Main Event | 2019 The Star Sydney Champs

08-05-2019 17:55 UTC+10

Wenjian Qiu Eliminated in 6th Place (A$67,956)

Christian Zetzsche

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

Hamish Crawshaw opened to 225,000 in the hijack and Wenjian Qiu jammed for around 17 big blinds from the button. Crawshaw asked for a count and made the call against his fellow countryman from New Zealand.

Wenjian Qiu:
Hamish Crawshaw:

Qiu flopped a pair and turned a flush draw, but eventually the board saw the nines of Crawshaw hold up to send Qiu to the rail in 6th place for A$67,956.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	8,900,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Wenjian Qiu	Busted

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Wenjian Qiu

08-05-2019 17:47 UTC+10

Antar Doubles Through Qiu

Shirley Ang

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

Wenjian Qiu raised to 225,000 from the button and Joe Antar shoved from the small blind for 1,600,000 and Mark Lassau quickly folded his big blind. Qiu asked for a count and then made the call.

Joe Antar:
Wenjian Qiu:

The flop came with the king in the window for Antar to hit a pair of kings.

The turn was the to not change the situation.

The river completed the board with the for Antar to secure the double up through Qiu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Antar	3,300,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Wenjian Qiu	1,500,000 -1,600,000	-1,600,000

Tags: Joe Antar Mark Lassau Wenjian Qiu

08-05-2019 17:42 UTC+10

Antar Jams Twice

Christian Zetzsche

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

Tu Le raised to 200,000 and Hamish Crawshaw three-bet to 585,000 from one seat over to force a fold.

Crawshaw then raised to 225,000 from the cutoff and found no resistance.

Joe Antar pushed twice in quick succession. The first one was blind-on-blind with Mark Lassau for just shy of 14 big blinds and the second time from the cutoff for 1,525,000. Neither hand resulted in a call and Antar moved up to 17 big blinds.

Peter Robertson then opened to 200,000 and Le defended the big blind. They checked the flop and le check-folded the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	6,600,000 800,000	800,000
Wenjian Qiu	3,100,000 -300,000	-300,000
Peter Robertson	2,700,000 300,000	300,000
Tu Le	2,200,000 -700,000	-700,000
Mark Lassau	1,800,000
Joe Antar	1,700,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Joe Antar Mark Lassau Peter Robertson Tu Le

08-05-2019 17:33 UTC+10

Qiu Catches Crawshaw's Bluff

Shirley Ang

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

Wenjian Qiu raised to 225,000 from the hijack and Hamish Crawshaw defended his big blind.

The flop came , Crawshaw check-called the 225,000 continuation-bet of Qiu.

They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Crawshaw barreled a bet of 625,000 over the line which Qiu called quite quickly. Crawshaw tabled for the missed straight draw for Qiu to scoop the pot with who had flopped a pair of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	5,800,000 -1,400,000	-1,400,000
Wenjian Qiu	3,400,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Wenjian Qiu

08-05-2019 17:27 UTC+10

Le Chips Up

Christian Zetzsche

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

Joe Antar jammed to collect the blinds and antes and Tu Le would do so when Mark Lassau raised the button to 250,000. Le's shove was for 1,955,000 and Lassau released his cards.

Hamish Crawshaw then raised the button to 200,000 and Wenjian Qiu jammed to collect the pot.

Le opened to 200,000 and Antar came along in the big blind. On a flop, Antar check-folded to a bet of 200,000.

Le repeated the same action one hand later against Lassau in the big blind, who check-folded a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	7,200,000 -255,000	-255,000
Tu Le	2,900,000 815,000	815,000
Peter Robertson	2,400,000 -110,000	-110,000
Wenjian Qiu	2,200,000 150,000	150,000
Mark Lassau	1,800,000 -700,000	-700,000
Joe Antar	1,600,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Joe Antar Mark Lassau Tu Le Wenjian Qiu

Level: 27

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000

08-05-2019 17:06 UTC+10

Break With Six Remaining

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

In the final hand of the level, Peter Robertson raised to 225,000 on the button and Joe Antar jammed for another 935,000 on top out of the big blind. Robertson immediately grinned, needed some time to make up his mind and folded by flashing a black ace.

Below are the updated chip counts of the final six players and their big blinds for the next level.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Wenjian Qiu	New Zealand	2,050,000	21
3	Joe Antar	Australia	1,475,000	15
5	Mark Lassau	Australia	2,500,000	25
6	Tu Le	Australia	2,085,000	21
8	Hamish Crawshaw	New Zealand	7,455,000	75
9	Peter Robertson	Australia	2,510,000	25

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	7,455,000 155,000	155,000
Peter Robertson	2,510,000 -290,000	-290,000
Mark Lassau	2,500,000
Tu Le	2,085,000 -15,000	-15,000
Wenjian Qiu	2,050,000 -50,000	-50,000
Joe Antar	1,475,000 275,000	275,000

Tags: Joe Antar Peter Robertson

08-05-2019 17:01 UTC+10

No Showdowns

Shirley Ang

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Mark Lassau limped in from under the gun and Peter Robertson raised to 180,000 on the button for Lassau to call. The flop came , Lassau check-folded to the 150,000 bet of Robertson.

Wenjian Qiu raised to 225,000 from the hijack and Hamish Crawshaw three-bet to 750,000 in the big blind. Qiu tanked and after a while, the clock was called on him. The floor came over to put the clock on him and Qiu folded in the end.

Lassau now raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Crawshaw three-bet to 650,000 from the small blind. Lassau took a few seconds and then decided to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	7,300,000 900,000	900,000
Peter Robertson	2,800,000 200,000	200,000
Mark Lassau	2,500,000 -600,000	-600,000
Wenjian Qiu	2,100,000 -400,000	-400,000
Tu Le	2,100,000 -200,000	-200,000
Joe Antar	1,200,000 -100,000	-100,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Mark Lassau Peter Robertson Wenjian Qiu

08-05-2019 16:54 UTC+10

Antar and Le Jam Into Robertson

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Peter Robertson opened to 180,000 and Joe Antar shipped in his last 1,020,000 from the button to win the pot.

One hand later, Robertson raised to 180,000 once more and Tu Le moved all in from the small blind. Robertson immediately asked for a count. The all in was for 1,975,000 and Robertson folded.

Robertson remained active and raised to 180,000 in the small blind, which Wenjian Qiu in the big blind called. The flop fell and a bet of 150,000 by Robertson ended the hand right there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	6,400,000 100,000	100,000
Mark Lassau	3,100,000 100,000	100,000
Peter Robertson	2,600,000 -200,000	-200,000
Wenjian Qiu	2,500,000 -200,000	-200,000
Tu Le	2,300,000
Joe Antar	1,300,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Joe Antar Peter Robertson Tu Le Wenjian Qiu

08-05-2019 16:44 UTC+10

Bernie Stang Eliminated in 7th Place (A$52,550)

Shirley Ang

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Bernie Stang raised to 205,000 from under the gun and Hamish Crawshaw three-bet to 625,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back to Stang who tanked and then decided to shove for 2,740,000. Crawshaw snap-called.

Bernie Stang:
Hamish Crawshaw: