The Poker Palace was one of the first in Australia to introduce a turbo flight into their Main Event, and turbo Day 1D is well underway here, into the fourth level.
With the same structure as the other flights, except levels are 25 minutes instead of 45, players can make their way into Day 2 in just 4 to 4.5 hrs, Full end of day chip counts to come later here on PokerNews.
With six tables left, players will now be jostling to bolster their stacks in the last two levels of the day. Here are the table leaders at the break. The average currently is 100,000 exactly.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Players are now on a 15 minute break, their last break of the day.
John Thomson has just been eliminated from Day 1C, after a couple of losses in back to back hands. His final 34,000 chips went in the middle with 
against his opponent who had 
. He was ahead all the way, until the river brought a king.
Tables are finally starting to break here, with just over 2 levels remaining in the day.
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
On a board showing 
, Wissam Al Hayek went all-in for about 130,000, covering Marc Seymour who had just over 100,000.
Marc Seymour: 
Al Hayek: 
Al Hayek later said he didn't want Seymour to hit an ace, but it wasn't an ace he needed to be afraid of, as Seymour had flopped the straight. The inconsequential river was the 
.
Al Hayek took the loss well and then lost the rest of his chips and he has been eliminated from Day 1C.
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