With late registration closed, a total of 148 entries were counted for Day 1a.
Play will conclude when the field reaches 19 players remaining, with all survivors making the money and earning AUD $2,300.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Players have reached the third break of the day, this one lasting 15 minutes.
Late registration for Day 1a will close when play resumes.
Patrick Yazbeck was all in for 36,000 on the 8♦5♦8♣ flop, with Liet Ung taking a moment before making the call. Nicholas Wright was also in the hand but got out of the way, and the hands were revealed.
Patrick Yazbeck: 7♣7♥ 
Liet Ung: A♠A♥
Ung turned over his pocket aces, leaving Yazbeck drawing thin. The 10♥K♣ runout changed nothing, as Yazbeck was eliminated and Ung padded his stack.
At a nearby table, Bert Perry hit the rail just before break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000
140,500
|
140,500 |
|
41,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Bert Perry was all in for 38,500 and at risk after Marcuss Liow made the call.
Bert Perry: A♥Q♦
Marcuss Liow: A♠K♣
Perry was looking for help and found it on the J♥9♥Q♠ flop, taking the lead with top pair. Liow was unable to improve on the 4♣ turn or 2♠ river, as Perry found a fortunate double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
|
|
78,500
28,500
|
28,500 |
Action was three-way to the 6♠Q♦4♥ flop, with Amin Riyazati firing 7,000 from the cutoff. Josh Baraba called on the button while Adrian Salter folded from the big blind.
The 2♣ turn saw both players check to the 9♠ river, where Riyazati fired 32,000. Baraba took a few minutes before tossing in a call.
Riyazati showed K♦Q♥ for top pair, taking down another sizeable pot when Baraba mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
308,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
|
128,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
107,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Sammy Lucisano limped under the gun before Gavin Ogilvy raised to 6,500 in the hijack. David Sebesfi came along in the cutoff and Lucisano made the call.
Lucisano checked the 2♦3♠8♠ flop and Ogilvy continued for 7,500. Sebesfi got out of the way while Lucisano called again. Both players then checked the K♠ turn.
Lucisano took the lead on the J♦ river, firing 15,000 into the middle. Ogilvy made the call and mucked after Lucisano showed 3♥3♦ for a flopped set of threes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
218,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
124,000
75,500
|
75,500 |
|
74,500
74,500
|
74,500 |
Josh Baraba opened to 4,000 in middle position and was called by Collin Tran in the hijack, Adrian Salter in the cutoff and Louis Luo in the big blind.
The A♥9♦10♥ flop saw action check around to Salter, who fired 5,000. Only Baraba called to see the J♥ turn, where both players checked.
The dealer revealed the 5♣ river and Baraba led out for 2,500. Salter took a moment before laying his hand down, as Baraba added new chips to his growing stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
151,000
151,000
|
151,000 |
|
137,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
49,500 | |
|
|
32,000 |
