2019 The Star Sydney Champs

$20,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 The Star Sydney Champs

Final Results
Winner
Sean Ragozzini
Winning Hand
105
Prize
223,361 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
20,000 AUD
Prize Pool
703,000 AUD
Entries
37
Level Info
Level
18
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
16,000

Bokody Takes From Rafferty

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On the turn of a board {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{9-Diamonds}, Tom Rafferty in the big blind bet 15,000 and Vincent Huang called from under the gun. Rafferty also bet the {3-Clubs} river for 40,000 and Huang reluctantly folded.

Ebon Bokody stole the blinds and big blind ante the next hand and then raised to 13,000 in the cutoff, which Michael Egan called out of the big blind. The flop came {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and Egan check-called a bet of 11,000. Neither player bet the {7-Diamonds} turn and Egan bet the {3-Clubs} river for 36,000 to force a fold from Bokody.

Bokody continued with aggression and raised it up to 13,000 once more, and chip leader Rafferty called from one seat over in the cutoff. The {k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Spades} flop resulted in a bet of 15,000 by Bokody and a call by Rafferty. After the {q-Spades} turn, Bokody made it 40,000 to go and Rafferty snap-called to do so again for 60,000 on the {4-Clubs} river.

Bokody turned over {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} for top two and won a healthy pot off Rafferty.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Rafferty au
Tom Rafferty
601,000 -147,000
Ebon Bokody au
Ebon Bokody
529,000 110,000
Sean Ragozzini au
Sean Ragozzini
347,000 -18,000
Michael Egan au
Michael Egan
224,000 91,000
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
157,000 -36,000

Tags: Ebon BokodyMichael EganTom RaffertyVincent Huang

Small Pots During the Bubble

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Michael Egan raised to 12,000 from under the gun, Ebon Bokody called on the button. The flop came {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}, they both checked to see the {q-Spades} on the flop. They both checked again for the {9-Diamonds} to complete the board. Egan check-folded to the 26,000 bet of Bokody.

Bokody raised to 14,000 from under the gun and Sean Ragozzini defended his big blind. The flop came {4-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{7-Spades}, Ragozzini check-called the 15,000 bet of Bokody The turn was the {2-Diamonds} for both players to check to the {8-Hearts} on the river. Both checked, Ragozzini tabled {10-Diamonds}{7-Spades} for the pair of sevens but was bested by the {8-Clubs}{5-Clubs} of Bokody who had rivered the higher pair.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Rafferty au
Tom Rafferty
748,000 60,000
Ebon Bokody au
Ebon Bokody
419,000 68,000
Sean Ragozzini au
Sean Ragozzini
365,000 -38,000
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
193,000 -33,000
Michael Egan au
Michael Egan
133,000 -78,000

Tags: Ebon BokodyMichael EganSean Ragozzini

Rafferty Establishes Comfortable Lead

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ebon Bokody raised the button to 14,000 and Tom Rafferty three-bet the small blind to win the pot.

One hand later, Bokody made it 13,000 to go from the cutoff and Rafferty flat-called on the button, as did Vincent Huang in the small blind. The flop brought {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}{7-Hearts} and Huang check-folded to a bet of 15,000 by Bokody and a call by Rafferty. On the {2-Clubs} turn, Bokody fired a second barrel worth 42,000 and Rafferty came along.

The {j-Clubs} river was checked by Bokody and Rafferty bet 60,000. Bokody called after brief consideration and mucked when Rafferty turned over {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} for flopped trips queens as the winning hand.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Rafferty au
Tom Rafferty
688,000 174,500
Ebon Bokody au
Ebon Bokody
351,000 -156,000
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
226,000 20,000

Tags: Ebon BokodyTom RaffertyVincent Huang

Wakeman Busts in Sixth Place

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Matthew Wakeman
Matthew Wakeman

Ebon Bokody raised to 14,000 from under the gun and Matthew Wakeman shoved from the big blind for 101,000 which Bokody called.

Matthew Wakeman: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Ebon Bokody: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {j-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{4-Spades} to not bring any help to Wakeman as he was eliminated.

The final table is now down to five players and is on the bubble as four players will get paid.

Player Chips Progress
Ebon Bokody au
Ebon Bokody
507,000 98,000
Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
Busted

Tags: Ebon BokodyMatthew Wakeman

Huang Busts Dhingra in Battle of Blinds

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Gautam Dhingra
Gautam Dhingra

The action folded to Gautam Dhingra in the small blind and he moved all in for the last 88,000. Vincent Huang in the big blind had him covered and made the call to put Dhingra at risk.

Gautam Dhingra: {8-Hearts}{5-Clubs}
Vincent Huang: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

Nothing changed on the {j-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop but Dhingra took the lead on the {5-Spades} turn. It would be the {q-Spades} on the river that restored the preflop order as Huang made a pair of queens to eliminate Dhingra and reduce the field to the final six.

Player Chips Progress
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
206,000 88,000
Gautam Dhingra au
Gautam Dhingra
Busted

Tags: Gautam DhingraVincent Huang

One for Bokody

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Sean Ragozzini raised to 12,000 from the hijack and was called by Ebon Bokody on the button.

The flop came {7-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}, Ragozzini check-called the 11,000 bet of Bokody. The turn brought them the {q-Clubs} for both players to check and see the {7-Clubs} completed the board. They both checked again for Ragozzini to table {a-Clubs}{k-Spades} and Bokody to pick up the pot with {6-}{6-}.

Player Chips Progress
Ebon Bokody au
Ebon Bokody
409,000 23,000
Sean Ragozzini au
Sean Ragozzini
403,000 -23,000

Tags: Ebon BokodySean Ragozzini

Wakeman and Huang Jam

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Matthew Wakeman raised to 12,000 first to act and Michael Egan three-bet to 40,000 in the small blind. Wakeman folded and dropped below 100,000 in chips.

Egan then raised to 14,000 on the button and Sean Ragozzini three-bet to 50,000 from one seat over to force folds from all opponents.

Wakeman and fellow short stack Vincent Huang moved all in and claimed the blinds and antes in the next two hands.

Player Chips Progress
Sean Ragozzini au
Sean Ragozzini
426,000 13,500
Michael Egan au
Michael Egan
211,000 13,500
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
118,000
Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
107,000 3,000

Tags: Matthew WakemanMichael EganSean RagozziniVincent Huang

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Rafferty Above Half a Million in First Break

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

Tom Rafferty opened to 11,000 in the cutoff and Michael Egan defended out of the big blind but quickly check-folded a {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop.

Vincent Huang min-raised the button to 10,000 and Sean Ragozzini made the call from the big blind. On the {9-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop, both players checked and the {6-Hearts} followed on the turn. A bet of 20,000 by Ragozzini did the trick to win the pot right there.

Rafferty's next raise to 11,000 was shut down by a three-bet of Ragozzini in the small blind and Rafferty then raised to 11,000 once more, this time from under the gun. Ebon Bokody called and they checked the {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop. After the {9-Hearts} turn, Bokoddy checked and Rafferty bet 10,000 to claim the pot without further resistance.

Bokody limped the small blind one hand later and Rafferty checked. The {9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop was bet by Bokody and Rafferty called. On the {a-Clubs} turn, Bokody checked and Rafferty bet 20,000 into a pot of 29,000, Bokody called. The {7-Diamonds} fell on the turn and Bokody check-folded to a bet worth 38,000 before heading into the first scheduled 10-minute break of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Rafferty au
Tom Rafferty
513,500 57,500
Sean Ragozzini au
Sean Ragozzini
412,500 30,500
Ebon Bokody au
Ebon Bokody
386,000 -48,000
Michael Egan au
Michael Egan
197,500 -18,500
Gautam Dhingra au
Gautam Dhingra
126,500 -2,500
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
118,000 -34,000
Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
104,000

Tags: Ebon BokodyMichael EganSean RagozziniTom RaffertyVincent Huang

Three Shoves, No Calls

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

Michael Egan raised to 11,500 from the button and Matthew Wakeman shoved in the big blind for 75,000 after taking some time to consider his options. Egan stared at Wakeman's stack for a while and then opted to fold.

Tom Rafferty raised to 11,000 from under the fun and Vincent Huang called in the hijack. So did Ebon Bokody in the big blind. The flop came {2-Spades}{a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, Bokody checked, Rafferty continued with a bet of 13,000 which only Bokody ended up calling. The turn brought them the {6-Diamonds}, Bokody check-folded to the 36,000 bet of Rafferty.

Egan raised to 10,000 from the hijack and Wakeman shoved again, this time from the button for 91,500 for everyone including Egan to fold to.

Wakeman raised to 10,000 from the cutoff and Gautam Dhingra now shoved from the big blind for 112,000. Wakeman counted out his own stack and then decided to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Rafferty au
Tom Rafferty
456,000 46,000
Ebon Bokody au
Ebon Bokody
434,000 -32,000
Michael Egan au
Michael Egan
216,000 -34,000
Gautam Dhingra au
Gautam Dhingra
129,000 12,000
Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
104,000 21,500

Tags: Ebon BokodyGautam DhingraMatthew WakemanMichael EganTom RaffertyVincent Huang