2019 The Star Sydney Champs

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

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

Tags: Adam KharmanMark Betts

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

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
Phat Nguyen au
Phat Nguyen
134,000 -12,000
Win Tan au
Win Tan
91,500 31,800

Tags: Phat NguyenWin Tan

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

Tags: Guofei XuNickolas Oiberman

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
Brian O'Farrell ie
Brian O'Farrell
250,000 -10,000
Sebastian Trisch de
Sebastian Trisch
175,000 -10,000

Tags: Brian O'FarrellSebastian Trisch

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
Kumar K.A au
Kumar K.A
270,000 -15,000
David Hirst au
David Hirst
150,000 15,000

Tags: David HirstKumar K.A

Big Stacks and Notables

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

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
Mazyar Misaghian au
Mazyar Misaghian
190,000 -50,000
Chris Moussa au
Chris Moussa
120,000 -26,000

Tags: Chris MoussaMazyar Misaghian