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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Wakeman Jams Into Yazbeck

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

In a battle under the gun versus big blind, Matthew Wakeman took on Patrick Yazbeck and the latter check-called a bet of 5,500 on the {q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{a-Hearts} turn. Yazbeck checked the {6-Clubs} river and Wakeman moved all in for effectively 14,700, as that's what Yazbeck had left.

No call followed and Wakeman raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
40,300
11,200
11,200
Profile photo of Patrick Yazbeck au
Patrick Yazbeck
14,700
11,700
11,700

Tags: Matthew WakemanPatrick Yazbeck

Some Value for Gupta

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A three-way turn of {8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{5-Clubs} was checked around to the {j-Spades} river. Jason Gray and another player checked to Ashish Gupta, who made it 3,000 to go. Gray folded, but Gupta received the call he was looking for and tabled {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs} for a king-high flush to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jason Gray gb
Jason Gray
100,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Ashish Gupta au
Ashish Gupta
36,000
17,500
17,500

Tags: Ashish GuptaJason Gray

Amiri Doubles Through Snell

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Joe Snell raised from the early position and was called by Terence A Clee on the button. Ehsan Amiri shoved from the small blind for 23,600 in total. Peco Stojanovski folded his big blind and Snell called while Clee folded.

Ehsan Amiri: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Joe Snell: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{9-Spades} for Amiri to hold with the higher kicker to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Terence A Clee au
Terence A Clee
75,600
47,300
47,300
Profile photo of Ehsan Amiri au
Ehsan Amiri
51,700
20,700
20,700
Profile photo of Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
39,000
17,400
17,400
Profile photo of Peco Stojanovski au
Peco Stojanovski
31,900
8,900
8,900
Profile photo of Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
29,100
6,200
6,200
Profile photo of Patrick Yazbeck au
Patrick Yazbeck
26,400
32,400
32,400
Profile photo of Jason Pritchard au
Jason Pritchard
25,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Andrew White au
Andrew White
15,400
2,500
2,500
Profile photo of Joe Snell au
Joe Snell
7,800
400
400
Profile photo of Michael Fenech au
Michael Fenech
Busted

Tags: Ehsan AmiriJoe SnellPeco StojanovskiTerence A Clee

Updated Counts

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nauvneel Kashyap au
Nauvneel Kashyap
100,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Mladen Vukovic au
Mladen Vukovic
90,000
Profile photo of Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
70,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Rory Young au
Rory Young
62,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michael O'Grady au
Michael O'Grady
57,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Michael Kanaan au
Michael Kanaan
50,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of Sandy Sinclair au
Sandy Sinclair
40,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Robert Spano au
Robert Spano
34,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Didier Guerin au
Didier Guerin
32,000
32,000
32,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Minh Nguyen us
Minh Nguyen
29,000
Profile photo of Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
22,000
2,500
2,500
Profile photo of Martin Ward au
Martin Ward
19,000
9,000
9,000

Boobekov Gets Tricky

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Nurlan Boobekov limped in and [Removed:457] raised to 3,500. Michel Bouskila then reraised to 7,500 and Boobekov opted for the limp-raise to 18,600. [Removed:458] quickly folded and Bouskila needed some more consideration to come to the same conclusion.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nurlan Boobekov au
Nurlan Boobekov
56,000
56,000
56,000
Profile photo of [Removed:457] au
[Removed:457]
50,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Michel Bouskila au
Michel Bouskila
41,000
41,000
41,000

Tags: Michel BouskilaNurlan Boobekov

Level: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Larsson Doubles Through Bownds

Level 5 : 400/800, 800 ante

Mikael Larsson raised to 1,800 from the hijack and action folded to Ryan Bownds in the big blind who checked out Larsson's stack. After about ten seconds, Bownds decided to three-bet to 20,000. Larsson snap-called for the 18,400 he had behind.

Mikael Larsson: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Ryan Bownds: {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}

The board ran out {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}{q-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} for Larsson to hit a set on the flop to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ryan Bownds au
Ryan Bownds
46,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Mikael Larsson au
Mikael Larsson
38,000

Tags: Ryan BowndsMikael Larsson

Boskovic Sr Doubles Through Zmukic

Level 5 : 400/800, 800 ante
Dejan Boskovic Sr
Dejan Boskovic Sr

Dejan Boskovic Sr raised to 2,000 and Vesko Zmukic called out of the small blind. On the {q-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop, Zmukic check-called a bet of 2,000 and did so again on the {4-Diamonds} turn for 5,800. Zmukic also checked the {6-Spades} river and Boskovic Sr moved all in.

Zmukic asked for a count and eventually called when it was deemed to be for 26,700 total. Boskovic Sr turned over {a-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} for trips treys and Zmukic briefly showed his cards before sending them into the muck.

"Nice hand," one player at the table admitted and Zmukic added "good catch mate."

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dejan Boskovic Sr au
Dejan Boskovic Sr
73,000
42,000
42,000
Profile photo of Vesko Zmukic au
Vesko Zmukic
20,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Dejan Boskovic SrVesko Zmukic

Guerin Lasts One Hand

Level 5 : 400/800, 800 ante

Didier Guerin was among those that late-registered but somehow managed to play only one hand before hitting the rail.

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tolly Sakellariou au
Tolly Sakellariou
85,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
68,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Dejan Boskovic au
Dejan Boskovic
55,000
9,600
9,600
Profile photo of David Wang au
David Wang
54,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Rory Young au
Rory Young
53,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Martin Ward au
Martin Ward
28,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Ashish Gupta au
Ashish Gupta
18,500
16,500
16,500
Profile photo of Chao Duan cn
Chao Duan
Busted
Profile photo of Didier Guerin au
Didier Guerin
Busted
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Ken Demlakian au
Ken Demlakian
Busted

Tags: Didier Guerin