The Grandstand Bar adjacent to the Poker Zone at Adelaide Casino is doing brisk business as players dissect the finer points of the day after the second flight of day one in the PokerStars.net ANZPT Adelaide Main Event. The 66 players who took their seat at the start of a hot and humid day 1B lifted the total Main Event field to 138 players, and it looks likely that the 2009 tally of 215 will be surpassed. Just 38 players survived the seven one-hour levels, joining the 40 survivors from day 1A who'll return for Friday's day two. An
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ANZPT Adelaide: Day 1B, level 7 (blinds 300-600, ante 50)
8.15pm: Dunst drops in final stages In the last few hands before the end of the day, Tony bond18 Dunst and Andrew luckychewy Lichtenberger battled all the way on a board that fell K♣ 8♠ 6♣ 2♥ Q♣. Dunst checked to Lichtenberger on the river, who fired out a...more
ANZPT Adelaide: Day 1B, level 6 (blinds 200-400, ante 50)
7pm: Eric's back on top Heading into the final break on day 1B of the PokerStars.net ANZPT Adelaide Main Event, Eric Assadourian has regained the chip lead and takes a stack of 85,000 into the final hour. Narrowly trailling the PokerStars.net Team Australia Pro are Mike Watson (67,500), George...more
ANZPT Adelaide: Day 1B, level 5 (blinds 150-300, ante 25)
5.45pm: Hey, isn't that ...? It's getting to the time of the afternoon when the rate of eliminations starts to increase, and the departure of Adelaide Casino satellite winner Allen Rye has brought Frank Agostino to table 10. The jovial local fruiterer is a keen poker player, and as...more
ANZPT Adelaide: Day 1B, level 4 (blinds 100-200, ante 25)
5pm: Life's good No local player has enjoyed a richer vein of form over the past 12 months than Aaron Benton. In addition to his stunning victory in last year's PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final in Sydney, Benton bagged the biggest online score ever taken down by an Aussie. But...more
ANZPT Adelaide: Day 1B, level 3 (blinds 100-200)
3.45pm: Gen Y is coming through The local poker ranks are in a good state judging from the entry list for the PokerStars.net ANZPT Adelaide Main Event. It's pretty rare to have a local event without the "old guard" strongly represented but there's not an Australian Poker Hall of...more
ANZPT Adelaide: Day 1B, level 2 (blinds 75-150)
2.20pm: Poker Zone proving popular Poker players can be a cynical bunch, so we've been thrilled to hear so many glowing reports about the Adelaide Casino experience during the Poker.net ANZPT Adelaide tournament series. Friendly and professional dealers, clear and concise rulings from the floor plus quick and efficient...more
ANZPT Adelaide: Day 1B, level 1 (blinds 50-100)
1.15pm: Quad-tastic start for Assadourian PokerStars.net Team Australia Pro Eric Assadourian is off to a fantastic start and is already up to around 37,000 in chips after he claimed the first elimination of the day. We caught the action on a board that read 5♥ 8♠ 9♣ 3♦ 5♠...more
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