PokerStars' Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) Melbourne Main Event attracted a field of 516 players and the prize pool weighed in at $1,032,000 - the largest ANZPT ever! It took 16 hours of play in Day 3 until a field of 34 players had been narrowed down to a winner, Edison Nguyen!
Nguyen defeated Corey Kempson in a pretty odd heads-up match. Despite Kempson holding a 5.4 million to 4.9 m[...] Read more » Odd Heads-Up In Record-Breaking ANZPT Melbourne Main Event
Joined: Mar '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 7371
Very strange way to end a tournament and after playing for so long, i dont understand why they just didn't play out the conclusion in a normal way. Congratulations to the winner
That play is not good for poker..... Then just shove it completly... Dont raise a huge amount off youre chips and then fold............ Thas just wrong and sick
Joined: Mar '12
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 45 (F)
Posts: 2261
If he was tired why not just get it all in after raising 90%,to fold with only 10% left just does not make any sense at all. The directors must have been very disappointed with the conclusion.
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 4827
Nguyen is really becoming a common name among the world's best poker players. Someone else have already said that before and now we have another confirmation of this fact. Who knows if one day there will be more Portuguese names. ..
