The tournament screen shows 150 entries of which 145 currently remain and the overall field has already eclipsed 300 in total. With 160 entries yesterday, the field for Flight 2 is set to beat that and the first table broke just now as well.
Two further notables that joined the competition are former November Niner Jacob Balsiger and Jessica Dawley.
After a raise to 425, Alex Rocha flat-called and so did Ferenc Riech. On the flop , the initial raiser bet 825 and Rocha raised to 3,450 with Riech getting out of the way. The opponent moved all in for 6,400 with and Rocha's failed to improve.
One hand later, Rocha opened to 350 and was called one way before the player in the small blind squeezed to 1,175. Rocha folded and the cold-called tossed in the extra chips. Both remaining players checked the flop before the player in the small blind then bet the turn for 1,900 to win the pot.
With a dry smile, Rocha said he had folded ace-queen.
Jens Lakemeier played in the HORSE Event and busted, now headed over to the Exhibition Hall to enter the Opening Event in Flight 2. Also registered as well: Australia's poker queen Jackie Glazier. The biggest cash of Glazier came off a 2nd place at the 2012 World Series of Poker $ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #41) for a payday of $ 458,996, to date her live earnings have amassed to more than $1.3 million already.
After a raise to 300 and a call, Rory Young squeezed to 1,400 out of the small blind and the player in the big blind as well as the button called. On the flop , the trio checked and Young also checked the turn. The player in the big blind fired 2,275 and that won the pot without any further resistance.
Despite losing this pot, Young is up early on and has been very active as usual.
After a raise to 400, Rupert Elder called and Jesse Kertland squeezed to 1,200 in the big blind. The initial raiser asked the American what he started with chips-wise and then clicked to 2,600. Elder folded, but Kertland called and checked the flop . His opponent bet 1,250 and Kertland called before both checked down the turn and river.
The initial raiser showed and Kertland grabbed the pot with for trips kings.
Louis Salter grabbed most of the chips of the first player out after flopping top set and cracking a pair of aces. The opponent hung around with seven big blinds for a while before eventually surrendering.
One table over, Xuan Liu had a day to forget. Forced out of a bigger pot early on she now got into a raising war and the remaining stack went into the middle of the table. Liu showed but failed to improve against the of her opponent after the board ran out .
Australian Poker Hall of Famer Leo Boxell as well as Oliver Gill are also in the field for Flight 2. Gill is typically very talkative while in action and his third biggest cash came from a first-place finish in the 2015 Aussie Millions A$ 2,250 + 250 #3 8 Game mixed event one year ago.
The players have been sent off on a 15-minute break just one level into play.
Some technical difficulties with the lighting in the room left them playing in the dark and when the level ended, a decision was made to halt play in an attempt to fix the issue.
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, the initial raiser bet 825 and Rocha raised to 3,450 with Riech getting out of the way. The opponent moved all in for 6,400 with 
and Rocha's 
failed to improve.
turn for 1,900 to win the pot.
, the trio checked and Young also checked the 
turn. The player in the big blind fired 2,275 and that won the pot without any further resistance.
. His opponent bet 1,250 and Kertland called before both checked down the 
turn and 
and Kertland grabbed the pot with 
but failed to improve against the 
.
