The final table is set!

While the cash tables were buzzing with players chasing the royal flush jackpot, those on the tournament floor were looking for a huge score of their own.

When play began we had 63 poker hopefuls return to the Crown poker room and we were off to a flying start as the shortstacks gambled for their tournament lives.

After eight and a half hours of play we’ve finally made it to our last-ever AZNPT final table. Those lucky nine will be back tomorrow before we crown a champion!

The plan starting the day was to play down to seven but when time lingered on and the action slowed down as we approached the end, a decision was made to conclude things nine handed.

Play would conclude only a few minutes into Level 24 when start-of-day chip leader Kenn Langcake eliminated Adam Monaghan. It folded around to Monaghan on the button who pushed all in for his last 195,000 in chips. Next to act Langcake moved in over the top with enough to cover and with the big blind out of the way the cards went on their backs.

Monaghan: Q♥ 8♥
Langcake: A♦ 4♣

Monghan needed help and he celebrated after finding it on the Q♠ 3♥ K♠ flop. He was trying to fade an ace to stay alive but couldn’t do it as the A♣ turn rolled off and the 9♣ river bricked. Monaghan would have to be content with his 10th place finish for $11,725 while the other nine guaranteed themselves $19,120.

Bubble boy – Adam MonaghanLeading the way for tomorrow’s return after a great day on the felt is Peter Matusik. The Brisbane local emerged as chip leader about half way through proceedings and is currently out in front with 2,430,000.

Matusik put a stop to Day 1B end-of-day chip leader Hyeong Wook Choi into the late stages of the night after the dealer fanned out an action flop. The 3♣ 8♠ 6♠ board saw a jam from Choi and a snap-call from Matsusik before players revealed their hands.

Matusik: 6♥ 6♦
Choi: Q♠ 9♠

It was Matusik’s middle set up against Choi’s flush draw and with the K♦ turn and 10♦ river appearing Choi would fail to spike one of his outs to instead find the rail. Matusik would continue chipping up as play went on before ultimately finishing with the lead going into the final table tomorrow.

Current chip leader – Peter MatusikFollowing Matusik on the chip stack podium are Lin Shi (current second place) with 1,865,000 and reigning Aussie Millions champion Manny Stavropoulos (third place) on 1,570,000. By reaching the final table here this week Stavropoulos has already guaranteed himself the ANZPT Player of the Year title and will be hunting for the last ANZPT Main Event title to top it off.

ANZPT7 Melbourne Final Table Draw
Seat 1: Manny Stavropoulos (Australia) – 1,570,000
Seat 2: Kenn Langcake (Australia) – 650,000
Seat 3: Mile Krstanoski (Australia) – 525,000
Seat 4: Carl Knox (New Zealand) – 860,000
Seat 5: George Balandinos (Australia) – 990,000
Seat 6: Erich Stadler (New Zealand) – 490,000
Seat 7: Peter Matusik (Australia) – 2,430,000
Seat 8: Lin Shi (Australia) – 1,865,000
Seat 9: Nikolce Trajkovski (Australia) – 800,000

So that’s all for tonight! The remaining nine players will return tomorrow from 12:30pm to battle it out for the ANZPT Main Event title! In the meantime you can find out about our final tablists by reading there player profiles. We hope you can join us tomorrow – Stay tuned!

Back to Top