With the board showing 
Michael O'Grady bet 5,600 from the cutoff and was called by Najeem Ajez on the button.
The 
completed the board and O'Grady reached for his chips and tossed out 11,550. Ajez called shortly after.
O'Grady announced he had aces before turning over his 
. Ajez mucked his hand and O'Grady raked in the pot.
Action was three ways on a flop of 
where Gary Benson checked it from the blinds over to a player in middle position. The player put out a bet of 2,600. Jinah Min then called in late position. Benson called as well.
On the 
turn, Benson checked again. The player in middle position checked as well. It was Min's turn to act and this time she put out a bet of 7,000. Benson dropped into the tank and thought for about a minute and a half before releasing and the middle position player folded as well, allowing Min to take down the pot.
With that, Benson dropped down to just about 9,000 chips, putting him on a stack of just over 20 big blinds.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Action was on the flop between Ricky Kroesen and one other player. The board was 
and the player on the button had a bet of 6,000 out in front of him along with about 6,000 in the middle as well. Kroesen thought for a bit then he moved all in with a covering stack for right around 30,000 effective. The player tanked for a while before he eventually decided to fold.
"Do you want to see this one?" Kroesen asked?
The player nodded and Kroesen obliged and showed down his 
for a flopped set. With that, he took down the pot and moved right around 50,000 chips.
The player in middle position raised to 800 and was called by Sam Khoueis seated directly to his left as well as the player in the big blind.
The flop came 
and the action checked to Khoueis who bet 1,800. His two opponents mucked immediately.
"How do they know?" sighed Khoueis, before flashing the 
before raking in the pot.
Action folded around to the hijack where Matt Wakeman opened with a raise to 700. The player in the small blind called as did the player in the big blind.
The flop was 
and action checked over to Wakeman who put out a bet of 800. The small blind released but the big blind called.
On the turn, both players checked and the 
came on the river. There, the big blind led out with a bet of 2,000. Wakeman didn't take too long to release.
Yesterday, Wakeman took down the $5,000 Challenge here at The Star Sydney, besting a field of 215 runners for $255,311 and he's back at it again here today. The pot was a small loss for the recent champion of the $5,000 Challenge, but he's still off to a good start with a stack of roughly 34,000 already.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
The players in today's field are on their first 10-minute break of the day.
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