Edwin Chiu raised the button to 250 and picked up one caller in the big blind. They checked the 
flop and the big blind led the 
turn for 300. Chiu raised to 1,025 and that won the pot without any further resistance, as his opponent eventually sent his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,000 |
Over on the feature table, Aaron Li raised to 250 from the button and Mohamed Ali called in the small blind.
The flop came 
, Ali check-called the 150 continuation-bet of Li.
They then both checked through the 
on the turn and the 
on the river for Ali to claim the pot when the cards were shown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
18,300 | |
|
|
15,400
400
|
400 |
|
13,600
-1,400
|
-1,400 |
|
12,300
-2,700
|
-2,700 |
|
11,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Majid Saab was not the first player to bust but has definitely hit the rail in the first level of play along with the following participants. All of them can still re-enter during the registration period to take another shot at the six-max action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Not long ago, the Yazbeck family made headlines at The Star Sydney when Mark was joined by his two sons Alex and Patrick on the final table of an event of the current series. Mark also took part in the $5k Challenge and is in action today, as is Alex who already more than doubled his stack.
In a recent hand, 7,500 chips went in preflop and Peter Karam had one 5,000 chip behind to the 
flop. Yazbeck jammed and Karam folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
||
|
|
5,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
The vacated seat of Ryan Bownds was filled by Jack Lee while Matt Pongrass and Dale Marsland were involved in the action in a battle cutoff versus button. On the 
flop, Pongrass bet 525 and Marsland called to see the turn. Pongrass bet 1,500 after some consideration and picked up a call to fire a third barrel for 4,200 on the 
river.
Marsland moved all in and Pongrass quickly folded, then said in table chat to Rehman Kassam "that's how quickly ace-jack goes into the muck." The same table also features Craig Blight as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
10,900
-4,100
|
-4,100 |
Jarred Graham completed his small blind and the big blind opted to check.
They then both checked through the 
flop, the on the turn, and the 
on the river for Graham to pick up the pot with the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
20,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
||
|
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
10,700
-4,300
|
-4,300 |
Hamish Crawshaw has already more than doubled his stack and his table also features Shivan Abdine, who was just involved in the action. Facing a raise to 400 and a call by three players, Abdine in the big blind made it 2,600 to go. The initial raiser and Michael Oscuro folded, but Sergey Shutka had other plans and moved all in.
Abdine sent his cards into the muck and Shutka chipped up without showdown.
Crawshaw cashed in this very event one year ago and ran deep in the 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event earlier this year, in which he earned a payday of A$242,000 for his 7th place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | |
|
|
19,000 | |
|
12,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
The board read 
and George Boustani shoved from the small blind for Alan Casas to snap-call on the button for just over 15,000. Boustani tabled 
for two pair but he was behind against the 
of Casas who had the nut flush to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
|
|
4,600
4,600
|
4,600 |
Over on the feature table, Mohamed Ali raised from the hijack and Mark Iskander three-bet to 1,300 on the button. The blinds folded and Ali four-bet to 3,200 which Iskander called.
The flop came 
, Ali continued with a bet of 2,100 and Iskander called.
The turn brought them the , Ali shoved for 5,500 and Iskander took a few seconds before making the call but saw he was behind with his 
as Ali held 
.
The river completed the board with another 
for Ali to stay ahead and double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,825
6,425
|
6,425 |
|
|
11,800
-500
|
-500 |
|
|
8,300
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
