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Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The first few players to bust in the money to collect the min-cash included Idris Hassan and Martin Finger, among others, as the field has been cut down to the last 85 hopefuls.
2026 Victorian Poker Championship
$2,500 Victorian Champs Main Event
Day: 2
Players Left 33 / 715
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Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
There were two hands going the distance at the same time but only one of them brought an all-in and call. With the turn showing A♠10♦7♦5♣, Wei Han check-called all-in for 57,000 against the shove by Jeison Berdugo. Once all other tables were finished, they ran the showdown as follows.
Wei Han: A♦5♦ 
Jeison Berdugo: A♣10♠
Han had flopped top pair with the nut flush draw and turned two pair, yet he was behind against Berdugo's top two pair. No diamond or five came on the blank 6♠ river and that let the bubble burst in the first attempt.
Level: 19
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Joe Hachem raised and then got out of the way when Mario Doria and Dean Blatt got their chips into the middle, exposing pocket tens that were dominated by both his opponents.
Dean Blatt: Q♠Q♦
Mario Doria: A♥A♣
The A♦10♥9♥ flop left Blatt on very thin ice and it was all over on the 6♠ turn, the 5♦ river was a formality. There are now 90 players remaining and 89 will be in the money, once all tables finish their action they will continue hand-for-hand with 16 seconds left in the current level.
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Dylan Foster min-raised to 24,000 from under the gun and then called a three-bet to 80,000 by Idris Hassan in the big blind. On a flop of J♦6♣5♦, Hassan continued for 65,000 to receive a call and fired a second barrel for 225,000 on the 9♣ turn. Foster jammed for 717,000 and Hassan called with a near identical stack.
Dylan Foster: J♠J♣
Idris Hassan: A♥A♠
Up until now, Hassan had been cruising near the top of the leaderboard for an extended period. But now, he needed an ace to avoid a huge blow to his stack and it never came on the 7♥ river. The dagger was for nearly his entire stack and he had Foster covered by fewer than three blinds two spots away from the money.
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Hongbo Ju opened to 25,000 from the cutoff, and Andrew Freer three-bet to 70,000 in the big blind. Ju stuck in the call, and Freer led out for 50,000 on the 4♥4♦10♦ flop.
Ju used a time bank card before sliding out a raise to 158,000. Freer thought it over and opted to let his hand go, allowing Ju to pick up the pot.
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Darryl Gassali was all-in with a short stack and found a pocket pair to get the chips in, putting his hopes on the 4♦4♣.
Nickolas Oiberman looked him up with the K♣Q♦ and the K♥Q♥9♠ flop vaulted big stack Oiberman into a commanding lead.
Gassali sighed, nodded and vaulted out of his chair. The 7♣ turn was a blank but he spiked the two outer with the 4♥ on the river.
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
With the clock showing 93 players remaining and 89 spots in the money, Stephen Cole jammed for 146,000 and was snapped off by Vajra Castles.
Stephen Cole: 8♦8♥
Vajra Castles: A♣A♠
The Q♦4♦2♣ flop left Cole on the verge of elimination but the A♦ turn actually increased his outs significantly despite Castles hitting top set. Sure enough, the 6♦ fell on the river to provide the fourth diamond needed for survival.
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
There were groans coming from table 25 when Chris Kokkinos was all-in and dominated by Joe Hachem in which turned out to be a roller coaster runout.
Chris Kokkinos: 9♥9♦
Joe Hachem: 10♥10♠
The 9♠7♠7♣ flop had propelled Kokkinos into the lead with nines full and Hachem needed running sevens or one of the two remaining tens. Sure enough, the 10♦ followed on the turn and the 6♠ river knocked out Kokkinos.
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Roberto Napolitano chose his own fate when jamming for 38,000 from under the gun and was called only by Perry Jeffs from the hijack.
Roberto Napolitano: A♠4♣
Perry Jeffs: K♠9♦
Neither player connected with the J♠8♥3♠3♣5♦ board and Napolitano nearly tripled thanks to the blinds and big blind ante.
