John Zwaine opened with a raise from the cutoff. Jensen Chow moved all in for 550,000 from the small blind. Zwaine called off the remainder.
Zwaine: 
Chow: 
The board ran out 
, improving Zwaine to two pair, sending Chow to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,700,000
1,140,000
|
1,140,000 |
|
Busted |
Edwin Chiu raised to 120,000 from the cutoff. Jules Wilson moved all in for 700,000 from the big blind. Chiu called.
Chiu: 
Wilson: 
Wilson had the lead with the superior kicker, until the board ran out 
, improving Chiu to a flush on the river awarding him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,420,000
-430,000
|
-430,000 |
|
Busted |
The action folded around to Rehman Kassam in the small blind who moved all in for 1,000,000. Hamish Crawshaw made the quick call from the big blind with more behind.
Crawshaw: 
Kassam: 
Kassam was unable to improve against the pocket pair, after the board ran out 
, resulting in his elimination in 21st place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,750,000
1,450,000
|
1,450,000 |
|
Busted |
The action folded around to Marc Camphausen in the small blind who moved all in for 890,000. Anish Kumar quickly called from the big blind with 780,000 behind.
Kumar: 
Camphausen: 
The board ran out 
, improving Kumar to a straight, doubling him up to over 1.6 million in chips.
Camphausen was left with two big blinds following the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,610,000
810,000
|
810,000 |
|
110,000
-1,015,000
|
-1,015,000 |
Edwin Chiu is currently sitting in the hot seat; after Dean Blatt opened the action from the button Chiu responded with a three-bet to 240,000 from the small blind. After asking Chiu how much he was playing, Blatt made the call and the two went heads-up to a flop of .
Chiu checked it over to Blatt, who took a stab for 130,000. While he didn't look thrilled about it, Chiu slid in the call to keep the pair in action to the 
turn, which was checked by both, as was the 
river and Chiu took the pot with 
, which explained why he looked less than thrilled with the ace on the flop.
The very next hand, it was Chiu the man driving the action with a button raise to 85,000 and a short-stacked Diarmuid O'Kane responded with a shove for the last of his chips. Chiu called immediately and the two tabled their cards.
Diarmuid O'Kane: 
Edwin Chiu:
The board ran out and O'Kane shook everyone's hand and said his goodbyes to the table, while Chiu stacked up to 4.3 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,350,000
890,000
|
890,000 |
|
2,000,000
-680,000
|
-680,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
||
John Duggan moved all in for 665,000 from under the gun. Rehman Kassam called from the button.
Kassam:
Duggan: 
Duggan was unable to improve with the inferior pocket pair, after the board ran out 
, sending him to the rail in 23rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,320,000
765,000
|
765,000 |
|
Busted |
The first casualty of the day took just 20-minutes of the first level, with Huss Hassan picking up where he left off on the feature table on Day 2.
Hassan opened the action from the button with a raise to 80,000 and small blind Adrian Salter responded with a three-bet shove for 435,000 in total. After mulling it over for a few seconds, Hassan shrugged and pushed in the extras and the two revealed their hole cards.
Huss Hassan: 
Adrian Salter:
The 
saw Hassan flop an open-ended straight draw which came in on the turn to leave Salter drawing dead and the river was merely a formality. Hassan stacked up to 2.8 million after the hand while Salter headed off to the cage to collect AU$15,444 (~$10,560).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,800,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
Busted |
Welcome to Day 3 of the WSOP International Circuit Sydney Main Event where cards will go in the air at 12:30pm local time.
After six long days of poker, it is Edwin Chiu with the chip lead after collecting 4,505,000 chips through his first two days. Chiu's current total live earnings are $13,856, so he is guaranteed to almost double that with the next place finisher guaranteeing themselves $13,128. But the young Australian has put himself in the box seat to capture his first WSOP Circuit ring and the $410,264 first prize money that comes with it.
Rounding out the top three include; Huss Hassan (2,875,000) and Adrian Attenborough (2,400,000). Attenborough is currently sitting 26th on the Australian All Time Money List. A win in this event would see him pass some very respectable players including; Joe Cabret, 2015 Aussie Millions champion Manny Stavropoulos and 2009 Aussie Millions champion Stewart Scott.
Other notables still in the field are Hamish Crawshaw, Dean Blatt, Tom Rafferty, last years 11th place finisher Lior Segre and Billy Argyros. Argyros is another in the same position as Attenborough who has the opportunity to move up the All Time Money List and crack the top 20. A win would see him pass young gun Brendon Rubie and 2012 Aussie Millions champion Oliver Speidel.
Today the final 24 players will play down to a final table of nine in the poker room at The Star in Sydney. Play will continue at Level 24 with the blinds at 20,00/40,000, with a 40,000 ante. There will be a 10-minute break after every two levels.
Final 24 Seat Draw
| Seat | Table 32 | Table 31 | Table 30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Zhou | Edwin Chiu | John Duggan |
| 2 | Lior Segre | Chao Duan | Trevor Saunders |
| 3 | Duy Doc Vu | Diarmuid O’Kane | Huss Hassan |
| 4 | Tom Rafferty | John Zwaine | Adrian Salter |
| 5 | Marc Camphausen | Jules Wilson | Akshay Kapoor |
| 6 | Anish Kumar | Jensen Chow | Rehman Kassam |
| 7 | Billy Argyros | Dean Baltt | Hamish Crawshaw |
| 8 | Shane De Clifford | Adrian Attenborough | Moustafa Haidar |
Stay tuned to PokerNews to follow all the action as we find out together who from a massive 1,124-entry field will be making this year's main event final table.