On a completed board of 
with 27,900 in the middle, Lawrence D'lapico-bien bet 20,000 and that had the remaining 14,300 of Andrew White covered. After spending two minutes in the think tank, White made the call and sigh-mucked his cards after being shown 
for top set by D'lapico-bien.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 2
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
The flop read 
and Patrick Laoyont checked in the hijack. Eshan Chedid bet 4,000 from the button and Laoyont responded with a shove of 32,275 which Chedid quickly called.
Patrick Laoyont:
Eshan Chedid: 
The rest of the board was completed with the 
on the turn and the on the river for Laoyont to hold with the rockets to double up over the pair of queens of Chedid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,500
33,700
|
33,700 |
|
15,200
32,800
|
32,800 |
Eshan Chedid just doubled up through Patrick Laoyont with 
while Laoyont held 
on the 
board on the feature table. Unfortunately, the action during the hand is unknown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000
11,400
|
11,400 |
|
|
32,800
5,000
|
5,000 |
John Thomson was the last player to bust on Day 1a and may very well be the first casualty on Day 1b as he is no longer to be found in his seat. Defending champion Nebojsa Blanusa now sits on a double stack and Hun Wei Lee had dealt the final blow to Thomson according to tournament staff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000
35,500
|
35,500 |
|
||
|
43,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
Busted | |
"All in and call," the dealer on table 21 announced. The cards were already on their backs and Zayeh Younan had reason to celebrate as he doubled for 19,300 against Osama Hassan.
Younan had flopped two pair with 
and held up against on a board of 
. It remains unclear when the chips went in, but there was already a main pot of 8,700 before the stacks had gone in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,400 | |
|
|
8,600 |
Patrick Laoyont won one of the side events of the festival and also took part in the A$20k High Roller. He joined the feature table along with Laurence Hall and immediately got involved into a big pot with Eshan Chedid.
The 
turn contained a pot of 16,700 and Laoyont bet 12,000 to force a fold from Chedid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,800 | |
|
|
36,600
6,600
|
6,600 |
|
30,000 | |
|
||
The board read 
and Jarrod Semciw had checked in the small blind. Kumar K.A bet 6,600 from the button and Semciw called but mucked when K.A tabled 
for the turned straight.
The hand right after, K.A raised to 500 from the cutoff and was called by Semciw now on the button. The flop came 
, K.A continued with a bet of 900 which Semciw called. They then both checked through the on the turn and the on the river for K.A to pick up the pot with 
for two pair as Semciw mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
With the turn showing 
, Douglas [Removed:293] checked and faced a bet of 2,000 by Guan Heng Ong.
"Black tens?" [Removed:293] asked and once he didn't receive a reply, tossed in calling chips. The on the river was checked and [Removed:293] flashed , which Ong had beat with .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
More than 5,000 were in the middle and the board showed 
. Alex Yazbeck could all but grin when his had to settle for a split pot as Ray Badaoui tabled 
only. Some table banter emerged after that and plenty of action is expected with Amir Abbas and Akshay Kapoor also seated there.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,500
30,500
|
30,500 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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