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The Joe Hachem Deep Stack Series much anticipated return with had a sell-out capped field of 500 for Event 1: $230 No Limit Holdem, with close to 50 people being turned away around half an hour before the starting time. Steve Topakas, Peter Aristidou, Trung Tran, Andrew Scott, Michael Chrisanthopolous and Karl Krautschneider were just a handful of notables to play and fall before the money was reached.
 
Players enjoyed the 10,000 start bank, but with 25-minute levels, play still moved quickly as blinds and antes slowly caught up on the five million chips that were in play.
 
Following great starts Andrew Jeffreys, Trung Tran, Michael Bancroft and James Bernard were unable to continue their chip accumulation eventually falling short. Locals Koun Chhoy (47th) and Ali Chaddoud (46th) snuck into money collecting $400 for their efforts while Brett Oliver (36th) and Raemin Alexander (34th) made the next pay jump to take home $600.
 
Billy Seri (25th), Richie Vandenberg (23rd) and Tim Clifford (21st) all pocketed $800 but it was Crown Poker Room regular Haki "Rocky” Sejinovski falling short of the final table placing in 12th for $1,000 as the final table would form following Trevor Wollard’s final table bubble in 11th place.
 
Late into the evening, the dust had settled and Matt Saphire emerged victorious over local Brian Hull to capture the first prize of $20,000 and JHDSS Event 1 trophy! Congratulations!
 
Final Table results:

Result Prize Money Player Town / City Country
1st $20,000 Matt Saphire Melbourne Australia
2nd $14,000 Brian Hull Melbourne Australia
3rd $9,500 Nick Haviaridis Melbourne Australia
4th $7,000 Alexander Azar Melbourne Australia
5th $6,000 John Omond Melbourne Australia
6th $5,000 Tuan Hoang Melbourne Australia
7th $4,000 Tim Clarke Melbourne Australia
8th $3,000 John Prochilo Melbourne Australia
9th $2,000 Senetenari Tua Melbourne Australia
10th $1,500 Joe Papillo Melbourne Australia