AU$2,200 Main Event
Day 1b Started
AU$2,200 Main Event
Day 1b Started
After 170 entrants took part in Day 1A of the Main Event yesterday, today is the second chance for players to grab their own personal slice of the $2.1 million guarantee on offer. Players who entered yesterday and didn’t bag chips are still able to enter today, but if they are forced to re-enter again, have two more chances next Thursday and Friday on the remaining two opening flights.
Yesterday it was Michael Confos who managed to soar to the top of the chip counts with 366,000, edging out Ricky Kroesen (339,500) and Luke Martinelli (334,000) who rounded out the top three spots. 31 players managed to bag with notables including; Jordan Westmorland, Craig Blight, Julius Colman, Jonathan Karamalikis, Brendon Rubie and Jarred Graham.
Today players will have fourteen 45-minute levels to try and match Confos’ stack ahead of Day 2, with 10-minute breaks after every three levels, and a 30-minute dinner break coming at the conclusion of level nine.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of today’s live updates from The Star in Sydney.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Scarf | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Michel Bouskila | 30,000 | |
Michael Seymour | 30,000 | 30,000 |
John Thomson | 30,000 | |
Leigh Warne
|
30,000 | |
Gary Benson
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
George Mitri | 30,000 | |
Stan L.
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Victoria Boast
|
30,000 | |
Sam Khoueis | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Daniel Collett | 30,000 | |
Matt Rolfe | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Tolly Sakellariou | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Jim Pizanias | 30,000 | |
Michael Asad | 30,000 | |
Rob Damelian | 30,000 | |
Errolyn Strang | 30,000 | |
Wael Salloum
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Sam Capra | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Todor Kondevski | 30,000 | |
Sean Dunwoodie | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Action folded to the cutoff who limped in. Next to act was Gary Benson on the cutoff and he raised to 400. His opponent called.
The flop came down and the player in the cutoff checked over to Benson. Benson quickly put out a bet of 650 and his opponent didn't waste too long to fold.
With that, Benson was able to take down the pot and chip up a bit here in the early levels.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gary Benson
|
31,000 | 1,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Federico Butteroni | 30,000 | |
Michael Kanaan | 30,000 | |
Akshay Kapoor | 30,000 | |
Najeem Ajez | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Shivan Abdine | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Jesse Mason | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Morten Mortensen opened with a raise to 300 under the gun and Jan Suchanek called in the big blind.
The flop was and Suchanek checked. Mortensen put out a bet of 275 and Suchanek then check-raised, making it 625. Mortensen called.
The turn was the and Suchanek continued with a bet of 1,100. Mortensen called once more.
On the river, Suchanek finally slowed down with a check. Mortensen checked behind. Suchanek turned up his and with a straight, he was able to take down the pot.
Suchanek is off to a hot start with nearly twice the starting stack already.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jan Suchanek | 56,000 | |
Morten Mortensen | 32,000 |
On a flop of the player in the small blind bet 750 and was called by Errolyn Strang on the button.
Both players checked the on the turn before the completed the board.
The small blind fired out another 750 and Strang called immediately.
Strang then checked her cards once more and mucked after her opponent tabled for two pair and the winning hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Errolyn Strang | 29,000 | -1,000 |
Picking up the action on the flop of , Najeem Ajez was facing a bet of 575 from the player on his right. Ajez decided to put in a raise in position, making it 1,800. His opponent called.
Both players checked on the turn but on the river, Ajez's opponent put out a bet of 2,000. Ajez didn't waste long before folding.
His opponent flashed him the before pitching his hand into the muck. Ajez was left with roughly 23,000 after the hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Najeem Ajez | 23,000 | -7,000 |
On a board of Matt Rolfe moved all in for just over 17,000 and was called by Vahe Hovagimian who had slightly less.
Matt Rolfe:
Vahe Hovagimian:
Rolfe had the over-pair and the dominating lead against Hovagimian who had flopped top pair. The on the river would improve Rolf to a full house resulting in Hovagimian being eliminated early in proceedings.
*In the very next hand Rolfe opened from the cutoff and found no callers. Reza Vakili joked that good hands usually follow good hands. Rolfe then tabled his pocket aces after receiving the perfect starting hand twice-in-a-row.*
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Rolfe | 58,000 | 28,000 |
Vahe Hovagimian | Busted |