Welcome back to Crown Melbourne and the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific for Day 2 of Event 3: AU$1,650 No-Limit Hold'em Terminator.
Yesterday saw 250 players take a seat to create an AU$250,000 prizepool that will ensure the top 27 players guaranteed a AU$2,020 payday, while whoever can capture the second WSOP Asia-Pacific bracelet of the series, a handsome AU$61,250 for their efforts.
A mix of International stars, seasoned veterans and local players made up the 250-player field, but when play ended early Tuesday morning, only 27 would remain.
Nick Piskopos would be the chip leader with an amassed 189,500 in chips while David Bowen would be the only other player sitting with six figures. Notable players Josh Barrett, Darian Tan, Daniel Neilson, Tony Hachem, Mike Watson, Peter Aristidou, Brandon Shack-Harris and Joe Cabret all remain with a chance to capture this WSOP Asia-Pacific bracelet.
Stay tuned right here toPokerNews.com as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team provides continuous live updates as we play down to the Event 3: AU$1,650 No-Limit Hold'em Terminator final table from 12:30 p.m. local time.
Catching the action on the turn with the board reading , we found Nelson Maccini betting out 8,000 only to have Dylan Hortin raise to 17,800. Maccini responded by moving all in for 68,900 and Hortin snap-called and was slightly covered.
Hortin:
Maccini:
With Hortin in great shape to double, Maccini spiked the on the river to end Hortin's tournament in 26th place while seeing his stack climb to 150,000.
Daniel Neilson opened to 2,400 and John Parker called in the cutoff before Colm Galloway called all in from the small blind for 1,900. Duncan McKinnon also made the call before the board was checked down.
Galloway tabled his but it would be McKinnon's , Neilson's and Parker's all getting the better of Galloway as he was eliminated in 22nd place for an AU$2,308 payday.
With roughly 10,000 in the middle, David Bowen led out for 9,400 on the flop with Nelson Maccini raising it up to 20,000. Bowen responded with a three-bet to 49,400 only to have Maccini move all in having Bowen covered. Bowen immediately made the call for roughly his last 100,000.
Bowen:
Maccini:
With Bowen at-risk and in disastrous shape, the turn of the and river of the couldn't see him improve as he was headed out the door in 21st place for AU$2,675 as Maccini soared to 255,000 in chips.
board, Alam held 
against Mike Watson's 
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, we found Nelson Maccini betting out 8,000 only to have Dylan Hortin raise to 17,800. Maccini responded by moving all in for 68,900 and Hortin snap-called and was slightly covered.
on the river to end Hortin's tournament in 26th place while seeing his stack climb to 150,000.
to see Galloway's pair hold and send Smith to the rail in 25th place.
and Lyttle was eliminated in 24th place while Ge climbed to 60,000 in chips.
and Parker's 
all getting the better of Galloway as he was eliminated in 22nd place for an AU$2,308 payday.
flop with Nelson Maccini raising it up to 20,000. Bowen responded with a three-bet to 49,400 only to have Maccini move all in having Bowen covered. Bowen immediately made the call for roughly his last 100,000.
and Aristidou fell in 19th place.