Daniel Smilijanic takes overall chip lead into Day 2
The last card has been dealt, we’ve bagged and tagged and after all has been said and done it is Daniel Smilijanic who will carry the overall chip lead into Sunday’s Day 2 of the WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast main event.
Smilijanic finished today’s flight with a monster stack of 620,500 – leaving him as the only Day 1C player to top the half-million chip mark and well clear of Day 1A’s Hussein Hassan (533,000).
It was a massive day of action here in The Star Gold Coast poker room, with the 443 entries pushing the final main event field to 1,113 and breaking all sorts of records in the process.
The 2021 WPT DeepStacks Gold Coast is now the largest WPT main event field in Asia-Pacific history, bettering the 898 players that took their seats at WPT National China in 2014. It is also largest prize pool for a WPT tournament in Asia-Pacific at $1,502,550, beating the $1,480,500 from WPT Australia in 2019.
The total 2,866 entries across all events so far, not including satellites, has bettered the 2,642 entries at WPT Vietnam in 2019, while the 3,799 entries including satellites has topped the WPRT Vietnam’s 3,103.
The top 5 chip counts from Day 1C are as follows:
Daniel Smilijanic – 620,500
Simon Chahine – 497,500
Thomas Owda – 402,000
Graham Purua – 396,500
Musong Kim – 385,500
Other notables include Corey Kempson with 344,000, Josh Mitchell with 351,000 and Chris Zenanos with 358,500.
Two more hands
Just a couple more to play on each table before we bag and tag for the night – and, perhaps more importantly, grab ourselves a post-wrap nightcap!
Owba on the up
Theo Dharmasaputra shoved for his last 47,000 and was called by Thomas Owba.
Dharmasaputra showed A♣Q♠ but needed help against the K♥K♣ of Owba. It didn’t arrive as the board ran out Queen high to send Dharmasaputra to the rail.
Owba is now on around 410,000.
Level 15: Blinds 3,000/5,000 (5,000)
Smilijanic a half-millionaire
Dan Smilijanic has become the first player across the half-million barrier.
We caught the action on a 9♣5♠K♠ flop with the cut-off betting 30,000 and Smilijanic making the call.
Both players checked the 8♦ turn before the 8♣ landed on the river. Smilijanic checked again and called when his opponent bet 53,000, showing K♦J♦ as his opponent flashed A♥Q♦ before mucking.
Sotsavanh with the snap
Vannasone Sotsavanh called an opponent’s 9,000 open from the hijack as they saw a flop of 9♦5♦8♣.
The middle position player continued for 10,000 and Sotsavanh called. When the J♦ landed on the turn both players checked before the 6♠ arrived on the river.
The action was checked to Sotsavanh who bet 6,000 only to be check-raised to 31,000. Sotsavanh snap-called and took the hand down with Sotsavanh A♥J♣, moving up to 140,000 in the process.
Level 14: Blinds 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
And the big stacks …
Dan Smilijanic – 423,000
Thomas Owda – 367,000
Simon Chahini – 323,000
Chris Zamonis – 318,000
Johnathan Rodden – 280,000
Sal Fazzino – 260,000
Ricky Kroesen – 235,000
Sang Jun – 220,000
Notable chip counts
Josh Mitchell – 200,000
Corey Kempson – 181,000
Luke Hanna – 180,000
Johnny Rodden – 167,000
Mike Ivin – 135,000
Sal Fazzino – 130,000
Ricky Kroesen – 117,000
Rauren Toye – 114,000
Michael Mariakis – 90,000
Will Davies – 76,000
Kane Peters – 55,000
Jakson Laughton – 35,000
Rehman Kassam – 24,100
Level 13: Blinds 1,500/2,500 (2,500)
Let’s party!
Time for another 10-minute break – and just in time for the Players Party which has kicked off next door at the Latitude Bar. Back shortly!
Connelly given the royal treatment
Bede Connelly is up more than 100,000 after hitting a royal flush against Taylor Veltmeyer in one of the last hands before the break.
As the players recalled, Veltmeyer raised pre-flop from under the gun with K♦J♦ before Connelly three-bet with A♣K♣ to go heads-up to the flop of Q♣A♦10♣.
Both players checked, then Veltmeyer check-called Connelly’s bet on the 8♣ before checking his option again on the river J♣.
Connelly fired out 18,000 and after several minutes in the tank, Veltmeyer let his hand go.
Taylor Veltmeyer – 80,000
Benenos bounces back
Our field reporter came across Chris Benenos on the button, who came in with the cut-off and the big blind after the lo-jack raised to 3,500 pre-flop to make it four-handed to a flop of 10♦3♣6♥.
Action then checked around to Benenos, who opened for 6,500; only the cut-off called and both players checked the turn of the K♣ before the cut-off led out for 6,000 on the river of the 6♣.
Benenos called, showing down Q♥J♥, which was still best against his opponent’s 9♥8♥.
Chris Benenos – 134,000
What we know so far
With the final field in this WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast main event confirmed at 1,113 entries, the tournament staff has informed players that 140 places will make the money, with a top prize of $252,728.
Full payouts will be finalized tomorrow, however multiple records have been broken this week, including largest prize pool for a WPT tournament in Asia-Pacific at $1,502,550 – beating the $1,480,500 from WPT Australia in 2019.
It is also worth mentioning that this WPDeepStacks Gold Coast series has recorded a total of 2,866 entries across all events so far, not including satellites, beating the 2,642 from WPT Vietnam in 2019.
Including satellites there have been 3,799 entries – beating the 3,103 also from WPT Vietnam 2019.
It’s fair to say the Aussie poker community has welcomed casino poker back with open arms.
Level 12: Blinds 1,500/2,500 (2,500)
Clinch pinches some off Arbabi
Over on Table 23, the action folded around to Wayne Clinch who raised to 3,500 from the button; the small blind player called, but then Kiavash Arbabi three-bet from the big blind, making it 10,500 to go.
Clinch jammed for 38,300 total, forcing the small blind out of the way before Arbabi snap-called.
Arbabi: A♣A♥
Clinch: 10♠10♣
Both players improved to two pair on the flop of 4♦4♣7♦, but Clinch scored the double up after hitting the full house with the turn and river running out J♣, 10♥.
Wayne Clinch – 79,600
Kiavash Arbabi – 95,000
Hong on song
Ryan Hong has just tripled up after hitting a miracle river card to stay alive in a 3-way all-in.
Things weren’t looking great for Hong holding K♠10♠ against the A♥K♥ and A♠Q♠ of his opponents, and it wasn’t getting much better on a Q♥9♠2♥3♠ board.
But the J♣ river was the perfect tonic as he rivered the straight to stay alive and chip up to just shy of 100,000.
What would Johnny Rodden do?
Jonathan Rodden is now up to 150,000 in chips after finding himself on the right end of a double KO over on Josh Emerton’s table.
All the money was in the middle before the flop, with Rodden tabling A♠K♠ against the pocket fives and pocket queens of his at-risk opponents, but Rodden spiked top-top on the board of 4♣8♣A♦J♥7♥ and scooped.
Our kudos must go to Josh Emerton, who submitted the details (and the title) of this hand to us via social media in what could potentially be the start of a new career with the PMA Live Reporting team!
Hendo and Bromley bow out
Michael Henderson and Jordan Bromley are amongst the latest spate of casulaties, however both players were kind enough to stop by the PMA hotdesk to give us their respective hand histories.
After being crippled in an earlier hand, Bromley jammed the last of his money in pre-flop with ace-king suited, only to run into his opponent’s pocket aces.
As for Henderson, he got his money in good with pocket kings pre-flop against his villain’s pocket queens, but the queens caught a runner-runner flush despite “Hendo” hitting a set on the turn.
Level 10: Blinds 800/1,600 (1,600)
Registration about to close
Players are now on break at the end of the 9th level, meaning registration will officially close at the end of this 10-minute interval.
The staff are currently seating all remaining alternatives and we’ll have a final field size for you as soon as it is finalized.
Smith’s fishin’ for chips
Over on Josh Yeoman’s table, all the players were in fits of laughter after some friendly banter with Geoff Smith, who had just taken out an all-in opponent.
All the money was in the middle pre-flop; the victim had Smith dominated with Q♦Q♣ against his A♣8♠, but the dealer spread the board of 8♣7♦4♥8♦A♦ to give Smith the full house and the scalp.
“Mate, don’t put that in the blog!” Smith laughed as he got his portrait taken.
“Do it!” joked Yeomans. “Everyone needs to know about the WPT DeepStacks’ biggest fish!”
Idris ices it
On a 3♠9♣5♥, Nuno da Silva led for 4,000 and Idris Hassan called. The third player in the hand then announced he was all-in for around 27,000.
Da Silva declared himself all-in over the top and Hassan snap-called.
In an epic cooler, it was Hassan out in front holding 9♣5♠ against da Silva’s 3♦5♣ and the other player’s 9♥10♠.
The turn and river bricked as Hassan scooped the pot.
Idris Hassan – 130,000
Nuno da Silva – 32,000
Diamonds in the rough
Mike Ivin limped in UTG for 1,200 and Trevor McCarthy bumped it up to 3,300. Two more players called as did Ivin.
The flop came 2♦3♦3♠ and Ivin checked to McCarthy who bet 7,700. The cut-off then came in over the top for his entire 21,600 stack, with Ivin shoving as well and McCarthy making the call.
It was Mccarthy ahead with A♠A♣ to the 7♥7♣ of the cut-off and A♦7♦.
The J♦ turn rocketed Ivin into the lead and when the river fell 5♣ the Aussie poker veteran sent two to the rail.
He is now up to 135,000.
Level 9: Blinds 600/1,200 (1,200)
In and out
The revolving door of alternates continues to spin, however Jordan Bromley has just come in for the first time tonight and picked up a small pot early.
Our reporter picked up the action on a flop of Q♦A♣9♣; the player in the small blind check-called after Bromley’s bet of 4,000 and then both players checked the 7♥ on the turn before dealer peeled off the river 7♠.
The small blind led out for 6,000, but insta-mucked after Bromley called to pad his stack up to around 40,000.
Meanwhile, Angel Guillen, Ehsan Amiri and Saliendra Shah are all back on the waiting list to each fire another bullet, with Shah having been busted earlier at the hands of Monil Gohil after getting the last of his money in pre-flop with A♦K♦,only to run into Gohil’s pocket jacks which improved to a set on the flop.
WPTDeepStacks prize pool edging towards new record
There are currently 422 entries in today’s flight, including alternates, pushing the WPTDeepStacks main event field to a total of 1,092 with about 45 minutes remaining until registration closes.
That means this event needs only five more entries to better the prize pool from the WPT Australia event in 2019 – a $2,500 buy-in event that created a prize pool of $1,480,500.
It is already the largest WPT main event field in Asia-Pacific history, bettering the 898 players that took their seats at WPT National China in 2014.
Guerin spikes the boat
Didier Guerin opened to 2,200 in the lo-jack and received a call from the player on the button.
The flop came Q♦J♦9♦ and Guerin check-called a 2,500 bet from his opponent.
On the turn J♠, Guerin checked to his opponent who bet 6,500. Guerin then jammed over the top for 23,100, sending his opponent into the tank.
He eventually called, showing 4♦6♦ for the flopped flush and having Guerin in need of help with K♥J♥.
That help duly arrived via the river Q♥, pairing the board to fill Guerin up and see him double through to 58,000.
Level 8: Blinds 500/1,000 (1,000)
Chips ahoy!
| Luke Hanna | 132,500 |
| Luke Stewart | 107,500 |
| Vesko Zmukic | 105,000 |
| Taylor Veltmeyer | 96,000 |
| Ricky Kroesen | 84,000 |
| Bruno Da Silva | 65,500 |
| Jakson Laughton | 61,000 |
| Ali Ghezelbash | 58,800 |
| Kane “Moistman” Peters | 55,500 |
| Theo Darma | 46,000 |
| Nuno Da Silva | 46,000 |
| Andrew Michael | 44,300 |
| Robert Spano | 43,500 |
| Silvana Agius | 42,000 |
| Josh Emerton | 42,000 |
| Sam Capra | 30,500 |
| Karl Symonds | 28,000 |
| Darryl Lanyon | 25,500 |
| Tristan Bain | 21,500 |
| Chris Wong | 21,000 |
| Daniel Gabriel | 15,300 |
| Vincent Wan | 14,000 |
| Sam Adams | 14,000 |
Corey crippled
Corey Van Jaarsveldt has taken a massive hit, down to 41,000 in chips after losing a monster pot against Josh Smith.
We picked up the action on a board that read 6♥K♣2♠7♠; Smith checked his option to Van Jaarsveldt who led out for 6,700. Smith then check-shoved and Van Jaarsveldt insta-called.
Smith: K♥K♦
Van Jaarsveldt: 2♦2♣
Set over set – and if that wasn’t enough, the dealer peeled off the K♠ on the river for quads, sending Smith’s stack soaring to 57,500.
Warne whacked
Jackson Warne has hit the rail after shoving for his last 11,000 holding A♠J♣ and being looked up by a player holding A♣3♣.
The board ran out 3♦7♠4♠5♣7♣ and Warne was left to ponder another bullet.
Life saver
Jonathan Gamerou won a small pot from Fred Ranchhod a few moments ago and couldn’t help but congratulate his opponent for a remarkable river check that undoubtedly saved his tournament life.
As both players tell it, Gamerou check-called a small flop bet on a KK8 flop, followed by another small bet on the 9 turn.
The river was an A and both players checked it down, but Gamerou, holding K8, almost fell off his chair when Ranchhod showed 88.
“That’s an amazing check,” he said before shaking Ranchhod’s hand.
Gamerou has around 38,000.
Level 7: Blinds 400/800 (800)
Time out
Players are now on a 10-minute break – back soon with a round of chip counts!
Mai gosh!
Mai Nguyen has cracked the 100,000 barrier following a multi-way hand that saw her send a player to rail and leave another very short.
The hand began with an early position open to 900 and three players calling before Nguyen completed from the blinds.
The flop came 2♥10♣5♣ and Nguyen bet out for 3,500 with both the initial raiser and the button calling.
The board was checked around on the 5♥ turn before the 7♥ landed on the river.
Nguyen checked again to the raiser who announced he was all-in for his remaining 13,400. The button player called but Nguyen shoved over the top for an extra 16,000 on top. The button folded and the all-in player showed Q♥10♥ for the flush – not enough to top Nguyen’s turned boat with 2♠5♦.
She moves to 115,000.
A stacked field
Given the sheer size and star power of today’s field, we’re still coming across many familiar faces for the first time today, including Jackson Warne, Toby Giles, Graham Cowan, Saliendra Shah, Darryl Lanyon and Kane “Moistman” Peters.
We’ve also spotted Andrew Michael from Stacked Social, fresh in from the City of Churches after their inaugural championship series – be sure to keep a look-out on our Facebook page soon as he’ll be one of our next guests on PMA LIVE!
Stewart takes Hachem’s stack
Luke Stewart is one of our early chip leaders and he can count 2005 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem as his prize scalp during the early stages of play.
As Stewart relayed to us, he looked down at pocket Aces and 3-bet Hachem’s 2,500 pre-flop open to 6,000.
Hachem called and after Stewart continued for 8,000 on a 964 flop, Hachem announced he was all-in. Stewart snapped him off and was well ahead of the WSOP champ’s 97.
The board bricked and Hachem was sent packing while Stewart moves to 138,000.
Level 6: Blinds 300/600 (600)
Handy flop for Mitchell
Josh Mitchell opened to 1,100 from early position and received a call from two players in late position, including Bassam Habib.
The flop came K♠K♣2♠ and Mitchell continued for 1,100. Both players called.
The turn was the 7♠ and this time Mitchell bet 2,200. Only Habib called.
On the river J♦ Mitchell bet again, 8,000 this time, with Habib quickly calling.
Mitchell turned over 2♦2♣ for the flopped boat as Habib shook his head in disgust and mucked.
Josh Mitchell – 47,000
Bassam Habib – 35,000
It’s a 1K kind of day
Even more great news coming out of The Star Gold Coast Poker Room today, with the number of entries now in excess of 1,000, which sets all sorts of new records for both The Star and the WPT Asia-Pacific region!
Of course, there are always some challenges with big numbers like these, but fortunately for us here in the state of Queensland, all tables are able to run full ring (10-handed as per state government regulations) with alternates still streaming in.
However, WPT Live Events Specialist Danny McDonagh was able to confirm via social media that play will move to nine-handed as soon as possible on Day 2.
Level 5: Blinds 300/500 (500)
Godena sends one to the rail
Michal Jalc announce he was all-in for his last 11,800 and Jarryd Godena made the call.
It was off the races with Jalc holding A♦Q♠ and Godena J♠J♥.
The J♣5♣8♥ flop was brutal for Jalc and the Q♥ sealed his fate as Godena moves to 55,000.
BREAKING NEWS: WPT Main Tour series coming to The Star Gold Coast
The partnership between The Star Gold Coast and WPT continues to go from strength to strength, as it was revealed during today’s official post-break presentation that a WPT Main Tour series will be coming to Australia later this year.
WPT anchor Lynn Gilmartin was on hand to deliver the news, along with WPT Royal Flush Crew’s Ashleigh Lawrence, Star Gold Coast COO Jessica Mellor and 2019 WPT Australia Main Event Champion Hari Varma, who was also presented with the Season XVIII WPT Asia-Pacific Player of the Year trophy.
Whilst dates are yet to be officially confirmed, there is no question that come this October, the WPT Main Tour series will be one of the biggest poker events in Australian history and further cement The Star Gold Coast as our country’s new #1 poker destination.
Level 4: Blinds 200/400 (400)
Break time
Players are on a 20-minute break.
Luke brings the force
Luke Hanna is up to 60,000 after forcing a crying river call from an opponent.
On a flop of K♥6♥6♠, an opponent bet 1,200 and Hanna bumped it up to 2,700. His opponent called.
The turn was the 3♦ and Hanna’s opponent check-called a bet of 6,200.
On the 4♣ river, Hanna fired out a bet of 17,600 – his opponent tanking before making the call and mucking when Hanna showed 5♦6♣.
Main Event Day 1B Chip Counts
ICYMI: Harry Basle and Marcel Zapantzis were top of the pops after play wrapped up last night, with Mitch Bognar, Bert Perry, Mike Maddocks, Hari Varma, Aroha Ngata and Tyron Krost also amongst the 46 surviving players to have bagged and tagged.
You can also check out PMA’s Day 1B Live Reporting coverage by clicking here.
| Player | Chip Count |
| Harry Basle | 529,000 |
| Marcel Zapantzis | 525,000 |
| Brooke Colless | 405,000 |
| Jack Drake | 405,000 |
| Russell Fogarty | 405,000 |
| Sayak Ratul | 389,000 |
| Christina Ying | 361,000 |
| Eric Wang | 358,000 |
| Mitchell Bognar | 353,000 |
| Bert (John) Perry | 308,000 |
| Scott Hamilton-Hill | 299,000 |
| Simon Thwaites | 291,000 |
| Amir Abbas | 258,000 |
| Dean Fazal | 255,000 |
| Jackson Rado | 247,000 |
| Aroha Ngata | 242,000 |
| Mike Maddocks | 240,000 |
| Joseph Cristallo | 237,000 |
| Kiko Puyat | 224,000 |
| Jongjun Park | 217,000 |
| Ashneel Sharma | 210,000 |
| Michel Bouskila | 205,000 |
| Michael Clair | 199,000 |
| Sean Ragozzini | 197,000 |
| Craig Landry | 186,000 |
| Zack Lowrie | 176,000 |
| Tu Le | 166,000 |
| Graham Woodbine | 166,000 |
| Rourke Jackson | 165,000 |
| Ay Bestami | 156,000 |
| Martin Ward | 152,000 |
| David Wang | 142,000 |
| Michael Tran | 141,000 |
| Jimmy Ghobrial | 122,000 |
| Mark Lasarow | 120,000 |
| Nickolas Oiberman | 104,000 |
| Tyron Krost | 99,000 |
| Chen Xie | 97,000 |
| Adrian Indovino | 95,000 |
| Anthony Hachem | 82,000 |
| Fadi Tabet | 80,000 |
| Emanuel “Curly” Seal | 80,000 |
| Dennis Huntly | 76,000 |
| Anthony Cierco | 66,000 |
| Hari Varma | 56,000 |
| Peco Stojanovski | 50,000 |
Hachem an early mover
After a cut off open, Joe Hachem 3-bet from the big blind and the cut-off made the call.
The flop came K♠Q♠10♠ and the cut-off check-raised Hachem’s 2,500 bet to 6,500. Hachem called.
On the 4♦ river the cut-off led for 9,000 and Hachem announced that he was all-in. The cut-off made a crying call holding A♠7♥ but needed help as Hachem rolled over 5♠6♠ for the flopped flush.
The river bricked as Hachem sent one to the rail and moved to 65,000.
Level 3: Blinds 200/300 (300)
WPT DeepStacks Gold Coast: $440 Mega Stack Freezeout results
Just before last night’s Day 1B flight wrapped up, another of our side events was run and won, with Lachlan Dykes besting a field of 179 entries to pocket a tidy $18K and change.
Dykes defeated Vikrant Gupta heads-up for the #1 contender for GPI’s new “Trophy of the Year” category, while Charles Caris finished in third. Josh Yeomans, Mishel Anunu and Mina Gerges were amongst the other notables to make it into the cash.
| Place | Name | Amount |
| 1st | Lachlan Dykes | $18,548 |
| 2nd | Vikrant Gupta | $12,441 |
| 3rd | Charles Caris | $7,339 |
| 4th | Farid Sarkis | $4,464 |
| 5th | Michael Johnson | $3,448 |
| 6th | Andrew Slan | $2,857 |
| 7th | Russell Watkins | $2,434 |
| 8th | Thomas Hourvitz | $2,141 |
| 9th | Tan Chin Hoe | $1,855 |
| 10th | Frank Malizia | $1,575 |
| 11th | Liam Flick | $1,575 |
| 12th | Joshua Yeomans | $1,575 |
| 13th | Mina Gerges | $1,325 |
| 14th | Aaron Matheson | $1,325 |
| 15th | Paul Neville | $1,325 |
| 16th | Cameron Chen | $1,110 |
| 17th | Yu-Xiu Tsai | $1,110 |
| 18th | Paul Murray | $1,110 |
| 19th | John Lombardo | $895 |
| 20th | David Lee | $895 |
| 21st | Mishel Anunu | $895 |
| 22nd | Anthony Beck | $679 |
| 23rd | Sohrab Rezvanpour | $679 |
Kroesen forces the fold
Ricky Kroesen called an opponent’s open holding 7♠8♠ and the pair saw a flop of 9♦2♠3♥. His opponent continued for 800 and Kroesen made the call.
On the turn 6♦, hius opponent bet another 1,900 only for Kroesen to make it 6,700. His opponent went deep into the tank but eventually laid it down.
Kroesen has been building nicely early and is up to 45,000.
Familiar faces
Plenty of big names in and around The Star Gold Coast Poker Room today, with Josh Emerton, Michael Henderson, Ricky Kroesen, Nuno Da Silva, Silvana Agius, Taylor Veltmeyer and Corey Van Jaarsveldt now officially on our watchlist!
Level 2: Blinds 100/200 (200)
Early double for Amiri
It took less than 10 minutes to lose our first player in a massive river confrontation that has seen Ehsan Amiri double up early.
As Amiri explains it, he called a pre-flop open holding 10♦10♠ to see a flop of 10♣2♥3♥. After the flop was checked through, an opponent bet 500 on the K♠ turn with Amiri raising it up to 2,500. His opponent called.
The river was the 6♦ and Amiri led for 6,000. His opponent re-raised to 12,000 before Amiri announced he was all-in. His opponent snap-called and turned over 2♣2♠ but was shocked to find himself on the wrong end of such an early set over set situation.
Amiri, who won the $2k One Day Event earlier in the week, scores the early double to move to 60,000.
By the numbers
We came into today’s play needing 330 more entries to crack the magic 1,000 mark and we’re off to a good start with 240 players seated and 46 alternates already.
In addition to the 670 entries we’ve already seen over the first two flights, this means we are guaranteed at least 956 entries – more than enough to smash the WPT record for a main event field in Asia-Pacific, previously held by WPT National China which attracted 898 players in 2014.
Should we happen to reach 1,097 entries we will also beat the prize pool from WPT Australia in 2019 (which had a $2,500 buy-in).
Familiar faces
Some of the familiar faces already seated on Day 1C include Joe Hachem, David Gorr, Ricky Kroesen, Jarryd Godena, Sam Adams, David Sebesfi, Mike Ivin and Jim Pizanias.
Shuffle up and deal!
And we’re underway in the third and final flight of the WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast main event!
Level 1: Blinds 100/100 (100)
Last chance saloon
Welcome back to The Star Gold Coast and PokerMedia Australia’s live coverage of the WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast Main Event.
It’s been a huge few days here at The Star Gold Coast with a whopping 670 entries across the two Day 1 flights so far including another 330 on Friday to add to Thursday’s 340 runners.
Today we see the third and final flight, providing players their last opportunity to make Day 2 and give themselves a chance at becoming the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast champion.
No doubt that will mean plenty of familiar faces in the field with the likes of Joe Hachem, Robert Campbell, Jason Gray, Vincent Wan, Angel Guillen, Warwick Mirzikinian, Ken Demlakian, David Sebesfi, Chad Awerbuch, Robert Spano and Ricky Kroesen among those yet to secure their Day 2 seats.
After two days we currently have three players sitting with stacks of over half a million, led by Hussein Hasan who chipped up to 533,000 on Day 1A.
Today will see players looking to navigate 15 levels of play, which will take us through to around 10.30pm.
Play begins at 11.30am so stay tuned right here on pokermedia.com.au as we bring you exclusive live reporting coverage of the WPTDeepStacks Main Event.
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