Gary Lin Leads the Field at the Break with 393,000

A scan of the field during the break turned up eight players with at least 200K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1. Gary Lin – 393,000 (262 bb)
2. Hari Varma – 318,300 (212 bb)
3. Michael Clair – 288,200 (192 bb)
4. Cam Ashton – 254,200 (169 bb)
5. Octavian Voegele – 229,100 (153 bb)
6. Anthony Auvale – 217,400 (145 bb)
7. Yibo Zhou – 210,800 (141 bb)
8. Daniel Hachem – 210,000 (140 bb)

bust on Shunpoker day1-a

Shunpoker was eliminated from day1-a and is now in situation to try again tomorrow

The Prizepool Has Surpassed AUD $2,000,000

There is no guarantee for this event, but with 267 entries so far here on Day 1A, the prizepool has surpassed AUD $2,000,000 (~US $1,400,000).

Of course registration remains open until about 10:20 pm tonight, and there will be another starting flight tomorrow, so the prizepool still has plenty of time to grow.

Song Dae Woong registered to Makn Event Day 1

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY1-a
Buyin AUD $8,000
LEVEL 8
BLIND 600/1200-1200
AVERAGE 61,332
PLAYERS 221/271

Song Dae Woong 50,000Chips

Main Event Dinner Break

Main Event is paused for the dinner dreak.

ME is currently on 251 entries, meanwhile super highroller is in play on final table with 4 runners left.

Masato Yokosawa wins the big pot with 88

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY1-a
Buyin AUD $8,000
LEVEL 6
BLIND 400/800-800
AVERAGE 59,005
PLAYERS 211/249

Preflop
UTG(Masato Yokosawa) raises 2200 BTN 3 bets 6500 UTG calls

Flop
J♠️6♠️2♠️
UTG checks BTN bets 3000 UTG calls

Turn
2♣️
UTG checks BTN bets 8500 UTG calls

River
J♥️
UTG checks BTN checks

UTG(Masato Yokosawa) 8♥️8♦️
BYN Muck

Masato Yokosawa 74,200Chips(+20,000)

shunpoker player folds preflop with 4-bet and wins the pot.

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY1-a
Buyin AUD $8,000
LEVEL 4
BLIND 300/500-500
AVERAGE 56,218
PLAYERS 193/217

HJ(shunpoker) raises 1200 BTN 3 bets3500
HJ 4bets 13000 BTN folds

shunpoker 52,200Chips

Kazuhiko Yotsushika loses half his stack in a big pot on the river

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY1-a
Buyin AUD $8,000
LEVEL 4
BLIND 300/500-500
AVERAGE 54,211
PLAYERS 190/206

Kazuhiko Yotsushika lost half his stack in a big pot on the river.

In a three-player pot, the SB player 3BETS bluffed a river 5,500 bet to 21,000, but was caught and lost half his stack.

BOARD
2♥️10♠️A♣️6♠️10♦️

Kazuhiko Yotsushika 6♣️4♣️
SB A♣️Q♣️

Kazuhiko Yotsushika 21,500Chips

Kazuhiko Yotsushika competing in the MAINevent

Kazuhiko Yotsushika 50,000Chips

“Thank you for enjoying WPT” dealer shuffle up and deal

The stage is set for a celebration of the WPT Main Event

Main Event player Chips counts

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY1-a
Buyin AUD $8,000
LEVEL 2
BLIND 200/300-300
AVERAGE 51,364
PLAYERS 153/158

Masato Yokosawa 30,600Chips

Shiina Okamoto 54,900Chips

Players currently playing in main Event Day1

Famous Japanese creator Masato Yokosawa and Shiina Okamoto, who recently finished runner-up in the WSOP Ladies Event, are playing at the same table on Day 1 of the Main event.