AU$1,150 Main Event | 2021 Poker Palace Summer Championships

03-08-2021 10:16 UTC

Final Table Stacks & Photo

MervHarvey

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Bogdanovski	4,600,000 -400,000	-400,000
Adnan Al-Maliki	4,500,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Michael Tran	2,800,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Toby Giles	1,850,000 -950,000	-950,000

Didier Guerin	1,800,000 300,000	300,000
Mark Staples	1,600,000 -100,000	-100,000
[Removed:271]	1,200,000 -300,000	-300,000
David Hirst	410,000 -490,000	-490,000

03-08-2021 10:08 UTC

Kiavash Arbabi Eliminated in 10th Place (A$5,000); Joseph Antar Eliminated in 9th Place (A$6,500)

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MervHarvey

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Kiavash Arbabi has been eliminated by Adnan Al-Maliki. Al-Maliki put Arbabi all-in on a flop of . Arbabi was in the tank and eventually called. "You have an ace, you're good", said Al-Maliki.

Arbabi:
Al-Maliki:

Arbabi was ahead, but the turn was crushing and he is out in 10th place.

On the other table, Joseph Antar was up against John Bogdanovski and ran out of chips in the process. With those two eliminations, we are onto the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kiavash Arbabi	Busted
Joseph Antar	Busted

03-08-2021 09:58 UTC

Bogdanovski Over 5 Million

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MervHarvey

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Adnan Al-Maliki has lost a couple of big hands to John Bogdanovski, handing Bogdanovski the largest stack of the event so far.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Bogdanovski	5,000,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Adnan Al-Maliki	1,800,000 -900,000	-900,000

03-08-2021 09:54 UTC

Grant Levy Eliminated in 11th Place ($A5,000)

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MervHarvey

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Grant Levy had been careful with his stack all day long, just waiting for that one good double up, but it didn't come. The last of his chips went to Michael Tran, who had versus Levy's .

The board brought no help for Levy and the Australian Hall of Famer was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Tran	1,600,000 780,000	780,000
Grant Levy	Busted

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

03-08-2021 09:39 UTC

Gergis Doubles

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MervHarvey

Level 25 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

[Removed:271] was all-in with pocket nines versus the of Joseph Antar. The nines held and Gergis doubles up.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:271]	1,500,000 400,000	400,000
Joseph Antar	400,000 -500,000	-500,000

03-08-2021 09:31 UTC

Levy Hanging In There

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MervHarvey

Level 25 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

When Grant Levy went all-in from the button, Mark Staples in the big blind asked, "Can you beat 7-2?". "I've got the nuts for my position", Levy said, showing and he took the blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grant Levy	505,000 185,000	185,000

03-08-2021 09:28 UTC

"Anyone Else, I Snap-Call"

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MervHarvey

Level 25 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Mark Staples put all his chips in with , and Grant Levy had . Levy was torn between calling and folding.

"Anyone else and I snap call", but he made the call anyway.

The flop brought a queen and Staples doubled, leaving Levy as the short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Staples	1,700,000 400,000	400,000
Grant Levy	320,000 -595,000	-595,000

03-08-2021 09:18 UTC

Bogdanovski Drags A Nice Pot

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MervHarvey

Level 25 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

With the board showing , John Bogdanovski bet 180,000 and Kiavash Arbabi check-called. The pot now was about 700,000 going to the river which was the .

Arbabi checked, and Bogdanovski went all-in. Arbabi folded, and the pot was pushed to Bogdanovski.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Bogdanovski	3,400,000 500,000	500,000
Kiavash Arbabi	1,200,000 -400,000	-400,000

03-08-2021 09:11 UTC

Levy From The Small

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MervHarvey

Level 25 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Grant Levy was all-in from the small blind for 790,000, and Michael Tran in the big blind just barely covering gave it plenty of consideration, then flashed and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grant Levy	915,000 265,000	265,000
Michael Tran	820,000 -580,000	-580,000