APPT10 Melbourne: Final table player profiles
Seat 1, Trung Tran (Australia) - 2,065,000
Trung Tran is a neighborhood here in Melbourne who's widely recognized at the Australian tournament circuit.
Tran has over $500,000 in career earnings along with his biggest live cash up to now coming when he collected $124,000 after besting a 205-player field to wwithin the 2012 APT Manilla main event.
Tran sits third in chips after eliminating Peter Aristidou in the final hand of the night.
Seat 2, Jay Prasad (Australia) - 2,160,000
Jay Prasad is originally from Auckland, New Zealand, and now resides in Melbourne.
Prasad has no previous live results but that has all changed this week with him already locking up a minimum of $30,000 with the possible to capture more.
Prasad sits second in chips after manoeuvring his way throughout the final 18 players. His most memorable hand was when he took out Ricky Lim by calling Lim's all in and revealing his own pocket aces before another player even had an opportunity to make a decision.
Seat 3, Tu Lan (China) - 755,000
Tu Lan is the one international resident on the final table. He made all of it the way in which down from China to play the event.
The young poker player had a super begin to Day 3 when he eliminated both Stephen Sharp and Brendan Ng within the same hand holding pocket jacks to transport towards the chip lead. A COUPLE OF hours later he would eliminate Daniel Gabriel in 20th place after his A♦K♦ turned a flush against Gabriel's pocket kings.
Lan will start today's final table because the short stack.
Seat 4, Raymond Ou - 795,000
Raymond Ou only has a single live cash for $475 to his name but has well and really eclipsed that regardless of where he finishes today.
Ou caught a lucky break to outlive right before play concluded on Day 3 when he moved all in with pocket fours and bumped into the pocket tens of chip leader Ashish Gupta. Ou caught a miracle four at the turn to double through and stay in contention not long before the overall table bubble ultimately burst.
He could be seeking to run it up today after starting second-last in chips.
Seat 5, Ben McLean (Australia) - 845,000
One of the more renowned players on the final table, Ben McLean hails from Canberra. He's the oldest player left within the running but he's shown he can greater than hold his own against the youngsters.
McLean's biggest score so far came when he finished runner as much as Jonathan Karamalikis within the 2010 APPT Sydney Main event where he cashed for $294,780.
McLean came out firing on Day 3 and was the primary player to achieve a million in chips. He eliminated two players holding pocket eights against ace-jack and ace-king to fasten up the pot when he flopped an eight for a set.
Seat 6, Ashish Gupta (Australia) - 2,220,000
Gupta comes into the general seven because the chip leader after a dominating display saw him eliminate four of the last six evictees including Andrew Hinrichsen, Corey Kempson and Richard Zebrovius in succession.
Gupta has an overly impressive resume that comes with seven WSOP cashes in addition to many scores here in Australia for a complete of over $230,000. A minimum of a fifth place finish today will see him amass his best ever result.
Seat 7, Shawn Lee (Australia) - 1,325,000
Shawn Lee is an area from Melbourne whose only live score was winning a Wednesday NLHE Nightly event here at Crown for $5,445.
Lee was relatively quiet throughout Day 3 but two hands in a row saw him double through Corey Kempson holding pocket aces against ace-king after which taking a large pot from Andrew Hinrichsen without showdown to secure his spot heading into the overall table.
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[Source: PokerStarsBlog.com :: Asia Pacific Poker Tour]
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