Photo:  Yuto Suzuki

HAND #109  –  Romain Morvan raises under the gun to 200,000, Gary Lin calls from the small blind, and Yuto Suzuki calls from the big blind.

Both players check to the turn on a board of , and Lin bets 225,000. Suzuki uses one of his Time Chips to tank for a while before he moves all in for 950,000. Morvan quickly folds, and Lin snap-calls.

Suzuki shows  for a set of deuces with a spade flush draw, but Lin turns over  for a set of nines. Suzuki needs to catch a deuce or a spade on the river to stay alive.

The river card is the , and Lin wins the pot with his set of nines to eliminate Suzuki in seventh place.

Yuto Suzuki  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  (AUD $136,762)

The final six players are verifying their chip counts and filling out their WPT bio sheets for tomorrow’s live-streamed WPT Final Table, which is scheduled to begin at 11:30 am (with the WPT Live Stream starting at 12:00 noon). Stay tuned for the official chip counts.

 
Photo:  Yuto Suzuki

The players return from break to begin Level 27, with increased blinds of 50,000-100,000 and a 100,000 ante.

With seven players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 4,275,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least AUD $136,762 each.

The field is playing as many 90-minute levels as it takes tonight to reach the WPT Final Table, which will be played tomorrow at 11:30 am. The WPT Live Stream will be broadcast on a 30-minute delay with holecards and commentary at 12:00 noon AEST (4:00 am GMT; 10:00 pm EDT).

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Gary Lin  –  4,000,000  (40 bb)
Seat 2.  Yuto Suzuki  –  1,250,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3.  Romain Morvan  –  7,650,000  (77 bb)
Seat 4.  Richard Lee  –  4,675,000  (47 bb)
Seat 5.  Nino Marotta  –  4,300,000  (43 bb)
Seat 6.  Martin Kozlov  –  6,600,000  (66 bb)
Seat 7.  Ken Demlakian  –  2,000,000  (20 bb)

And here are the final table 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:  Hirokazu Kobayashi  –  AUD $106,719  (~US $68,692)
9th:  Peter Lin  –  AUD $84,299  (~US $54,261)

* 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.

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY4
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEVL26
BLIND 50K/75K-75K
AVERAGE 4.3M
PLAYERS 7/600

Yuto Suzuki 1.65M(+950K)

The players return from break to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 50,000-75,000 and a 75,000 ante.

With seven players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 4,275,000 (57 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least AUD $136,762 each.

The field is playing as many 90-minute levels as it takes tonight to reach the WPT Final Table, which will be played tomorrow at 11:30 am. The WPT Live Stream will be broadcast on a 30-minute delay with holecards and commentary at 12:00 noon AEST (4:00 am GMT; 10:00 pm EDT).

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Gary Lin  –  5,775,000  (77 bb)
Seat 2.  Yuto Suzuki  –  875,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3.  Romain Morvan  –  4,900,000  (65 bb)
Seat 4.  Richard Lee  –  4,900,000  (65 bb)
Seat 5.  Nino Marotta  –  3,950,000  (53 bb)
Seat 6.  Martin Kozlov  –  5,900,000  (79 bb)
Seat 7.  Ken Demlakian  –  3,575,000  (48 bb)

The players return from break to begin Level 25, with increased blinds of 30,000-60,000 and a 60,000 ante.

With seven players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 4,285,000 (71 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least AUD $136,762 each.

The field is playing as many 90-minute levels as it takes tonight to reach the WPT Final Table, which will be played tomorrow at 11:30 am. The WPT Live Stream will be broadcast on a 30-minute delay with holecards and commentary at 12:00 noon AEST (4:00 am GMT; 10:00 pm EDT).

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Gary Lin  –  6,575,000  (110 bb)
Seat 2.  Yuto Suzuki  –  1,365,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Romain Morvan  –  6,340,000  (106 bb)
Seat 4.  Richard Lee  –  3,265,000  (54 bb)
Seat 5.  Nino Marotta  –  3,560,000  (59 bb)
Seat 6.  Martin Kozlov  –  5,030,000  (84 bb)
Seat 7.  Ken Demlakian  –  4,375,000  (73 bb)

And here are the final table 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:  Hirokazu Kobayashi  –  AUD $106,719  (~US $68,692)
9th:  Peter Lin  –  AUD $84,299  (~US $54,261)

* 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:  Hirokazu Kobayashi

HAND #24  –  Hirokazu Kobayashi moves all in from middle position for 430,000, and Martin Kozlov calls from the button with .

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

The board comes , and Kozlov turns a spade flush to clinch the pot and eliminate Kobayashi in eighth place.

Martin Kozlov  –  4,775,000  (96 bb)
Hirokazu Kobayashi  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  (AUD $106,719)

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY4
Buyin AUS$8,000
PLAYERS 600

Congratulations ! !

8th
Hirokazu Kobayashi AUD$ 106,719

Hands #6-11: Final Eight Players

HAND #6  –  Nino Marotta raises from the small blind to 125,000, and Martin Kozlov calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Marotta bets 200,000, and Kozlov folds. Marotta takes the pot.

HAND #7  –  Romain Morvan raises from middle position to 100,000, and shows one card — the  — as he takes the blinds and ante.

HAND #8  –  Richard Lee raises from the hijack to 100,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #9  –  Romain Morvan raises under the gun to 100,000, and Martin Kozlov calls from the cutoff. The flop comes , Morvan checks, Kozlov bets 110,000, and Morvan folds. Kozlov takes the pot.

HAND #10  –  Gary Lin raises from the button to 100,000, and Romain Morvan calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Morvan checks, Lin bets 90,000, and Morvan calls. The turn card is the , and both players check.

The river card pairs the board with the , and they check again. Morvan turns over  to win the pot with ace high, and Lin mucks.

HAND #11  –  Ken Demlakian raises from the hijack to 100,000, Gary Lin reraises from the cutoff to 350,000, and Demlakian calls. The  is accidentally revealed as the burn card, and the flop comes . Demlakian checks, Lin bets 200,000, and Demlakian folds. Lin takes the pot.

Level 23 comes to an end, and Level 24 begins with increased blinds of 25,000-50,000 and a 50,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With eight players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 3,750,000 (75 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least AUD $106,719 each.

The field is playing as many 90-minute levels as it takes today to reach the WPT Final Table, which will be played tomorrow at 11:30 am. The WPT Live Stream will be broadcast on a 30-minute delay with holecards and commentary at 12:00 noon AEST (4:00 am GMT; 10:00 pm EDT).

Photo:  Peter Lin

HAND #3  –  Peter Lin raises under the gun to 100,000, Romain Morvan moves all in from the small blind for 4,830,000, and Lin thinks for a while before he calls all in for about 1,000,000 with .

Morvan turns over , and Lin needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Lin turns a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further. Morvan wins the pot with a set of jacks to eliminate Lin in ninth place.

Romain Morvan  –  5,825,000  (146 bb)
Peter Lin  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  (AUD $84,299)

HAND #1  –  Ken Demlakian raises from the button to 80,000, and Yuto Suzuki calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Suzuki checks, Demlakian bets 85,000, and Suzuki folds. Demlakian takes the pot.

HAND #2  –  Martin Kozlov raises from the hijack to 80,000, and Romain Morvan calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Morvan checks, Kozlov bets 140,000, and Morvan folds. Kozlov takes the pot.

The final nine players have returned from dinner, and they will continue playing as many 90-minute levels as it takes to reach the final six players for tomorrow’s WPT Final Table, which begins at 11:30 am with the WPT Live Stream following on a 30-minute delay at 12:00 noon.

The tournament clock shows 7:13 remaining in Level 23, with blinds at 20,000-40,000 with a 40,000 ante. Everything is set and ready to go, so it’s time to shuffle up and deal!

Photo:  Chipleader Gary Lin

After the elimination of Hamish Crawshaw in 10th place, the final nine players redraw for random seats at the final table. They moved their chip stacks into their new seats, and then took their 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 5:30 pm.

Here is the lineup with official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Gary Lin  –  6,945,000  (174 bb)
Seat 2.  Yuto Suzuki  –  2,540,000  (64 bb)
Seat 3.  Romain Morvan  –  4,910,000  (123 bb)
Seat 4.  Hirokazu Kobayashi  –  780,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5.  Peter Lin  –  915,000  (23 bb)
Seat 6.  Richard Lee  –  1,185,000  (30 bb)
Seat 7.  Nino Marotta  –  2,125,000  (53 bb)
Seat 8.  Martin Kozlov  –  6,505,000  (163 bb)
Seat 9.  Ken Demlakian  –  4,420,000  (111 bb)

And here are the remaining 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:  AUD $84,299  (~US $54,261)

And here are the recent eliminations from the final two tables:

10th:  Hamish Crawshaw  –  AUD $84,299  (~US $54,261)
11th:  Josh Hutchins  –  AUD $67,260  (~US $43,293)
12th:  Justin Steinbrenner  –  AUD $67,260  (~US $43,293)
13th:  Motoyoshi Okamura  –  AUD $54,256  (~US $34,923)
14th:  Dylan Kehoe  –  AUD $54,256  (~US $34,923)
15th:  Yita Choong  –  AUD $44,392  (~US $28,574)

Stay tuned to WPT.com as they will be playing down to the six-handed WPT Final Table this evening.

* 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.

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY4
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEVL23
BLIND 20K/40K-40K
AVERAGE 3.3M
PLAYERS 9/600

Final Table 9 Players

Yuto Suzuki 2.5M(-500K)
Hirokazu Kobayashi 900K(-200K)

Photo:  Motoyoshi Okamura

Motoyoshi Okamura is all in from UTG+1 for 125,000 with , but he is dominated and facing elimination against the  of Peter Lin in the small blind.

The board comes , and Lin wins the pot with two pair, queens and fives, to eliminate Okamura in 13th place.

Peter Lin  –  890,000  (22 bb)
Motoyoshi Okamura  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  (AUD $54,256)

Motoyoshi Okamura finishes the Main Event in 13th place

A total of three players from Japan made it to Day 4 with stacks above average and a strong showing saw them make it all the way to the semi-finals but unfortunately finish in 13th place, earning AUD $54,256 in prize money.

Photo:  Chipleader Gary Lin

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Justin Steinbrenner  –  395,000  (10 bb)
Seat 2.  Ken Demlakian  –  2,000,000  (50 bb)
Seat 3.  Gary Lin  –  5,255,000  (131 bb)
Seat 4.  Motoyoshi Okamura  –  2,120,000  (53 bb)
Seat 5.  Hamish Crawshaw  –  455,000  (11 bb)
Seat 6.  Richard Lee  –  1,755,000  (44 bb)
Seat 7.  Josh Hutchins  –  1,710,000  (43 bb)
Seat 8.  Yuto Suzuki  –  2,155,000  (54 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Martin Kozlov  –  3,435,000  (86 bb)
Seat 3.  Nino Marotta  –  800,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4.  Peter Lin  –  1,045,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5.  Hirokazu Kobayashi  –  1,100,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6.  Romain Morvan  –  4,660,000  (117 bb)
Seat 7.  Yita Choong  –  2,065,000  (52 bb)
Seat 8.  Dylan Kehoe  –  605,000  (15 bb)

Photo:  Romain Morvan

The players return from break to begin Level 23, with increased blinds of 20,000-40,000 and a 40,000 ante.

With 15 players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 2,000,000 (50 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least AUD $44,392 each.

The field is playing as many 90-minute levels as it takes today to reach the WPT Final Table, which will be played tomorrow at 11:30 am. The WPT Live Stream will be broadcast on a 30-minute delay with holecards and commentary at 12:00 noon AEST (4:00 am GMT; 10:00 pm EDT).

【AUSTRALIA】WPT
#11 Main Event
DAY4
Buyin AUS$8,000
LEVEVL23
BLIND 20K/40K-40K
AVERAGE 2.0M
PLAYERS 15/600

Yuto Suzuki 3.0M(—)
Motoyoshi Okamura 2.0M(-100K)
Hirokazu Kobayashi 1.1M(-200K)

In an unusual coincidence, there are all-in-and-call situations at all three tables simultaneously.

At Table #7, Martin Kozlov raises under the gun to 60,000, Simon Chahine moves all in from the hijack for about 500,000, and Kozlov calls with .

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

The board comes , and the queens hold up for Kozlov to win the pot and eliminate Chahine.

Martin Kozlov  –  2,445,000  (82 bb)

The other two tables also resulted in eliminations, and with all three happening during the same time, they were awarded a three-way tie for 16th place, chopping the prize money for all three spots to account for the pay jump.

Simon Chahine  –  Eliminated in a tie for 16th Place  (AUD $39,011)
Slav Rypinski  –  Eliminated in a tie for 16th Place  (AUD $39,011)
Joseph Vinecombe  –  Eliminated in a tie for 16th Place  (AUD $39,011)

MAIN EVENT  SEMI FINAL

Yuto Suzuki 3.0M(+600K)
Motoyoshi Okamura 2.0M(+700K)
Hirokazu Kobayashi 400K(-1.5M)

10K HIGHROLLER EVENT SEMI FINAL

Dae Woong Song
Cho Woo Ram
Lee jin Hoon

Small blind Justin Steinbrenner shoves holding , big blind Hirokazu Kobayashi calls for his tournament life with . With the board running , it’s a double up for Kobayashi.

Hirokazu Kobayashi – 800,000 (32 bb)
Justin Steinbrenner – 780,000 (26 bb)

Photo:  Chipleader Gary Lin

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Josh Hutchins  –  815,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2.  Gary Lin  –  3,595,000  (120 bb)
Seat 3.  Dylan Kehoe  –  1,305,000  (44 bb)
Seat 4.  Nino Marotta  –  1,445,000  (48 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Ken Demlakian  –  2,320,000  (77 bb)
Seat 7.  Slav Rypinski  –  515,000  (17 bb)
Seat 8.  Richard Lee  –  2,755,000  (92 bb)

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Hamish Crawshaw  –  560,000  (19 bb)
Seat 2.  Martin Kozlov  –  1,350,000  (45 bb)
Seat 3.  Simon Chahine  –  420,000  (14 bb)
Seat 4.  Cuong Le  –  630,000  (21 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Mata Ye  –  260,000  (9 bb)
Seat 7.  Yita Choong  –  2,215,000  (74 bb)
Seat 8.  Yuto Suzuki  –  2,875,000  (96 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Romain Morvan  –  2,295,000  (77 bb)
Seat 2.  Motoyoshi Okamura  –  2,165,000  (72 bb)
Seat 3.  David Tang  –  980,000  (33 bb)
Seat 4.  Justin Steinbrenner  –  1,605,000  (54 bb)
Seat 5.  Hirokazu Kobayashi  –  595,000  (20 bb)
Seat 6.  Joseph Vinecombe  –  955,000  (32 bb)
Seat 7.  Peter Lin  –  750,000  (25 bb)
Seat 8.

The players return from break to begin Level 22, with increased blinds of 15,000-30,000 and a 30,000 ante.

With 21 players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 1,430,000 (48 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least AUD $30,491 each.

The field is playing as many 90-minute levels as it takes today to reach the WPT Final Table, which will be played tomorrow at 11:30 am. The WPT Live Stream will be broadcast on a 30-minute delay with holecards and commentary at 12:00 noon AEST (4:00 am GMT; 10:00 pm EDT).

Justin Steinbrenner all in for 325,000 and , bigger stacked Hirokazu Kobayashi calls with . The board runs out  for a double up to Steinbrenner.

Justin Steinbrenner – 715,000 (28 bb)
Hirokazu Kobayashi – 1,500,000 (60 bb)

Level 20 comes to an end, and Level 21 begins with increased blinds of 15,000-25,000 and a 25,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 24 players remaining from a field of 600, the average chip stack is around 1,250,000 (52 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money and guaranteed at least AUD $30,491 each.

The field is playing as many 90-minute levels as it takes today to reach the WPT Final Table, which will be played tomorrow at 11:30 am, with the WPT Live Stream following on a 30-minute delay at 12:00 noon.

There are about four minutes remaining in Level 20, with blinds at 10,000-20,000 with a big blind ante of 20,000. Everything is set and ready to go, so it’s time to shuffle up and deal!

Photo:  Chipleader Gary Lin

From a field of 600 entries, only 24 players remain, and at 11:30 am, they’ll return to action to play as many 90-minute levels as it takes to reach the WPT Final Table.

Gary Lin won a massive pot in the final hand of Day 3, and now he holds a massive chip lead. In other news, reigning WPT Australia Champion has a solid stack worth 50 big blinds as he attempts to defend his title.

Here are the official chip counts and seating assignments for the start of Day 4:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Josh Hutchins  –  1,235,000  (62 bb)
Seat 2.  Tu Le  –  1,040,000  (52 bb)
Seat 3.  Dylan Kehoe  –  640,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4.  Nino Marotta  –  940,000  (47 bb)
Seat 5.  Michael Tomeny  –  675,000  (34 bb)
Seat 6.  Ken Demlakian  –  1,690,000  (85 bb)
Seat 7.  Slav Rypinski  –  290,000  (15 bb)
Seat 8.  Richard Lee  –  2,615,000  (131 bb)

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Hamish Crawshaw  –  500,000  (25 bb)
Seat 2.  Martin Kozlov  –  1,900,000  (95 bb)
Seat 3.  Simon Chahine  –  255,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4.  Cuong Le  –  610,000  (31 bb)
Seat 5.  Michael Egan  –  405,000  (20 bb)
Seat 6.  Mata Ye  –  1,050,000  (53 bb)
Seat 7.  Yita Choong  –  1,120,000  (56 bb)
Seat 8.  Yuto Suzuki  –  2,470,000  (124 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Romain Morvan  –  2,360,000  (118 bb)
Seat 2.  Motoyoshi Okamura  –  1,290,000  (65 bb)
Seat 3.  David Tang  –  990,000  (50 bb)
Seat 4.  Justin Steinbrenner  –  430,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5.  Hirokazu Kobayashi  –  1,965,000  (98 bb)
Seat 6.  Joseph Vinecombe  –  360,000  (18 bb)
Seat 7.  Peter Lin  –  1,200,000  (60 bb)
Seat 8.  Gary Lin  –  4,435,000  (222 bb)

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)

Day 4 begins 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.