2019 The Star Sydney Champs

$1,100 6-Max
Day: 1
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

White Shoves on Huang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Andrew White raised to 4,100 from the hijack and was called by Vincent Huang in the cutoff.

The flop came {4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{j-Spades}, White continued with a bet of 5,000 which Huang called.

The turn brought them the {6-Spades}, White now shoved for around 66,000 for Huang to snap-fold.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew White au
Andrew White
89,100 300
Andrew Miller (AU) au
Andrew Miller (AU)
72,100 29,100
Mohamed Ali au
Mohamed Ali
38,400 -300
Nicholas Wright au
Nicholas Wright
37,300 -2,700
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
28,800 -1,200
Mark Leslie au
Mark Leslie
16,600 -4,700

Tags: Andrew WhiteVincent Huang

King Doubles Through Falon

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Navid King raised to 5,000 from the hijack and Alex Falon shoved in the big blind for 42,300. King dived into the tank, looked at his own chips, took some more time, and then made the call for the 32,600 he had behind.

"I haven't got much..." King said before turning over his cards.

Navid King: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Alex Falon: {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}

The board ran out {7-Clubs}{4-Spades}{a-Hearts}{7-Spades}{10-Hearts} for King to hit two pair to double up and stay alive.

Player Chips Progress
Navid King au
Navid King
87,400 7,400
Alex Falon au
Alex Falon
9,700 -60,300

Tags: Alex FalonNavid King

Two Spades Again for Kassam

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Miray Badaoui raised to 3,600 and Rehman Kassam made it 13,000 to go out of the big blind, which Badaoui called. On the {9-Clubs}{6-Spades}{6-Hearts} flop both players opted to check and the {3-Diamonds} turn was checked by Kassam again. Badaoui now bet 18,000 and received the call to see the {7-Hearts} on the river.

Neither player invested any further chips and Kassam tabled {a-Spades}{k-Spades} to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Miray Badaoui au
Miray Badaoui
150,000 -25,000
Rehman Kassam gb
Rehman Kassam
105,000 35,000

Tags: Miray BadaouiRehman Kassam

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Lee Jams Into Falon

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Hun Wei Lee min-raised to 3,200 first to act and picked up a call by Alex Falon in the big blind. Falon led the {8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop for 7,000 and defending champion Lee jammed for what appeared to be 29,200.

Falon glanced at the stack and the board for half a minute and sent his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Falon au
Alex Falon
65,000 -5,000
Hun Wei Lee au
Hun Wei Lee
Defending Champion
44,000 3,000

Tags: Alex FalonHun Wei Lee

Recent Chip Counts

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Alex Yazbeck au
Alex Yazbeck
Day 1 Chip Leader
189,000 24,000
Lachlan Dykes au
Lachlan Dykes
160,000 14,000
Mladen Vukovic au
Mladen Vukovic
146,000 36,000
Chris Moussa au
Chris Moussa
125,000
Dejan Boskovic Sr au
Dejan Boskovic Sr
112,000 73,000
Will Davies gb
Will Davies
82,000 2,000
Dejan Boskovic au
Dejan Boskovic
75,000 65,000
Vesko Zmukic au
Vesko Zmukic
66,000 -4,000
Travis Endersby au
Travis Endersby
61,000 21,000
Chad Awerbuch au
Chad Awerbuch
51,000 25,000
Hun Wei Lee au
Hun Wei Lee
Defending Champion
41,000 -28,000
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
29,000 7,000
Connie Graham au
Connie Graham
29,000 -2,000
Michael Mariakis au
Michael Mariakis
27,000 -43,000
Duan Chao cn
Duan Chao
8,000 -42,000

"Two Spades" For Kassam

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Picking up the action on the {q-Spades}{10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} turn, Rehman Kassam checked and called a bet of 3,500 by Miray Badaoui. The {6-Hearts} fell on the river and Kassam quickly bet 16,000. That ended up forcing a fold from Badaoui and Kassam said "two spades" in table chat while raking in the pot.

The table also features Alan Casas and Jeffery Tran.

Player Chips Progress
Miray Badaoui au
Miray Badaoui
175,000 175,000
Jeffery Tran au
Jeffery Tran
140,000 120,000
Rehman Kassam gb
Rehman Kassam
70,000 51,000
Alan Casas au
Alan Casas
55,000 -7,000

Tags: Alan CasasJeffery TranMiray BadaouiRehman Kassam