Picking up the action on the flop of 
, Najeem Ajez was facing a bet of 575 from the player on his right. Ajez decided to put in a raise in position, making it 1,800. His opponent called.
Both players checked on the 
turn but on the 
river, Ajez's opponent put out a bet of 2,000. Ajez didn't waste long before folding.
His opponent flashed him the 
before pitching his hand into the muck. Ajez was left with roughly 23,000 after the hand.
On a flop of 
the player in the small blind bet 750 and was called by Errolyn Strang on the button.
Both players checked the 
on the turn before the 
completed the board.
The small blind fired out another 750 and Strang called immediately.
Strang then checked her cards once more and mucked after her opponent tabled 
for two pair and the winning hand.
Morten Mortensen opened with a raise to 300 under the gun and Jan Suchanek called in the big blind.
The flop was 
and Suchanek checked. Mortensen put out a bet of 275 and Suchanek then check-raised, making it 625. Mortensen called.
The turn was the 
and Suchanek continued with a bet of 1,100. Mortensen called once more.
On the river, Suchanek finally slowed down with a check. Mortensen checked behind. Suchanek turned up his 
and with a straight, he was able to take down the pot.
Suchanek is off to a hot start with nearly twice the starting stack already.
Action folded to the cutoff who limped in. Next to act was Gary Benson on the cutoff and he raised to 400. His opponent called.
The flop came down 
and the player in the cutoff checked over to Benson. Benson quickly put out a bet of 650 and his opponent didn't waste too long to fold.
With that, Benson was able to take down the pot and chip up a bit here in the early levels.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
After 170 entrants took part in Day 1A of the Main Event yesterday, today is the second chance for players to grab their own personal slice of the $2.1 million guarantee on offer. Players who entered yesterday and didn’t bag chips are still able to enter today, but if they are forced to re-enter again, have two more chances next Thursday and Friday on the remaining two opening flights.
Yesterday it was Michael Confos who managed to soar to the top of the chip counts with 366,000, edging out Ricky Kroesen (339,500) and Luke Martinelli (334,000) who rounded out the top three spots. 31 players managed to bag with notables including; Jordan Westmorland, Craig Blight, Julius Colman, Jonathan Karamalikis, Brendon Rubie and Jarred Graham.
Today players will have fourteen 45-minute levels to try and match Confos’ stack ahead of Day 2, with 10-minute breaks after every three levels, and a 30-minute dinner break coming at the conclusion of level nine.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of today’s live updates from The Star in Sydney.
AU$2,200 Main Event
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