2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$2,200 Main Event
Day: 1d
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 1d
Entries
405
Players Left
64

Portaro Doubles Laidlaw; Shoves Next Hand

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante

Daniel Laidlaw committed his stack in preflop holding {a-}{k-} and was at risk against Portaro who called holding {q-}{q-}.

Laidlaw would improve to see him double to almost 150,000 in chips.

The next had the action folded around to Dejan Boskovic on the button who raised to 4,000. Portaro promptly moved all in for 59,300 from the small blind. Boskovic thought about his decision for several minutes.

"Will you show if I fold?" asked Boskovic.

"If you show then I'll show," replied Portaro.

"Ohhhh, please call," pleaded Portaro, after Boskovic showed {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}, before flipping over {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} himself.

Player Chips Progress
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
182,000
102,000
102,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel Laidlaw au
Daniel Laidlaw
148,000
26,000
26,000
Simon Chahine au
Simon Chahine
140,000
74,000
74,000
Dejan Boskovic au
Dejan Boskovic
99,000
-1,000
-1,000
Bruno Portaro au
Bruno Portaro
67,300
30,300
30,300

Tags: Bruno PortaroDaniel LaidlawDejan Boskovic

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 2,400

Zhang Straightens Out Harb

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Bobby Zhang
Bobby Zhang

Bobby Zhang has been quietly chipping up and tablemate Robert Harb was kind enough to tell us how Mr. Zhang acquired his chips.

Harb and Zhang had tangled in a hand with the latter the man driving the action and the former the man calling him down. According to Harb, Zhang had raised pre-flop with pocket tens and been called by Mr. Harb, who was holding pocket aces.

Zhang triple-barreled the {a-}{k-}{q-} {j-}{5-} runout to win with a straight and now has over 155,000, while Harb has 125,000.

Player Chips Progress
Bobby Zhang au
Bobby Zhang
155,000
90,000
90,000
Robert Harb
Robert Harb
125,000
125,000
125,000

Tags: Bobby ZhangRobert Harb

Qi Pressures Embleton

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With 19,500 in the pot on the turn and the community cards spread {10-Spades}{8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} Daniel Embleton was in the tank from the big blind, contemplating a bet of 17,000 from button Alba Qi.

After a minute or so, Embleton folded, leaving Qi free to rake in the pot unopposed, and she climbed to 87,000 after the hand, while Embleton dropped to 47,000.

Player Chips Progress
Alba Qi
Alba Qi
87,000
Daniel Embleton au
Daniel Embleton
47,000
2,000
2,000

Tags: Daniel EmbletonAlba Qi

Gilbert Eliminates Zheng

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Jason Gilbert
Jason Gilbert

The board showed {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{3-Spades} and Jason Gilbert checked from the big blind. Alan Zheng then moved all in for around 27,000 from the big blind. Gilbert snap-called.

Gilbert: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Zheng: {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

Gilbert had a pair and led Zheng who had a straight draw.

The {6-Clubs} on the river changed nothing and Zheng was sent to the rail.

"Nice hand bud," said Corey Kempson, following the hand.

"You're on fire bro," said another table mate.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Gilbert au
Jason Gilbert
130,000
38,000
38,000
Alan Zheng
Alan Zheng
Busted

Tags: Alan ZhengCorey KempsonJason Gilbert

Obst Takes on the River

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The flop showed {5-Spades}{k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} and Sam Capra checked from the big blind. The player under the gun plus one bet 5,000. James Obst raised to 13,000. Capra folded. The original raiser called.

The turn brought the {5-Hearts} and Obst's opponent checked, then folded, after Obst splashed out another 17,000.

Player Chips Progress
Saidal Wardak au
Saidal Wardak
224,000
59,000
59,000
Sam Capra au
Sam Capra
177,600
42,600
42,600
James Obst au
James Obst
160,000
54,000
54,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Mladen Vukovic au
Mladen Vukovic
74,000
-51,000
-51,000

Tags: James ObstSam Capra

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Angelakis Misses Everything to Bust

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Con Angelakis in the WSOPC pot limit Omaha
Con Angelakis in the WSOPC pot limit Omaha

Following a cry of 'reporter!' Con Angelakis was discovered all-in from the small blind in a sizable pot against tablemate Collin Tran.

According to the table, all the chips went in on the turn on a board reading {7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}.

Con Angelakis: {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Collin Tran: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Angelakis was the at-risk player with a big draw, but was trailing to Tran's pocket tens, and the {5-Clubs} river was a swing and a miss. Angelakis left the playing area and Tran stacked up to 146,400.

Player Chips Progress
Collin Tran au
Collin Tran
146,400
146,400
146,400
Con Angelakis au
Con Angelakis
Busted

Tags: Collin TranCon Angelakis

Kempson Wins From Gilbert, Attenborough Climbing

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Corey Kempson
Corey Kempson

Corey Kempson had made it 3,500 to go from the button, with Jason Gilbert calling from the big blind to take the duo to a flop of {k-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{4-Hearts}, which Kempson took down on the flop with a continuation bet when Gilbert checked the action over.

The next hand saw Adrian Attenborough open the action from under-the-gun with a raise to 3,200, picking up a caller in big blind Alan Zheng to take play heads-up to a flop of {j-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{j-Spades}, which saw Zheng check-call Attenborough's 1,600 continuation bet.

O the {10-Clubs} turn the action went check, bet 6,300, call, with the {4-Spades} river bringing a third check from Zheng and a bet of 25,000 from Attenborough, which was enough to win the hand. Attenborough has his chips stacked a little haphazardly so it's hard to gauge exactly how much he has, but it looks close to 220,000.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Attenborough au
Adrian Attenborough
220,000
10,000
10,000
Jason Gilbert au
Jason Gilbert
92,000
92,000
92,000
Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
60,000
5,000
5,000
Alan Zheng
Alan Zheng
45,000
45,000
45,000

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughAlan ZhengCorey KempsonJason Gilbert

Laoyont Shrugs it Off

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Patrick Laoyont
Patrick Laoyont

The player under the gun limped into the pot before Patrick Laoyont raised to 4,600 from middle position. The small blind called as did the original limper.

The flop came {2-Spades}{5-Spades}{6-Spades} and the action checked to Laoyont who continued for 5,500. Both opponents called.

All three players checked the {j-Clubs} on the turn before the {3-Hearts} completed the board.

The small blind fired out 11,000. The player under the gun folded. Laoyont called shortly after.

The small blind then flipped over {6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} for a straight, and took down the pot, after Laoyont mucked.

"I called because you made it 4,600," said the small blind following the hand. "You bet, then I looked down at my cards and s*** myself," he added.

Laoyont didn't seem overly pleased with his opponent's reasonings, before re-inserting his airpods, preparing himself for the next hand.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Laoyont au
Patrick Laoyont
145,000
145,000
145,000

Tags: Patrick Laoyont