While the WPT Championship Event has reached 150 entries and approaches the dinner break, there has also been plenty happening elsewhere in the poker room at The Star Sydney.

Francois Leclerc has just taken down The Croc Hunter Big Bounty tournament for AUD 16,878, defeating Jeremy Wright heads-up. The two-day event attracted 182 entries, with only 24 players making the money.

Still ongoing is the final table of the biggest buy-in event of the series, the AUD 10,000 WPT High Roller. The two-day tournament attracted 72 entries, with the top 11 places paid.

Among those still in contention for the nearly AUD 200,000 top prize are Kenta Ito and Jiaxu Chen, who both reached the final table of the WPT Prime Championship. Adam Kharman is also still in the hunt, along with Thomas Lee, who is looking to become the fourth two-time champion of the series with a victory in the event.

WPT High Roller Final Table

Tim BakerTim Baker

9/24/2026, 7:31:00 AM

Selected Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HL Hannah LeeAustralia	150,000	100,000
LY Liu Yang 2Australia	145,000	95,000
DH David HirstAustralia	130,000	80,000
AR Amin RiyazatiAustralia	110,000	60,000
MO Michael O'grady 1Australia	91,000	41,000
AB Attila BognarAustralia	85,000	35,000
SS Sasha SkalrudAustralia	68,000	18,000
JA Joseph AntarAustralia	60,000	10,000
TS Tolly SakellariouAustralia	52,000	2,000
JB Joshua BarabaAustralia	50,000
DF Daniel Francis 1Australia	50,000
JS Jack SweetAustralia	45,000	-5,000
TS Troy SweetAustralia	40,000	-10,000
EA Ehsan AmiriAustralia	38,000	-12,000
BS Bryan SuasonoNew Zealand	35,000	-15,000

Tim BakerTim Baker

9/24/2026, 6:48:29 AM

Second Break

After four levels, the opening flight of the WPT Championship Event has attracted 125 entries, with 90 players remaining as they head on their second 15-minute break of the day.

There are still four levels of registration remaining, with late registration set to close before the start of Level 10 at roughly 11 p.m.

Somuchpoker also has all the latest news from the past few days at WPT Australia, including Cooper Feltham's victory in the WPT Prime Championship.

Tim BakerTim Baker

9/24/2026, 5:05:01 AM

Some Names in the Field

Player	Chips
IA Itsuki AburataniJapan	50,000
JB Joshua BarabaAustralia	50,000
HB Harry BasleAustralia	50,000
IB Irene BennettAustralia	50,000
UB Unensaikhan BolovsonAustralia	50,000
RB Ricardo BonoAustralia	50,000
MB Michel BouskilaAustralia	50,000
NB Nicholas BoveyAustralia	50,000
SC Sam CapraAustralia	50,000
SC Shakti ChauhanAustralia	50,000
GC Guoxi ChenAustralia	50,000
JD Jeremy DunkelAustralia	50,000
XF Xueying FangAustralia	50,000
SF Salvatore FazzinoAustralia	50,000
TF Thibaut FixariFrance	50,000
DF Daniel Francis 1Australia	50,000
JG Jonathan GamerovAustralia	50,000
MG Matteo GiordaniAustralia	50,000
ZG Zhenjie GuanChina	50,000
DH David HirstAustralia	50,000
LH Lachlan HoenigAustralia	50,000
JH Jethro HorowitzAustralia	50,000
EI Erdinc IbrahimAustralia	50,000
RJ Rourke JacksonAustralia	50,000
HJ Honglin JiangNew Zealand	50,000
SJ Sosia JiangNew Zealand	50,000
MK Michael KanaanAustralia	50,000
AK Adam KharmanAustralia	50,000
TK Takeo KimuraJapan	50,000
PK Peter KominosAustralia	50,000
MK Martin KozlovAustralia	50,000
HL Hannah LeeAustralia	50,000
RM Richard Mann (5)Australia	50,000
WM William MckayAustralia	50,000
RM Rick MechammilUnited States of America	50,000
BM Ben MillerUnited Kingdom	50,000
GN Giovanna NoceraAustralia	50,000

Tim BakerTim Baker

9/24/2026, 2:32:04 AM

Shuffle Up and Deal

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

Cards are in the air and play has started with 53 players in the WPT Championship Event.

Tim BakerTim Baker

9/24/2026, 1:06:42 AM

WPT Australia Championship Takes Center Stage at The Star Sydney

The AUD 5,000 WPT Australia Championship, the most sought-after title of the festival, gets underway today at The Star Sydney, with Day 1a kicking off at 12:30 p.m.

Players will begin with 50,000 chips and play 11 60-minute levels on each of the three starting days. Day 1b gets underway at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, September 25, with Day 1c following at the same time on Saturday, September 26.

Survivors will return for Day 2 at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, before the tournament moves to 90-minute levels for Day 3 at 11:30 a.m. on Monday and Day 4 at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The six-handed final table will then play out from 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 30, with 60-minute levels until heads-up and 30-minute levels thereafter.

Registration and unlimited re-entries will remain open until the start of Level 10 on each starting flight.

Somuchpoker will be on the floor throughout Day 1a, bringing you live updates from the WPT Australia Championship.

Event starts 12:30 local time..