From the cutoff, a player raised to 250. Jackson Zheng reraised to 800 from the button and the player made the call.
The flop came down 
and both players checked to see the 
on the turn. The cutoff fired 1,100. Zheng raised to 3,600 and his opponent mucked. Zheng has about 58,000 chips as play moves into the second level.
From early position, Kristina Jeney raised to 225. Tom Rafferty in middle position called and then Jonas Kronwitter reraised to 900 from late position. Jeney and Rafferty both made the call to see the flop come down 
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On the flop, all three players checked and the 
paired the board on the turn. Jeney led with a bet of 725. Rafferty called and Kronwitter folded. We're unsure if Kronwitter accidentally exposed his hand or if he just thought play was only heads up, but the 
was revealed from his hand when he folded.
The river completed the board with the 
and Jeney fired 1,125. Rafferty raised to 4,500. Jeney mucked and dropped back to 26,000 in chips. Rafferty moved to about 35,000.
"All in and call!"
That is what our PokerNews reporter heard from the dealer on table sixteen.
Rushing over, a board of 
was spread with the all in player holding 
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His opponent in the hand - Jackson Zheng - also had flopped a set, but his 
had improved to quads on the river to send his opponent to the rail while climbing to 61,500 in chips.
We've got a few more faces that have been spotted amongst the field of competitors today. Joel Dodds, Jacksen Zheng, Nathaniel Seet, Jonas Krontwitter and David Saab have all joined the action playing Day 1a.
Defending champion Aaron Benton attacked an under-the-gun raise to 250 with a reraise to 800. The original raiser called and the flop came down 
. Both players checked and the turn brought the 
. Action was checked by the first player and then Benton slid out 1,200. His opponent made the call.
The river completed the board with the 
, pairing it with nines. The first player checked and Benton fired 2,625. His opponent made the call.
Benton's bluff failed to work for the defending champ as he tabled the 
, losing to his opponent's 
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After a player under the gun raised to 250, defending champion Aaron Benton called from the cutoff seat. Koray Turker made the call from the small blind and the player in the big blind came along as well.
The four of them saw the flop come down 
and action checked around to see the added to the board on the turn. Turker took the lead and fired 625. One by one, each of his opponents tossed in their cards and Turker won the pot.
Here are a few of the players taking to the felt today.
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Each player will start with a 30,000-chip starting bank and will have to endure seven sixty-minute levels if they wish to make Day 2.
The cards are now in the air for Day 1a of the 2010 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Sydney Main Event!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
