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The line-up for day two of the PokerStars.net ANZPT Adelaide Main Event has been finalised after a torrid seven hours of play in Adelaide Casino's Poker Zone. While the city experienced a reprieve from the heat that had propelled the mercury over 40°C, the action was plenty fierce as...more

8pm: Tran's catching a tram Melbourne's Trung Tran had enjoyed an uneventful day on a table that included Australian Poker Hall of Famer Billy "The Croc" Argyros and PokerStars Team Australia Pro Tony Hachem but finally succumbed to Naz Sibahi in the last few hands of the day. In...more

7pm: The mark of a champion The stack of 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event Champion and former South Australian Stewart Scott had been as low as 3000 in chips in the first three levels of the day, but has managed to work his way back to around 55,000 in...more

5.45pm: Big names hit the rail Brendon Rubie, Raj Ramakrishnan and PokerStars Sponsored Player Clonie Gowen have been among a recent spate of eliminations in today's day one flight. Rubie was sent to the Poker Zone rail at the hands of Kristian Lunardi after running his pocket 10s into...more

5pm: The Hills are alive! Players are placing their coffee orders in preparation for the second break on day 1C of the PokerStars.net ANZPT Adelaide Main Event. Lorenzo Carbone's chip lead has been whittled away in the past hour, with the local player down to less than 44,000. He's...more

3.45pm: Points race off and running It's never easy to live in the shadow of a more famous sibling, and no-one knows that better than PokerStars.net Team Australia Pro Tony Hachem. The younger brother of PokerStars.net Team PRO Joe Hachem was already a regular player before the 2005 WSOP...more

2.45pm: Bruno bows out Bruno Portaro has also just wandered through the exit, having been eliminated at the hands of Australia's Naz Sababi. As Sababi recalled, a player in early position had raised to 550 pre-flop before he re-raised to 1500. Portaro four-bet it to 6000, the initial raiser...more

1.30pm: How to bowl a maiden over There was some commotion from table 11 with plenty of colour and movement between Australian players Adam Cusenza and Ali Khalil and America's Mike Spinasanta, which gave the impression that a big hand had just played out. However upon closer inspection, the...more

Of the many contributions that South Australia has made to the world, few are as famed as Penfolds Grange. Without doubt Australia's most famous wine, the annual Grange release is highly anticipated by collectors and consumers alike, and continues to pick up awards across the globe. Penfolds, which comprises...more