected after an elimination and at the end of day’s play.
Table 1
| PMA ID | Seat | Name | Chips |
| 0101 | 1 | Nathan Goodall | 224,500 |
| 0102 | 2 | Joe Hachem | 93,500 |
| 0103 | 3 | ||
| 0104 | 4 | Scott Calcagno | 97,500 |
| 0105 | 5 | David Sun | 357,000 |
| 0106 | 6 | Yita Choong | 108,500 |
| 0107 | 7 | Jamie Pham | 150,000 |
| 0108 | 8 | Fred Chaptini | 84,500 |
| 0109 | 9 | Adrian Van Bochove | 141,500 |
Table 2
| PMA ID | Seat | Name | Chips |
| 0201 | 1 | Harry Sanderson | 123,500 |
| 0202 | 2 | Amin Chehade | 103,000 |
| 0203 | 3 | Jerry Zhang | 49,000 |
| 0204 | 4 | David Lloyd | 128,500 |
| 0205 | 5 | Mitchell Reid | 58,000 |
| 0206 | 6 | Bunteoun Bok | 178,000 |
| 0207 | 7 | Hayden Russell | 68,500 |
| 0208 | 8 | Pierce Hynes | 364,500 |
| 0209 | 9 | Kenny Wang | 157,500 |
Table 3
| PMA ID | Seat | Name | Chips |
| 0301 | 1 | Ash Gupta | 147,500 |
| 0302 | 2 | Daniel D. | 49,500 |
| 0303 | 3 | Nick Borrillo | 210,000 |
| 0304 | 4 | Ling Lan | 184,500 |
| 0305 | 5 | Pierre Aoukar | 297,000 |
| 0306 | 6 | Fotis Fotakis | 75,000 |
| 0307 | 7 | Eli Ulbrich | 76,000 |
| 0308 | 8 | John Apostolidis | 30,000 |
| 0309 | 9 | Christopher Colaneri | 310,000 |
Table 4
| PMA ID | Seat | Name | Chips |
| 0401 | 1 | Eddie Saade | 53,500 |
| 0402 | 2 | Gavin Best | 139,000 |
| 0403 | 3 | Ashish Behniya | 122,500 |
| 0404 | 4 | Meerwais Hussaini | 53,000 |
| 0405 | 5 | Mike Gainer | 145,500 |
| 0406 | 6 | Ryan Hong | 166,000 |
| 0407 | 7 | Ben Tieu | 195,000 |
| 0408 | 8 | Marco Perri | 187,500 |
| 0409 | 9 | Loc Duong | 144,500 |
Table 5
| PMA ID | Seat | Name | Chips |
| 0501 | 1 | Josh Foster | 35,500 |
| 0502 | 2 | Gary Benson | 85,500 |
| 0503 | 3 | Manny Rodriguez | 89,000 |
| 0504 | 4 | Shane Baxter | 199,500 |
| 0505 | 5 | Milan Mehta | 339,000 |
| 0506 | 6 | ||
| 0507 | 7 | Michael Tomeny | 181,500 |
| 0508 | 8 | Tony Xu | 103,000 |
| 0509 | 9 | Andrew Michael | 190,500 |
Table 6
| PMA ID | Seat | Name | Chips |
| 0601 | 1 | Shane Moran | 105,000 |
| 0602 | 2 | Kym Nguyen | 135,000 |
| 0603 | 3 | Mata Ye | 271,500 |
| 0604 | 4 | Nathan Gliase | 72,000 |
| 0605 | 5 | Jacob Locke | 176,000 |
| 0606 | 6 | Elliott Esca | 81,000 |
| 0607 | 7 | Joe Sandaev | 133,500 |
| 0608 | 8 | Roy Agreta | 80,500 |
| 0609 | 9 | Adam Cusenza | 129,000 |
Table 7
| PMA ID | Seat | Name | Chips |
| 0701 | 1 | Jin Li | 199,500 |
| 0702 | 2 | Dean Nyberg | 43,500 |
| 0703 | 3 | P. P. Huang | 174,500 |
| 0704 | 4 | ||
| 0705 | 5 | Max Chea | 87,000 |
| 0706 | 6 | Armon Van Wijk | 74,000 |
| 0707 | 7 | Alex Markopoulos | 437,000 |
| 0708 | 8 | Chris Edgar | 126,000 |
| 0709 | 9 | Qing Ye | 50,000 |
Table 8
| PMA ID | Seat | Name | Chips |
| 0801 | 1 | Billy ‘The Croc’ Argyros | 94,000 |
| 0802 | 2 | Huey Lam | 159,000 |
| 0803 | 3 | Jim Chahoud | 114,500 |
| 0804 | 4 | Michael Haddad | 172,500 |
| 0805 | 5 | Emmanuel ‘Curly’ Seal | 117,500 |
| 0806 | 6 | David Ewing | 74,500 |
| 0807 | 7 | Joel Williams | 50,000 |
| 0808 | 8 | Truc La | 329,000 |
| 0809 | 9 | Yoon Kang | 315,000 |
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