"Are there any pros playing?" asked a freshly face youngster on the rail of table thirty-one.
His direction of the question was to someone else also watching on - that of Australian poker stalwart Jason Gray.
"There are two right there!" stated a shocked Gray as he pointed to both Billy "The Croc" Argyros and Gary Benson who are both situated on the feature table directly in-front of the now embarrassed youngster.
"They're both in the [Australian Poker] Hall of Fame!" continued Gray as he and Argyros began chuckling over the incident.
The youngster quickly found an excuse to vacate the area as Gray, Argyros and Benson just smiled in amusement.
Jamie Pickering opened to 2,500 under the gun only to have an opponent next to act commit his final 1,000 before Sean Dunwoodie three-bet to 10,000 from late position.
The blinds and Pickering passed as Dunwoodie three-bet saw him profit - albeit just 700 - before the board would be spread.
Dunwoodie:
Opponent:
The board would roll out to see Dunwoodie's opponent spike on the rail while still leaving the tournament regular with a handy 75,000 in chips.
With the commencement of level nine, we no longer need the green 25-denomination chips!
Although they may look pretty, with everyone's perceived stack size looking smaller, it is expected that pots may now more freely develop as the tournament progresses into its final day one stages.
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to end Kinkade's tournament on the first hand after the break.
to see Dunwoodie's opponent spike on the rail while still leaving the tournament regular with a handy 75,000 in chips.
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to see Chua lose the race for his tournament life, and consequently find himself returning home.