PAUSE!
The clock has been paused at the end of Level 22 as players bag and tag for tomorrow. 13 remain with all of them vying for the win and nothing less. Players will return at 3pm ACDT tomorrow to battle it out til the end where we will name the new 2024 Stacked Poker Championships Main Event Winner.
Milan Mehta has surged ahead as the current chip leader after having an impressive run midway through today. Mehta recounts to us coming up against Aces in his first flight where he was holding 9s and then coming in to today with 110,000. Knocking out players in style including two Hachem’s, Joe and Tony. Mehta tells us that Stacked is one of his favoured venues having had deep runs in past Main Event’s here and even final tabling one last year. He hopes to better it this year by taking out the win.
Follow along for the action tomorrow, but for tonight, Adios!
| Name | Chips |
| Milan Mehta | 1,870,000 |
| Joshua Foster | 1,645,000 |
| Aditya Rao | 1,205,000 |
| Brett Rovere | 1,145,000 |
| Yang Lei | 940,000 |
| Robert Damelian | 920,000 |
| Khim Hii | 915,000 |
| Laurence Hall | 735,000 |
| Matthew Spratt | 730,000 |
| Elliot Esca | 725,000 |
| Behrang Geravard | 670,000 |
| Higor Seibel | 560,000 |
| Joshua Kelty | 395,000 |
3 more hands for tonight!
With play slowing down and still 13 players remaining, it has just been announced that there will be just three more hands of play for this evening.
Tomorrow will recommence at 3pm with a new seat draw.
Marco Perri eliminated in 14th Place ($4,500)
Marco Perri sits with one red 100k chip in front of him. Just looking and waiting for that opportunity to flip the chip in. Such an opportunity just arose.
Perri: A♥5♣
Robert Damelian: Q♣Q♠
Board: 3♣9♠4♠7♥5♥
Looking for that wheel after the flop, it never came and unfortunately sends Perri rolling out of the Stacked Poker Room.
| Name | Chips |
| Robert Damelian | 925,000 |
| Marco Perri | BUSTED! |
Slowing down…
With 15 players remaining play has slowed right down. Chips are being passed around the table, as we head into Level 22. Not much has happened in the last hour but we have seen three more eliminations. Aaron Sebastyan and Frank Tripoldi have taken 16th and 17th place, each taking $3,00 and Weng Wong in 15th, taking $4,500 for his efforts.
Wong was eliminated with an A6 v A2 where he wasn’t able to improve on the board, sending him to the cashier.
Hachem eliminated
In an intense hand on the feature table, Joe Hachem, pushes his remaining 238,000 into the pot. Milan Mehta makes the call and Yang Lei tanks for quite a while before open folding Q♥Q♦. Mehta swiftly tables his cards to reveal he holds the other two queens in the deck. Hachem feels hopefully following this with two of Mehta’s outs out.
Hachem: A♠J♥
Mehta: Q♣Q♠
Board: 7♥7♠J♠6♠3♣
While some hope came on the flop with two spades for a back door flush and a pair of Jacks, it was not to be this time around for Hachem as the Queens hold.
| Name | Chips |
| Milan Mehta | 2,010,000 |
| Joe Hachem | BUSTED! |
Chip Counts
Getting to the pointy end of the evening now with just 18 remaining. We are on two tables and will likely play down to the final table.
| Name | Chips |
| Milan Mehta | 1,716,000 |
| Aditya Rao | 1,100,000 |
| Brett Rovere | 986,000 |
| Matthew Spratt | 903,000 |
| Elliot Esca | 700,000 |
| Higor Siebel | 360,000 |
| Joe Hachem | 238,000 |
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) >
Level 22: 15,000/25,000 (25,000)
Hii says bye to Endersby
After a long grind, Travis Endersby is eliminated by newcomer Khim Hii.
Endersby: A♠4♠
Hii: Q♣Q♦
Board: 5♠10♥4♣K♦6♦
Hii is a fresh face to the world of poker having only just started playing about six months ago. Joining the Stacked family, Hii has been honing his skills over the last few months and it seems to be paying off.
| Place | Name | Payout |
| 19th | Travis Endersby | $3,300 |
Mehta v Michael
Milan Mehta kickstarts the action by raising under the gun with 32,000. Andrew Michael responds by going over the top with 110,000. The tension escalates as Mehta decides to go all-in, and without hesitation, Michael makes the call. Michael is at risk with his 500,000 in the middle awaiting its fate.
Michael: A♠K♠
Mehta: A♥6♥
Board: 8♦7♥Q♣6♣8♠
With that little 6 on the turn, thus ends Michael’s run in this tournament and adds to Mehta’s victim tally.
| Name | Chips |
| Milan Mehta | 1,960,000 |
| Andrew Michael | BUSTED! |
Milan Mehta
Kelty comes to the party
Finding a spot to make a squeeze with the last of his chips, Joshua Kelty throws it all in and a casual Aditya Rao calls.
Kelty: A♦7♦
Rao: Q♦Q♣
It looked pretty grim to start with until the flop reveals two sparkling diamonds to improve Kelty’s hand to a flush draw.
Board: 10♦K♠4♦
With the 4♠ on the turn and then the diamond in the rough on the river with the 8♦, Kelty doubles and a small chink in Rao’s stack is made.
| Name | Chips |
| Joshua Kelty | 242,000 |
Recent eliminations
The Main Event is swiftly moving towards a final table post the dinner break. With only 23 players left, there’s hope about reaching the final table tonight instead of carrying over more than nine players to tomorrow.
| Place | Name | Payout |
| 24th | Gary Benson | $2,800 |
| 25th | Pierre Auokar | $2,500 |
| 26th | Rob Spano | $2,500 |
| 27th | Roy Agresta | $2,500 |
| 28th | Adam Cusenza | $2,200 |
Hachem hikes it up
Joe Hachem, (if you don’t know who that is, he won the 2005 WSOP 😉 ), has secured a significant chip up courtesy of Yang Lei.
Hachem: 9♥9♠
Lei: Q♥J♦
Board: A♣8♥4♦2♣K♥
| Name | Chips |
| Joe Hachem | 310,000 |
Spano exits stage left
Robert Spano is walking over to the other end of the room, chip stack in hand. But it’s not the chips being used in the Main Event. It’s a fresh stack of chips for the Terminator event that is taking place alongside the Main Event tonight. Spano plays it out for us – “My KK versus their AK. They hit a four card diamond flush!” And with that he places his Terminator chips down on the table and goes to recall his story to others.
Flushed with pre-break eliminations
Just before the break we said farewell to Michael Tomeny and Tony Hachem as they are both eliminated moments before dinner. Hachem comes to us in shock. He can’t believe what just happened.
Hachem: K♣K♦
Milan Mehta: J♣10♣
Board: 2♠Q♣6♣K♥7♣
The action occurred post flop before the all in moment on the turn and a disappointed Hachem leaves the room following a rivered flush for Mehta.
| Name | Chips |
| Milan Mehta | 1,106,000 |
| Tony Hachem | BUSTED 30th |
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) >
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 (16,000)
Stack it up!
While we wait here’s a little update on some of the top stacks in the field.
| Name | Chips |
| Yang Lei | 1,296,000 |
| Milan Mehta | 1,106,000 |
| Brett Rovere | 929,000 |
| Aditya Rao | 906,000 |
| Josh Foster | 858,000 |
| Laurence Hall | 778,000 |
Dinner break!
Players are now on a 40 minute dinner break. We will return shortly with an update on chip stacks from around the Stacked Social Poker Room.
Ain’t no one got time for that!
With the mic in his hand and about to announce hand for hand, the tournament director needed no such announcement as 33rd and 32nd place were eliminated simultaneously taking the remaining players straight into the money! Instead the TD says “Ain’t no one got time for that!” Referring to hand for hand action.
Mark Ostapenko (32nd) was the one that burst the bubble. Ostapenko found his Jacks were no match for Elliot Esca’s Kings and begrudgingly stands up from the table as Esca transfers the chips to his growing stack.
| Name | Chips |
| Mark Ostapenko | BUSTED ON THE BUBBLE! |
Lei hustles Hachem
The Feature Table is heavily stacked. With Aditya Rao on over 1mil in chips and players such as Joe Hachem and Robert Spano, it’s a table to be feared. Unfazed however, Yang Lei fearlessly claims a pot as from Hachem and continues to build his stack.
Board: 2♣3♥10♠3♦7♠
Lei tables K♠2♥ as Hachem throws his cards to the muck.
Auokar finds a spot
Catching up on Table 4, to see Robert Damelian and Pierre Auokar in a hand. The board is already showing the flop of 10♦K♠5♥. Auokar is all in. Damelian makes the call.
Auokar: K♣7♦
Damelian: K♦2♦
Turn and River: 3♠7♠
Auokar didn’t need the 7 on the river but the sigh of relief shows that it certainly didn’t hurt as he doubles up.
| Name | Chips |
| Pierre Auokhar | 193,000 |
| Robert Damelian | 280,000 |
PAYOUTS
| Place | Payout |
| 1 | $86,000 |
| 2 | $55,000 |
| 3 | $31,000 |
| 4 | $24,000 |
| 5 | $20,000 |
| 6 | $16,384 |
| 7 | $13,000 |
| 8 | $10,000 |
| 9 | $7,500 |
| 10-12 | $5,500 |
| 13-15 | $4,500 |
| 16-18 | $3,800 |
| 19-21 | $3,300 |
| 22-24 | $2,800 |
| 25-27 | $2,500 |
| 28-31 | $2,200 |
Benson steals one
In the cutoff, Travis Endersby initiated the action with a raise, prompting Gary Benson to commit his remaining stack in the dealer position pre-flop. After a brief contemplation, Endersby, clutching his chips tightly, opted to fold, granting Benson nearly a double-up.
| Name | Chips |
| Gary Benson | 120,000 |
| Travis Endersby | 355,000 |
Back it up a little…
Just before the break, we are told that Josh Foster and Ash Gupta were duelling for a 400,000 pot. Foster being the player at risk and Gupta in for most of his stack, here are the important details…
Foster: Q♣Q♦
Gupta: A♥A♦
Board: Q♥10♥2♥8♠2♠
The Queen in the window giving a beautiful set for Foster and then the 2 on the river for the boat, doubles him up, leaves Gupta short and we go into Level 17.
| Name | Chips |
| Josh Foster | 410,000 |
Stack standings
We’ve just come back from a brief break and some stack standings from around the room are as per below.
We asked Aditya Rao how he got to have so many chips. “I just ran good I guess. Got lucky in a few spots.” Sounds easy right… Rao does recall knocking out Jerry Zhang for a pot worth about 800,000. Rao held AA against the AK of Zhang, sending Zhang to the rail.
Players will play another two levels before taking a 40 minute dinner break.
| Name | Chips |
| Aditya Rao | 1,130,000 |
| Yang Lei | 637,000 |
| Michael Tomeny | 384,000 |
| Weng Wong | 374,000 |
| Mark Oskapenko | 303,000 |
| Adam Albarri | 244,000 |
| Tony Hachem | 180,000 |
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) > Level 18: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Step away from the table
Players are on a 10 minute break.
Tomeny Torments
Heading over to Table 3 now. Michael Tomeny and Daniel Dessman are in the middle of a hand. Dessman is deep in the tank. We see the bet in front of Tomeny is 30,000.
Board: 2♣K♦J♣6♠
The chips in the middle already amount to about 100,000. An eventual call by Dessman and then a 7♥ on the river. It’s surprisingly checked through and Tomeny flips over K♥Q♠ to win this hand from Dessman as he mucks his cards.
Michael gets one through
Checking in with Andrew Michael and seeing if he can win his own tournament here at Stacked we see him dragging more chips over to his pile. The action – Michael raises to 12,000 pre-flop and Aaron Sebastyan in the big blind comes along for the ride.
Board: 2♦7♠5♠
The 5♠ is peeled for the turn and Michael bumps it up to 10,000. Sebastyan relents and Michael cleans it up.
| Name | Chips |
| Andrew Michael | 290,000 |
| Aaron Sebastyan | 104,000 |
Big Slick Chop Chop
Blinds are 3,000/6,000 (6,000), Khim Hii in the cut off raises to 36,000. In the deal position, Frank Tripodi makes it 100,000. In the eyes of the rest of the table you can almost see the words ‘RUN!’ written across them as they very quickly fold it around to Hii who gets it in quick with a quick call from Tripodi.
Hii: A♣K♣
Tripodi: A♥K♦
Board: J♠10♣9♥8♦Q♣
Both making the absolute nuts but none profiting from it. Chop it up!
Snaps and Snacks
Some snaps from around the Stacked Social Poker room today. Bella and Emily are holding down the fort at the bar, all set to keep you hydrated and well-fed. Meanwhile, Shay and Garry from Elite Poker Massage are on hand to ensure you stay relaxed and composed at the tables.
Geravard climbing
Also on the Feature Table, Percy Jeffs and Behrang Geravard, face off in a rumble. A pre-flop bet from Jeffs to 11,000, and a flat call from Geravard and then off to a flop.
Board: K♠8♥K♥
Geravard makes a calculated check before a min bet from Jeffs of 6,000. Again another flat from Geravard. the 7♦ on the turn sparks a raise from Geravard to 15,000. Jeffs sizes up Geravard’s stack before raising to 40,000. Once again, a flat call from Geravard.
River: 2♣
Wasting no time at all, Geravard continues and fires off 30,000. Jeffs didn’t need much time to think before giving up his cards over the dealer.
Zhing for Zhang
Crossing live to you from the Feature Table, and just getting the last of the action of an elimination, Ioannis Vlachoulis, takes his leave from the table after his QJ offsuit fell very short to Jerry Zhang. While Vlachoulis did hit a Queen on the flop, it was no good to the pocket rockets of Zhang.
| Name | Chips |
| Jerry Zhang | 235,000 |
| Ioannis Vlachoulis | BUSTED! |
Random Chip Counts
Registration is now CLOSED. With a total of 242 entries and 67 remaining.
Checking in with one player on each table we have some random chip counts for you all.
| Name | Chips |
| Matthew Spratt | 431,000 |
| Brett Rovere | 395,000 |
| Alex Martinson | 359,000 |
| Zac Dunn | 350,000 |
| Milan Mehta | 320,000 |
| Laurence Hall | 242,000 |
| Emanuel Seal | 126,000 |
| Jon-Peter Rounce-Sue | 50,000 |
BREAK IT UP!
Players are on their first 10 minute break for the day. We return with 50 minute blinds.
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 (5,000) > Level 16: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Daps Dapping
Picture this… it’s a sunny 38 degrees in North Adelaide, you’re in a cool poker room on a table with Matty Daps, there’s about 50,000 in the pot on the flop. Then suddenly a splash of chips into the middle, making the dealer stack it up and count it out as Daps goes all in. As the dealer stacks it, Anne Beygirlioglu is contemplating a call. It’s a 299,000 raise… And then it’s a CALL from Beygirlioglu.
Daps: A♠9♠
Beygirlioglu: Q♦Q♣
Board: 10♠J♠9♦
With Daps at risk, no expected the following two cards to fall…
Turn: A♣
River: 9♣
Daps somehow finds a runner runner boat, Beygirlioglu is crippled, almost back to starting stack and Daps licks his lips and doubles up.
| Name | Chips |
| Matty Daps | 650,000 |
| Anne Beygirlioglu | 55,000 |
Xu doesn’t get JJ through
Fresh to the table, with starting stack, Josh Foster wastes no time in placing his 2 green chips into the middle. A call from Tony Xu and all other players folding.
Foster: A♣K♦
Xu: J♣J♥
Board: 2♦A♠7♠3♠10♣
| Name | Chips |
| Josh Foster | 100,000 |
When will it End-ersby?
So sorry Jarrod Thatcher, but we needed to use your catchphrase for this post.
Heading over to the feature table we spy Zac Dunn throwing his cards dramatically into the middle of the table as Travis Endersby tables his cards with a smile. The chips are all in pre-flop and it’s Endersby at risk.
Endersby: A♦K♠
Dunn: A♠Q♥
Board: A♥9♣4♣2♦K♥
With that final blow of the King on the river, Dunn’s hand is crushed and Endersby gets this one through to double up.
| Name | Chips |
| Travis Endersby | 195,000 |
Take a Page out of this book
Our reporter catches some head’s up action between Dan Macklin-Page and Dave Ewing over on Table 3. Macklin-Page has fired a bet and Ewing is currently in the tank. While we missed the cards on the board, we did catch a call from Ewing, before a disappointed throw of cards into the muck as Macklin-Page takes a page out of his book to rake it in.
Gaining for Gainer
Mike Gainer is certainly gaining some chips after starting the day short. Taking one just now from one of the chip leads, Robert Damelian, on a board of Q♣10♠3♦K♣6♥, Gainer’s pile of chips has increased almost three-fold.
| Name | Chips |
| Mike Gainer | 145,000 |
Pearcing stare
We are just 30 minutes in to Day 2 and have already seen 13 re-entries. The prizepool is set to reach over a juicy $300,000 at this rate.
We catch Thomas Pearce and Andrew Michael in hand. Pearce’s sunglasses are on as he stares down Michael. The flop is Q♦J♥A♣. Michael has already fired a 4,000 bet, only to be met with a raise from Pearce for nearly his entire stack. Michael tanks before eventually folding and Pearce rakes it in.
| Name | Chips |
| Thomas Pearce | 101,000 |
Buzzing!
The poker room is buzzing with the shuffling of chips and we are about to kick off Day 2 of the Main Event here at the Stacked Social Poker Room in North Adelaide.
Late registration is still open until the end of Level 14, and so far there have been 202 entries for this incredible Main Event. 63 hopefuls return today to fight for the win. Brett Rovere leads the pack with an impressive 420,000, followed closely by Higor Siebel, Zac Dunn and Khim Hii.
Rouvre having already won an event in this series, the $8k Super High Roller, is looking to make it two as he dominated the felt on Day 1B. Other hopefuls in the mix include all Hachem‘s, Joe, Tony and Anthony, Stacked’s very own Andrew Michael, Robert Damelian, Daniel Dessman, Adam Cusenza and Marco Perri, to name just a few.
Joe Hachem kicks us off with a warm welcome and a thank you to the Stacked Poker team and speaks those beautiful words, Shuffle up and Deal!
Level 12: 1,500/2,500 (2,500) > Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
SEAT DRAW – DAY 2
Welcome back! Day 2 of the MAIN EVENT kicks off today at 1 pm ACDT in the vibrant Stacked Social Poker Room located in North Adelaide. Late registration remains open until end of Level 14, providing you with the perfect opportunity to join the action and chase that victory!
For those returning players, please bring along your photo ID for bag verification. We’re excited to welcome you back and can’t wait to see you at the tables!
| TABLE 1 | ||
| Seat | Name | Chips |
| 1 | ZAC DUNN | 387,000 |
| 2 | FRANK HADJINCOLAOU | 49,000 |
| 3 | IOANNIS VLACHOULIS | 272,000 |
| 4 | ADITYA YAO | 67,500 |
| 5 | EMPTY | |
| 6 | CHRIS COLANERI | 137,000 |
| 7 | TRAVIS ENDERSBY | 109,500 |
| 8 | EDWIN TAN | 111,500 |
| 9 | ROMAN PRIPLOTSKI | 87,000 |
| TABLE 2 | ||
| Seat | Name | Chips |
| 1 | PAUL WILSON | 117,000 |
| 2 | EMANUEL SEAL | 190,000 |
| 3 | ROY AGRESTA | 290,500 |
| 4 | JIM CHAHOUD | 88,500 |
| 5 | MARCO PERRI | 180,500 |
| 6 | ADAM ALBARRI | 121,000 |
| 7 | DAVID LLOYD | 295,500 |
| 8 | BILLY ARGYROS | 24,000 |
| 9 | EMPTY |
| TABLE 3 | ||
| Seat | Name | Chips |
| 1 | ELLIOT ESCA | 121,000 |
| 2 | DAVE EWING | 70,500 |
| 3 | KEVIN LEE | 240,500 |
| 4 | PIERCE HYNES | 99,000 |
| 5 | BRETT ROVERE | 420,000 |
| 6 | EMPTY | |
| 7 | DAN MACKLIN-PAGE | 106,000 |
| 8 | MATHEW GINN | 78,500 |
| 9 | JOE HACHEM | 118,000 |
| TABLE 4 | ||
| Seat | Name | Chips |
| 1 | ANNE BEYGIRLIOGLU | 192,500 |
| 2 | EMPTY | |
| 3 | AMIN RIYAZATI | 212,000 |
| 4 | MICHAEL TOMENY | 76,500 |
| 5 | MATTY DAPS | 180,000 |
| 6 | JOSH KELTY | 78,500 |
| 7 | LAURENCE HALL | 131,000 |
| 8 | PIERRE AOUKAR | 222,000 |
| 9 | MICHEL BOUSKILA | 159,500 |
| TABLE 5 | ||
| Seat | Name | Chips |
| 1 | KIERAN BUHAGLAR | 278,000 |
| 2 | ROSARIO LEPRO | 119,500 |
| 3 | ROBERT SPANO | 101,500 |
| 4 | ADAM CUSENZA | 101,500 |
| 5 | EMPTY | |
| 6 | GARY BENSON | 94,500 |
| 7 | CHRIS EDGAR | 102,000 |
| 8 | YANG LEI | 97,500 |
| 9 | HIGOR SIEBEL | 408,000 |
| TABLE 6 | ||
| Seat | Name | Chips |
| 1 | EMPTY | |
| 2 | WENG WONG | 152,500 |
| 3 | THOMAS PEARCE | 129,500 |
| 4 | ANTONY XU | 103,000 |
| 5 | FRANK TRIPODI | 272,000 |
| 6 | ANDREW MICHAEL | 217,000 |
| 7 | TONY HACHEM | 108,500 |
| 8 | MATHEW SPRATT | 283,000 |
| 9 | MARK OSTAPENKO | 177,500 |
| TABLE 7 | ||
| Seat | Name | Chips |
| 1 | JERRY ZHANG | 128,000 |
| 2 | MICHAEL TAYLOR | 263,500 |
| 3 | AMIN CHEHADE | 105,500 |
| 4 | MILAN MEHTA | 116,500 |
| 5 | ANTHONY HACHEM | 67,500 |
| 6 | EMPTY | |
| 7 | DANIEL DESSMANN | 180,000 |
| 8 | MIKE GAINER | 54,000 |
| 9 | ROBERT DAMELIAN | 308,500 |
| TABLE 8 | ||
| Seat | Name | Chips |
| 1 | EMAD ZARGHAMI | 155,000 |
| 2 | FRANK SERGI | 55,500 |
| 3 | AARON SEBASTYAN | 101,500 |
| 4 | BEHRANG GERAVARD | 169,000 |
| 5 | ASHISH GUPTA | 218,000 |
| 6 | KHIM HII | 326,000 |
| 7 | EMPTY | |
| 8 | ALEX MARTINSON | 189,000 |
| 9 | EMPTY |
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