Day 2 ended with the end of the handfor hand, which took over an hour.
A total of three players were eliminated during the hand-for-hand portion of the day, leaving a total of 74 players to advance to Day 3 with a prize pool of AUD$12,555.

Photo:  Jeison Berdugo-Rojas

In Hand #7 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, after a flop of , action checks to Martin Kozlov, who bets 20,000 from the button. The big blind calls, and Jeison Berdugo-Rojas check-raises all in from UTG+1 for about 145,000. Kozlov calls, and the big blind quickly folds.

Berdugo-Rojas shows , and Kozlov turns over  for a spade flush draw. Berdugo-Rojas needs his aces to hold to stay alive.

The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Kozlov catches a runner-runner six-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Berdugo-Rojas in 77th place.

Martin Kozlov  –  585,000  (73 bb)
Jeison Berdugo-Rojas  –  Eliminated

There are now 76 players remaining, but only 75 spots are being paid. Hand-for-hand action will continue until one more player is eliminated.

The players return from break to begin Level 16, with increased blinds of 4,000-8,000 and an 8,000 ante.

With 77 players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 390,000 (49 big blinds). The final 75 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth AUD $12,555.

The field is playing 90-minute levels today, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 16, or when the field bursts the Money Bubble, whichever comes first.

Photo:  Chipleader Gary Lin

After three hands of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Level 15 came to an end, and the players took a 15-minute break.

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 800K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Gary Lin  –  1,436,000  (180 bb)
2.  Zhifan Ye  –  1,312,000  (164 bb)
3.  Yuto Suzuki  –  1,130,000  (141 bb)
4.  Luis Arrilucea  –  1,005,000  (126 bb)
5.  Motoyoshi Okamura  –  853,000  (107 bb)
6.  Ken Demlakian  –  800,000  (100 bb)

With 77 players remaining, but only 75 getting paid, it’s time to begin hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble.

As a reminder, here is a look at the payouts at stake:

1st:  AUD $854,890*  (~US $550,267*)
2nd:  AUD $559,672  (~US $360,244)
3rd:  AUD $413,873  (~US $266,398)
4th:  AUD $308,499  (~US $198,572)
5th:  AUD $232,720  (~US $149,795)
6th:  AUD $177,566  (~US $114,294)
7th:  AUD $136,762  (~US $88,030)
8th:  AUD $106,719  (~US $68,692)
9th-10th:  AUD $84,299  (~US $54,261)
11th-12th:  AUD $67,260  (~US $43,293)
13th-14th:  AUD $54,256  (~US $34,923)
15th-16th:  AUD $44,392  (~US $28,574)
17th-20th:  AUD $36,320  (~US $23,378)
21st-24th:  AUD $30,491  (~US $19,626)
25th-32nd:  AUD $26,007  (~US $16,740)
33rd-40th:  AUD $21,972  (~US $14,143)
41st-48th:  AUD $19,281  (~US $12,411)
49th-56th:  AUD $17,039  (~US $10,967)
57th-64th:  AUD $15,246  (~US $9,813)
65th-72nd:  AUD $13,452  (~US $8,659)
73rd-75th:  AUD $12,555  (~US $8,081)

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s US $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship in Las Vegas.

NOTE:  For worldwide consistency across all WPT events, the amounts on the Payouts page are in U.S. dollars. For this event, payouts have been converted using a rate of AUD 1.00 = US $0.64367.

Gary Lin raises UTG+1, Sam Haddad reraises from the small blind to 46,000, and Lin moves all in.

Haddad quickly calls all in for about 250,000 with , and Lin turns over . Haddad needs his queens to hold to stay alive.

But there is a six in the window as the board comes , and Lin wins the pot with a set of sixes to eliminate Haddad in 78th place.

Gary Lin  –  1,380,000  (230 bb)
Sam Haddad  –  Eliminated

With 77 players remaining, and only 75 getting paid, the tournament staff pauses the clock to prepare for hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble.

Main Event goes hand-for-hand with 77 players remaining

Photo:  Motoyoshi Okamura

The action has really tightened up with the field just three spots from the money.

Motoyoshi Okamura raises from the hijack to 12,000, the player in the cutoff calls, and Michael Gathy reraises from the small blind to 48,000. Okamura calls and the cutoff folds.

The flop comes, Gathy bets 55,000, and Okamura calls.

The turn card is the, and both players check.

The river card is the, and they check again. Gathy showsfor ace high, but Okamura turns overto win the pot.

Motoyoshi Okamura  –  660,000  (110 bb)
Michael Gathy  –  140,000  (23 bb)

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY2
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 15
BLIND 3,000/6,000-6,000
AVERAGE 384,615
PLAYERS 78/600

ITM from 75th place

UTG Motoyoshi Okamura

Preflop
UTG 12000
MP calls
SB calls

Flop
5♥️5♦️10♥️

SB checks
UTG checks
MP checks

Turn
K♦️

SB checks
UTG checks
MP checks

River
4♠️

SB checks / calls
UTG 30000
MP folds

UTG K♥️K♣️
SB muck

Motoyoshi Okamura 530K(+90K)

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY2
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 15
BLIND 3,000/6,000-6,000
AVERAGE 384,615
PLAYERS 88/600

ITM from 75th place

UTG Motoyoshi Okamura

Preflop
UTG 12000/92000
BTN 33000/ folds

ーーーーーーーーーーー
BB Motoyoshi Okamura

Preflop
SB calls
BB checks

Flop
K♦️2♦️10♠️

SB 7000
BB calls

Turn
10♦️

SB checks / folds
BB 10000

Motoyoshi Okamura 440K(-10K)

The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 3,000-6,000 and a 6,000 ante.

The field is playing 90-minute levels today, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 16, or when the field reaches the final 75 players and bursts the Money Bubble, whichever comes first.

80 players enter the countdown to ITM

80 players are currently playing Main Event Day2. The ITM will begin with 75 players and the prize pool for 75th place is AUD$12,555.

Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  AUD $854,890*  (~US $550,267*)
2nd:  AUD $559,672  (~US $360,244)
3rd:  AUD $413,873  (~US $266,398)
4th:  AUD $308,499  (~US $198,572)
5th:  AUD $232,720  (~US $149,795)
6th:  AUD $177,566  (~US $114,294)
7th:  AUD $136,762  (~US $88,030)
8th:  AUD $106,719  (~US $68,692)
9th-10th:  AUD $84,299  (~US $54,261)
11th-12th:  AUD $67,260  (~US $43,293)
13th-14th:  AUD $54,256  (~US $34,923)
15th-16th:  AUD $44,392  (~US $28,574)
17th-20th:  AUD $36,320  (~US $23,378)
21st-24th:  AUD $30,491  (~US $19,626)
25th-32nd:  AUD $26,007  (~US $16,740)
33rd-40th:  AUD $21,972  (~US $14,143)
41st-48th:  AUD $19,281  (~US $12,411)
49th-56th:  AUD $17,039  (~US $10,967)
57th-64th:  AUD $15,246  (~US $9,813)
65th-72nd:  AUD $13,452  (~US $8,659)
73rd-75th:  AUD $12,555  (~US $8,081)

Level 14 comes to an end, and the players take a 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:05 pm.

With 85 players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 353,000 (59 big blinds). The final 75 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth AUD $12,555.

The field is playing 90-minute levels today, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 16, or when the field bursts the Money Bubble, whichever comes first.

A scan of the field during the break turned up 11 players with at least 600K in chips, plus two more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Zhifan Ye  –  1,151,000  (192 bb)
2.  Gary Lin  –  925,000  (154 bb)
3.  Adrian Pacheco  –  902,000  (150 bb)
4.  Luis Arrilucea  –  733,000  (122 bb)
5.  Romain Morvan  –  702,500  (117 bb)
6.  Jarrod Thatcher  –  677,000  (113 bb)
7.  Simon Chahine  –  668,000  (111 bb)
8.  David Tang  –  662,000  (110 bb)
T-9.  Cuong Le  –  637,000  (106 bb)
T-9.  Qi Xu  –  637,000  (106 bb)
11.  Yoon Kang  –  629,500  (105 bb)
12.  Takanao Fukita  –  592,000  (99 bb)
13.  Slav Rypinski  –  588,000  (98 bb)

DaeWoong Song loses big pot on last hand before dinner break

An opponent who made a nut flush on the turn makes a big bet against DaeWoong Song.

After much deliberation, DaeWoong Song calls a bet of 100,000 chips on the river and loses the big pot.

DaeWoong Song 302,000Chips(-270,000)

Jeison Berdugo-Rojas moves all in under the gun for 60,000, and Nozomu Shimizu calls from middle position with .

Berdugo-Rojas turns over , and needs it to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Berdugo-Rojas wins the pot with his ace to double up in chips.

Jeison Berdugo-Rojas  –  132,500
Nozomu Shimizu  –  340,000

Dae Woong Song won the pot on the turn, forcing his opponent to fold.

Song made a very large bet on the flop to increase the pot.
The dealer opened the turn card and after a few moments he pushed “all in”.

His opponent used up his time bank and folded with a disappointed look on his face.

Daewoong Song 580,000Chips(+45,000)

Photo:  Takanao Fukita

Hijack player Daniel Dessmann min-raises, button Takanao Fukita flats, blinds fold, the flop runs. Dessmann c-bets 13,000, Fukita raises 23,000, Dessmann calls. On the turn and river, Fukita bets 35,000 and 65,000, Dessmann check-calls both bets then mucks to Fukita’sfull house.

Takanao Fukita – 357,000 (71 bb)
Daniel Dessmann – 152,000 (30 bb)

Photo:  Motoyoshi Okamura

Michael Roe moves all in under the gun for about 75,000, and Motoyoshi Okamura moves all in over the top from the small blind for about 550,000 with.

Roe turns over, and needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes, and Okamura flops a set of queens and rivers a full house to win the pot and eliminate Roe from the tournament.

Motoyoshi Okamura  –  628,000  (126 bb)
Michael Roe  –  Eliminated

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY2
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 14
BLIND 2,500/5,000-5,000
AVERAGE 277,778
PLAYERS 108/600

ITM from 75th place

MP Hirokazu Kobayashi

Preflop
MP 10000
CO calls
SB calls
BB calls

Flop
7♦︎A♦︎4♦︎
SB checks / folds
BB checks / folds
MP 15000
CO folds

Hirokazu Kobayashi 300K(+70K)

The number of survivors in the main event has dropped to double digits.

99 players are currently alive

Yuto Suzuki 580K(+95K)
Nozomu Shimizu 400K(-170K)
Motoyoshi Okamura 340K(+210K)
Shina Okamoto290K(+130K)
Hirokazu Kobayashi 230K(+107K)
Song Dae Woong 410K(+26K)
Nam Hyung Kim 200K(-330K)
Lee Jin hoon 140K(+70K)

Janet Wyvill gets involved in three hands that sends her stack soaring to 615,000. First hand she min-raises from under the gun+2, the blinds call to head to the flop . Blinds check, Wyvill c-bets 13,000, small blind folds, big blind Namhyung Kim calls. On the turn , Wyvill bets 48,000, Kim gives up his stake on the pot.

Immediately following the hand above, Wyvill min-raises from utg+1, big blind Paris Sitzoukis calls. When the board runs , Wyvill bets 10,000, 35,000, and checks. Sitzoukis has , Wyvill  for a split pot.

Two hands after, Aditya utg+2 Aditya Rao min-raises, button Sitzoukis and big blind Wyvill call. At the flop , Rao c-bets 9,000, Sitzoukis folds, Wyvill check-calls. Both players check the turn . On the river , Wyvill leads out 50,000, Rao tanks then calls. Wyvill turns over  flush, Rao mucks.

Janet Wyvill – 615,000 (153 bb)
Aditya Rao – 155,000 (38 bb)
Paris Sitzoukis – 263,000 (65 bb)
Namhyung Kim – 212,000 (53 bb)

The players return from break to begin Level 14, with increased blinds of 2,500-5,000 and a 5,000 ante.

With 109 players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 275,000 (55 big blinds). The final 75 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth AUD $12,555.

The field is playing 90-minute levels today, and there will be a 45-minute dinner break after this level (around 6:20 pm). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 16, or when the field bursts the Money Bubble, whichever comes first.

Photo: Naoto Takeya

Under the gun min-raises, two spots over Naoto Takeya three-bets 25,000, action folds around to the small blind Slav Rypinski who shoves around 345,000, initial raiser folds, Takeya is covered and tanks using up two time banks. Takeya folds while showing. Takeya asks Rypinski what he had, Rypinski says, “I’ll tell you later”.

Slav Rypinski – 380,000 (95 bb)
Naoto Takeya – 108,000 (27 bb)

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY2
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 13
BLIND 2,000/4,000-4,000
AVERAGE 258,621
PLAYERS 116/600

Nozomu Shimizu bluffs all-in on the river and loses a big pot.
Nozomu Shimizu moved all in on the river with Q-high board.
His opponent calls with pocket JJ without much thought and wins the big pot.

Nozomu Shimizu320,000(-210,000)

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY2
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 13
BLIND 2,000/4,000-4,000
AVERAGE 258,621
PLAYERS 116/600

Preflop
MP raises 8000 HJ 3bets 22000 MP fold

Lee JinHoon 225,000Chips(+18,000)

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY2
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 13
BLIND 2,000/4,000-4,000
AVERAGE 238,095
PLAYERS 126/600

Preflop
CO raises 9000 BB(Song Dae Woong) calls

Flop
2♥️7♦️10♥️
BB checks CO checks

Turn
8♦️
BB bets 7000 CO calls

River
7♠️
BB bets 7000 CO folds

Song Dae Woong 384,000Chips(+18,000)

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY2
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 13
BLIND 2,000/4,000-4,000
AVERAGE 230,769
PLAYERS 130/600

ITM from 75th place

BB Nozomu Shimizu

MP 9000
HJ calls
BTN 30000
MP calls HJ folds

Flop 6♥️9♥️5♣️

MP checks
BTN 25000
MP calls

Turn 2♣️

MP checks
BTN checks

River 10♦️

MP checks
BTN 85000
MP folds

Nozomu Shimizu 570K(+230K)

Photo:  Chipleader Gary Lin

A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 400K in chips, plus two more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Gary Lin  –  1,002,500  (251 bb)
2.  Adrian Pacheco  –  803,000  (201 bb)
3.  Yuto Suzuki  –  769,000  (192 bb)
4.  Namhyung Kim  –  471,500  (118 bb)
5.  Yoon Kang  –  459,000  (115 bb)
6.  Yibo Zhou  –  453,000  (113 bb)
7.  Luis Arrilucea  –  446,500  (112 bb)
8.  Ethan “Rampage” Yau  –  397,000  (99 bb)
9.  Richard Lee  –  391,500  (98 bb)

The players return from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a 4,000 ante.

The tournament clock shows 144 players remaining from a field of 600, with an average chip stack around 208,000 (52 big blinds). The final 75 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth AUD $12,555.

The field is playing 90-minute levels today, and there will be a 45-minute dinner break after Level 14 (around 6:20 pm). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 16, or when the field bursts the Money Bubble, whichever comes first.

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY2
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 12
BLIND 1,500/3,000-3,000
AVERAGE 208,333
PLAYERS 144/600

Dae Woong Song 300K
Nam Hyung Kim 530K
Lee Jin Hoon 70K

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY2
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 12
BLIND 1,500/3,000-3,000
AVERAGE 185,185
PLAYERS 162/600

ITM from 75th place

Shunpoker 125k

Hirokazu Kobayashi 123k

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY2
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 12
BLIND 1,500/3,000-3,000
AVERAGE 185,185
PLAYERS 162/600

ITM from 75th place

Nozomu Shimizu 340K

Shina Okamoto160K

The official prizepool has been released, and with 600 entries, the total prizepool is worth AUD $4,500,000 (~US $2,896,515). First prize is worth AUD $854,890 (~US $550,267), and the final 75 players will finish in the money.

Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  AUD $854,890*  (~US $550,267*)
2nd:  AUD $559,672  (~US $360,244)
3rd:  AUD $413,873  (~US $266,398)
4th:  AUD $308,499  (~US $198,572)
5th:  AUD $232,720  (~US $149,795)
6th:  AUD $177,566  (~US $114,294)
7th:  AUD $136,762  (~US $88,030)
8th:  AUD $106,719  (~US $68,692)
9th-10th:  AUD $84,299  (~US $54,261)
11th-12th:  AUD $67,260  (~US $43,293)
13th-14th:  AUD $54,256  (~US $34,923)
15th-16th:  AUD $44,392  (~US $28,574)
17th-20th:  AUD $36,320  (~US $23,378)
21st-24th:  AUD $30,491  (~US $19,626)
25th-32nd:  AUD $26,007  (~US $16,740)
33rd-40th:  AUD $21,972  (~US $14,143)
41st-48th:  AUD $19,281  (~US $12,411)
49th-56th:  AUD $17,039  (~US $10,967)
57th-64th:  AUD $15,246  (~US $9,813)
65th-72nd:  AUD $13,452  (~US $8,659)
73rd-75th:  AUD $12,555  (~US $8,081)

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s US $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship in Las Vegas.

NOTE:  For worldwide consistency across all WPT events, the amounts on the Payouts page are in U.S. dollars. For this event, payouts have been converted using a rate of AUD 1.00 = US $0.64367.

Photo:  The WPT gave out free hats to the players today.

The players return from break to begin Level 12, with increased blinds of 1,500-3,000 and a 3,000 ante.

The tournament clock shows 180 players remaining from a field of 600, with an average chip stack around 166,500 (56 big blinds). The final 75 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth AUD $12,555.

The field is playing 90-minute levels today, and there will be a 45-minute dinner break after Level 14 (around 6:20 pm). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 16, or when the field bursts the Money Bubble, whichever comes first.

A scan of the field during the break turned up 19 players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Gary Lin  –  937,500  (313 bb)
2.  Adrian Pacheco  –  599,500  (200 bb)
3.  Namhyung Kim  –  458,500  (153 bb)
4.  Yuto Suzuki  –  409,000  (136 bb)
5.  Yibo Zhou  –  404,500  (135 bb)
6.  Cuong Le  –  400,500  (134 bb)
7.  Akhilesh Bhatia  –  390,500  (130 bb)
8.  Yoon Kang  –  390,000  (130 bb)
9.  Michael Tomeny  –  356,000  (119 bb)
10.  Brendan Pettit  –  340,500  (114 bb)
11.  Wing Po Liu  –  340,000  (113 bb)
T-12.  Ken Demlakian  –  325,000  (108 bb)
T-12.  Nozomu Shimizu  –  325,000  (108 bb)
14.  Konstaninos Kamaras  –  317,000  (106 bb)
15.  Luis Arrilucea  –  314,000  (105 bb)
16.  Abhinav Iyer  –  311,500  (104 bb)
17.  Dylan Foster  –  308,500  (103 bb)
18.  Takanao Fukita  –  306,000  (102 bb)
19.  Ethan “Rampage” Yau  –  300,000  (100 bb)

2013 WPT Main Event Champion Masato Yokosawa has been eliminated from the Main Event.

He made it to Day 2 with a strong showing on Day 1-B, but was eliminated in Level 12.

On a flop  and 25,000 in the pot, cutoff Hirokazu Kobatashi bets 8,000, mid position Eric Tsai check-raises 32,500, Kobatashi shoves, Tsai snap-calls.

Hirokazu Kobatashi  set
Eric Tsai  two pair

With the turn and river  Kobatashi doubles up, Tsai plunges.

Hirokazu Kobatashi – 150,000 (60 bb)
Eric Tsai – 32,000 (13 bb)

Photo:  Yoon Kang

Lojack Daniel Hachem opens 5,000, small blind Yoon Kang calls. On the flop and turn, Kang check-calls Hacehm’s bets 4,000 and 10,500. On the river, both check. Kang turns overtwo pair, Hachem mucks.

Yoon Kang – 155,000 (62 bb)
Daniel Hachem – 125,000 (50 bb)

Photo:  Namhyung Kim

Action folds around to the button Namhyung Kim who currently leads the WPT Player of the Festival race, he opens for 5,000, big blind Emmanuel Derecho calls. At the flop, Kim c-bets 4,000 and wins the pot.

Namhyung Kim – 240,500 (96 bb)
Emmanuel Derecho – 191,500 (76 bb)

There are 227 players returning to action today, and they are scheduled to play six 90-minute levels. Everything is set and ready to go, so it’s time to shuffle up and deal!