Main Event Day 1b | 2019 The Star Sydney Champs

08-03-2019 21:43 UTC+10

Updated Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

On the three-way turn of , the small blind checked and Rahul Rastogi in the big blind bet 5,500. Matthew Wakeman called and so did the small blind. They checked the on the river and the small blind showed , Rastogi mucked and Wakeman claimed the pot with .

Two tables over, big stack Samuel Dessaix-Porter raised to 3,500 and Craig Blight defended the big blind. They checked the flop and Blight check-folded the turn to a bet worth 6,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian O'Farrell	230,000 60,000	60,000
Samuel Dessaix-Porter	150,000 150,000	150,000
Dylan Kehoe	145,000 50,000	50,000
Cezary Klimczak	140,000 140,000	140,000

Anastasia Tyulyakova	130,000 -38,000	-38,000
Hun Wei Lee	130,000 -20,000	-20,000
Bassam Habib	105,000 -5,000	-5,000
Matthew Wakeman	105,000 -40,000	-40,000
Dinh Pham	105,000 -23,000	-23,000
Rahul Rastogi	105,000 -2,000	-2,000
Sarah Saifi	95,000 25,000	25,000
Craig Blight	70,000 35,000	35,000
Ricky Lim	55,000 24,000	24,000
Jarrod Thatcher	55,000 -50,000	-50,000
Alan Casas	50,000
Steve Pappas	45,000 5,000	5,000
Andrian Chin	Busted

Tags: Craig Blight Matthew Wakeman Rahul Rastogi Samuel Dessaix-Porter

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

08-03-2019 21:20 UTC+10

Another Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

While the Crazy Pineapple side event has kicked off and ensures a buzz in the poker room, the remaining 118 players on Day 1b of the Main Event have been sent into their penultimate 10-minute break of the day.

08-03-2019 21:20 UTC+10

Betts Doubles Through Tran

Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Laurence Hall raised to 2,400 from the late position and Phat Nguyen called in the hijack. Mark Betts shoved from the small blind for 50,600 and so did Michael Tran in the big blind. Hall and Nguyen both folded to get out of their way.

Mark Betts:
Michael Tran:

The board ran out for Betts to turn a flush to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Tran	196,800 -57,200	-57,200
Mark Betts	107,800 58,300	58,300
Jason Sarkis	100,100 -5,900	-5,900
Wai Au	90,400 8,500	8,500
Adam Kharman	83,000 -23,000	-23,000
Phat Nguyen	78,000 3,900	3,900
Patrick Laoyont	60,400 4,900	4,900
Laurence Hall	37,000 -9,900	-9,900

Tags: Laurence Hall Mark Betts Michael Tran Phat Nguyen

08-03-2019 21:18 UTC+10

Tyulyakova Busts Kanan

Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Anastasia Tyulyakova raised to 3,600 from the small blind and George Kanan shoved in the big blind which Tyulyakova quickly called.

George Kanan:
Anastasia Tyulyakova:

"Is this fair?" Kanan said with a little smile on his face and the whole table laughed.

The board ran out for Tyulyakova to eliminate Kanan from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anastasia Tyulyakova	168,000 116,000	116,000
George Kanan	Busted

Tags: Anastasia Tyulyakova George Kanan

08-03-2019 21:16 UTC+10

Chamas in the Chip Lead

Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Hussein Chamas raised to 3,000 from the early position and Matthew Maks three-bet to 7,000. Action folded back to Chamas who called.

They both checked through the flop to the on the turn. Chamas bet 5,000 and Maks folded to the disappointment of Chamas who tabled for the turned set of sixes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hussein Chamas	329,000 329,000	329,000
Matthew Maks	47,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Hussein Chamas Matthew Maks

08-03-2019 21:15 UTC+10

Assorted Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian O'Farrell	170,000 -33,000	-33,000
Hun Wei Lee	150,000 50,000	50,000
Connie Graham	135,000 75,000	75,000
Dinh Pham	128,000 128,000	128,000
Guangyu Wang	110,000 10,000	10,000
Jarrod Thatcher	105,000 25,000	25,000
Khal Fayad	100,000 34,000	34,000
Kahlia Moussa	100,000 100,000	100,000
Sarah Saifi	70,000 20,000	20,000
Emanuel Seal	70,000 70,000	70,000
Alan Casas	50,000 -55,000	-55,000
Dejan Boskovic	50,000 -25,000	-25,000
Sam Vakili	40,000 40,000	40,000
Alan Chamas	35,000 35,000	35,000
Yesha Punjabi	30,000 -5,000	-5,000
Vincent Wan	Busted
Charlie Hawes	Busted

08-03-2019 21:15 UTC+10

Betts Doubles Through Nguyen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Mark Betts three-bet on the feature table and quickly called the shove of Phat Nguyen for the last 22,300.

Mark Betts:
Phat Nguyen:

The board came and Betts doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phat Nguyen	74,100 -42,900	-42,900
Mark Betts	49,500 31,100	31,100

Tags: Mark Betts Phat Nguyen

08-03-2019 21:10 UTC+10

Bownds Eliminated by Zhang

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Picking up the action on the turn, Ryan Bownds check-shoved his remaining stack of 53,600 when facing a bet worth 9,000 by Yisi Zhang and the latter reluctantly called.

Ryan Bownds:
Yisi Zhang:

The river came the and that improved Zhang to the nut flush, sending Bownds to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yisi Zhang	175,000 175,000	175,000
Ryan Bownds	Busted

Tags: Ryan Bownds Yisi Zhang

08-03-2019 21:04 UTC+10

Sarkis Makes the Right Call

Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The board read with 45,000 in the middle already.

Michael Tran shoved from the big blind to put Jason Sarkis at risk in the middle position with the shorter stack. Sarkis tanked for a while and then made the call for around 30,000. Tran tabled for the bluff while Sarkis held for two pair to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Tran	254,000 -32,000	-32,000
Jason Sarkis	106,000 51,400	51,400

Tags: Jason Sarkis Michael Tran