2019 The Star Sydney Champs

$5K Challenge
Day: 1
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

Nguyen Takes From Gupta

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

On the river of a board {q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{3-Spades}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}, Minh Nguyen in the small blind check-called a bet of 18,000 by Ashish Gupta in early position and was shown the {j-Clubs}{9-Hearts} for a busted gutshot and jack-nine high by Gupta. Nguyen had that beat with {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} and dragged in the pot.

Nguyen then raised to 10,000 and Rehman Kassam jammed for 133,500 from one seat over. No call followed and Kassam added some big blinds to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Ashish Gupta au
Ashish Gupta
160,000 -30,000
Rehman Kassam gb
Rehman Kassam
150,000 10,000
Minh Nguyen au
Minh Nguyen
145,000 30,000

Tags: Ashish GuptaMinh NguyenRehman Kassam

Gray Doubles Through Kempson

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Having defended his big blind against Corey Kempson, Jason Gray ended up all in for 75,000 on the {10-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{2-Hearts} flop and Kempson looked him up with both players turning over top pair in the showdown.

Jason Gray: {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Corey Kempson: {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}

The {k-Spades} turn and {4-Clubs} river ensured that the kicker played in favor of Gray and both stack sizes were nearly even after all was done and dusted.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Gray gb
Jason Gray
183,000 92,000
Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
180,000 -100,000

Tags: Corey KempsonJason Gray

Saab Hits Quads

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The board read {q-Spades}{j-Hearts}{j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} with 47,500 in the middle already.

Majid Saab shoved from the big blind for 63,000 and Jarrod Thatcher was contemplating his option from the cutoff for a while. After counting out calling chips and taking a bit more time, Thatcher called but mucked when Saab tabled {j-Clubs}{10-Spades} for quad jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Majid Saab au
Majid Saab
173,500 49,000
Jarrod Thatcher au
Jarrod Thatcher
71,000 -26,500

Tags: Majid SaabJarrod Thatcher

More for Zmukic and Vukovic

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

On the heads-up turn of {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}, Mladen Vukovic bet 30,000 and Andrej Senic jammed. The bet of Vukovic was pulled in and Senic was at risk for another 62,000 on top, which proved to be too much for Vukovic.

Over on the other outer table, Vesko Zmukic added more chips to his stack when he got value from his {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} on a board of {a-Spades}{8-Spades}{8-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{5-Clubs} to take a chunk out of Ebon Bokody's stack.

Player Chips Progress
Vesko Zmukic au
Vesko Zmukic
280,000 80,000
Andrej Senic au
Andrej Senic
145,000 50,000
Ebon Bokody au
Ebon Bokody
120,000 -50,000
Mladen Vukovic au
Mladen Vukovic
105,000 -37,000

Tags: Andrej SenicEbon BokodyMladen VukovicVesko Zmukic

Updated Counts Outer Tables

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Vesko Zmukic limped the small blind and Tom Rafferty jammed the big blind for 75,500. Zmukic asked for a count and folded the {6-Spades}{6-Clubs} face up. Below are the other counts of the outer two tables early into level 13.

Player Chips Progress
Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
280,000 10,000
Charlie Hawes nz
Charlie Hawes
Day 1 Chip Leader
210,000
Vesko Zmukic au
Vesko Zmukic
200,000 -20,000
Ashish Gupta au
Ashish Gupta
190,000 40,000
Ebon Bokody au
Ebon Bokody
170,000 50,000
Mladen Vukovic au
Mladen Vukovic
142,000 -33,000
Rehman Kassam gb
Rehman Kassam
140,000 15,000
Minh Nguyen au
Minh Nguyen
115,000 10,000
Jake Mehmet au
Jake Mehmet
100,000
Andrej Senic au
Andrej Senic
95,000 -15,000
Andrian Chin au
Andrian Chin
95,000 -5,000
Jason Gray gb
Jason Gray
91,000 16,000
Nauvneel Kashyap au
Nauvneel Kashyap
90,000 -5,000
Tom Rafferty au
Tom Rafferty
85,000 10,000

Tags: Tom RaffertyVesko Zmukic

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Endersby Busts; Hawes Doubles

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Travis Endersby
Travis Endersby

Travis Endersby jammed the cutoff for 11,000 with the {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts} and Jake Mehmet called from the big blind with the {q-Hearts}{4-Hearts}.

"I'll take a chop," Endersby joked on the {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} flop and the {2-Spades} turn was a blank.

"I'll take the four," Mehmet replied and sure enough binked the {4-Clubs} on the river to send Endersby to the rail.

Soon after, the next all in showdown took place on table 14 and it was Charlie Hawes at risk for 104,000 against Nauvneel Kashyap.

Charlie Hawes: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Nauvneel Kashyap: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}

The {4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades}{5-Spades}{j-Clubs} run out gave Hawes a straight to secure the double.

Player Chips Progress
Charlie Hawes nz
Charlie Hawes
Day 1 Chip Leader
210,000 90,000
Jake Mehmet au
Jake Mehmet
100,000 5,000
Nauvneel Kashyap au
Nauvneel Kashyap
95,000 -125,000
Travis Endersby au
Travis Endersby
Busted

Tags: Charlie HawesJake MehmetNauvneel KashyapTravis Endersby

Hettinger Gets Huang to Fold

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Vincent Huang raised to 8,000 from the early position and Timo Hettinger defended his big blind.

The flop came {8-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, Hettinger check-raised the 6,000 bet of Huang to 20,000 which Huang called.

The turn was the {a-Spades}, Hettinger took a few seconds and then bet 30,000 which was enough to make Huang snap-fold.

Player Chips Progress
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
271,000 11,000
Timo Hettinger de
Timo Hettinger
189,000 92,400

Tags: Timo HettingerVincent Huang