2019 The Star Sydney Champs

Main Event
Day: 1b
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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
Players Left 1 / 600
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Moussa Takes From Misaghian

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Chris Moussa called a bet of 5,000 on the {q-Spades}{9-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop, checked through the {5-Clubs} turn and called another bet of 7,000 on the {8-Hearts} river in a hand against Mazyar Misaghian and was shown the {8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} for two pair. Moussa had that beat with {q-Clubs}{4-Clubs} and won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mazyar Misaghian au
Mazyar Misaghian
190,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Chris Moussa au
Chris Moussa
120,000
26,000
26,000

Tags: Chris MoussaMazyar Misaghian

Big Stacks and Notables

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Hussein Chamas au
Hussein Chamas
380,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Samuel Dessaix-Porter au
Samuel Dessaix-Porter
270,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Brian O'Farrell ie
Brian O'Farrell
260,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Cezary Klimczak au
Cezary Klimczak
240,000
100,000
100,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Profile photo of Yisi Zhang au
Yisi Zhang
210,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Sebastian Trisch de
Sebastian Trisch
185,000
Profile photo of Bassam Habib au
Bassam Habib
150,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Steve Pappas au
Steve Pappas
90,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Wenjian Qiu nz
Wenjian Qiu
90,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
80,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of David Lee us
David Lee
30,000
Profile photo of Jarred Graham au
Jarred Graham
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

K.A Versus Hirst

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Kumar K.A check-called a bet on the turn and river of a board {4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{9-Spades}{k-Clubs} with the final bet by David Hirst being 6,100. Hirst tabled {a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and K.A won the pot with {9-Hearts}{8-Spades}.

Both clashed again soon after when Hirst raised to 4,500, as the cutoff and K.A in the small blind came along. K.A check-called 7,700 on the {k-Clubs}{j-Spades}{6-Diamonds} flop and 10,500 on the {9-Diamonds} turn, the {7-Hearts} river was checked. K.A showed {a-Spades}{j-Hearts} and Hirst won the chips back with {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kumar K.A au
Kumar K.A
270,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of David Hirst au
David Hirst
150,000
15,000
15,000

Tags: David HirstKumar K.A

Trisch Takes From O'Farrell

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

On a {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{3-Spades} flop, Brian O'Farrell check-raised to 12,000 out of the blinds and Sebastian Trisch called after having invested 4,50. They checked the {4-Diamonds} turn and O'Farrell check-called a bet of 12,500 by Trisch on the {6-Spades} river.

Trisch rolled over {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs} and that won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Brian O'Farrell ie
Brian O'Farrell
250,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Sebastian Trisch de
Sebastian Trisch
175,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Brian O'FarrellSebastian Trisch

Xu Missing

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Guofei Xu has been eliminated and his former table neighbor Nickolas Oiberman now sits near the top of the leaderboard with more than 11 times the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nickolas Oiberman au
Nickolas Oiberman
350,000
350,000
350,000
Profile photo of Samuel Dessaix-Porter au
Samuel Dessaix-Porter
290,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Mazyar Misaghian au
Mazyar Misaghian
240,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Stefan Urosevic au
Stefan Urosevic
210,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Luke Edwards au
Luke Edwards
165,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Steve Pappas au
Steve Pappas
120,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
120,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Guofei Xu au
Guofei Xu
Busted

Tags: Guofei XuNickolas Oiberman

Tan Chips Up

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Win Tan
Win Tan

Win Tan raised to 4,500 from under the gun and Phat Nguyen three-bet to 10,000 in the big blind which Tan called.

The flop came {3-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{q-Spades}, Nguyen continued with a bet of 7,500 and Tan called.

The turn brought them the {7-Hearts}, Nguyen fired 15,000 into the pot and Tan went along.

The river completed the board with the {5-Spades} for both players to check. Nguyen tabled {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} but was bested by the {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs} of Tan.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Phat Nguyen au
Phat Nguyen
134,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Win Tan au
Win Tan
91,500
31,800
31,800

Tags: Phat NguyenWin Tan

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Betts Doubles Through Kharman

Level 11 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Mark Betts
Mark Betts

In the hand before the break which played into the break, Adam Kharman raised to 4,500 from the button and Mark Betts shoved in the small blind for 42,500 which Kharman called.

Mark Betts: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Adam Kharman: {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Clubs}{q-Spades}{9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} for Kharman to flop top pair and improve to two pair on the turn but the river gave Betts the higher two pair to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael Tran au
Michael Tran
272,900
76,100
76,100
Profile photo of Patrick Laoyont au
Patrick Laoyont
149,800
51,900
51,900
Profile photo of Phat Nguyen au
Phat Nguyen
138,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Guangyu Wang au
Guangyu Wang
135,300
45,300
45,300
Profile photo of Win Tan au
Win Tan
92,300
800
800
Profile photo of Mark Betts au
Mark Betts
90,600
2,400
2,400
Profile photo of Jason Sarkis au
Jason Sarkis
38,800
31,200
31,200
Profile photo of Rehman Kassam gb
Rehman Kassam
34,000
41,300
41,300
Profile photo of Adam Kharman au
Adam Kharman
31,900
51,100
51,100

Tags: Adam KharmanMark Betts

Sarkis Eliminated by Tran

Level 11 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Jason Sarkis
Jason Sarkis

Jason Sarkis shoved from under the gun for 38,000 and was called by Michael Tran on the button.

Jason Sarkis: {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Michael Tran: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}

The board ran out {5-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{9-Clubs} for Tran to hold with the pair of aces to eliminate Sarkis from the Main Event.

Shortly after, Alexey Starchak filled the empty seat to balance the table out.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael Tran au
Michael Tran
316,000
43,100
43,100
Profile photo of Alexey Starchak au
Alexey Starchak
18,700
Profile photo of Jason Sarkis au
Jason Sarkis
Busted

Tags: Jason SarkisMichael Tran