2019 The Star Sydney Champs

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 The Star Sydney Champs

Final Results
Winner
Hamish Crawshaw
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
352,800 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
3,000 AUD
Prize Pool
1,680,000 AUD
Entries
600
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Hia Hit Quads; Psarras Still Alive

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Christine Hia
Christine Hia

Michelle Psarras doubled up through Gautam Dhingra with {k-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} on the {2-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{4-Clubs} board while Dhingra held {j-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}.

But just before this hand, Psarras doubled up Christine Hia when Hia held {3-}{3-} on a {5-}{6-}{3-}{q-}{3-} board. Psarras had flopped a set too, bet on the turn, and shoved on the river to find out her full house wasn't good enough against Hia's quads.

Shortly after, Psarras shoved again after another player had raised and got no action for her {k-}{k-}.

Player Chips Progress
Christine Hia my
Christine Hia
57,000
57,000
57,000
Gautam Dhingra au
Gautam Dhingra
22,500
22,500
22,500
Michelle Psarras au
Michelle Psarras
6,000
6,000
6,000

Tags: Christine HiaGautam DhingraMichelle Psarras

Murtagh Eliminated by Stefanic

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

On a flop of {7-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, Brett Murtagh was all in with the {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for top pair and flush draw and Andrew Stefanic turned over {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for the overpair and one heart blocker. Both the {k-Diamonds} turn and the {a-Diamonds} river were blanks and Murtagh hit the rail.

The same table also features Chao Duan and Luis Arrilucea.

Player Chips Progress
Chao Duan cn
Chao Duan
62,000
14,000
14,000
Andrew Stefanic au
Andrew Stefanic
59,000
59,000
59,000
Luis Arrilucea au
Luis Arrilucea
41,000
41,000
41,000
Brett Murtagh au
Brett Murtagh
Busted

Tags: Andrew StefanicBrett MurtaghChao DuanLuis Arrilucea

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Assorted Counts

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Wenjian Qiu nz
Wenjian Qiu
68,000
16,000
16,000
Michael Egan au
Michael Egan
67,000
12,000
12,000
Sam Khoueis au
Sam Khoueis
66,000
36,000
36,000
Ehsan Amiri au
Ehsan Amiri
50,000
20,000
20,000
Andrian Chin au
Andrian Chin
45,000
17,000
17,000
Hamish Crawshaw nz
Hamish Crawshaw
43,000
43,000
43,000
Sam Capra au
Sam Capra
36,000
12,500
12,500
Vesko Zmukic au
Vesko Zmukic
36,000
36,000
36,000
Sean Ragozzini au
Sean Ragozzini
35,000
-3,000
-3,000
Dejan Boskovic Sr au
Dejan Boskovic Sr
33,000
8,000
8,000
Jason Gray gb
Jason Gray
30,000
30,000
30,000
Michael Seymour au
Michael Seymour
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
Ryan Bownds au
Ryan Bownds
24,000
24,000
24,000
Amir Abbas au
Amir Abbas
19,000
-11,000
-11,000
Andrej Senic au
Andrej Senic
18,000
-12,000
-12,000
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
16,000
-14,000
-14,000
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
16,000
-14,000
-14,000
Jarrod Thatcher au
Jarrod Thatcher
9,500
-20,500
-20,500

Jaya Busts Zorigtbaatar

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante
Ardi Jaya
Ardi Jaya

With 14,000 in the middle and the turn showing {q-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}, Ardi Jaya faced the check-shove of Biziya Zorigtbaatar in the small blind and asked for a count, having invested a bet of 4,000 by then. The jam was for 26,550 in total and Jaya made the call with the superior stack.

Biziya Zorigtbaatar: {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Ardi Jaya: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}

Jaya had secured the knockout already as the blank {8-Spades} on the river was a mere formality, and he moved up to more than three times the starting stack early into the third level of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Ardi Jaya au
Ardi Jaya
95,000
57,000
57,000
Biziya Zorigtbaatar au
Biziya Zorigtbaatar
Busted

Tags: Ardi JayaBiziya Zorigtbaatar

Fazzino Takes From Yazbeck

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Mark Yazbeck opened to 800 and was called by Ashish Gupta from one seat over and big stack Salvatore Fazzino in the big blind. On a {a-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} flop, only Fazzino check-called a bet of 2,200 and would do so again for 3,800 on the {a-Spades} turn. The {6-Hearts} river was checked and Fazzino tabled {a-Clubs}{j-Spades} for trips aces as the winning hand.

Player Chips Progress
Salvatore Fazzino au
Salvatore Fazzino
89,000
89,000
89,000
Ashish Gupta au
Ashish Gupta
35,000
35,000
35,000
Mark Yazbeck au
Mark Yazbeck
33,000
-13,000
-13,000

Tags: Ashish GuptaMark YazbeckSalvatore Fazzino