Carl Knox raised to 75,000 from under the gun plus one and was called by Peter Matusik in the hijack as well as Lin Shi in the cut off.
The flop came down and all three players opted to check before the dropped on the turn.
Knox checked first prompting Matusik to throw out a bet totalling 175,000 in chips. Shi paused for a moment before announcing raise and cutting out a bet worth 350,000. Knox mucked his hand and Matusik called.
The completed the board and Matusik instantly bet out 400,000. Shi tanked for a minute before finally making the call.
Matusik reluctantly tabled his for ace high before Shi rolled for a set of eights and the winning hand.
The action folded around to Manny Stavropoulos in the small blind who raised it up to 70,000 in chips. Kenn Langcake called from the big blind before both players watched the flop come down .
Stavropoulos then threw out a continuation bet totalling 90,000 which was called before the dropped on the turn.
Stavropoulos didn't slow down, reaching for his chips, and placing out 160,000. Langcake tanked for over a minute before finally releasing his hand to the muck.
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Final Table Chip Leader - Peter Matusik
This is it. The final day of the last ever stop on the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour.
Today we crown a champion of the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event.
The player who will be quietly confident coming into today is local poker pro Peter “Chewing Gum Pete” Matusik. Not only does he have the lead with a stack of 2,430,000 in chips, he also has plenty of experience on a big stage such as this.
Matusik does have some tough competition with Australia's Manny Stavropoulos and Mile Krstanosk both sporting impressive resumes and both looking for another big score. The rest of the final table can't be underestimated either, with Lin Shi, Kenn Langcake, Carl Knox, George Balandinos, Erich Stadler and Nicole Trajovski all keen to catch their own piece of poker glory.
Seat
Name
Chips
1
Manny Stavropoulos
1,570,000
2
Kenn Langcake
650,000
3
Mile Krstanoski
525,000
4
Carl Knox
860,000
5
George Balandinos
990,000
6
Erich Stadler
490,000
7
Peter Matusik
2,430,000
8
Lin Shi
1,865,000
9
Nikolce Trajkovski
800,000
The final table kicks off at Crown Melbourne from 12:30pm local time and right here at PokerNews is where you can follow the coverage and find out who is crowned the champion. Until then, learn more about each of the final table players in the live reporting blog below.
Melbourne local Manny Stavropoulos is the current reigning Aussie Millions Main Event champion and has guaranteed himself another great run with this final table appearance at Crown Melbourne. Stavropoulos has been playing poker for 10 years and can usually be found at the $5/$10 cash tables.
He says the defining moment in his tournament so far was flopping the nut flush against the second nut flush of fellow final tablist George Balandinos for a big double up. With his efforts here this week Stavropoulos has already locked up the ANZPT Player of the Year honours.
This 42 year-old accountant hails from Avoca Beach in New South Wales and his trip to Melbourne has proved profitable here this week. Langcake has played poker for a decade and says that the biggest influence to his game has been Jesse McKenzie.
While he usually plays cash games, away from the felt Langcake enjoys surfing. He said the most enjoyable thing about the tournament this week was the talented dealers and friendly staff.
Mile Krstanoski is a director from Perth and has been playing poker for five years now. He claims his biggest influence is Australian Poker Hall of Famer and ANZPT Commissioner Danny McDonagh.
Krstanoski's career highlight came when he finished third in the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event. After starting Day 2 with only nine big blinds this week Krstanoski has done well to make a final table appearance. Outside of poker he's a car enthusiast and revealed he loved this trip to Melbourne as he got to see his poker idol McDonagh.
One of two New Zealanders at the final table, Carl Knox says he got his start in poker playing home games with friends. His favourite moment so far in his poker career was taking down the 2013 New Zealand Poker Open in 2013.
The 33 year-old has been playing poker for eight of those and says the defining moment in this tournament was shoving with and cracking Kenn Langcake's pocket tens. A doctor by trade, Knox enjoys spending time with his family and running his new beekeeping business.
and all three players opted to check before the 
dropped on the turn. 
completed the board and Matusik instantly bet out 400,000. Shi tanked for a minute before finally making the call. 
for ace high before Shi rolled 
for a set of eights and the winning hand.
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and cracking Kenn Langcake's pocket tens. A doctor by trade, Knox enjoys spending time with his family and running his new beekeeping business.