$1,100 Mystery Bounty ($1,000,000 GTD) Day 1a | 2023 PokerNews Cup

06-29-2023 12:28 UTC-12

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Jewett	154,000 100,000	100,000
Christopher Wolfe	130,000 93,000	93,000
Augusto Hagen	122,500 44,200	44,200
Igor Pinheiro	90,000 51,000	51,000
Patrick Zidek	83,000 31,000	31,000
Tjan Tepeh	75,000 21,000	21,000

Jessica Cai	75,000 12,000	12,000
Bhavin Khatri	65,000 65,000	65,000
Michael Cribb	55,600 71,400	71,400
Sam King	53,000 2,000	2,000
Humberto Lopes Galindo	23,000 15,500	15,500
Joshua Dowden	Busted
Nikoo Razavi	Busted

Dinner Break

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break.

Play will resume at 6:25.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

06-29-2023 13:31 UTC-12

Play Resumes

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Calum Grant

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The players have returned to the PokerNews Cup and play has resumed.

Late registration is open until the end of Level 12 and play will close when 12.5% of the field remains.

06-29-2023 13:47 UTC-12

Li Continues to Send Players Out

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Calum Grant

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The under-the-gun player opened to 3,000 and Fei Li called from the hijack. The button then jammed for 15,500 which folded out the original raiser. Li went into the tank and called for the cards to be tabled.

Button: K♥Q♦
Fei Li: 4♣4♦

Li avoided his opponent's overcards and took in the pot following the 10♥8♣2♠7♥2♣ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fei Li	150,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Fei Li

06-29-2023 13:49 UTC-12

Correia Gets a Gift

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Calum Grant

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The button opened to 3,000 before Francisco Correia made it 13,000 from the big blind. The button four-bet jammed for 38,500 and after some thought, Correia called.

Button: A♠J♣
Francisco Correia: A♥Q♠

Correia had his opponent dominated and he locked up the hand after the board ran out with the 8♦6♠5♥Q♥9♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Correia	140,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Francisco Correia

06-29-2023 13:50 UTC-12

Budelier Soars With Aces

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action was picked up with cards on their backs with James Budelier all in and at risk for his final 74,000 with another player having called him.

James Budelier: A♠A♥
Opponent: Q♠Q♦

The board ran out 9♣8♦5♥4♦2♣ and the aces held up to double up to one of the bigger stacks in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Budelier	164,000

Tags: James Budelier

06-29-2023 13:53 UTC-12

Meng Takes a Chunk Off Astrauskas

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Calum Grant

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Arturas Astrauskas opened to 3,000 from middle position and Qingwei Meng defended his big blind.

Meng check-called for 3,500 and 12,000 on the flop and turn for the final board to read A♥J♥4♣5♦2♣.

Meng led out for 22,500 and after some deliberation, Astrauskas called.

Meng tabled his A♠3♥, which was good for a wheel and his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qingwei Meng	135,000 98,000	98,000
Arturas Astrauskas	45,000 19,300	19,300

Tags: Arturas Astrauskas Qingwei Meng

06-29-2023 13:53 UTC-12

Assorted Counts Around The Room

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Altman	64,000 64,000	64,000

Benjamin Underwood	35,000 35,000	35,000
Humberto Lopes Galindo	35,000 12,000	12,000
Ronnie Bardah	30,000

Tony Miles	25,000 25,000	25,000
Drew Gonzalez	24,500 24,500	24,500

Michael Lech	9,000 9,000	9,000

Kevin Garosshen	Busted