Main Event Day 1a | 2019 The Star Sydney Champs

08-02-2019 17:16 UTC+10

Dykes Jams Into Kempson

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 300/600, 50 ante

On the completed board of , Lachlan Dykes jammed for the last 10,300 and the pot by then was already more than 26,000. Corey Kempson was the only remaining player in the hand and he elected to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salvatore Fazzino	123,000 34,000	34,000
Gautam Dhingra	85,000 62,500	62,500
Hamish Crawshaw	80,000 24,000	24,000
John Rosario	80,000 5,000	5,000
Chao Duan	80,000 18,000	18,000
Robert Damelian	65,000 35,000	35,000
Michael Oscuro	65,000 30,000	30,000
Corey Kempson	60,000 14,000	14,000

Mladen Vukovic	40,000 13,000	13,000
Lachlan Dykes	37,000 37,000	37,000
Minh Nguyen	34,000 34,000	34,000
Andrew White	30,000 2,000	2,000
Ashish Gupta	25,000 10,000	10,000
Michael Kanaan	21,000 17,000	17,000
Matthew Wakeman	Busted

Tags: Corey Kempson Lachlan Dykes

08-02-2019 17:08 UTC+10

Jay Doubles Through Thomson

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Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 300/600, 50 ante

The flop read and Pavan Jay had the all-in button in front of him in the under-the-gun position. John Thomson had a bet of 1,750 in front of him in the middle position and asked the dealer to take out his bet from the shove so he could see how much more it would be. The dealer did and confirmed it would be 7,025 extra for the call. Thomson cut out calling chips and made the call.

Pavan Jay:
John Thomson:

Jay had flopped a set and Thomson top pair.

The turn was the to now give Thomson two pair but keep Jay ahead.

The river completed the board with the for Jay to double up while Thomson complimented him on the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Thomson	44,000 13,000	13,000
Pavan Jay	19,500 19,500	19,500

Tags: John Thomson Pavan Jay

08-02-2019 17:03 UTC+10

Psarras Wins a Flip

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 300/600, 50 ante

Within quick succession, Christine Hia and Hun Wei Lee departed. The former sent her chips to Carlos Gonzalez and Lee was eliminated in a flip against George Psarras.

John Caridad raised to 2,000 and Lee three-bet to 9,300. Psarras four-bet all in and Caridad folded, while Lee called all in for 29,900.

Hun Wei Lee:
George Psarras:

The board came and that was it for Lee.

"We would have chopped, I had the same hand," Caridad added in table chat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Gonzalez	140,000 20,000	20,000
John Caridad	105,000 10,000	10,000
George Psarras	95,000 95,000	95,000
Christine Hia	Busted
Hun Wei Lee	Busted

Tags: Carlos Gonzalez Christine Hia George Psarras Hun Wei Lee John Caridad

08-02-2019 17:00 UTC+10

Registration Closed

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Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 300/600, 50 ante

The registration period closed at the start of the current level with 280 players buying in on Day 1a.

08-02-2019 16:54 UTC+10

Updated Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 300/600, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Thurlow	100,000 10,000	10,000
John Caridad	95,000 25,000	25,000
John Saliba	90,000 10,000	10,000
Jason Pritchard	90,000 10,000	10,000
Sam Khoueis	64,000 2,000	2,000
Ardi Jaya	63,000 32,000	32,000
Michael Egan	62,000 5,000	5,000
John Thomson	57,000 27,000	27,000
Jason Gray	49,000 19,000	19,000
Rehman Kassam	42,000 5,000	5,000
Teresa-Ann Natoli	37,000 5,000	5,000
Julius Lambert	36,000 6,000	6,000
Jarred Graham	34,000 4,000	4,000

Tino Lechich	29,000 29,000	29,000
Milad Issa	27,000 24,000	24,000
Hussein Hassan	26,000 4,000	4,000
Michael Doodson	12,300 5,700	5,700
Luke Edwards	Busted

08-02-2019 16:52 UTC+10

Official Feature Table Chip Counts

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Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 300/600, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Collin Tran	58,175 34,175	34,175
Ron Bean	38,425 8,125	8,125
Glenn Young	36,075 3,975	3,975
Jake Mehmet	33,175 11,025	11,025
Nurlan Boobekov	32,350 12,150	12,150
Jacob Horowitz	24,525 1,525	1,525
Yang Zhang (AU)	18,400 2,200	2,200
Jim Condylis	17,350 7,150	7,150
Stewart Davidson	11,525 1,175	1,175

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

08-02-2019 16:41 UTC+10

Break

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Shirley Ang

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

The players have just been sent for another 10-minute break.

08-02-2019 16:41 UTC+10

Big Double for Gonzalez

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

The cards of Christine Hia were already in the muck and she paid off the 40,900 of Carlos Gonzalez, who had turned the nut flush with on a board. Other players on the table confirmed that Hia had for trips jacks and took a big hit to her stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Gonzalez	120,000 120,000	120,000
Christine Hia	20,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Carlos Gonzalez Christine Hia

08-02-2019 16:40 UTC+10

Defending Champion Blanusa Busts

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Shirley Ang

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Will Davies opened to 900 from the early position and Nebojsa Blanusa shoved his last 7,500 in from the middle position. Action folded back to Davies who made the call.

Nebojsa Blanusa:
Will Davies: