Paawan Bansal, who recorded his biggest cash this past summer after finishing 124th in the Main Event in the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas, has reached six digits here in Melbourne. He just called the shove of a short stack out of the small blind for 11,900 with the 
and faced the 
. There was plenty of sweat but ultimately the board of 
blanked to send the pot to Bansal.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 |
Jan Suchanek bet 1,500 from late position on 
and Martin Finger called from the big blind. The German checked the 
river and faced a far bigger bet of 15,000. He folded in short order but requested Suchanek show. "PerpetualCzech" obliged with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
49,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
Kevin MacPhee, who's sporting an impressive mohawk for the occasion, three-bet to 6,200 from the big blind after Ludovic Riehl had opened on the button. Riehl took around a minute before four-bet shoving, and MacPhee called it off for 28,900 total.
Kevin MacPhee: 
Ludovic Riehl: 
The window card directly brought the 
MacPhee was looking for. However, when the dealer spread out the flop, the and 
popped up as well to put the American in an even deeper hole.
"That's so sick," remarked one of MacPhee's tablemates. The case queen remained in the deck on the 
turn and 
river and MacPhee was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
While the stack of Sam Ingham had been quite healthy only a few hours, that had all but changed and he was all in for a mere 11,900 with the 
. His opponent held 
and Ingham failed to get there with the board running out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
A player opened with two T1,000 chips in front of her and got three-bet to 4,500 by cutoff. Chi Zhang made it 11,000 on the button and called the ship of the opener for about 23,000.
Zhang: 
Opponent:
The 
board was missing help for Zhang and he had to ship a double for most of his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,300
17,700
|
17,700 |
Yosuke Sekiya had 7,700 in front of him in the big blind with the community reading 
. Yang Zhang called in the hijack and they saw an fall. Sekiya shoved to set Zhang in for his last 27,000 or so, the same size as the pot give or take a few thousand. Zhang tanked awhile and then called, and he only had to beat 
for a bricked draw. The 
did just fine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
84,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
||
|
51,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
The clock has been paused with ten minutes remaining in the level. Four more hands will be played until chips are bagged and tagged for the night.
Jan Suchanek is no longer in his seat while Ludovic Riehl has a monster pile of chips of nearly seven times the starting stack in front. According to Riehl, Suchanek's two pair were no good against his nut flush and the Kiwi departed in the last level of the night.
Kitty Kuo has also added further chips to her stack. Craig McCorkell raised from the button and ultimately got his remaining short stack in after a flop of 
. McCorkell showed for top pair, but Kuo had the 
for a big blind special. Neither the turn nor the river were of help for the Brit and he busted just before bagging and tagging.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
185,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
We found Gianluca Speranza deep in the tank on the river. He was on the button with 
having run out and a player bet 15,000 into him, a pot-sized wager. Speranza thought for several minutes and then called but got shown for a rivered boat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,200
30,800
|
30,800 |
All starting days have come to an end. The clock shows 202 out of 379 entrants have made their way to Day 2. An assortment of end-of-day chip counts and an extensive recap will follow.
