Justin Liberto and Jake Schwartz have both taken a seat just now and the former has already cashed in three events prior to the Main Event. It is the first trip Down Under for the American and he is enjoying the experience on and away from the tables.
On top of that, Liberto added an Aussie Millions ring to his poker resume after taking down the A$ 1,150 Shot Clock Shootout Event #3 for A$ 46,220.
Niveau: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The first 90-minute level of the day is completed and the screens show 128 players out of 131 entries remaining. They have been sent into the first 15-minute break of the day.
Kenny Hallaert was left very short towards the end of the first level and Michael Dyer had boosted his stack significantly by then.
It was also Dyer that stayed in the driving seat when taking on Scott Wilson. Both Dyer and Wilson invested, 1,875 on the 
flop and 4,000 on the 
turn. Wilson jammed the 
river for 9,900 and Dyer asked for a count before releasing his cards into the muck.
Michael Moore had claimed the first pot of the day on his table against Quan Zhou but he is no longer seated, Johannes Becker confirmed that the American had been eliminated.
According to Becker, he first lost a bigger pot against a set and then fell short with ace-king versus ace-queen in a three-bet pot when he got it in after an ace-queen high flop.
Becker himself has been doing fine so far and chipped up already. Just now he claimed a 5,000-pot with 
for jacks and deuces on a board of 
when the heads-up river was checked through.
Dzmitry Urbanovich has now also joined the table and sits between Zhou and Becker.
On the 
flop, Peter Aristidou check-called a bet of 900 by Eui Kim and the duo then checked down the 
turn and the river.
Kim was first to show and flashed 
, Aristidou replied "I expected more than that, here is mine." Aristidou chopped this pot, but has lost quite a few chips early on.
New in the Day 1a field are Pete Linton and Anton Morgenstern.
On the tail end of a bigger pot over on table 25, the board showed 
and Bryan Pellegrino called a bet of 2,400 by Xavier Bustamante Mparsakis. The latter turned over 
for trips treys and that won the pot.
The dealer announced an open seat on table 32 and the one seat was no longer occupied. Seat two had a double stack, which belonged to Anthony Kingston and table neighbor Thomas Wing provided the necessary details.
According to Kingston and Wing, it was Antonio Casale that raised to 350 and was called by Kingston. Casale check-raised a queen-high flop from 500 to 2,000 and Kingston called, then Casale jammed the 
turn for 26,000 with 
for a pair of tens and a flush draw. Kingston however already had the made flush and scored the first bustout of the day after not even half an hour.
In a three-way single raised pot to the 
, Quan Zhou bet 100 and Michael Moore raised to 300, which forced one fold and a call from Zhou. The 
turn was checked and Zhou check-folded the river to a bet of 400 by WSOP bracelet winner Zhou.
The same table now also features Johannes Becker, who sat down just before the hand had started.
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