$20,000 High Roller
Day 2 Started
2019 The Star Sydney Champs
$20,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Nine Return at 2:15 PM to Battle it Out for the A$20,000 High Roller Champ Title
Welcome back to the final day of the A$20,000 High Roller here at The Star Sydney Champs with nine players returning to the felt to battle it out. All nine players will have two goals in mind, first to make it into the money. Second, to be victorious and take the lion-share of the A$703,000 prize pool home with them as the winner will walk away with A$316,350 and the amazing trophy.
Coming back into the final table at 2:15 p.m. local time with the chip lead is Tom Rafferty with 469,500 in chips. He is followed by Ebon Bokody who bagged 429,000 last night with Vincent Huang in third place with 240,000 in chips. These three players are the only ones to have bagged an above-average stack.
Gautam Dhingra, Sean Ragozinni, and Michael Egan all bagged around 40 big blinds so they are probably not worried yet as they have enough to work with still. Mladen Vukovic, Hun Wei “Andy” Lee, and Matthew Wakeman bagged a below 20 big blind stack so they will be trying to run their shorter stacks up from the get-go.
When the players return, they will finish the last six minutes of Level 12 which features a small blind of 2,000, big blind of 4,000, and a big blind ante of 4,000. Play will continue until a champion has been crowned with a 10-minute break after every two levels as level duration has increased to 60 minutes each. A live stream will be available again via the Run It Up Twitch channel with commentary by Ricky “RatedGTO” Guan and Jimmy “untitled2jc” Cappucci with the hole cards on a security delay.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be from the moment the shoe will be loaded until the final hand has been dealt with the usual live updates. So, keep following the updates to see who will be crowned the High Roller Champ down under.
Final Table Seat Assignments
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ebon Bokody | Australia | 429,000 | 107 |
| 2 | Tom Rafferty | Australia | 469,500 | 117 |
| 3 | Gautam Dhingra | Australia | 182,000 | 46 |
| 4 | Vincent Huang | Australia | 240,000 | 60 |
| 5 | Mladen Vukovic | Australia | 72,000 | 18 |
| 6 | Michael Egan | Australia | 158,500 | 40 |
| 7 | Hun Wei Lee | Australia | 67,000 | 17 |
| 8 | Sean Ragozzini | Australia | 175,000 | 44 |
| 9 | Matthew Wakeman | Australia | 60,000 | 15 |
2019 The Star Sydney Champs $20,000 High Roller Final Table
Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Load Up Your Shoe!
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
With a slight delay, the nine remaining players have been welcomed back to The Star Sydney and the dealer has been instructed to load up her shoe and deal with the button on Matthew Wakeman in seat 9.
Stream Delayed
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The Run It up live stream has been delayed until 4:30 p.m. local time
Lee Eliminated by Ragozzini
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Hun Wei Lee shoved from the late position for 67,000 and Sean Ragozzini did the same from the hijack with the bigger stack while the rest of the table folded.
Hun Wei Lee: 
Sean Ragozzini: 
The board ran out 
for Ragozzini to hold with the pair of tens and improve to two pair to eliminate Lee in ninth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
252,000 | 77,000 |
|
Busted |
Bokody Takes From Ragozzini
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Sean Ragozzini raised to 9,000 from early position and Ebon Bokody in the cutoff three-bet to 25,000. Ragozzini called and they headed to the 
flop. Ragozzini checked and Bokody continued for 16,000, which resulted in a call from Ragozzini.
On the turn and the 
river, both players checked and the pot was shipped to Bokody, his cards were only briefly shown at the table.
Ragozzini made it 9,000 to go in the next hand and Matthew Wakeman jammed for 60,000 from one seat over. Ragozzini gave it some thought and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
476,000 | 47,000 |
|
|
202,000 | -50,000 |
|
79,000 | 19,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Vukovic Hits the River to Stay Alive
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Gautam Dhingra raised to 11,000 from the hijack, Vincent Huang called in the cutoff. Mladen Vukovic shoved from the button for 61,500. The blinds folded and so did Dhingra. Huang confirmed the amount before making the call.
Mladen Vukovic:
Vincent Huang: 
The flop came 
for Huang to stay ahead but for Vukovic to pick up the flush draw.
The turn was the 
which didn't change things but the river completed the board with the to give Vukovic the flush indeed to more than double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
169,000 | -71,000 |
|
166,000 | -16,000 |
|
147,000 | 75,000 |