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Milad Issa and Tty Ly clashed with the former at risk preflop for 24,400 with the 
. Ly turned over 
and failed to get there on a 
board to remain with a fraction of the stack he started with.
2019 The Star Sydney Champs
Main Event
Day: 1a
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Level 2
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Michael O'Grady got the remainder of his short stack in and Steve Pappas went all in over the top only for Glenn Pollett to snap-call.
Michael O'Grady: 
Glenn Pollett: 
Steve Pappas: 
"What is happening? Is this a 3k tournament?" Timo Hettinger asked in disbelief when the showdown took place.
The bord came 
and Pappas spiked the ace on the turn to score a double knockout.
Only one hand later, Ke Jiang three-bet shoved for around 7,000 and John Moffitt called instantly.
Ke Jiang: 
John Moffitt: 
On a board of 
, the kicker played and Jiang became the third casualty in a row on the same table.
Level 2
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Obrad Milinkovic was seen walking away from the table while his chips were awarded to Robert Sabados who was a bit embarrassed about how he eliminated Milinkovic. He was still kind enough to relay what had happened while the rest of the table called him a luckbox.
Milinkovic opened from under the gun and Sabados called in the big blind.
The flop came 
with one diamond and two hearts. Sabados check-called the 1,500 continuation-bet of Milinkovic.
The turn was the 
, Sabados checked again. Milinkovic now bet 3,500 and Sabados shoved with the bigger stack. Milinkovic snap-called with 
for the full house. Sabados held 
for trips.
The river completed the board with a 
for Sabados to hit the higher full house to send Milinkov to the rail.
Level 2
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A heads-up flop of 
brought fireworks as F Kaplan bet 2,000 and Wenjian Qiu raised to 7,000. Kaplan reraised to 17,000 and Qiu moved all in.
"Wow, you really have a set there?" Kaplan said in table chat and then asked for a count. Qiu's all in was for 27,900 in total and Kaplan opted to fold his face up.
Level 2
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The board read 
with almost 19,000 in the middle already.
Gavin Ogilvy checked from the middle position. Mark Yazbeck decided to shove for 13,700 and Ogilvy tanked for a while. In the end, Ogilvy called but mucked when Yazbeck tabled 
for the flopped two pair.
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Travis O'Grady was no longer to be found on his table and soon after chatted with his dad in the main poker room to share the bad news. Michael Egan confirmed that he had sent O'Grady to the rail with aces versus tens. For Michael O'Grady, it was also a disastrous start as he lost a big portion of his stack flush over flush.
Last but not least, Tolly Sakellariou has also been eliminated early on Day 1a.
Level 2
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Glenn Young raised to 800 from the hijack and was called by Nurlan Boobekov and Ron Bean in the blinds.
The flop came 
, Boobekov and Bean check-called the 1,100 continuation-bet of Young.
They then all checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Boobekov checked, Bean bet 2,500 for Young to fold quickly. Boobekov needed some more time but also let his hand go in the end.
Level: 2
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Ante: 0
Level 1
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Yang Zhang has joined the feature table and has added to his stack already.
The board read 
with 3,900 in the middle already.
Zhang checked from the early position and Collin Tran led out for 2,000 from the hijack for Zhang to call.
The river completed the board with the , Zhang now barreled a bit of 3,700 over the line. Tran took some time and then made the call but mucked when Zhang tabled for the turned straight.
Level 1
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