2019 The Star Sydney Champs

$5K Challenge
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2019 The Star Sydney Champs
Final Results
Winner
Jason Gray
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
171,572 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
Prize Pool
612,750 AUD
Entries
129
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Players Left 1 / 129
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Level: 8

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Hawes Sends Tran to the Rail

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 {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} was up against Hawes's {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}.

The board came {6-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and Hawes secured the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Charlie Hawes nz
Charlie Hawes
110,000
110,000
110,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Tu Tran au
Tu Tran
Busted

Tags: Charlie HawesTu Tran

Wakeman Loses to Stojanovski

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Peco Stojanovski
Peco Stojanovski

Peco Stojanovski raised to 2,500 from the hijack and was called by Matthew Wakeman in the big blind.

They both checked through the {3-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{q-Spades} flop to the {a-Diamonds} on the turn. Wakeman check-called the 3,000 bet of Stojanovski.

The river completed the board with the {6-Spades} for both players to check and Stojanovski to claim the pot with {a-}{x-}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Peco Stojanovski au
Peco Stojanovski
28,500
6,700
6,700
Profile photo of Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
24,200
12,900
12,900

Tags: Matthew WakemanPeco Stojanovski

[Removed:458] Eliminated by Kashyap

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Stan L
Stan L

[Removed:457] had lost the majority of his stack and ended up all in with the {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} only to see Nauvneel Kashyap look him up with the {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. The board came {9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{q-Spades} 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.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nauvneel Kashyap au
Nauvneel Kashyap
100,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of [Removed:457] au
[Removed:457]
Busted
Profile photo of Didier Guerin au
Didier Guerin
Busted
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Didier GuerinNauvneel Kashyap

Young Among Big Stacks; Vukovic Down

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On the river of a board {k-Spades}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}, 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 {j-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{5-Hearts} 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 {8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop to a bet of Vukovic and one cold-call. The {a-Clubs} turn was checked and Vukovic bet the {4-Spades} river for 5,000 to force out the third player in the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rory Young au
Rory Young
140,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
132,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Yazbeck au
Mark Yazbeck
85,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Mladen Vukovic au
Mladen Vukovic
70,000
69,000
69,000
Profile photo of Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
45,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Gary BensonMark YazbeckMladen VukovicRory YoungShivan Abdine

Pritchard Doubles Through Amiri

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 {7-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}, Pritchard bet and Amiri called to see the {9-Diamonds} fall on the turn. Pritchard shoved and Amiri called with {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} for the flopped top pair but was behind against the {k-Spades}{9-Clubs} of Pritchard who had turned two pair.

The river completed the board with the {4-Clubs} for Pritchard to double up.

Shortly after, Jason Gray joined the table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jason Gray gb
Jason Gray
69,800
25,200
25,200
Profile photo of Jason Pritchard au
Jason Pritchard
39,200
21,400
21,400
Profile photo of Ehsan Amiri au
Ehsan Amiri
31,000
26,900
26,900

Tags: Ehsan AmiriJason GrayJason Pritchard

Snell Done For Now

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Joe Snell - Vincent Huang
Joe Snell - Vincent Huang

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: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Vincent Huang: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Terence A Clee: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}

The flop came {2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} for Huang to pick up the flush draw but keep Snell ahead of the rest.

The turn brought them the {9-Hearts} 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 {6-Spades} for Snell's tournament life to be over for now and for Huang to earn a full double-up through Clee.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Terence A Clee au
Terence A Clee
89,000
9,800
9,800
Profile photo of Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
68,600
43,600
43,600
Profile photo of Joe Snell au
Joe Snell
Busted

Tags: Joe SnellTerence A CleeVincent Huang

Updated Counts

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jason Gray gb
Jason Gray
95,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Nauvneel Kashyap au
Nauvneel Kashyap
90,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Rory Young au
Rory Young
70,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
70,000
Profile photo of Dejan Boskovic Sr au
Dejan Boskovic Sr
70,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Travis Endersby au
Travis Endersby
56,000
33,500
33,500
Profile photo of Honglin Jiang nz
Honglin Jiang
50,000
35,500
35,500
Profile photo of Ashish Gupta au
Ashish Gupta
50,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Minh Nguyen us
Minh Nguyen
40,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Dejan Boskovic au
Dejan Boskovic
27,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
22,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of Martin Ward au
Martin Ward
18,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Didier Guerin au
Didier Guerin
12,000
20,000
20,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Vesko Zmukic au
Vesko Zmukic
10,000
10,000
10,000

O'Grady Busts Carmichael

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Michael O'Grady
Michael O'Grady

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 {a-Spades}{k-Spades} and O'Grady took a flip with {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}. The board came {8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{4-Spades}{7-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and the queens held up to send Carmichael to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael O'Grady au
Michael O'Grady
85,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Scott Carmichael
Scott Carmichael
Busted

Tags: Michael O'GradyScott Carmichael

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