Event #1 A/B/C: A$1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator

The third and final day of Event 1: $1,100 No Limit Holdem Accumulator has come to an end with approximately 70 players bagging up their chips from the 419 runners that started the day. That means that a total of 1,085 runners participated in the tournament, with around 175 players returning for Day 2.

At the end of today’s play, it would be Nick Morales who would lead the way, filling up his bag with 57,275 in chips. Some of the other notable players who were close behind include Ryan Otto (50,400), Jason Lee (49,625), James Obst (41,250) and Iori Yogo (40,875).

Interestingly, Antoine Saout was able to finish the day with 45,500 in chips, which will be combined to his 1b chip stack of 58,875 to give him the overall chip lead of 104,375 coming into Day 2.

We will be back tomorrow at 12pm local time, to bring you all the live coverage from the Crown Poker Room as we edge closer to crowning the first WSOP APAC bracelet winner.

Obst, Glazier, Hinrichsen Explain What WSOP APAC Means to Aussies

Jackie Glazier, James Obst and Andrew Hinrichsen explain what WSOP APAC means to them and what it will do for the poker community down under.

Jackie Glazier is the most profitable female poker player in Australian history and she's at the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific looking to extend that lead.

At last year's WSOP in Las Vegas Glazier came painfully close to her first gold bracelet, finishing in second place, but as she tells us she's confident her day will come.

We catch up with Glazier on her home turf in Melbourne to talk Australian poker.

Aussie Jackie Glazier has hit the rail after nursing a short stack for the last few levels and getting her last remaining 5000 in with    against an opponent’s   

She had a ton of outs when the dealer tabled      but her open-ended straight flush draw bombed out on the   river.

Glazier will be back on Day 2 after ending Day 1B with a 39,350 stack but her exit today means there are just two females left in the Day 1C field in the form of Melanie Weisner and Samantha Cohen.

After a raise to 825 from mid position and call on the button, Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov made it 2600 to go from the big blind. The original raiser got out of the way but the button player was no doubt a fan of the ‘position is power’ poker philosophy and elected to call.

The flop of     saw Katchalov slow down with a check and his opponent also checked behind. Action again stalled with checks on the   turn but on the   river Katchalov sent a probing 3500 into the middle. His opponent called which immediately sent Katchalov’s cards face down into the muck and we unfortunately don’t get to see either player’s hand.

After tripling up his super short stack a few hands ago, Irishman Pat Dillon has found some more chips courtesy of Bryan Piccioli. It happened when Piccioli opened the button for a min raise and both the small blind and Dillon, who was in the big blind, made the call.

A flop of     looked inconsequential enough and when action was checked to Piccioli he c-bet 1050. The small blind got out of the way but Dillon opted to ship for 4250. With a healthy stack in front of him Piccioli made a quick call but saw his    top pair was behind Dillon’s    set of ducks.

Piccioli said “flush draw” and received one of his runner-runner outs with the   turn but it wasn’t to be when the   came on the river.

The action folded around to the player on the button who opened to 600, before Nam Le in the big blind, opted to move all in for his remaining 9,025 in chips. The decision was back on the raiser, and after a quick count by the dealer of Le’s chips, he made the call.

Le tabled    but was behind to his opponents    The board would not help Le, as it ran out       to see him eliminated with just over an hour left in the days play.

The remaining 108 players have returned from their breaks. They will play two more levels before the completion of the day.

Bryan Piccioli is sitting on a stack of 30,000 in chips after recently eliminating an opponent from the tournament.

He started it off by opening to 450 before being met with a raise to 1,450. The table folded back around before he re-raised to 2,950. His opponent thought for a moment before announcing all in for his remaining 10,000 in chips. Piccioli didn’t hesitate, snap-calling, and tabling his    His opponent tabled    and both watched as the       ran out on the table.

That full house places Piccioli as one of the chip leaders in the room, as we approach the final break of the evening.

We arrived at the table just in time to see Nam Lee open with a bet from the cut-off, before Jackie Glazier moved all in for her remaining 2,500 in chips. Lee snap-called and each player tabled their cards.

Lee was in great shape as he tabled    and saw Glazier show her    However, the board ran out       to see Glazier river a straight, keeping her in the tournament.

Glazier now sits on 5,300 in chips.

In a recent hand, Jim Sachinidis opened to 500 from middle position before being met with a raise to 1,300 from Iori Yogo in the cut-off. Octavian Voegele then opted to re-raise to 2,300 from the big blind, before Sachinidis moved all in for his remaining 2,650 in chips. Both Yogo and Voegele made the call, as all three saw the flop come down    

Voegele checked, before Yogo threw out a continuation bet of 4,000 in chips. Voegele got out of the way as Sachinidis turned over his    Yogo tabled    for the higher pair, much to the disappointment of Sachinidis.

The board ran out the   and   to see Sachinidis eliminated from the tournament. Yogo now moves up to 28,000 in chips. Voegele is not too far behind, with a stack of 26,000 in chips.