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The players are taking a 45-minute dinner break and will return around 7:33 p.m. When play resumes, blinds will be 5,000/1,000 wth a big blind ante of 1,000.
Late registration remains open until the start of Level 10, which will be at approximately 9:45 p.m.
Ehsan AmiriEhsan Amiri has been seated in the WPT Prime Australia Championship since almost the start of play and is certainly one to watch as the day progresses. The Sydney-based Australian professional is a regular on the international circuit and has amassed over $2,200,000 in live tournament earnings, placing him 30th on Australia's all-time money list.
Amiri's biggest result came at EPT Barcelona in 2022, where he finished runner-up in the €10,300 High Roller for $332,696. Amiri has since recorded results across major tours, including the WSOP, WPT, and Triton Poker Series, regularly competing at some of the biggest buy-ins
Ehsan Amiri raised to 1,500 from middle position, with the cutoff and small blind making the call.
After it checked to Amiri on the K♥ Q♦ T♣ flop, he continuation-bet for 2,500, which only the cutoff called.
A board-pairing K♠ came on the turn and Amiri slid out a second barrel, this time for 6,000. Again, Amiri's opponent called.
The 6♥ completed the board and Amiri wasted no time in pushing his entire stack of 21,000 into the middle. The cutoff was visibly agonized by the spot he was in and, after deliberating for around three minutes, reluctantly folded giving up the pot to Amiri.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
EA Ehsan Amiri ![Australia [AUS]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/au.svg "Australia [AUS]"){kind=small} Australia | 43,100(72 BB) | 4,900 |
Deborah AnWith Day 1a of the WPT Prime Championship underway and attention turning to the second major event of the festival, now is also a good time to catch up on everything that's happened over the past couple of days at The Star Sydney, as the opening week of WPT Australia 2026 comes to a close.
Deborah An was among the latest winners after taking down the WPT Ladies Australian Championship, with four other trophies also awarded over the past two days. Catch up on all the latest action and results from WPT Australia, as well as what's still to come on the schedule, on Somuchpoker's homepage.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
WM Wade Mccarroll Australia | 155,000 | 115,000 |
TO Travis O'Grady Australia | 93,500 | 53,500 |
CB Craig Blight Australia | 90,500 | 50,500 |
AJ Ailen Ji Australia | 88,300 | 48,300 |
BS Bryan Suasono ![New Zealand [NZL]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/nz.svg "New Zealand [NZL]"){kind=small} New Zealand | 77,000 | 37,000 |
TK Todor Kondevski Australia | 70,000 | 30,000 |
KD Ken Demlakian Australia | 52,600 | 12,600 |
EA Ehsan Amiri Australia | 38,200 | -1,800 |
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
DA Dane Alwright Australia | 40,000 |
JB Joshua Baraba Australia | 40,000 |
CB Craig Blight Australia | 40,000 |
CB Callum Blinco Australia | 40,000 |
EB Elie Boustany Australia | 40,000 |
BC Barrington Calia Australia | 40,000 |
SC Sam Capra Australia | 40,000 |
JC Jian Cen Australia | 40,000 |
VC Vincent Chung Australia | 40,000 |
AF Andrew Fisher 1 Australia | 40,000 |
MF Michael Flanagan Australia | 40,000 |
DF Daniel Francis (2) Australia | 40,000 |
HH Hussein Hassan Australia | 40,000 |
DH David Hirst Australia | 40,000 |
LH Lachlan Hoenig Australia | 40,000 |
SJ Simon Javor Australia | 40,000 |
AJ Ailen Ji Australia | 40,000 |
FK Fahri Kaplan Australia | 40,000 |
TK Todor Kondevski Australia | 40,000 |
KK Kenkou Kudo Australia | 40,000 |
RL Romel Lazar Australia | 40,000 |
JL Johan Lees Australia | 40,000 |
DL Daniel Lei ![United States of America [USA]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/us.svg "United States of America [USA]"){kind=small} United States of America | 40,000 |
LM Ljudevit Marinic Australia | 40,000 |
WM Wade Mccarroll Australia | 40,000 |
FM Frank Mikletic Australia | 40,000 |
BH Bac Ha Nguyen ![Viet Nam [VNM]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/vn.svg "Viet Nam [VNM]"){kind=small} Viet Nam | 40,000 |
PP Paul Pederson New Zealand | 40,000 |
DP Dimitrios Pizanias Australia | 40,000 |
MR Matthew Rolfe Australia | 40,000 |
PS Pankaj Sadana Australia | 40,000 |
TS Tolly Sakellariou Australia | 40,000 |
SS Sasha Skalrud Australia | 40,000 |
BS Bryan Suasono New Zealand | 40,000 |
TS Troy Sweet Australia | 40,000 |
The second major tournament of WPT Australia 2026 gets underway today at The Star Sydney, with Day 1a of the AUD 1,500 WPT Prime Championship Event taking center stage from 2:30 p.m.
Four starting flights will take place across the next four days. Each Day 1 flight will see players begin with 40,000 chips and play up to 16 40-minute levels, with play ending earlier if the field is reduced to 12.5% of the starting entries. Late registration will remain open until the start of Level 10, with unlimited re-entries available.
The survivors from all four starting flights will combine for Day 2 on Monday, September 21, when levels increase to 60 minutes in length and remain that way through the final day on Tuesday. The nine-handed final table will also be streamed on a delay across the WPT's Facebook and Twitch channels.
Somuchpoker will be on the tournament floor throughout the event, bringing you live updates from Day 1a and all four starting flights through to the conclusion of the tournament.