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
Total Entries
129
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Players Left 1 / 129
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Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Kambouroglou Busts In Three-Way All In

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Antonis Kambouroglou was all in with the {j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and faced two opponents, who held {a-Spades}{a-Clubs} and {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}. The latter cards belonged to Dale Marsland and the board came {10-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{4-Hearts} to send Kambouroglou to the rail.

Tags: Antonis KambouroglouDale Marsland

Feature Table Chip Counts

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Khoueis Eliminated by Yazbeck

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante
Patrick Yazbeck
Patrick Yazbeck

On the feature table, Sam Khoueis was losing chips at a steady pace and was down to his last 6,000.

Joe Snell raised to 1,000 from under the gun, Patrick Yazbeck in the early position and Terence A Clee on the button both called. Khoueis shoved his last chips in from the small blind and was called by Snell, Yazbeck, and Clee.

The flop came {2-Clubs}{9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}, Snell check-called the 3,600 bet of Yazbeck while Clee folded.

They both checked through the {7-Clubs} on the turn to the {8-Hearts} on the river. Snell checked again but quickly folded when Yazbeck fired a bet of 15,000 over the line. Yazbeck tabled {8-Spades}{8-Clubs} for the rivered full house and that was enough for Khoueis to angrily flick his cards into the muck before making his way out of the tournament area.

At 5 p.m. local time, the stream will start with a 30-minute security delay as the hole cards will be shown. The runitup Twitch channel will be providing commentary with Jamie Kerstetter and Ashley Sleeth.

Tags: Ashley SleethJamie KerstetterPatrick YazbeckSam KhoueisTerence A Clee

Sinclair Doubles Through Kambouroglou

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Antonis "Toothpick Tony" Kambouroglou was called back to his seat as he had not been eliminated, but rather still had 500 chips remaining after a clash with Sandy Sinclair.

Kambouroglou had been all in with {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs} for an open-ended straight draw on the {5-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Hearts} flop while Sinclair turned over {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs} for the superior pocket pair. The {5-Diamonds} turn and the {8-Clubs} river were blanks and Sinclair received a full double.

One hand later, Kambouroglou was all in with the {j-Spades}{9-Spades} and picked up one caller. Tolly Sakellariou reraised to isolate with the {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and saw the board run out {k-Spades}{j-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{2-Spades}.

The same table also features Robert Spano, who has bought back in for the second bullet.

Tags: Antonis KambouroglouTolly SakellariouRobert SpanoSandy Sinclair

Yazbeck Busts Kempson

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante
Mark Yazbeck
Mark Yazbeck

In a battle of players on their second bullet for the event, Corey Kempson raised and Mark Yazbeck tossed in too many chips to make it a min-three-bet, which Kempson called. On the {j-Spades}{8-Clubs}{7-Clubs} flop, Kempson check-raised from 1,400 to 4,200 and Yazbeck called to see the {7-Diamonds} turn.

Kempson shoved for what appeared to be 6,200 and Yazbeck quickly called.

Corey Kempson: {k-Clubs}{2-Clubs}
Mark Yazbeck: {7-Hearts}{5-Clubs}

The {5-Diamonds} river improved Yazbeck to a full house and Kempson will likely be back for the third bullet soon.

Tags: Corey KempsonMark Yazbeck

Assorted Counts

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

The field size has nearly reached 100 entries and some assorted chip counts can be found below.

Spano Eliminated

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Robert Spano lost the vast portion of his stack to Terence A Clee when he turned two pair with {7-}{5-} on a {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} board. It would be no good, as Clee had flopped the better two pair with {a-}{10-}.

Down to around 2,000, Spano departed soon after from the feature table.

Tags: Robert SpanoTerence A Clee