The ANZPT Main Event has well and truly stolen the attention here at Crown Melbourne this week, but something else that's been the cause for commotion is the cash game royal flush jackpot.

The jackpot payout increases with every hand played and to win it a player must flop a royal flush. It may be a long shot but that just means the jackpot can creep up to huge amounts of money, and with how many hands that players see in the poker room, the jackpot is never that far away from going off.

That's exactly what we found out this week.

As the players in the Main Event chased the $261,200 top prize, the cash game players across the floor were also after a big chunk of change themselves. The jackpot had recently ticked over the $70,000 mark and every player at the cash tables had a chance of taking it home.

The one who ultimately did though was Mark Woodhouse after he flopped a royal flush holding [Jc][Tc]. He was on a $1/3 table where the maximum buy-in is $200 yet walked away with $73,680 in his pocket.

With the jackpot rolling back it was expected to be a while before someone would win it again. That was until only 14 hours later when Geoffrey McLachlan was able to snatch a five-figure payday.

"Would you believe..........JACKPOT!!!!! Just 14 hours after Mark W. collected over $73K, Geoffrey McLachlan from Queensland just flopped a Royal Flush and scored $16,353. Geoffrey declined a photo, however he is now signing autographs at the Vegas Bar!!" came the Facebook status from the Crown Poker page this afternoon.

Before these two both won the jackpot within the same 24-hour period, it was only nine days prior that the biggest bonus to date was awarded. Crown Poker regular Vincent 'Wonky' Wan turned his royal flush into a monstrous $104,564!

After all the recent payouts the jackpot has rolled back and now sits at around $3,000 - but with the poker room bustling and Crown announcing they're running the jackpot indefinitely - we're sure it'll climb to another huge sum soon.

While the cash players across the room try their luck at winning the jackpot, for the remaining 18 players in the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event it's back to the action. Stay with us as we follow the exciting conclusion to Day 3!

This week's Sunday Million on PokerStars featured a lengthy build-up to the final table, with nearly 10-and-a-half hours needed for the big field of 5,528 participating in the $215 buy-in tournament to play down to just nine. But then things moved quickly, and in less than an hour those nine played down to a winner -- Kevin "Civell" Vandersmissen.

Playing from Bulgaria, the Belgian Vandersmissen collected a cool $172,918.54 for winning the tournament outright without making a deal. It was a tough group he outlasted at the end as well, including Ken "kenny05" Smaron (runner-up), Nayeem "dancingbudha" Syed (third), Rhys "floppinhel" Jones (sixth), among others. Here's the story of how Vandersmissen did it.

That big turnout meant a $1,105,600 prize pool, besting the $1 million guarantee. The top 810 finishers split the money, with Team PokerStars Pro Marcin "Goral" Horecki among those bubbling after finishing just over a dozen spots outside the cash.

By the time they were halfway through the tournament's eighth hour the field had shrunk below 100, with PoleCatRider in the top spot and Horecki's Team PokerStars Pro teammate Adi Agarwal sitting just outside the top 10.

About an hour after that they were down under 50 players left, with PolecatRider in fourth position, Agarwal having moved up to third, deivid29 (who just finished fifth in the most recent Super Tuesday) sitting in second, and Kevin "Civell" Vandersmissen leading the way.

As the tourney approached the 10-hour mark they were down to 18 players, with deivid29 out in 31st ($2,377.04) and PolecatRider having just fallen in 19th ($2,708.72). Agarwal still had above average chips, though, while Rhys "floppinhel" Jones had become the new chip leader.

Nine more would fall rather quickly. D9e7J0aV8u (18th), turoguro (17th), and PaTo6ik (16th) next hit the rail, earning $3,261.52 apiece. ELNANU2015 followed in 15th, then after slipping a bit though still sitting with an average stack Adi Agarwal found himself all in before the flop with [Ad][Qc] versus Nayeem "dancingbudha" Syed's [As][Ks]. The board came ten-high, and Agarwal was done in 14th.

glissario followed in 13th, like the last two knocked out earning $4,919.92. Then Thomas "Min-raiseFTW" High (12th), May-yesh-beze (11th), and jason13-2008 (10th) were successively eliminated, with those three each cashing for $6,578.32.

With Nayeem "dancingbudha" Syed having assumed the top spot in the counts, the final table was underway.

Seat 1: Rhys "floppinhel" Jones (United Kingdom) -- 9,344,369
Seat 2: MrJovelli (Latvia) -- 10,257,223
Seat 3: Ken "kenny05" Smaron (Costa Rica) -- 3,627,375
Seat 4: Player60598 (Germany) -- 1,470,756
Seat 5: Nayeem "dancingbudha" Syed (United Kingdom) -- 11,415,440
Seat 6: Kevin "Civell" Vandersmissen (Bulgaria) -- 6,723,672
Seat 7: Vocaaas (Czech Republic) -- 3,615,277
Seat 8: stackarn (Sweden) -- 1,900,266
Seat 9: grishanin121 (Ukraine) -- 6,925,622

On just the second hand of the final table, Player60598 opened with a 3x raise to 750,000 from the hijack seat, and Nayeem "dancingbudha" Syed called from a seat over. It folded to stackarn in the big blind who three-bet all in for just over 1.85 million, and when Player60598 reraised all in for almost 3.45 million total Syed -- who had both well covered -- called.

Player60598: [Ac][Kd]
dancingbudha: [7s][7d]
stackarn: [Jh][Js]

The flop came a dazzling [Ad][As][9d], giving Player60598 trip aces and the lead in the hand. The turn was the [6d] and the river the [9c], and Player60598 won the big pot. Meanwhile stackarn was out in ninth.

A while later they were nearing the 11-hour mark with the blinds up to 200K/400K, then MrJovelli open-raised all in for almost 3.13 million from middle position and it folded around to Vocaaas in the big blind who called all in for almost 1.3 million total.

Vocaaas had [9d][8d] and needed help against MrJovelli's [Jc][Jd], but the board came [Qh][Qc][6d][Ad][7h] and Vocaaas was sent railward in eighth.

Four hands later Kevin "Civell" Vandersmissen opened for a little over 2x to 860,000 from early position, and it folded to Ken "kenny05" Smaron in the small blind who called. Player60598 then shoved all in from the big blind for about 5.78 million, and while Vandersmissen folded Smaron called the push in a flash.

Player60598 had [Ad][8h] but Smaron had been waiting with [Ah][Ac]. The flop came [9h][6d][As] to give Smaron a set, and after the [3d] turn Player60598 was drawing dead to finish seventh.

Just five minutes later Vandersmissen -- having become the chip leader -- open-shoved from the cutoff and Rhys "floppinhel" Jones called all in from the cutoff for just over 7.9 million (not quite 20 big blinds). Jones had [Ac][Qd] while Vandersmissen had [2d][2s]. The flop came [Tc][2h][9c] to give Vandersmissen a set, and so by the [4h] turn there was no river that could help Jones who finished sixth.

The remaining five went on for a couple more minutes, then came two more knockouts in successive hands, both thanks to Ken "kenny05" Smaron.

In the first grishanin121 open-raised from the button for about 2.85 million (just under 6 BBs) with [Jd][5d] and Smaron called with [As][Th]. The [2h][7s][2c][6h][6d] didn't help grishanin121, who finished fifth.

Then on the next hand Kevin "Civell" Vandersmissen raised to 1,075,000 from UTG, MrJovelli shoved for about 5.82 million from the button, then Smaron called the shove from the small blind after which the remaining players folded.

MrJovelli had [Ac][Th] but needed to hit something to beat Smaron's [Kc][Kh]. The community cards did improve MrJovelli's hand, but while the [Td][8d][Kd][As][6s] board gave MrJovelli two pair it also gave Smaron a set of kings, and MrJovelli was done in fourth.

The final trio would play about 10 hands, then suddenly in the space of two hands it was all over.

First Nayeem "dancingbudha" Syed open-pushed for about 6.2 million from the small blind (almost 12.5 BBs) and Kevin "Civell" Vandersmissen called from the big blind. Syed had [Kd][3s] while Vandersmissen had [Ac][7d]. The board came [9d][4c][Qh], then [5h], then [Qc], making Vandersmissen's hand best and ending Syed's run in third.

That gave Vandersmissen a stack of 31,105,612 to lead versus Ken "kenny05" Smaron's 24,174,388 to start heads-up play. "Deal?" asked Vandersmissen in the chatbox, and Smaron responded "no ty gl." Vandersmissen returned the good luck wishes, but then suddenly a sequence of preflop raises made it clear there would be a big showdown in the first heads-up hand.

The blinds were still 250K/500K, and after Vandersmissen raised to 1.16 million from the button, Smaron three-bet to 2.87 million in response. Civell then made it 6.025 million to go, and when kenny05 then shoved all in, Vandersmissen called right away.

kenny05: [Ah][9h]
Civell: [Ac][Qh]

Both had picked up aces, but Vandersmissen's kicker was best, and after the board came [Th][5c][Tc][7c][Td] the kickers played and Vandersmissen had won.

He's third on the all-time live tournament earnings money list for Belgium, behind only Davidi Kitai and November Niner Pierre Neuville. And now Kevin "Civell" Vandersmissen has another big online score to his credit after topping this week's big Sunday Million field to turn a $215 buy-in into nearly $173K.

10/18/15 Sunday Million ($215 No-Limit Hold'em) results
Entrants:  5,528
Prize pool: $1,105,600.00
Places paid: 810

1. Kevin "Civell" Vandersmissen (Bulgaria) $172,918.54
2. Ken "kenny05" Smaron (Costa Rica) $128,802.40
3. Nayeem "dancingbudha" Syed (United Kingdom) $91,046.16
4. MrJovelli (Latvia) $62,466.40
5. grishanin121 (Ukraine) $46,988.00
6. Rhys "floppinhel" Jones (United Kingdom) $35,932.00
7. Player60598 (Germany) $24,876.00
8. Vocaaas (Czech Republic) $13,820.00
9. stackarn (Sweden) $8,844.80

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It's still very early on Day 3 of this ANZPT Melbourne Main Event but that hasn't stopped players flying out the doors.

The action dramatically slowed down last night as the money bubble approached and we're seeing the effects of that here today. We've already lost a third of today's 63 entrants as we play down to a final seven.

Aussie Millions reigning champion Manny Stavropoulos is one of the biggest benefactors of the early exits. He knocked out both Liam O'Rourke and Chia-Chang Ku in the early stages. It was back-to-back flips that went the way of Stavropoulos to see him chip up and take the two players out.

The first one saw O'Rourke with [Ah][8c] against Stavropoulos's [7s][7h] and O'Rourke couldn't improve on the [Kc][6c][2d][Td][2s] run out. Not long after Stavropoulos had the overcards with [Kc][Qd] versus Ku's [9h][9d] and found a queen as the dealer fanned out [3c][Qc][Td][2d][7d] to eliminate Ku. With those two hands Stavropoulos climbs to around 400,000 in chips and finds himself in the current top ten.

While Stavropoulos continues to build, it's Peter Matusik now leading the way. He started the day seventh in chips with 373,000 and has been on a heater today - now sitting in the top spot with 745,000. The last big pot that went his way saw him clash with current second-in-chips Mario Doria and eliminate John Haddad.

Haddad pushed all in for his last 48,000 and Doria made the call from the hijack. Next to act Matusik put in a raise to 200,000 and sent Doria into the tank. Ultimately Doria tossed his hand away and the other two players tabled their cards.

Matusik: [As][Ac]
Haddad: [Ah][Qh]

Matusik had a stranglehold on the hand but the [6c][9h][Qs] flop gave Haddad some hope. The [2h] turn brought also brought a flush draw but the [5d] river bricked off to send Haddad to the rail. That elimination brought Matusik up to 745,000 in chips and he now sits comfortably ahead of the pack.

Play has now slowed down slightly as the average chip stack has evened out to around 35 big blinds. Only 37 remain so play will conclude after another 30 players hit the rail. Stay with us as we follow all the action from Day 3 of the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event!

We've reached that point.

The bubble burst with the final hand of last night's action and now it's time for the shortstacks to get it in and gamble.

The 63 remaining players have all guaranteed themselves a $3,200 return and will be chasing that $261,200 top prize when the champion is crowned tomorrow. The plan today is to play down to our final seven and we're expecting to arrive at some point in the next eight levels. There are a few shortstacks in the mix after play slowed down before the bubble last night so we could be in for an action-packed start here for Day 3.

That bubble would burst last night as the new chip leader emerged. Kenn Langcake sent Minh Nguyen to the rail in 64th place with aces over kings to snatch the top spot in the dying stages. Langcake now sits with 440,500 in chips as play begins.

Rumour has it this is Langcake's first live event with no live cashes to his name, but he has seen significant success on the virtual felt. Locking up a Main Event cash here it's a great start to his live poker career and he's found himself in prime position to make a deep run.

Joining Langcake as the frontrunners include Mario Doria with 422,000, Samuel Higgs on 416,500 and Day 1B end-of-day chip leader Hyeong Wook Choi with 401,500.

Also still in the race are ANZPT Sydney reigning champion Jim Psaros (277,500), Australian Poker Hall of Famer Leo Boxell's son Danny (88,000) and Aussie Millions Main Event winner Manny Stavropoulos (186,000). Trailing the field as play begins is Rory Young with 32,500 in chips.

There is only 16 minutes left of Level 15 as the action recommences. Blinds continue at 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante and the average stacks sits at 165,000. We'll see 63 become just seven tonight as we edge closer to our last-ever ANZPT Main Event final table.

We hope you can join us here at the PokerStars Blog for all the stories from Crown Melbourne and be sure to check in with the team at PokerNews for all your live reporting needs!

The Hippodrome Casino staged the final of the UKIPT5 Super Series today and in just four swift hours Dale Garrad blitzed his way to the title, defeating Frenchman Julien Rouxel heads up to win the plaudits, trophy and £28,300 in prize money.

"I feel exhausted but great," he said with a beaming smile following his win. "It's nice to get some recognition for being able to play poker."

Three unrelenting days of poker preceding the final had condensed the field to 8 remaining players - lined up as follows.

The previous days of poker at the Super Series had been characterized by high quality, aggressive play and the final was no different.

Barely a hand was checked down, the players keen to stamp their authority on the table whenever possible.

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During the early exchanges , eliminations were at a premium, mainly as the shortstacks were running well at showdown, but that was all to change.

Sebastien Jung was the first of a rush of eliminations, the Frenchman busting out in 8th spot for £3,555 - the first of Garrad's victims on the final.

Julien Rouxel had been incredibly busy in the early levels and so it was no surprise he took the next scalp - sending Spanish computer programmer Jorge Barcelo Cortes on his way in 7th for £4,840 - Cortes unlucky his superior straight draw bricked out.

Steve Critchley had earned himself an early double -up and when he eliminated Andy Purser in 6th place for £6,590 with a pair of tens, he was starting to look a genuine threat for the title.

Alex Kaczmarek found the final table tough going - unable to find too many spots, he saw his challenge fade in a still highly-creditable 5th spot for £8,710 - Garrad doing the damage with a dominating ace once more.

Critchley's ascent up the leaderboard was halted by Russian Andrey Veselov - the advertising executive spiking a backdraw flush draw to win a huge pot and cripple him - an anguished, strangled scream from Critchley audible evidence of his pain.

He found himself unable to recover from this setback - ultimately crashing out in 4th place for £11,105 as he became a member of the ever-increasing "Busted by Garrad" club.

There had seemed an inevitability that the two most aggressive players over the final table - Julien Rouxel and Dale Garrad - would end up the two men contesting the trophy and so it proved - Veselov blinding down to a relatively low stack before running his fours into Rouxel's pocket tens.

£13,760 was the Russian's reward - leaving Rouxel and Garrad to blast it out between them.
"I get the feeling this won't last long," joked Garrad near the start of the heads-up and this slice of wisdom proved prescient as in less than one level he had turned round his starting deficit to best Rouxel and take the trophy down - Rouxel collecting £18,800 for his runner-up berth.

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"He was a very good player," Garrad said of his beaten opponent. "I just had to try and keep control of him."

Asked about his plans later, Garrad was honest.

"I'm toying with the idea of getting drunk. I think that idea will win out!"

It's been an incredible four days here at The Hippodrome Casino. We've had a really exciting tournament, a riveting inferno of a final table and as usual the staff have played a huge part - putting in a massive effort to ensure the players have enjoyed their stay.

Huge congratulations to Dale Garrad - whose good humour and affability have won him many friends - and whose poker skill has won him many shekels.

We'll be back on the tour for the Edinburgh leg of the UKIPT 19th November - 22nd so if you fancy trying to emulate Garrad's achievement, there's your opportunity.

That's it from us for now though - thanks for following our coverage. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

To read updates from the final table, click here.

What a day!

The plan going into today was to play down to the money but as the action slowed down when the bubble approached, the call was made that we wouldn't play more than eight levels regardless.

The bubble was reached with 36 minutes left of that level and the sweat for a $3,200 return began. It was hand-for-hand and players were out of their seats in between the action in a bid to scope how things were developing on other tables.

It would take only 20 minutes for the bubble to burst when a cooler was dealt on Table 28. Minh Nguyen opened the action to 10,000 and Kenn Langcake next to act popped it up to 25,000. It folded back around to Nguyen who pushed all in for roughly 100,000 and Langcake called to put him at risk. Players had to wait to reveal their hands as per hand-for-hand play and when they were given the greenlight to put the cards on their backs Nguyen saw the bad news.

Nguyen: [Ks][Kd]
Langcake: [As][Ad]

Nguyen was chasing a king to avoid bubbling but he couldn't find one as the crowd gathered around and the dealer fanned out the [Qd][5h][4h][5s][2c] board. He would finish 64th just off the cash and the hand would see Langcake sneak through as the end of day chip leader with 440,500.

Joining Langcake with a return tomorrow will be Team PokerStars Pro Chen-an Lin on a stack of 238,500, and previous ANZPT Sydney champion Jim Psaros with 277,500 in play. Also coming back for Day 3 are Hall of Famer Leo Boxell's son Danny (88,000), Van Marcus (239,500), Liam O'Rourke (44,500), Rory Young (32,500), and reigning Aussie Millions Main Event champion Manny Stavropoulos (186,000).

While the lucky few rest up before the action tomorrow, for some it was a different story. There were a whole horde of eliminations today as 178 number fell short of securing a payday. ANZPT Player of the Year current point leader Raiden Kan found the exit, as did APOY hopefuls Stevan Chew, Anthony Legg and James Rann. Familiar faces Joe Hachem, Tony Hachem, Jackie Glazier and Tino Lechich were also eliminated this afternoon.

Now there are only 63 still left in the hunt for the last-ever ANZPT Main Event title and the record $261,200 first place prize. Players have ensured themselves at least $3,200 but it's still a long road ahead to the top spot.

We'll be back here at Crown Melbourne tomorrow from 12:30pm as Day 3 begins. Be sure to join us as we play down until our final seven players. Stay tuned!

We're approaching the money now.

Today has seen hours of fast paced action with players flying out the doors but as the bubble looms play seems to have slowed down significantly. There are only 63 places paid in this ANZPT Melbourne Main Event and everyone seems desperate to lock up that $3,200.

Last season's ANZPT Melbourne bubble was a brutal affair. It's natural that players tighten up as a return on their dividends is only one elimination away, but Mike Fraser had the one hand you can't throw in the muck.

He moved all in with [Ac][As] and was in great shape to double up after Michael Chrisanthopoulos called it off with [Ah][Qh]. The flop brought the [8d][Js][Td] and with it came imminent danger. Chrisanthopoulos had improved to a double-gutter, needing to find a king or nine to burst the bubble. The [6d] turn didn't help but the [Ks] river completed Broadway and saw Fraser bust with aces one shy of a payday.

The last ANZPT event in Sydney, much as today likely will, saw the bubble pop on the final hand of Day 2. That time it was Sean Lannon falling short after losing a flip with [As][Th] against the pocket deuces of an opponent in the big blind.

One player who looks in no danger of bubbling today is the winner of that very event, Jim Psaros. The Season 7 ANZPT Sydney champion started today with 57,800 in chips but has but has gone on a tear this afternoon. He now looks like our overwhelming chip leader with a whopping 340,800 in front of him. No player has even won two ANZPT Main Event titles so a back-to-back victory would be an amazing achievement.

Also having a great Day 2 is start-of-day chip leader Hyeong Wook Choi. He began the action with 131,100 in chips and has run it up even further to 295,000 now to maintain one of the top spots. Unfortunately for the chip boss from Day 1A, Min Jae Park, the same can't be said. He found the exit during Level 12 and won't be seeing a return on his investment.

We'll see who else falls short with only around 85 players remaining now and 63 spots paying. Who will be this stop's bubble boy or girl? Stay with us as all the action unfolds to find out!

This stop in Melbourne is the last-ever ANZPT event and that means the final chance for players to earn themselves AZNPT Player of the Year points.

The frontrunners in the points race were out in force this week with over half of the current leaderboard Top 10 among the field here. Raiden Kan sits atop the ladder - he had 126.81 points when this tournament began. Kan was eliminated earlier today but will earn another 10 points for playing.

Right behind him and in the running on Day 2 include Englishman James Rann (125.38) and reigning Aussie Millions Main Event champion Manny Stavropoulos (107.19). Rann started the day with 40,100 in chips while Stavropoulos began with 59,800. They're both still in contention and in with a chance of taking out the Player of the Year title.

Joining them in the field today and also a chance at Player of the Year are Aussie birthday boys Stevan Chew (95.00) and Anthony Legg (97.81). Unfortunately for Legg he started the day with 21,300 in chips but took to social media earlier to announce his elimination from the tournament.

"Thanks for the birthday love yesterday! :) and for guys in the poker world busted main KJ vs 44" Legg shared on Facebook.

While the Player of the Year dream may be over for Legg, for Chew it looks like a different story. Starting the day with 58,700 he's managed to run it up even further this afternoon despite taking a big hit after running ace-king into pocket kings.

Chew has already had a stellar year on the live circuit, cashing the Aussie Millions Main Event, the Perth ANZPT Main Event and taking down the APPT Seoul High Roller in April for $101,086. Meanwhile on the virtual felt he's fresh off a third place finish in the PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy, pocketing another $22,977.50 just last week.

While it may be his birthday, it's all business for Chew tonight.

"Online Majors tomorrow mate, I can't miss those" came the reply when he was asked if he'll be partying.

Chew currently sits in eighth spot in the ANZPT Player of the Year rankings and will be looking to improve on that with a deep run this week. Having already chipped up further to around 85,000 here now he looks well on his way to doing just that.

We'll be keeping a close eye on him and all of the Player of the Year contenders this afternoon. For now though the action continues as we pass the half way point of Day 2 for this ANZPT Melbourne Main Event.

Records set as players return on the hunt for the biggest prize in ANZPT history.

A cool quarter of a million for the one who reaches the top of the podium this week. First place prize is set at $261,200 and it's serious business here as the action gets back underway.

Yesterday we saw records broken as a total of 520 players pulled up seats to set the prize pool at $1,066,000 for the last-ever ANZPT event. With an all-time high for field size and money up for grabs we're certainly ending the ANZPT's seven-year legacy in fine form.

It's been a frantic start as players found their newly allocated seats for the 12:30pm start. The plan is to play down to the money tonight, with at least seven levels of poker guaranteed. That means the 241 Day 2 qualifiers will be whittled down to 63, with those lucky enough to make it locking up at least a $3,200 payday.

Leading the way as play began was South Korea's Hyeong Wook Choi who started with an impressive 131,100 in chips. Choi emerged as the chip boss into Day 1b yesterday and continued scooping pots to cement that lead before play concluded.

Choi already has four live cashes on Australia soil but his biggest score to date came last year with an APT Manila Main Event appearance. Ultimately finishing fourth Choi pocketed $35,300 and looks well on his way to potentially besting that here at ANZPT Melbourne.

Following the chip leader is fellow South Korean and Day 1A end-of-day chip leader Min Jae Park. Currently second in chips Park began with 118,500. Just behind him is Danny Boxell with a stack of 107,100. Son of Australian Poker Hall of Famer Leo Boxell, he'll be looking to follow in his father's footsteps and find a deep run.

Others still in contention include Team PokerStars Pro Chen-an Lin (60,900), James Obst (22,100), Tristan Bain (85,200), Billy 'The Croc' Argyros (33,500), James Rann (40,100), Raiden Kan (17,300), Anthony Legg (21,300), Luke Brabin (94,200), Sam Razavi (11,700) Michael Kanaan (25,800), Stevan Chew (58,700), Jackie Glazier (10,100), Manny Stavropoulos (59,800), Dean Blatt (43,800) and Tony Hachem (30,100).

We'll see who can survive here as we approach the bubble this afternoon. We're expecting another great day of action at Crown Melbourne and we'll be following every minute of it.

You can find all the stories from the day right here on the PokerStars Blog while the team at PokerNews have all your live reporting needs!