Ben Heptinstall's pocket queens were the reason for almost half of the stack vanishing when the Aussie entered a three-way all in showdown. Two other players were involved with 
and 
. The flop 
was a disaster for Heptinstall and he even lost the side pot after the 
turn and 
river to lose around 8,600 chips in total.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
Darryll Fish faced a bet of 4,500 by his table neighbor on the river of a board reading 
and reluctantly called. The player on the button rolled over 
for a busted flush draw that became trips and that won the pot.
Two tables over, the cards of Wenlin Wang were already in the muck as well. An opponent had doubled through the Chinese with pocket aces on a board of 
and Wang was asked by the dealer to pay off 9,450 for the all in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
16,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
||
On the 
river, Joseph Vinecombe checked out of the small blind with a far smaller stack than previously spotted and the player in the big blind bet 600. Vinecombe then announced a raise to 2,500 but tossed in 4,500 worth of chips instead. As the verbal announcement counts, it stood as 2,500 and the opponent reluctantly called with 
for a nine-high flush.
Vinecombe flipped over and took down the pot to recover some chips. The table now also features Geoffrey Mooney.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
8,200
8,200
|
8,200 |
The players have been sent into a 15-minute break. Once everyone returns to their seats, the registration will officially close.
Due to the huge field size of today's event, it is currently being run in 3 separate areas of the Casino - the Poker Room, "Satellite Central" and the Exhibition Hall. Here are some images from around Crown.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
43,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
24,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
16,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
15,500
500
|
500 |
|
13,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
||
|
13,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
12,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Manig Loeser three-bet shoved out of the blinds only for the initial raiser to quickly call with the 
. Loeser held and picked up a flush draw on the turn 
, but the 
river blanked. The German was left with just one big blind after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
Coming off a win at EPT12 Malta late last year, the UK's Niall Farrell appears to be running just about as well Down Under.
He got one short stack all in with the versus the 
and spiked a queen on the river to bust her.
Farrell is now sitting on 28,000 and climbing fast.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000 |
Craig Duffy has moved into the top spot on the counts, busting a local legend on the way there.
Duffy got it in with the 
versus a short stacked Gary Benson's 
preflop.
The Australian Poker Hall of Fame member flopped a set of sixes, but Duffy drew out a straight to felt him and move over 60,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,000
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
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