Main Event | 2019 The Star Sydney Champs

08-05-2019 20:21 UTC+10

Lassau Gets Some Back

Shirley Ang

Level 29 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Mark Lassau raised to 425,000 from the button and Hamish Crawshaw called.

The flop came , Crawshaw check-called the 450,000 continuation-bet of Lassau.

The turn was the , Crawshaw checked again and now Lassau bet 675,000. Crawshaw called for the to complete the board. They both checked for Lassau to pick up the pot with for the pair of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	12,600,000	-2,700,000
Mark Lassau	5,800,000	2,700,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Mark Lassau

08-05-2019 20:12 UTC+10

Back and Forth at Start Of Heads Up Play

Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Mark Lassau raised to 360,000 and Hamish Crawshaw called to see the flop, on which both players opted to check.

The turn brought another check by Crawshaw and Lassau bet 375,000, Crawshaw called and they headed to the river. Both players checked and Crawshaw won the pot.

Lassau clawed back some chips without showdown when he raised to 420,000 after a Crawshaw limp and picked up a call. On the flop both checked and Lassau bet the turn for 475,000, Crawshaw folded.

Crawshaw got the chips back almost immediately when he claimed two single-raised pots on the turn and the flop to cut down the stack of Lassau to fewer than 20 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	15,300,000	1,300,000
Mark Lassau	3,100,000	-1,100,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Mark Lassau

08-05-2019 20:05 UTC+10

Joe Antar Eliminated in 3rd Place (A$159,566)

Shirley Ang

Level 29 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Joe Antar had shoved twice before to run his stack up to around 3,100,000 when Hamish Crawshaw raised to 350,000 on the button. Antar looked at his stack and then decided to shove for 3,100,000 in the small blind. Mark Lassau quickly folded and Crawshaw snap-called.

Joe Antar:
Hamish Crawshaw:

The board ran out for Crawshaw to make a full house on the turn to leave Antar drawing dead as the river was dealt as a formality. Antar was eliminated in third place for A$159,556.

Heads-up play continues immediately.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	14,000,000	3,000,000
Joe Antar	Busted

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Joe Antar Mark Lassau

08-05-2019 19:56 UTC+10

Antar Jams Up Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Hamish Crawshaw won a small showdown hand against Mark Lassau, who then raised to 400,000 on the button to win the blinds and antes.

Joe Antar jammed out of the small blind and into Lassau's big blind to force a fold. He also jammed the button for 2,055,000 to win the blinds and antes, then three-bet jammed into a button raise to 360,000 by Lassau to scoop a pot.

Having earned those small pots in quick succession, Antar moved closer to Lassau in the counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	11,000,000	230,000
Mark Lassau	4,200,000	-1,240,000
Joe Antar	3,000,000	1,130,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Joe Antar Mark Lassau

Level: 29

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 20,000

08-05-2019 19:17 UTC+10

Dinner Break for the Final Three

Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

The remaining three players have been sent into a 30-minute dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	10,770,000	-130,000
Mark Lassau	5,440,000	-60,000
Joe Antar	1,870,000	170,000

08-05-2019 19:14 UTC+10

Another Lassau Double Through Crawshaw

Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Mark Lassau raised to 260,000 on the button and Joe Antar called from the big blind with 1,600,000 behind. The flop came and Antar checked, Lassau bet and that ended the hand right there.

Hamish Crawshaw moved all in from the button in the next hand and Lassau called out of the big blind.

Mark Lassau:
Hamish Crawshaw:

The flop changed nothing, however, Crawshaw spiked the turn to take the lead. Lassau had plenty of outs with his two overcards, a gutshot and counterfeit outs, and the river did the trick to secure his double up once more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	10,900,000	-2,100,000
Mark Lassau	5,500,000	2,900,000
Joe Antar	1,700,000	-400,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Joe Antar Mark Lassau

08-05-2019 19:07 UTC+10

Crawshaw Back to Overwhelming Lead

Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

A three-way limped pot to the flop was bet by Mark Lassau and Hamish Crawshaw mucked, as did Joe Antar. The latter dropped below 20 big blinds while Lassau moved closer to 30 big blinds again.

Crawshaw then raised to 260,000 on the button and Lassau defended the big blind. The flop brought and Lassau check-folded to a bet worth 200,000.

Antar limped in from the button and Lassau completed from the small blind, Crawshaw checked in the big blind to see the flop for free. No betting action took place and the paired the board on the turn. Lassau bet 260,000 and Crawshaw quickly called, Antar folded.

The on the river was checked and Crawshaw had the winning hand in .

Crawshaw jammed from the small blind next and Antar forfeited his big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	13,000,000
Mark Lassau	2,600,000	-300,000
Joe Antar	2,100,000	-800,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Joe Antar Mark Lassau

08-05-2019 18:58 UTC+10

Crawshaw Increases Chip Lead

Shirley Ang

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Hamish Crawshaw raised from the button and Mark Lassau called in the big blind. The flop came , Lassau check-called the 250,000 bet of Crawshaw. They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Lassau bet 350,000 and Crawshaw called to pick up the pot with .

Lassau raised to 280,000 from the button for Crawshaw to three-bet to 1,000,000 in the small blind for both Joe Antar and Lassau to fold.

Crawshaw raised to 260,000 from the button and Lassau called in the big blind. The flop came , Lassau check-raised the 200,000 continuation-bet of Crawshaw to 550,000 which was called. The turn brought them the , Lassau checked again and now Crawshaw bet 425,000 for Lassau to fold to.

Lassau raised to 270,000 from the button and Antar called in the big blind. The flop came , Antar check-folded to the 250,000 continuation-bet of Lassau.

Crawshaw raised to 260,000 from the button but folded to Lassau's shove in the big blind.

Lassau completed his small blind and Crawshaw opted to check. The flop came , Lassau bet 120,000 and Crawshaw called. The turn was the , Lassau now bet 150,000 for Crawshaw to raise to 550,000. Lassau folded.