2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$2,200 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Steven Zhou
Winning Hand
j9
Prize
260,904 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,200 AUD
Entries
1,124
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
240,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
208
Players Left
37

Aces Good for Ma and Zhang

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Zhi Ma
Zhi Ma

Two players have recently woken up with the pocket rockets and both got paid out. The first man with the best starting hand in poker was Zhi Ma, who had made it 1,000 to go from early position. A player in middle position min-raised to 2,000 and button David Hirst four-bet to 6,200 with Ma the only caller.

The {6-Spades}{8-Clubs}{k-Clubs} flop saw Ma check the action over to Hirst, who continuation bet for 4,200, which Ma called to bring in the {q-Hearts} turn. That was it for the betting in the hand, with both players also checking the {2-Clubs} river, with Ma scooping the pot with {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}.

Over on one of the other tables, we caught Daniel Laidlaw battling in a hand against Yisi Zhang with 5,000 in the pot on a flop of {6-Spades}{a-Clubs}{5-Spades}. Laidlaw, sitting on the button, had a bet of 2,000 out on the felt in front of him, but had been check-rasied to 5,500 by Zhang, who was in middle position.

Laidlaw made the call to bring in the {9-Hearts} turn and that was it for the betting in the hand, with both players checking that and the {8-Diamonds} river. Zhang showed his {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} to scoop the pot and climb to 44,000, leaving Laidlaw with half of his starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
David Hirst au
David Hirst
110,500
-1,500
-1,500
Zhi Ma au
Zhi Ma
62,000
10,500
10,500
Daniel Laidlaw au
Daniel Laidlaw
15,200
15,200
15,200

Tags: Daniel LaidlawDavid HirstYisi ZhangZhi Ma