$25,000 STATE CHAMPS Tabcorp Park, Melton Sunday 19 th July

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1 $25,000 STATE CHAMPS Tabcorp Park, Melton Sunday 19 th July One of the coldest mornings in recent history couldn t stop the 457 members of the APL/888PL/Pub Poker Victoria community from descending on Tabcorp Park Melton, with each player eyeing off the $10,000 GUARANTEED CASH that comes with the title of Victorian State Champion. After the first break, it was announced that the $25,000 guarantee prize pool had been surpassed - $29,175 all cash was on offer to the Top 40 players: 1 st - $10,000 2 nd - $5,000 3 rd - $2,500 4 th - $2,000 5 th - $1,500 6 th - $1,000 7 th - $750 8 th - $600 9 th - $ th - $ th - $ th - $ th to 16 th - $ th to 24 th - $ th to 32 nd - $ rd to 40 th - $125

2 We burst the money bubble at the dinner break and players from all parts of Victoria made the cash!!! We kept the online rail up to date on Facebook at Paul Ridsdale Chris Lunn Shankar Shrestha Dean Littler Dingley International Eynesbury Golf Highlands Hotel Highlands Hotel Greg Browne Scott Hellens Brian Sockalingum Brian Sockalingum Hotel 520, Tarneit Tigers Clubhouse Anglers Tavern Lynbrook Hotel Sean McBride Patricia Thompson Sergio Dicamillo Tony Townsend Waurn Ponds Hotel, Geelong The Grand Hotel, Mornington The Phoenix Hotel, Pt Cook Peninsula Club, Dromana Adam Paravizzini Laurie Franklin Mario Muscat Tamara Sawyer Tankerville, Fitzroy Tankerville, Fitzroy Anglers Tavern Wonthaggi Golf Club

3 Arif Sabri David Forster Jayson Young John Roberts Dingley International Bakers Arms Hotel Midlands Golf Club, Ballarat Hotel 520, Tarneit Sergio Kacanas Hamidreza Askarzadefarahani Michael Hogan Nick Gooley Dingley International Moonee Ponds Club White Eagle Hotel, Geelong Dorset Gardens Hotel Troy Walker Ed Petryk Hayden Walsh Jeremy Lewis Wonthaggi Golf Club Blazing Stump Hotel Moe Hotel Aussie Hotel, Shepparton Shane Dole Korumburra Hotel

4 With 11 players remaining, hand-for-hand play commenced on the final two tables. The Final Table bubble burst as the two chip leaders, Steve Djembers and Najib Malikzada, created a T6,000,000+ pot from the T16,155,000 in play, with Najib eliminating Steve into 11 th place. Final Table stacks started this way: Najib Malikzada, Dingley - T6,735,000 Tullio Azzato, Mornington, T2,660,000 Jack Paerau, Highways Taberet, T1,630,000 Wolfgang Gilch, Wonthaggi, T1,490,000 Stu Medland, Dorset Gardens, T1,155,000 Matt Mider, Tigers, T650,000 Vladimir Declianov, Hoops Sports Bar, T550,000 John Yianni, Tigers, T515,000 Daniel Quintal, Hotel 520, T440,000 Glen Gascoyne, Vic Tavern Gisborne, T290, th - $300 Steve Djembers Dingley International With five desperately short stacks, the eliminations came fast. 10 th place - $400 - Matt Mider Tigers Clubhouse Matt pushed all-in with Pocket Tens and ran into Stu Medland s Pocket Kings T T v K K v Q 8 Board: 3 3 Q 7 6

5 The first of two double eliminations quickly followed, again Stu Medland knocking out the short stacks: 9th place - $500 - Glen Gascoyne from the Victoria Tavern, Gisborne and 8th place - $600 - Vladimir Delianov from Hoops Sports Bar, Boronia Stu K T v Glen 3 3 v Vlad A J Board: J 5 Q A T The second of the double eliminations followed, this time it was chip leader Najib with the knockouts. 7th - $750 - John Yianni from Tigers Clubhouse and 6th - $ Wolfgang Gilch from Wonthaggi Golf Club Najib K 5 v John A T v Wolfgang 4 4. Jack also called T 7 - John is all-in pre-flop Flop Najib checks, Wolfgang checks, Jack bets T300,000 and both call. Turn is J - Najib checks, Wolfgang shoves all-in for T400,000, Jack flat calls, then Najib re-raises T7million+ Jack folds face up. River Q

6 5th place for $1500 was Daniel Quintal from Hotel 520. Najib and Jack both limp on Daniel's small blind and Tullio checks his BB. Flop Q 6 Q Daniel shoves all-in for T700,000 with A 3, Tullio folds, Jack calls with Q T and Najib folds. Turn A, River 2 4th place - $2000 Jack Paerau from Highways Tabaret Jack shoved all-in with K 7 and Tullio calls with A A Flop was drawy Turn was Q, giving Jack a flush. River was 5, giving Tullio the higher flush and the knockout! 3rd place $2500 Stu Medland from Dorset Gardens All-in with A 3, Tullio calls with K J Board: K

7 Your new State Champion is Tullio Azzato from Mornington. Congratulations Tullio, outlasting a field of 457 players today at Tabcorp Park. Your State Champs Runner-up is Najib Malikzada from Dingley International The final hand was Najib all-in QxTx v Tullio T 6 on a board of T A Thank you to all the players who played this weekend - you made it a success! And a big thanks to our hosts at Tabcorp Park and their friendly staff. We'll see many of you at the next $25,000 State Champs at Dingley International on Sunday 16 th August.