Main Event | 2019 The Star Sydney Champs

08-05-2019 18:46 UTC+10

Antar and Crawshaw Clash Twice

Shirley Ang

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Hamish Crawshaw limped in from the small blind and Joe Antar opted to check in the big blind. They both checked through the whole board for Crawshaw to pick up the pot with .

A few hands later, Crawshaw completed his small blind and Antar opted to check in the big blind. The flop came , Crawshaw continued with a bet of 120,000 which Antar called. The turn was the , Crawshaw fired a bet of 225,000 into the pot and Antar called again. The river completed the board with the for both players to check. Crawshaw claimed the pot with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	12,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Joe Antar	3,800,000 -700,000	-700,000
Mark Lassau	2,800,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Joe Antar

08-05-2019 18:37 UTC+10

Crawshaw Takes From Lassau to Cement Lead

Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Hamish Crawshaw opened to 260,000 on the button and Mark Lassau came along from the big blind. The flop went check, check, and Lassau bet the turn for 325,000 and Crawshaw called to see the appear on the river.

Lassau opted to check and Crawshaw bet 725,000 to pick up a call by Lassau.

Crawshaw tabled the for a pair of jacks and that won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	11,000,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Joe Antar	4,500,000 200,000	200,000
Mark Lassau	2,800,000 -1,500,000	-1,500,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Mark Lassau

08-05-2019 18:34 UTC+10

Tu Le Eliminated in 4th Place (A$118,406)

Shirley Ang

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Tu Le shoved from the small blind for 1,600,000 and was called by Hamish Crawshaw in the big blind.

Tu Le:
Hamish Crawshaw:

The flop came to keep Crawshaw ahead.

The turn was the for Le to turn two pair too.

A nine on the river could save Le's tournament life but he bricked it as the completed the board for him to finish in fourth place for A$118,406

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	9,600,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Tu Le	Busted

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Tu Le

08-05-2019 18:32 UTC+10

Antar Value-Bets Tens

Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Hamish Crawshaw raised to 260,000 first to act and Joe Antar called from the button. Both checked the flop and Crawshaw check-called a bet of 225,000 on the turn.

After the river, Crawshaw checked and called a bet of 300,000 by Antar, who turned over as the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	7,900,000 -800,000	-800,000
Joe Antar	4,300,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Joe Antar

08-05-2019 18:26 UTC+10

Peter Robertson Eliminated in 5th Place (A$89,090)

Shirley Ang

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Hamish Crawshaw raised to 275,000 from the cutoff and Peter Robertson shoved on the button. The blinds folded and Crawshaw asked for a count. The dealer confirmed Robertson had 1,045,000 behind. Crawshaw took some time and then decided to make the call.

Peter Robertson:
Hamish Crawshaw:

The flop came to keep Robertson ahead.

The turn was the for Crawshaw to hit a pair of jacks. Only a king could save Robertson's tournament life now.

The river completed the board with the for Robertson to get eliminated in fifth place for A$89,090.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	8,700,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Peter Robertson	Busted

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Peter Robertson

Level: 28

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 20,000

08-05-2019 18:17 UTC+10

Antar Cracks Aces to Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Mark Lassau limped the cutoff and Hamish Crawshaw filled up from the small blind, Peter Robertson checked in the big blind. They checked the flop and it checked to Lassau on the turn, his bet won the pot.

Crawshaw then opened the button to 250,000 and Joe Antar called in the big blind. Antar check-called a bet of 125,000 on the flop and bet the turn for 175,000. Crawshaw pushed all in and Antar called.

Joe Antar:
Hamish Crawshaw:

Upon seeing the cards of Antar, Crawshaw nodded and would not hit one of his remaining two outs as the riveer came a blank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	7,400,000 -1,700,000	-1,700,000
Mark Lassau	4,300,000 -300,000	-300,000
Joe Antar	3,400,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Tu Le	1,800,000 200,000	200,000
Peter Robertson	1,000,000 -300,000	-300,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Joe Antar Mark Lassau Peter Robertson

08-05-2019 18:11 UTC+10

Lassau Doubles Through Crawshaw

Shirley Ang

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

After Hamish Crawshaw had been putting the pressure on his opponents in most hands by raising or shoving, Mark Lassau limped in from under the gun. Crawshaw shoved from the button and Lassau called for the 2,200,000 he had behind.

Mark Lassau:
Hamish Crawshaw:

The board ran out for Lassau to stay ahead throughout the board and even improve to a pair of kings on the river to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	9,100,000 -800,000	-800,000
Mark Lassau	4,600,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Tu Le	1,600,000 -300,000	-300,000
Joe Antar	1,500,000 -400,000	-400,000
Peter Robertson	1,300,000 -400,000	-400,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Mark Lassau

08-05-2019 18:05 UTC+10

Lassau Doubles Through Antar

Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Mark Lassau raise-folded to a shove by Hamish Crawshaw and then raised to 225,000 the next hand from the under-the-gun position. Joe Antar in the big blind studied the stack of Lassau and pushed all in, the quick call of Lassau for 1,525,000 followed.

Mark Lassau:
Joe Antar:

The flop gave Lassau middle set and Antar was looking for hearts to deal the final blow. Lassau locked up the double on the turn which made the river a formality.

One hand later, Crawshaw raised to 225,000 and Lassau called from the big blind. The flop barely appeared when Lassau already check-folded to a continuation bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	9,900,000 600,000	600,000
Mark Lassau	2,700,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Joe Antar	1,900,000 -1,500,000	-1,500,000
Tu Le	1,900,000
Peter Robertson	1,700,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Joe Antar Mark Lassau

08-05-2019 18:00 UTC+10

A Bit More for Crawshaw

Shirley Ang

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Hamish Crawshaw raised to 230,000 from under the gun and was called by Joe Antar on the button and Tu Le in the big blind. The flop came , Le checked, Crawshaw continued with a bet of 255,000 which was only called by Antar. They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Crawshaw check-folded to the 325,000 bet of Antar.

Peter Robertson raised to 225,000 from under the gun and was called by Antar in the cutoff and Crawshaw in the big blind. The flop came , Crawshaw-check-shoved after Robertson bet 300,000 and Antar had already folded. Robertson snap-folded.