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Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
2019 The Star Sydney Champs
$5K Challenge
Day: 1
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Level 7
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
"That's a quick turn around, you were the short stack not long ago," a player remarked over on table 14.
What happened? Charlie Hawes had just sent Tu Tran to the rail. The cards were on the backs already with Tran in dominated fashion as his 
was up against Hawes's 
.
The board came 
and Hawes secured the knockout.
Level 7
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Peco Stojanovski raised to 2,500 from the hijack and was called by Matthew Wakeman in the big blind.
They both checked through the 
flop to the 
on the turn. Wakeman check-called the 3,000 bet of Stojanovski.
The river completed the board with the 
for both players to check and Stojanovski to claim the pot with 
.
Level 7
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
[Removed:457] had lost the majority of his stack and ended up all in with the 
only to see Nauvneel Kashyap look him up with the 
. The board came 
and that spelled the end for [Removed:458].
Also no longer featured on the same table is Didier Guerin, who had last been spotted with around 10 big blinds.
Level 7
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Sayed Jabbour has just ran his 
into the of Dejan Boskovic on the 
board and made his way out of the tournament area.
Level 7
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
On the river of a board 
, Mark Yazbeck bet 12,000 into a pot of 16,000 and forced a fold to claim the pot without resistance.
Gary Benson also added further chips to his stack when Shivan Abdine check-folded the 
river to a bet of 10,000.
Mladen Vukovic won a pot, however, he had previously lost half of his stack to Rory Young who now tops the leader board. In the recent hand, Young folded the 
flop to a bet of Vukovic and one cold-call. The 
turn was checked and Vukovic bet the 
river for 5,000 to force out the third player in the hand.
Level 7
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Ehsan Amiri raised to 2,600 from mid-position and was Jason Pritchard defended his big blind.
The flop came 
, Pritchard bet and Amiri called to see the fall on the turn. Pritchard shoved and Amiri called with 
for the flopped top pair but was behind against the of Pritchard who had turned two pair.
The river completed the board with the 
for Pritchard to double up.
Shortly after, Jason Gray joined the table.
Level 7
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Vincent Huang raised to 2,400 from under the gun and was called by Terence A Clee in the hijack. Joe Snell shoved from the big blind for 16,800 in total and Huang decided to also shove for the 25,000 he had behind. Clee contemplated his options for a while and then decided to make the call.
Joe Snell:
Vincent Huang:
Terence A Clee: 
The flop came 
for Huang to pick up the flush draw but keep Snell ahead of the rest.
The turn brought them the 
for Huang to hit the flush indeed but another heart on the river would give Snell the nut-flush.
The river completed the board with the for Snell's tournament life to be over for now and for Huang to earn a full double-up through Clee.
Level 7
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Level 7
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Scott Carmichael moved all in for the last 12,700 and he was called by Michael O'Grady from one seat over.
Carmichael tabled the 
and O'Grady took a flip with . The board came 
and the queens held up to send Carmichael to the rail.
