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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One Loss, One Win for Dhingra

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

The player in the hijack raised to 400 and Gautam Dhingra defended his big blind, The flop came {2-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}, Dhingra check-called the 600 continuation-bet of the hijack. The turn brought them the {j-Clubs}, Dhingra now check-folded to the 800 bet of his opponent.

The hand right after, the player in the under-the-gun position raised to 600 and was called by the player in mid-position and Rehman Kassam in the cutoff. Dhingra also went along from the small blind. The flop came {6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{k-Clubs}, Dhingra checked and so did the initial raiser. The player in mid-position bet 700 for Kassam to fold and Dhingra to respond with a raise to 2,700. The initial raiser quickly folded and so did the other player after a while.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gautam Dhingra au
Gautam Dhingra
29,000
Profile photo of Rehman Kassam gb
Rehman Kassam
24,000

Tags: Gautam DhingraRehman Kassam

Two for Abdine

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Shivan Abdine scooped a pot when betting the {10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop for 1,400 and he would also be involved in the next hand.

Honglin Jiang raised to 500 and picked up three callers including Ehsan Amiri, Abdine and the big blind. They checked the {j-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Spades} flop and the {k-Diamonds} turn brought a bet of 1,000 by Jiang. Only Abdine called and the {j-Spades} followed on the river. Jiang bet 1,100 but got out of the way when facing a raise of Abdine.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ehsan Amiri au
Ehsan Amiri
31,000
Profile photo of Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
29,000
Profile photo of Honglin Jiang nz
Honglin Jiang
16,000

Tags: Ehsan AmiriHonglin JiangShivan Abdine

Kempson Back For Second Bullet

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante
Corey Kempson
Corey Kempson

Jarred Graham has knocked out an opponent to double his stack in the first level of the day and notables on nearby tables include Matthew Wakeman and Sam Khoueis. Also back in soon after busting on the first bullet is Corey Kempson and there are currently 79 players out of 81 entries remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jarred Graham au
Jarred Graham
50,000
23,000
23,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Sam Khoueis au
Sam Khoueis
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
25,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Corey KempsonJarred GrahamMatthew WakemanSam Khoueis

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Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante
My Stack
My Stack

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Saab Takes From O'Grady

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

On a three-way flop of {9-Clubs}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs}, Michael O'Grady bet 2,300 and Nauvneel Kashyap folded, while Majid Saab made the call. The {10-Clubs} followed on the turn and O'Grady now checked, then folded when facing a bet of 4,500.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Majid Saab au
Majid Saab
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Nauvneel Kashyap au
Nauvneel Kashyap
24,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Michael O'Grady au
Michael O'Grady
22,000
3,000
3,000

Tags: Majid SaabMichael O'GradyNauvneel Kashyap

Young Busts Kempson in First Hand

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante
Rory Young
Rory Young

Action on table 28 kicked off three-handed with Vincent Huang, Rory Young and Corey Kempson in action. Kempson had squeezed to 1,800 and Young called to see a flop of {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{2-Hearts} on which Young check-raised from 2,800 to 7,800.

Kempson gave it some thought and moved all in, Young snap-called.

Rory Young: {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}
Corey Kempson: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}

The {6-Hearts} turn and {4-Hearts} river changed nothing whatsoever and Kempson busted in the very first hand he played.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rory Young au
Rory Young
50,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
Busted

Tags: Corey KempsonRory YoungVincent Huang

Graham Claims First Pot

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

The player on the button called and Jarred Graham opted to check in the big blind.

The flop came {2-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{7-Diamonds}, Graham check-called the 500 bet of his opponent.

They then both checked through the {5-Diamonds} on the turn to the {6-Hearts} on the river. Graham led out with a bet of 1,000 which was called by the button. Graham tabled {8-Diamonds}{7-Spades} for the flopped pair of sevens which was enough to pick up the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jarred Graham au
Jarred Graham
27,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jarred Graham

First Batch of Notables on Day 1

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rory Young au
Rory Young
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Tolly Sakellariou au
Tolly Sakellariou
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Antonis Kambouroglou au
Antonis Kambouroglou
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Sosia Jiang nz
Sosia Jiang
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Michael O'Grady au
Michael O'Grady
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Nauvneel Kashyap au
Nauvneel Kashyap
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Wang au
David Wang
25,000
25,000
25,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200