Nemanja Knezevic sits behind a chip stack totalling 70,000 after recently eliminating a player.
A fellow table mate informed us that Knezevic knocked out a player in a set-over-set situation to see him double his starting stack early in the day's proceedings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 |
On a flop of 
the player in the small blind checked. Nauv Kashyap bet 700. His opponent in the cutoff called. The small blind folded.
The turn brought the 
and Kashyap checked. His opponent bet 1,500. Kashyap called.
The 
completed the board and Kashyap checked. The cutoff fired 2,000. Kashyap reluctantly called.
Both players then tabled 
and 
and chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
A player limps in from middle position and Leigh Warne calls in the small blind. Terence Clee checks his option in the big blind.
The flop was 
and Warne puts out a bet of 200. Clee raises to 400. The limper folds but Warne calls.
The turn was the 
and Warne checked it again. Clee made it 1,000 this time and Warne called once more.
On the 
river, Warne checked a third time. Clee checked it back and Warne showed his 
for a missed straight draw. Clee showed his 
and that would earn him the pot with a pair of jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
23,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Several notables are seated at the poker tables that are situated on the outside of the poker room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Three players checked on the turn on the 
board before the 
dropped on the river.
The player in the hijack checked. Morten Mortensen fired 2,500 from the cutoff. The player on the button mucked shortly after as did the player in the hijack.
Mortensen won a small pot as he makes his way back towards the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
The board showed 
and the player in the big blind checked. [Removed:415] followed from the hijack before the player on the button bet 600. The big blind mucked. Doria called.
The completed the board and Doria checked. His opponent bet 1,200. Doria snap-called.
Doria then watched as his opponent tabled for a missed flush and straight. Doria then flipped over 
for a set and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,500 |
Zac Lowrie was in the cutoff and he opened with a raise to 250. Action folded to the small blind where Eric Wu three-bet, making it 1,050. The big blind folded but Lowrie called to see a flop.
The flop was 
and Wu checked. Lowrie put out a bet of 1,200 and Wu called.
Both players checked when the 
came and the 
dropped on the river. There, Wu checked for a third time. Lowrie put out a bet of 2,800. Wu tanked for a bit, but eventually decided to call. Lowrie turned up his 
for just queen-high and Wu had snapped of the bluff holding for ace-high, and that would earn him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,500 | |
|
24,500
24,500
|
24,500 |
On a board of 
Marc Seymour bet from the big blind and was called by his opponent in middle position.
The completed the board and Seymour fired 1,100. His opponent obliged and called.
Seymour then tabled his 
for two pair and took down the pot after his opponent mucked his hand.
Also seated at the feature table is Michael Seymour who's already had a good start to his day sitting behind 43,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
29,600 |
A player in middle position opened with a raise to 300 and Johnathan Hargrave called on the button. The big blind called as well and it was three-way to a flop.
The flop was and the big blind checked. The player in middle position made it 525. Hargrave called while the big blind folded.
Both players checked on the 
turn and the came on the river. There, the middle position player bet again, making it 1,025. Hargrave didn't waste too long to call. The middle position player showed down 
though for kings and tens and that would earn him the pot as Hargrave tapped the table and mucked.
It's not a great start for Hargrave, who finished 5th in the $500 Opening Event here at The Star Sydney for $29,487, but he's still got plenty of chips to work with here on Day 1D.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |