A raising war over on table 31 saw 2015 Aussie Millions champion Manny Stavropoulos all in and at risk for his last 38,850. He had little to fear in a classic setup with 
versus 
and the board of 
was no threat. 2011 champion David Gorr is doing well also, and Australia's poker hall of famer Mel Judah has been climbing the leader board recently, too.
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
The field is on a 15-minute break. 137 out of 212 players are still in contention on Day 1a.
Beshara Sukkar three-bet all in for his last 11,525 out of the big blind and Chris Cannon called to create the following showdown:
Beshara Sukkar: 
Chris Cannon: 
The 
flop paired up Sukkar and the 
turn and 
river kept him in the lead.
We caught the tail end of the hand in which Jake Balsiger met his demise. The American, who rose to fame with a third place in the 2012 WSOP Main Event, was already saying his goodbyes with his hand face-down in the muck.
His opponent had 
open on a 
board and gobbled up the last of Balsiger's chips.
On a five-way flop of 
, [Removed:17] in the small blind moved all in for 12,425. Samantha Abernathy called and after tanking, George Mamacas called in late position while the other two players including Michael Del Vecchio folded.
The turn was the 
Abernathy bet 10,000 and Mamacas called.
The river was the . Abernathy announced all in for 14,650.
"All in," announced Mamacas, and there was some confusion at the table. Mamacas motioned all in with his chips and his intent was clear. All cards were turned over.
Yan showed 
for a rivered two pair. Abernathy had that beat with 
for a set of kings.
"Straight," said Mamacas, showing 
for a rivered six-high straight, sending Abernathy and Yan to the rail.
Michael Egan faced the shove of a short stack for 9,650 and called out of the big blind to turn over the . The player at risk had a flip with and asked for low cards on the flop, but was immediately left drawing dead on the turn to make the river a formality,
Pratik Mehta scored a full double in a full house versus full house setup when he turned kings over aces with the 
on the board 
. His opponent was unfortunate enough to hit the worse full house with 
and had to forfeit 22,725 on the river.
Mehta then got into yet another big pot when he was check-raised from 5,500 to 15,000 on the 
turn. Mehta called on the button and his opponent from under the gun checked the 
river. Mehta moved all in for effectively 16,125, as that's what his opponent had left. Ultimately there was no showdown as his opponent mucked with the words "show me the flush draw."
Down to just 6,200, Heidi May was all in and at risk with the and table neighbour Zachary Tay looked her up with the 
. The appeared right in the window and the rest of the board came 
to send May to the rail.
In a blind battle, big blind Bas de Laat got it all for 10,000 on an 
flop. De Laat, who won Event #5 - $1,150 Mix Max for A$72,155 earlier this week, held but was trailing against his opponent's 
.
The on the turn added the spades and queens as outs for De Laat, but the on the river was neither one.
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