Level: 9
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 100
Level: 9
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 100
The nine remaining tables and their players are all heading on a 10-minute break.
The 158-player field has formed an AUD$158,000 prizepool that sees the top eighteen players sneak into the money with a guaranteed AUD$2,015 for anyone that wins their table.
Final Table Payouts
Place | Prize (AUD) |
1st | $37,920 |
2nd | $28,120 |
3rd | $18,960 |
4th | $14,220 |
5th | $11,060 |
6th | $9,480 |
7th | $7,900 |
8th | $6,320 |
9th | $4,740 |
10th | $3,160 |
In a quick succession, a short-stack Billy Jordanou along with reigning Aussie Millions Champion Tyron Krost and Full Tilt Poker Red Pro Steve Yea have all been eliminated from the tournament.
All three players fell in third place on their table leaving their remaining two opponents to battle it out on the bubble.
Holding , Soren Blanner has reached the second round after Ali Ghezelbash's two-pair failed to improve on the final board of .
Having Ghezelbash slightly covered, Blanner bagged a 91,675-chip stack to become the next player to enter round two.
Neil Channing opened his button to 2,800 only to have Andrew Hinrichsen three-bet to 8,400 from the big blind.
Channing moved all in for roughly 45,000 and Hinrichsen made the call for his tournament life.
Channing:
Hinrichsen:
The board rolled out to see Hinrichsen sent to the rail as Channing progresses through to round two with 91,500 in chips.
James Keys is the next player through to round two.
Amassing a 91,525-chip stack, Keys bettered players such as Matt Kay, Michael Pedley, Jay Kinkade and Stewart Scott to advance.
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
On a flop, Daniel Neilson had his heads-up opponent all in.
Neilson:
Opponent:
The turn landed the to put Neilson in the lead, and when the landed on the river, Neilson advanced through to round two with 86,060 in chips.
Dean Nyberg is the next player to score a round two berth.
The online superstar who plays under the moniker of dinhjo is taking 84,975 in chips through to the next round.