2019 The Star Sydney Champs

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 The Star Sydney Champs

Final Results
Winner
Hamish Crawshaw
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
352,800 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
3,000 AUD
Prize Pool
1,680,000 AUD
Entries
600
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Mehmet Eliminated by Horowitz

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Jake Mehmet
Jake Mehmet

Over on the feature table, Jake Mehmet got his stack of 45,100 in before the flop and he was called by Jacob Horowitz with the dominating stack and superior hand.

Jake Mehmet: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}
Jacob Horowitz: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

The {j-Spades}{8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} flop opened up some split opportunities while the {5-Diamonds} turn was a bad card for Mehmet. He found no help on the blank {10-Hearts} river and pushed his chips over to his table neighbor before departing from the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Jacob Horowitz au
Jacob Horowitz
113,000
44,300
44,300
Jake Mehmet au
Jake Mehmet
Busted

Tags: Jacob HorowitzJake Mehmet

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Monster Pot for Gonzalez Before the Break

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Carlos Gonzalez
Carlos Gonzalez

Carlos Gonzalez raised to 2,800 from the late position and was called by Jacob Horowitz in the cutoff. Steve Pappas three-bet to 12,500 on the button for the blinds to fold. Gonzalez called and Horowitz folded.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{q-Spades}{2-Spades}, Gonzalez check-raised the 18,000 continuation-bet of Pappas to 35,000 which Pappas called.

The turn brought them the {9-Spades}, Gonzalez bet 35,000 again and now Pappas shoved for Gonzalez to snap-call.

Steve Pappas: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Carlos Gonzalez: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}

Pappas held the overpair but Gonzalez had turned the nut-flush. Gonzalez cheered loudly when he saw the cards as Pappas was drawing dead.

The river completed the board with the {7-Hearts} as a formality as Pappas was sent to the rail and Gonzalez jumped into the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Gonzalez mx
Carlos Gonzalez
379,200
128,200
128,200
Jacob Horowitz au
Jacob Horowitz
68,700
-6,300
-6,300
Steve Pappas au
Steve Pappas
Busted

Tags: Carlos GonzalezJacob HorowitzSteve Pappas

Young No More

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Glenn Young shoved from the late position for around 21,000 and was called by Carlos Gonzalez in the small blind.

Glenn Young: {q-Spades}{10-Spades}
Carlos Gonzalez: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

The board ran out {5-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{4-Clubs} for Gonzalez to stay ahead with the higher hole cards to eliminate Young.

Shortly after, Justin Layden filled the empty seat.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Gonzalez mx
Carlos Gonzalez
251,000
24,000
24,000
Justin Layden au
Justin Layden
102,500
Glenn Young au
Glenn Young
Busted

Tags: Carlos GonzalezGlenn YoungJustin Layden

One for Lassau

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Carlos Gonzalez raised to 2,400 from under the gun and Jacob Horowitz called in the middle position. Mark Lassau three-bet to 6,400 in the small blind for both Gonzalez and Horowitz to make the call.

The flop came {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}, Lassau checked, Gonzalez continued with a bet of 3,500 and Horowitz raised to 10,000. Lassau called while Gonzalez reluctantly folded.

They both checked through the {10-Diamonds} on the turn to the {j-Clubs} on the river. Lassau now barreled a bet of 24,000 over the line for Horowitz to fold to.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Gonzalez mx
Carlos Gonzalez
227,000
-9,000
-9,000
Mark Lassau au
Mark Lassau
128,000
24,000
24,000
Jacob Horowitz au
Jacob Horowitz
75,000
-6,700
-6,700

Tags: Carlos GonzalezJacob HorowitzMark Lassau

Crawshaw Takes From Colaneri

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Three ways to the {8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades} turn Hamish Crawshaw bet 14,100 and Christopher Colaneri called for more than half of his remaining stack while the third player in the hand sent his cards into the muck. The {3-Hearts} on the river was checked and Colaneri sighed, flashed {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a busted nut flush draw.

Crawshaw had that beat with the {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for a full house and scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Hamish Crawshaw nz
Hamish Crawshaw
140,000
25,000
25,000
Christopher Colaneri au
Christopher Colaneri
11,400

Tags: Hamish CrawshawChristopher Colaneri

Hawes Chips Up Without Showdown

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

On the river of a board {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, the big blind made it 2,500 to go with a pot size of 17,000 and Charlie Hawes on the button raised it up to 22,000. That eventually won the pot without showdown and the third-place finisher of the 2018 edition chipped up.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Spano au
Robert Spano
255,000
5,000
5,000
Richard Davis au
Richard Davis
195,000
111,000
111,000
Dejan Boskovic Sr au
Dejan Boskovic Sr
180,000
55,000
55,000
Travis Endersby au
Travis Endersby
118,000
8,000
8,000
David Campion au
David Campion
110,000
17,000
17,000
Charlie Hawes nz
Charlie Hawes
110,000
30,000
30,000
Billy Argyros au
Billy Argyros
100,000
30,000
30,000
Justin Layden au
Justin Layden
100,000
20,000
20,000
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
90,000
54,000
54,000
Donald Civic au
Donald Civic
85,000
-1,000
-1,000
Duy Nguyen au
Duy Nguyen
80,000
-65,000
-65,000
John Caridad es
John Caridad
75,000
-32,000
-32,000
Michael Egan au
Michael Egan
50,000
-12,000
-12,000

Tags: Charlie Hawes