Main Event | 2019 The Star Sydney Champs

08-05-2019 14:28 UTC+10

Raising Wars Without Flops

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Joe Antar raised to 100,000 on the button and Bernie Stang three-bet to 275,000 in the small blind. Mark Lassau in the big blind four-bet to 665,000 and both opponents folded.

Hamish Crawshaw then raised to 100,000 and Antar jammed for 585,000, no call followed.

Lassau opened to 100,000 in the cutoff and Corey Kempson three-bet the small blind to 425,000 in order to claim the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Kempson	3,100,000 200,000	200,000

Mark Lassau	2,700,000 200,000	200,000
Hamish Crawshaw	2,200,000 -100,000	-100,000
Bernie Stang	2,100,000 -300,000	-300,000
Joe Antar	805,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Bernie Stang Corey Kempson Hamish Crawshaw Joe Antar Mark Lassau

08-05-2019 14:36 UTC+10

Le Shoves Twice, Antar Wins One

Shirley Ang

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Tu Le shoved from the hijack for 765,000 and got no action.

The hand after, he shoved again but now for 880,000 from the late position after Bernie Stang had limped in from under the gun. Action folded back to Stang who asked for a count, tanked, and then folded.

Corey Kempson raised to 105,000 from late position and Joe Antar defended his big blind. The flop came , Antar check-called the 55,000 bet of Kempson. The turn was the , Antar checked again and so did Kempson. The river completed the board with the for them both to check and Antar to pick up the pot with .

Nickolas Oiberman raised to 150,000 from the button and Stang was sitting in the big blind and tanked. Stang stared at Oiberman, tried to get a look underneath his cap and then decided to fold showing an .

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Robertson	2,900,000 -200,000	-200,000
Mark Lassau	2,600,000 -100,000	-100,000
Wenjian Qiu	2,400,000
Hamish Crawshaw	2,000,000 -200,000	-200,000
Nickolas Oiberman	1,300,000
Tu Le	980,000 115,000	115,000
Joe Antar	965,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Bernie Stang Corey Kempson Joe Antar Nickolas Oiberman Tu Le

08-05-2019 14:46 UTC+10

Stang Doubles Through Kempson for Chip Lead

Shirley Ang

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Kempson raised to 110,000 from the early position and Stang called from the small blind.

The flop came , Stang check-raised the 155,000 continuation-bet of Kempson to 425,000. Kempson looked at the remainder of Stang's stack and then decided to shove with the bigger stack. Stang called.

Bernie Stang:
Corey Kempson:

The turn was the to give Stang the higher pair.

The river completed the board with the for Stang to double up and take the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernie Stang	3,900,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Corey Kempson	1,100,000 -2,000,000	-2,000,000

Tags: Bernie Stang Corey Kempson

08-05-2019 14:54 UTC+10

Kempson Doubles Through Oiberman

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Nickolas Oiberman raised to 110,000 and Corey Kempson three-bet jammed 1,120,000 out of the big blind, which Oiberman snap-called.

Corey Kempson:
Nickolas Oiberman:

Kempson took the lead on the flop and the turn improved him to two pair. However, Oiberman had a gutshot and flush draw to possibly send Kempson from chip leader to out in quick succession. Instead, the river saw Kempson further improve to a full house and Oiberman's stack was reduced to just over two big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Kempson	2,300,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Nickolas Oiberman	135,000 -1,165,000	-1,165,000

Tags: Corey Kempson Nickolas Oiberman

08-05-2019 14:56 UTC+10

Nickolas Oiberman Eliminated in 9th Place (A$32,726)

Shirley Ang

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Nickolas Oiberman shoved from the middle position for 130,000 and action folded all the way to Hamish Crawshaw in the big blind who made the call.

Nickolas Oiberman:
Hamish Crawshaw:

The board ran out for Crawshaw to flop a pair of tens and even improve to two pair on the river to eliminate Oiberman in 9th place for A$32,726.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	2,200,000 200,000	200,000
Nickolas Oiberman	Busted

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Nickolas Oiberman

08-05-2019 14:58 UTC+10

Robertson Folds to Lassau

Shirley Ang

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Mark Lassau raised to 115,000 from mid-position and was called by Peter Robertson in the small blind.

The flop came , Robertson check-called the 135,000 bet of Lassau.

The turn brought them the , Robertson checked again. Lassau continued with a bet of 265,000 and that was enough incentive for Robertson to let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Lassau	3,000,000 400,000	400,000
Peter Robertson	2,600,000 -300,000	-300,000

Tags: Peter Robertson Mark Lassau

08-05-2019 15:00 UTC+10

First Break of the Day

Shirley Ang

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

The eight remaining players have been sent for their first 10-minute break of the day.

08-05-2019 15:03 UTC+10

Updated Counts After Level 24

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Wenjian Qiu	New Zealand	2,200,000	37
3	Joe Antar	Australia	950,000	16
4	Bernie Stang	Australia	4,065,000	68
5	Mark Lassau	Australia	2,985,000	50
6	Tu Le	Australia	850,000	14
7	Corey Kempson	Australia	2,265,000	38
8	Hamish Crawshaw	New Zealand	2,190,000	37
9	Peter Robertson	Australia	2,575,000	43

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernie Stang	4,065,000 165,000	165,000
Mark Lassau	2,985,000 -15,000	-15,000
Peter Robertson	2,575,000 -25,000	-25,000
Corey Kempson	2,265,000 -35,000	-35,000

Wenjian Qiu	2,200,000 -200,000	-200,000
Hamish Crawshaw	2,190,000 -10,000	-10,000
Joe Antar	950,000 -15,000	-15,000
Tu Le	850,000 -130,000	-130,000

Level: 25

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 10,000

08-05-2019 15:14 UTC+10

One for Stang; Antar Jams Twice

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Bernie Stang bet the flop for 125,000 and Mark Lassau called to see the on the turn. Stang now bt 260,000 and Lassau folded.

Hamish Crawshaw raised the next hand to 130,000 from early position and Joe Antar jammed for 890,000. The blinds released their cards and Crawshaw did so, too.

Antar then jammed from the hijack for 20 big blinds and collected the blinds and antes without resistance.