WPT Australia GoldCoast
Finished
2023.09.14 ~ 2023.09.27
2023.09.25
11:30
#8 (day 3)
Buy-In
Starting Stack0
Registration Closes At
Main Event Day 3
MAIN Event Day 3 ends, 24 players AUD$16,000 left

Day 3 of the Main Event ends with 24 players remaining
24 players have now secured AUD$16,000.
Of the 24 players still alive, there are three players from Japan.
All three have stacks above AVE and will be looking forward to Day 4.

Yuto Suzuki 2.4M
Hirokazu Kobayashi 1.95M
Motoyoshi Okamura 1.3M

Recent Eliminations, 33rd-40th Places

Jarrod Thatcher
Photo:  36th-Place Finisher Jarrod Thatcher

33rd:  Vincent Wan  –  AUD $21,972  (~US $14,143)
34th:  Robert Campbell  –  AUD $21,972  (~US $14,143)
35th:  Takanao Fukita  –  AUD $21,972  (~US $14,143)
36th:  Jarrod Thatcher  –  AUD $21,972  (~US $14,143)
37th:  Christopher Edgar  –    –  AUD $21,972  (~US $14,143)
38th:  Hal Rotholz  –  AUD $21,972  (~US $14,143)
39th:  Luis Arrilucea  –  AUD $21,972  (~US $14,143)
40th:  Chris Colaneri  –  AUD $21,972  (~US $14,143)

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.

Yoon Kang Eliminated in 28th Place by Yuto Suzuki

Yoon Kang
Photo:  Yoon Kang

Peter Lin raises from the cutoff to 40,000, Yoon Kang calls from the button, and Yuto Suzuki reraises from the small blind to 140,000. Lin folds, and Kang calls.

The flop comes Diamond ASpade 7Club 6, and Suzuki uses a Time Chip to tank for a while before he bets 155,000. Kang calls.

The turn card is the Club 8, and Suzuki uses another Time Chip to tank for a while before he bets 275,000. Kang also uses a Time Chip to tank for a while before he calls.

The river card is the Spade 3, Suzuki checks, Kang moves all in for 385,000, and Suzuki thinks for a little while before he calls. Kang shows Club KClub Q for a king-high bluff, and Suzuki turns over Spade ASpade 6 to win the pot with two pair, aces and sixes, eliminating Kang in 28th place.

Yuto Suzuki  –  2,450,000  (123 bb)
Yoon Kang  –  Eliminated in 28th Place  (AUD $26,007)

Yuto Suzuki
Photo:  Yuto Suzuki

3way all in, 3 players meet different fates,Shina Okamoto 30th

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY3
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEVL20
BLIND 10K/20K-20K
AVERAGE 967,742
PLAYERS 31/600

BOARD
K♣️5♥️K♠️10♠️10♣️

SB (Hirokazu Kobayashi) A♥️K♦️
CO (Shina Okamoto) A♦️Q♠️

3 players declare all-in on FREPLOP
Shina Okamoto finishes the main event in 30th place and earns AUD$26,007 for his efforts.

Hirokazu Kobayashi takes a step closer to the title with this one

 

 

Yuto Suzuki,You have been defeated by BB. You lose 10 BB chips.

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY3
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 20
NEXT BLIND 10K/20K-20K
AVERAGE 1,034,483
PLAYERS 29/600

Yuto Suzuki raises from the button to 45,000, Cuong Le moves all in from the big blind for 255,000, and Suzuki uses two Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he calls with 하트 5다이아몬드 5.

Suzuki turns over 스페이드 7하트 7, and needs it to hold to stay alive.

The board comes 하트 J하트 10스페이드 8클럽 8하트 3, and the pocket sevens hold up for Suzuki to win the pot and double up in chips.

 

Cuong Le  –  540,000  (27 bb)
Yuto Suzuki  –  1,535,000  (77 bb)

Level 20 Begins (33 Players Left)

The players return from break to begin Level 33, with increased blinds of 10,000-20,000 and a 20,000 ante.

With 33 players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 910,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money and guaranteed at least AUD $21,972 each.

The field is playing 90-minute levels again today, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field reaches the final three tables (24 players) or the end of Level 21, whichever comes first.

Dinner Break Until ~7:10 pm; Mata Ye Leads the Final 33 Players with 2,440,000

Mata Ye
Photo:  Chipleader Mata Ye

Level 19 comes to an end, and the players take a 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:10 pm.

With 33 players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 910,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money and guaranteed at least AUD $21,972 each.

The field is playing 90-minute levels again today, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field reaches the final three tables (24 players) or the end of Level 21, whichever comes first.

Here are the updated seating positions and chip counts for the final 33 players:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Simon Chahine  –  430,000  (22 bb)
Seat 2.  Simon Taberham  –  290,000  (15 bb)
Seat 3.  Yita Choong  –  850,000  (43 bb)
Seat 4.  Tu Le  –  1,140,000  (57 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Shiina Okamoto  –  425,000  (21 bb)
Seat 7.  Hamish Crawshaw  –  585,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8.  Hirokazu Kobatashi  –  1,390,000  (70 bb)

TABLE 6
Seat 1.  Paris Sitzoukis  –  150,000  (8 bb)
Seat 2.  Michael Tomeny  –  490,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Noman Mirza  –  475,000  (24 bb)
Seat 4.  Nil Esteve Magrane  –  410,000  (21 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Gary Lin  –  2,065,000  (103 bb)
Seat 7.  Romain Morvan  –  2,210,000  (111 bb)
Seat 8.  Richard Lee  –  2,000,000  (100 bb)

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Martin Kozlov  –  1,375,000  (69 bb)
Seat 2.
Seat 3.  Cuong Le  –  945,000  (47 bb)
Seat 4.
Seat 5.  Vincent Wan  –  445,000  (22 bb)
Seat 6.  Peter Lin  –  565,000  (28 bb)
Seat 7.  Yoon Kang  –  885,000  (44 bb)
Seat 8.  Yuto Suzuki  –  1,955,000  (98 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Mata Ye  –  2,440,000  (122 bb)
Seat 2.  Michael Egan  –  500,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Josh Hutchins  –  880,000  (44 bb)
Seat 4.  Ken Demlakian  –  715,000  (36 bb)
Seat 5.  David Tang  –  675,000  (34 bb)
Seat 6.  Joseph Vinecombe  –  300,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Adrian Pacheco  –  215,000  (11 bb)

TABLE 9
Seat 1.  Michael Rattigan  –  2,350,000  (118 bb)
Seat 2.  Dylan Kehoe  –  670,000  (34 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4.  Motoyoshi Okamura  –  1,135,000  (57 bb)
Seat 5.  Nino Marotta  –  935,000  (47 bb)
Seat 6.  Justin Steinbrenner  –  175,000  (9 bb)
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Slav Rypinski  –  240,000  (12 bb)

Dinner Break, Player Chip Count

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY3
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL BREAK
NEXT LEVEVL20
NEXT BLIND 10K/20K-20K
AVERAGE 909K
PLAYERS 33/600

 

Yuto Suzuki 2.0M
Hirokazu Kobayashi 1.4M
Motoyoshi Okamura 1.1M
Shina Okamoto 425K

Dinner Break Until ~7:10 pm

Level 19 comes to an end, and the players take a 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:10 pm.

With 33 players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 910,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money and guaranteed at least AUD $21,972 each.

The field is playing 90-minute levels again today, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field reaches the final three tables (24 players) or the end of Level 21, whichever comes first.

Yuto Suzuki started stacking chips

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY3
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 19
BLIND 10K/15K-15K
AVERAGE 833K
PLAYERS 36/600

UTG Yuto Suzuki

Preflop
UTG 31000
SB calls
BB calls

Flop
9♦️3♠️6♥️

SB checks/ folds
BB checks / calls
UTG 45000

Turn
3♣️

BB checks / folds
UTG 125000

Yuto Suzuki 2.1M(+1.7M)

Takanao Fukita Eliminated in 35th Place by Yoon Kang

Takanao Fukita Takanao Fukita
Photo:  Takanao Fukita

Cuong Le raises from the hijack to 36,000, Takanao Fukita moves all in from the cutoff for 325,000, and Yoon Kang moves all in over the top from the big blind for 525,000. Le folds.

Fukita turns over Heart 7Diamond 7, but he needs to improve to stay alive against Kang’s Spade 9Diamond 9.

The board comes Diamond AHeart KClub 5Heart 9Heart 10, and Kang turns a set of nines to clinch the pot and eliminate Fukita in 35th place.

Yoon Kang  –  911,000  (61 bb)
Takanao Fukita  –  Eliminated in 35th Place  (AUD $21,972)

Yoon Kang
Photo:  Yoon Kang

Back To Back Pots For Yita Choong

With 214,000 built preflop, under the gun Yita Choong bets 62,000 on a flop Club JDiamond 4Heart 9, cutoff Hamish Crawshaw calls. On the Spade 5 turn, Choong c-bets 150,000, Crawshaw folds.

Yita Choong – 704,000 (47 bb)
Hamish Crawshaw – 420,000 (28 bb)

Following that hand, Hirokazu Kobatashi raises 30,000, big blind Choong defends, flop comes Heart JSpade 8Diamond 3. Choong check-calls 30,000 then both players check the turn Spade 10. On the river Spade 3, Choong leads out 30,000, Kobatashi calls, Choong opens Spade QClub 10, Kobatashi mucks.

Yita Choong – 804,000 (53 bb)
Hirokazu Kobatashi – 780,000 (52 bb)

Updated Seating & Chip Counts; Gary Lin Leads the Final 37 with 2,760,000

Gary Lin
Photo:  Gary Lin has been chipleader since before the Money Bubble last night.

Here are the seating positions and approximate chip counts for the final 37 players at the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Simon Chahine  –  600,000  (40 bb)
Seat 2.  Simon Taberham  –  215,000  (14 bb)
Seat 3.  Yita Choong  –  580,000  (39 bb)
Seat 4.  Jarrod Thatcher  –  500,000  (33 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Shiina Okamoto  –  535,000  (36 bb)
Seat 7.  Hamish Crawshaw  –  510,000  (34 bb)
Seat 8.  Hirokazu Kobatashi  –  1,230,000  (82 bb)

TABLE 6
Seat 1.  Paris Sitzoukis  –  320,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  Michael Tomeny  –  720,000  (48 bb)
Seat 3.  Noman Mirza  –  336,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4.  Nil Esteve Magrane  –  660,000  (44 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Gary Lin  –  2,760,000  (184 bb)
Seat 7.  Romain Morvan  –  1,460,000  (97 bb)
Seat 8.  Richard Lee  –  1,640,000  (109 bb)

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Martin Kozlov  –  1,115,000  (74 bb)
Seat 2.  Tu Le  –  1,020,000  (68 bb)
Seat 3.  Cuong Le  –  895,000  (60 bb)
Seat 4.  Takanao Fukita  –  400,000  (27 bb)
Seat 5.  Vincent Wan  –  735,000  (49 bb)
Seat 6.  Peter Lin  –  1,055,000  (70 bb)
Seat 7.  Yoon Kang  –  700,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8.  Yuto Suzuki  –  1,225,000  (82 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Mata Ye  –  1,990,000  (133 bb)
Seat 2.  Michael Egan  –  865,000  (58 bb)
Seat 3.  Josh Hutchins  –  575,000  (38 bb)
Seat 4.  Ken Demlakian  –  485,000  (32 bb)
Seat 5.  David Tang  –  245,000  (16 bb)
Seat 6.  Joseph Vinecombe  –  1,010,000  (67 bb)
Seat 7.  Justin Steinbrenner  –  595,000  (40 bb)
Seat 8.  Adrian Pacheco  –  590,000  (39 bb)

TABLE 9
Seat 1.  Michael Rattigan  –  1,575,000  (105 bb)
Seat 2.  Dylan Kehoe  –  480,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3.  Robert Campbell  –  510,000  (34 bb)
Seat 4.  Motoyoshi Okamura  –  720,000  (48 bb)
Seat 5.  Nino Marotta  –  995,000  (66 bb)
Seat 6.
Seat 7.  Christopher Edgar  –  100,000  (7 bb)
Seat 8.  Slav Rypinski  –  405,000  (27 bb)

Shina Okamoto doubles up once again

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY3
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 19
BLIND 10K/15K-15K
AVERAGE 750K
PLAYERS 37/600

Shina Okamoto 546K(+286K)

Level 19 Begins (37 Players Left)

Pile of Poker Chips

The players return from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 10,000-15,000 and a 15,000 ante.

With 37 players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 810,000 (54 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money and guaranteed at least AUD $21,972 each.

The field is playing 90-minute levels again today, and there will be a 45-minute dinner break after Level 19 (around 6:25 pm). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field reaches the final three tables (24 players) or the end of Level 21, whichever comes first. (Schedule subject to change if we reach 24 early.)

Chris Colaneri Eliminated by Hirokazu Kobatashi

Down to 8 bb, Chris Colaneri shoves holding Club 6Heart 6, Hirokazu Kobatashi calls with Diamond 9Spade 9 to put Colaneri at risk. With the board running Spade KSpade JDiamond JClub 9 Colaneri is drawing dead despite the river Diamond 6.

Hirokazu Kobatashi – 1,130,000 (94 bb)
Chris Colaneri – Eliminated 

Recent Eliminations, 41st-48th Places

Abhinav Iyer
Photo:  48th-Place Finisher Abhinav Iyer

41st:  Mikael Larsson  –  AUD $19,281  (~US $12,411)
42nd:  John Camilleri  –  AUD $19,281  (~US $12,411)
43rd:  Marius Gierse  –  AUD $19,281  (~US $12,411)
44th:  Jin-Hoon Lee  –  AUD $19,281  (~US $12,411)
45th:  Dale Marsland  –  AUD $19,281  (~US $12,411)
46th:  Daniel Ao  –  AUD $19,281  (~US $12,411)
47th:  Jason Pritchard  –  AUD $19,281  (~US $12,411)
48th:  Abhinav Iyer  –  AUD $19,281  (~US $12,411)

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.

Peter Lin Three-Bet Shoves On Takanao Fukita

From under the gun+1, Yuto Suzuki raises 25,000, cutoff Takanao Fukita calls, and small blind Peter Lin calls. At the flop Spade 10Heart 2Heart J, Lin leads out 20,000, Suzuki and Fukita both call. On the turn Diamond 9, action is checked to Fukita who bets 70,000, Lin tank-calls, Suzuki folds. On the Spade 6 river, Lin jumps out with an 80,000 bet, Fukita raises  to 200,000, Lin quickly jams, Fukita folds.

Peter Lin – 960,000 (80 bb)
Takanao Fukita – 356,000 (29 bb)

Recent Eliminations, 49th-56th Places

Zhengmin Zhang
Photo:  51st-Place Finisher Zhengmin Zhang

49th:  Shan Huang  –  AUD $17,039  (~US $10,967)
50th:  Khac-Trung Tran  –  AUD $17,039  (~US $10,967)
51st:  Zhengmin Zhang  –  AUD $17,039  (~US $10,967)
52nd:  Wing Po Liu  –  AUD $17,039  (~US $10,967)
53rd:  Takamitsu Namiki  –  AUD $17,039  (~US $10,967)
54th:  Julius Colman  –  AUD $17,039  (~US $10,967)
55th:  Lewis Murray  –  AUD $17,039  (~US $10,967)
56th:  Weiran Pu  –  AUD $17,039  (~US $10,967)

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.

Motoyoshi Okamura raises the chips once again

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY3
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 18
BLIND 6K/12K-12K
AVERAGE 750k
PLAYERS 40/600

Preflop
UTG(Motoyoshi Okamura) raises 25000 BB calls

Flop
5♥️8♣️6♥️
BB checks UTG checks

Turn 5♦️
BB checks UTG checks

River K♣️
BB checks UTG bets 29000 BB folds

Motoyoshi Okamura 625,000Chips(+31,000)

Level 18 Begins (43 Players Left)

Day 3 Field

The players return from break to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 6,000-12,000 and a 12,000 ante.

With 43 players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 698,000 (58 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money and guaranteed at least AUD $19,281 each.

The field is playing 90-minute levels again today, and there will be a 45-minute dinner break after Level 19 (around 7:25 pm). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field reaches the final three tables (24 players) or the end of Level 21, whichever comes first. (Schedule subject to change if we reach 24 early.)

Shina Okamoto loses some chips on the final hand of the break.

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY3
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 17
BLIND 5K/10K-10K
AVERAGE 697K
PLAYERS 43/600

CO Shina Okamoto

Preflop
MP 20000
CO calls
BTN calls

Flop
4♦️4♥️3♥️

MP checks / calls
CO 30000
BTN calls

Turn
K♣️

MP checks / folds
CO checks / calls
BTN 80000

River
Q♥️

CO checks / folds
BTN all-in

 

Shina Okamoto 260K(-60K)

Lee jin Hoon finishes the main event in 44th place

Lee jin Hoon got all in with pocket JJ against Parket JJ.
Unfortunately, a flopped AA on the BB meant that LeeJin Hoon was eliminated from the main event in 44th place.

 

Lee jin Hoon 44th AUD$19,281

Shina Okamoto loses chips in defeat to Poker Kings

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY3
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 17
BLIND 5K/10K-10K
AVERAGE 666K
PLAYERS 45/600

SB Shina Okamoto

Preflop
BTN 22000/ calls
SB 63000

Flop
J♠️A♠️3♥️

SB checks
BTN checks

Turn
Q♦️
SB 8000 / folds
BTN goes all-in

ーーーーーーーーー
BTN Shina Okamoto

BTN all-in
SB calls

SB K♣️K♠️
BTN A♣️J♠️

Flop
10♣️6♣️7♠️
Turn
4♣️
River
2♣️

SB<BTN

 

Shina Okamoto 320K(-125K)

Syuto 53th AUD$ 170,039

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY3
Buyin AUS$8,000
PLAYERS 600

Congratulations ! !

53th Syuto AUD$ 170,039

Shina Okamoto Double up!!

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY3
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 17
BLIND 5K/10K-10K
AVERAGE 566K
PLAYERS 53/600

BTN Shina Okamoto

Preflop

HJ 32000/ calls
BTN all-in

HJ A♥️10♥️
BTN A♣️K♥️

Flop
7♦️9♥️7♣️

Turn
3♣️

River
J♠️

HJ <BTN

Shina Okamoto 445K(+235K)

GARY LIN LEADS THE FIELD AT THE BREAK WITH 2,275,000

Gary Lin
Photo:  Chipleader Gary Lin

A scan of the field during the break turned up 11 players with at least 800K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Gary Lin  –  2,275,000  (228 bb)
2.  Yuto Suzuki  –  1,545,000  (155 bb)
3.  Zhifan “Mata” Ye  –  1,314,000  (131 bb)
4.  Richard Lee  –  1,271,000  (127 bb)
5.  Martin Kozlov  –  1,177,000  (118 bb)
6.  Josh Hutchins  –  986,000  (99 bb)
7.  Romain Morvan  –  985,000  (99 bb)
8.  Paris Sitzoukis  –  960,000  (96 bb)
9.  Jarrod Thatcher  –  890,000  (89 bb)
10.  Adrian Pacheco  –  878,000  (88 bb)
11.  Hal Rotholz  –  863,000  (86 bb)

Yuto Suzuki
Photo:  Yuto Suzuki

LEVEL 17 BEGINS (54 PLAYERS LEFT)

Poker Chips on a Poker Table

The players return from break to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 and a 10,000 ante.

With 54 players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 556,000 (56 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money and guaranteed at least AUD $17,039 each.

The field is playing 90-minute levels again today, and there will be a 45-minute dinner break after Level 19 (around 7:25 pm). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field reaches the final three tables (24 players) or the end of Level 21, whichever comes first. (Schedule subject to change if we reach 24 early.)

RECENT ELIMINATIONS, 57TH-64TH PLACES,Daewoong 64th AUD $15,246

Michael Gathy
Photo:  61st-Place Finisher Michael Gathy

57th:  John Schumacher  –  AUD $15,246  (~US $9,813)
58th:  Qi Xu  –  AUD $15,246  (~US $9,813)
59th:  David Bonadio  –  AUD $15,246  (~US $9,813)
60th:  Nozomu Shimizu  –  AUD $15,246  (~US $9,813)
61st:  Michael Gathy  –  AUD $15,246  (~US $9,813)
62nd:  Anthony Auvale  –  AUD $15,246  (~US $9,813)
63rd:  Paawan Bansal  –  AUD $15,246  (~US $9,813)
64th:  Daewoong Song  –  AUD $15,246  (~US $9,813)

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.

PLAYER CHIPS COUNTS

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY3
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEL 16
BLIND 4K/8K-8K
AVERAGE 526K
PLAYERS 57/600

Yuto Suzuki 1.5M
Fukita Takanao 450K
Namiki Takamitsu 200K
Motoyoshi Okamura 400K
Hirokazu Kobayashi 400K
Shina Okamoto220K
Lee jin Hoon 300K

LUIS VARGAS ELIMINATED IN 73RD PLACE BY TAKAMITSU NAMIKI

Takamitsu Namiki
Photo:  Takamitsu Namiki

Under the gun Takamitsu Namiki min-raises, cutoff Zhifan Ye and Chris Colaneri call, big blind Luis Vargas shoves his last 5 bb, Namiki calls, the rest fold.

Luis VargasDiamond AHeart 8
Takamitsu NamikiSpade AHeart J

The board runs outSpade JClub 5Club 7Heart 3Heart Q, Vargas is eliminated.

Takamitsu Namiki – 277,000 (34 bb)
Luis Vargas – Eliminated in 73rd Place  (AUD $12,555)

DAY 3: SHUFFLE UP & DEAL!

Day 3 Field

The remaining 73 players have returned to the tournament area to play another six 90-minute levels today. Everything is set and ready to go, so it’s time to shuffle up and deal!

DAY 3 BEGINS AT 11:30 AM WITH 73 PLAYERS; GARY LIN LEADS WITH 1,919,000

Gary Lin
Photo:  Chipleader Gary Lin scored a double-knockout to burst the Money Bubble in the final hand of Day 2.

The Money Bubble burst in WPT Australia last night with three players getting knocked out in the 16th hand of hand-for-hand play, so Day 3 will begin with just 73 players remaining — and they are all in the money.

Day 3 gets underway at 11:30 am, and there is about an hour and 10 minutes remaining in Level 16, with blinds at 4,000-8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000. Once again, the field will be playing 90-minute levels, with a break after each level.

Here are the official chip counts and seating positions for the final 73 players:

1-1  Hal Rotholz  –  289,000
1-2  Kenta Ito  –  42,000
1-3  Nozomu Shimizu  –  84,000
1-4  Jarrod Thatcher  –  836,000
1-5  Patrick Murphy  –  133,000
1-6  Daniel Ao  –  579,000
1-7  Hamish Crawshaw  –  248,000
1-8  Hirokazu Kobatashi  –  319,000

2-1  Daewoong Song  –  91,000
2-2  Chris Colaneri  –  308,000
2-3  Luis Vargas  –  44,000
2-4  Takamitsu Namiki  –  185,000
2-5  Simon Chahine  –  433,000
2-6  Richard Lee  –  847,000
2-7  Zhifan Ye  –  1,441,000
2-8

3-1  Romain Morvan  –  520,000
3-2  David Bonadio  –  220,000
3-3  Yita Choong  –  172,000
3-4  Marius Gierse  –  439,000
3-5  Paawan Bansal  –  160,000
3-6  Michael Egan  –  248,000
3-7  Joseph Vinecombe  –  363,000
3-8

4-1  Wing Po Liu  –  676,000
4-2  Adrian Pacheco  –  528,000
4-3  Paris Sitzoukis  –  486,000
4-4  Simon Taberham  –  252,000
4-5  Yibo Zhou  –  460,000
4-6  Cuong Le  –  459,000
4-7  Justin Steinbrenner  –  242,000
4-8

5-1  Khac-Trung Tran  –  271,000
5-2  Julius Colman  –  280,000
5-3  John Schumacher  –  187,000
5-4  Slav Rypinski  –  594,000
5-5  Dale Marsland  –  244,000
5-6  Janet Wyvill  –  156,000
5-7  Tu Le  –  473,000
5-8

6-1  Jason Pritchard  –  504,000
6-2  Michael Tomeny  –  300,000
6-3  Noman Mirza  –  580,000
6-4  Nil Esteve Magrane  –  532,000
6-5  Luis Arrilucea  –  853,000
6-6  Gary Lin  –  1,919,000
6-7  John Camilleri  –  497,000
6-8  Shiina Okamoto  –  213,000

7-1  Martin Kozlov  –  410,000
7-2  Ori Ohana  –  238,000
7-3  Anthony Auvale  –  145,000
7-4  Takanao Fukita  –  559,000
7-5  Vincent Wan  –  685,000
7-6  Peter Lin  –  293,000
7-7  Weiran Pu  –  254,000
7-8  Michael Gathy  –  280,000

8-1  Michael Rattigan  –  322,000
8-2  Qi Xu  –  566,000
8-3  Josh Hutchins  –  703,000
8-4  Ken Demlakian  –  786,000
8-5  David Tang  –  646,000
8-6  Jin-Hoon Lee  –  193,000
8-7  Sean Ragozzini  –  61,000
8-8

9-1  Zhengmin Zhang  –  103,000
9-2  Dylan Kehoe  –  295,000
9-3  Robert Campbell  –  238,000
9-4  Motoyoshi Okamura  –  946,000
9-5  Nino Marotta  –  331,000
9-6  Shan Huang  –  295,000
9-7  Christopher Edgar  –  264,000
9-8

14-1  Abhinav Iyer  –  214,000
14-2  Dylan Foster  –  194,000
14-3  Guangrui Meng  –  173,000
14-4  Lewis Murray  –  104,000
14-5  Yoon Kang  –  724,000
14-6  Mikael Larsson  –  121,000
14-7  Yuto Suzuki  –  1,299,000
14-8

And here are the remaining 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:  AUD $12,555  (~US $8,081)

Day 3 is scheduled to begin at 11:30 am, so stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of WPT Australia.

* 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.

Day3 Seat Allocations

Those who passed day2