2019 The Star Sydney Champs

$5K Challenge
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 The Star Sydney Champs

Final Results
Winner
Jason Gray
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
171,572 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
Prize Pool
612,750 AUD
Entries
129
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000

Young Among Big Stacks; Vukovic Down

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On the river of a board {k-Spades}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}, Mark Yazbeck bet 12,000 into a pot of 16,000 and forced a fold to claim the pot without resistance.

Gary Benson also added further chips to his stack when Shivan Abdine check-folded the {j-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{5-Hearts} river to a bet of 10,000.

Mladen Vukovic won a pot, however, he had previously lost half of his stack to Rory Young who now tops the leader board. In the recent hand, Young folded the {8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop to a bet of Vukovic and one cold-call. The {a-Clubs} turn was checked and Vukovic bet the {4-Spades} river for 5,000 to force out the third player in the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Rory Young au
Rory Young
140,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
132,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mark Yazbeck au
Mark Yazbeck
85,000
15,000
15,000
Mladen Vukovic au
Mladen Vukovic
70,000
-69,000
-69,000
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
45,000
-25,000
-25,000

Tags: Gary BensonMark YazbeckMladen VukovicRory YoungShivan Abdine