2019 The Star Sydney Champs

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Tran Doubles Through Antar

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Corey Kempson won the vast majority of pots over on table 30 and vaulted himself into a prime position on par with Bernie Stang.

For the previous chip leader Joe Antar, the slide continued when he jammed into Collin Tran for 159,000 and picked up a call.

Collin Tran: {k-Spades}{5-Hearts}
Joe Antar: {10-Clubs}{9-Spades}

The board came {7-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Spades}{3-Spades}{5-Clubs} and Tran turned the superior flush to double.

Player Chips Progress
Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
2,150,000
975,000
975,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Bernie Stang au
Bernie Stang
2,100,000
-169,000
-169,000
Peter Robertson au
Peter Robertson
1,150,000
370,000
370,000
Joe Antar au
Joe Antar
1,000,000
-800,000
-800,000
Collin Tran au
Collin Tran
350,000
129,000
129,000

Tags: Bernie StangCollin TranCorey KempsonJoe Antar

Michael Tran Eliminated in 19th Place (A$14,818)

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Michael Tran
Michael Tran

Over on the feature table, Michael Tran got his last 119,000 in preflop and was called by Hamish Crawshaw from one seat over.

Michael Tran: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Hamish Crawshaw: {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}

The board came {9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{5-Clubs} and the mighty ducks held up to send Tran to the rail in 19th place for A$14,818.

Player Chips Progress
Hamish Crawshaw nz
Hamish Crawshaw
1,400,000
225,000
225,000
Michael Tran au
Michael Tran
Busted

Tags: Hamish CrawshawMichael Tran

Davis Takes One; K.A Jams Again

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Richard Davis opened the button to 75,000 and Peter Dykes called in the small blind. Dykes check-folded tje {a-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop to a bet of 75,000.

Since the three table redraw, Kumar K.A has jammed several times without being called as of lately. He jammed his next button and Dykes in the big blind asked for a count. The all in was for a total of 459,000 and that eventually proved to be too much for Dykes.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Davis au
Richard Davis
1,800,000
178,000
178,000
Peter Dykes au
Peter Dykes
600,000
-100,000
-100,000
Kumar K.A au
Kumar K.A
500,000
100,000
100,000

Tags: Peter DykesRichard DavisKumar K.A

Connie Graham Eliminated in 20th Place (A$14,818)

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Connie Graham
Connie Graham

Connie Graham shoved from the hijack and was called by Richard Davis in the big blind.

Connie Graham: {10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Richard Davis: {q-Spades}{4-Hearts}

The flop came {j-Spades}{2-Spades}{9-Spades} for Davis to pick up the flush draw and Graham hit an open-ended straight draw.

The turn was the {4-Clubs} which now gave Davis a pair of fours.

The river completed the board with the {a-Diamonds} for Davis to eliminate Graham in 20th place for A$14,818.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Davis au
Richard Davis
1,622,000
172,000
172,000
Connie Graham au
Connie Graham
Busted

Tags: Connie GrahamRichard Davis

A River Save for Vakili

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Collin Tran raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and Sam Vakili shoved from the small blind for 330,000 which Tran called with the bigger stack.

Sam Vakili: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Collin Tran: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

Vakili got up from his chair but sat back down as the board ran out {7-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{a-Clubs} to save him on the river as he found another ace to double up with.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Vakili au
Sam Vakili
708,000
105,000
105,000
Collin Tran au
Collin Tran
221,000
-579,000
-579,000

Tags: Collin TranSam Vakili

Rosario Collects Chips Preflop

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Richard Davis raised to 75,000 out of turn as Kumar K.A from under the gun had not folded yet. K.A then folded, the raise by Davis stood and Peter Dykes three-bet to 200,000 from one seat over. John Rosario four-bet all in for 589,000 and Davis folded. Dykes went deep into the think tank and folded.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Davis au
Richard Davis
1,450,000
-293,000
-293,000
John Rosario au
John Rosario
925,000
325,000
325,000
Peter Dykes au
Peter Dykes
700,000
-550,000
-550,000

Tags: John RosarioPeter DykesRichard Davis

Kittos Doubles Through Tran

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Michael Tran raised to 55,000 from under the gun and Mark Lassau called in the hijack. Chris Kittos shoved from the button for 302,000. The blinds folded and Tran called after taking some time. Lassau quickly got out of their way.

Chris Kittos: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Michael Tran: {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

The board ran out {5-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for Kittos to hold with the higher hole cards to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Kittos au
Chris Kittos
723,000
327,000
327,000
Michael Tran au
Michael Tran
289,000
-495,000
-495,000

Tags: Chris KittosMark LassauMichael Tran

Jensz Doubles Through Lassau

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Mark Lassau raised to 65,000 from the cutoff and Harlie Jensz shoved from the button for 101,000. The blinds folded and Lassau called.

Harlie Jensz: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Mark Lassau: {3-Spades}{3-Clubs}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{2-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{8-Hearts} for Jensz to hit trips on the turn to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Lassau au
Mark Lassau
1,000,000
168,000
168,000
Harlie Jensz au
Harlie Jensz
262,000
81,000
81,000

Tags: Harlie JenszMark Lassau

K.A Gets Short; Rosario Jams

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

John Rosario jammed twice to boost his stack while Connie Graham saw her stack reduced further.

On the same table, Kumar K.A lost half of his stack since the redraw and paid off a bet of 35,000 on the {a-Spades}{6-Spades}{5-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{4-Hearts} river. Wenjian Qiu was his opponent and he tabled {q-Spades}{j-Spades} as the winning hand.

Player Chips Progress
Wenjian Qiu nz
Wenjian Qiu
700,000
325,000
325,000
John Rosario au
John Rosario
600,000
222,000
222,000
Kumar K.A au
Kumar K.A
400,000
-313,000
-313,000
Joseph Hayek au
Joseph Hayek
330,000
7,000
7,000
Connie Graham au
Connie Graham
160,000
-210,000
-210,000

Tags: Connie GrahamJohn RosarioKumar K.AWenjian Qiu