2019 The Star Sydney Champs

$1,100 6-Max
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 The Star Sydney Champs

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
85
Prize
89,003 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,100 AUD
Prize Pool
356,000 AUD
Entries
356
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Miller Sends Graham To The Rail

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Connie Graham
Connie Graham

The cards of Connie Graham were already mucked as the stacks were counted and she grabbed her belongings. Andrew Miller had his cards showing and hit a set with {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds} on the {6-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{9-Hearts} board.

"Pocket jacks," Matthew White said in table chat. Graham was indeed covered and exited in 26th place.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Miller (AU) au
Andrew Miller (AU)
290,000
151,000
151,000
Connie Graham au
Connie Graham
Busted

Tags: Andrew MillerConnie GrahamMatthew White

Seymour Left Short

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Michael Seymour raised to 13,000 from under the gun and Qiang Fu called in the big blind.

The flop came {5-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}, Fu check-called the 13,000 continuation-bet of Seymour.

The turn brought them the {4-Spades}, Fu checked again. Seymour led out for 28,000 and Fu raised to 63,000 for Seymour to tank-call.

The river completed the board with the {10-Spades}, Fu shoved for 155,000 and Seymour tanked again to then fold in the end.

Player Chips Progress
Qiang Fu nz
Qiang Fu
337,000
55,000
55,000
Michael Seymour au
Michael Seymour
70,000
-75,500
-75,500

Tags: Michael SeymourQiang Fu

Awerbuch and White on the Rail

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Chad Awerbuch
Chad Awerbuch

Michael Oscuro open-shoved the button and right into two shorter stacks, one of which was Chad Awerbuch in the small blind who made the call.

Chad Awerbuch: {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Michael Oscuro: {a-Clubs}{5-Spades}

On a board of {8-Spades}{7-Spades}{3-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}, Awerbuch was drawing dead on the turn and exited in 24th place. He was soon followed by Matthew White, who ran out of chips one table over.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Oscuro au
Michael Oscuro
630,000
210,000
210,000
Matthew White us
Matthew White
Busted
Chad Awerbuch au
Chad Awerbuch
Busted

Tags: Chad AwerbuchMatthew WhiteMichael Oscuro

Seymour Falls to Fu

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Michael Seymour
Michael Seymour

Qiang Fu raised to 13,000 from the cutoff and Michael Seymour shoved for 79,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Fu called.

Michael Seymour: {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Qiang Fu: {a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} for Seymour to not find enough help as Fu flopped top pair and improved to two pair on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Qiang Fu nz
Qiang Fu
420,000
83,000
83,000
Michael Seymour au
Michael Seymour
Busted

Tags: Michael SeymourQiang Fu

Zhang Busts Casas

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Alan Casas
Alan Casas

Andrew Zhang raised from the hijack and Alan Casas shoved for a bit less than 50,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back to Zhang who made the call.

Alan Casas: {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Andrew Zhang: {a-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{9-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{q-Clubs} for Zhang to eliminate Casas with the higher kicker.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Zhang au
Andrew Zhang
361,000
166,000
166,000
Alan Casas au
Alan Casas
Busted

Tags: Alan CasasAndrew Zhang

Dykes Eliminated by Oscuro

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

A big pot was brewing on the upper stage as Michael Oscuro defended his big blind against Lachlan Dykes. On the {j-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades} turn, Oscuro check-jammed into a 45,000 bet by Dykes and was quickly called.

Lachlan Dykes: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Michael Oscuro: {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

The {k-Spades} river improved Oscuro to two pair and that send Dykes to the rail in cruel fashion.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Oscuro au
Michael Oscuro
820,000
190,000
190,000
Lachlan Dykes au
Lachlan Dykes
Busted

Tags: Lachlan DykesMichael Oscuro

King Gone on the Feature Table

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Nauvneel Kashyap raised from the button and Navid King shoved in the big blind for Kashyap to make the call with the bigger stack.

Navid King: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}
Nauvneel Kashyap: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}

The board ran out {k-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{3-Diamonds} for King to turn a straight draw but brick the river as he was eliminated in 18th place.

Player Chips Progress
Nauvneel Kashyap au
Nauvneel Kashyap
409,000
500
500
Navid King au
Navid King
Busted

Tags: Nauvneel KashyapNavid King