Australia's Sean McMahon told PokerNews he has been "luckboxing" his way to a big stack early on here.
In fact, he's picked up some pretty big pairs, including aces when a player with 
made an underpair and kings against another overplaying big slick.
As a result, McMahon is over 50,000 in chips and among the bigger stacks in the room here in Level 4.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 |
Ben White opened to 700 and the player on the button called before the action reached the player in the big blind. Down to only 3,300 chips, the latter moved all in and White called with pocket nines whereas the cold-caller mucked his cards. The player at risk held pocket queens and the community cards were almost rushed away, however it was still showing the deadly 
flop that awarded the pot to White.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000
5,000
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5,000 |
British Columbia, Canada's Dominic Mykhaltso got off to a rough start, but things are headed in the right direction now thanks to one miracle river card.
He got his short stack all in with 
on a 
board against a player who had turned 
into a ten-high straight.
However, the 
river saved Mykhaltso's day making him quad fours.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,600
15,600
|
15,600 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
The players are off on a 10-minute break with the first three 40-minute levels now in the books. The levels will increase to 60 minutes in length when play resumes with the start of Level 4.
The tournament clock currently reads 238 entries with 219 players remaining. Registration will remain open for the next two hours.
Fireworks started on the 
flop between Sam Ng and Daryl James Green, the latter qualified for this event on PokerStars and came all the way from the UK. Green had the 
for the nut flush draw and straight draw while Ng held the best hand at that point with 
.
The 
turn and 
river completed the board and Ng thanked the dealer before stacking the chips. One hand later he was involved in a four-way pot again and simply moved all in after the 
. All his opponents folded and Ng was all smiles before flipping over the 
for a flopped straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
Busted |
PokerStars Team Pro Bryan Huang is off to a great start after scoring a double with flush over flush. The last hand when we spotted him in today's field, he faced a bet of 2,000 on the river of a 
and the pot was around double of that. Huang mucked and was shown the 
by his sole opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
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Sam Nee Aik Chuan, who finished runner-up in a A$ 2,200 No Limit Hold'em of the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific last year, raised to 700 and received two callers out of the blinds to see a three-way flop of 
. The player in the small blind check-raised all in for more than 10,000 chips and the Malaysian, who had fired a continuation bet worth 1,100, glanced over to the tournament clock before releasing his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,000 |
Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin flopped a set and got it in against a player holding the nut flush draw and a willingness to go broke with it.
She faded all trouble on the turn and river and now appears to be in the lead as the first player past the 60,000-chip post.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
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