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

Laoyont Doubles Through Hall

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Adam Kharman raised to 2,700 from under the gun and Patrick Laoyont shoved from the late position for 24,600. Laurence Hall called on the button and Kharman folded after considering his options for a bit.

Patrick Laoyont: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Laurence Hal: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}

The flop came {7-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{5-Hearts} to keep Laoyont ahead.

The turn brought them the {10-Diamonds} to give Hall the eights as outs to eliminate Laoyont but he bricked the river as the {4-Clubs} completed the board to double Laoyont up.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Kharman au
Adam Kharman
106,000
-16,000
-16,000
Patrick Laoyont au
Patrick Laoyont
55,500
3,800
3,800
Laurence Hall au
Laurence Hall
46,900
-24,100
-24,100

Tags: Adam KharmanLaurence HallPatrick Laoyont

Xu Wins a Big One

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Guofei Xu
Guofei Xu

Byungyong Kang has been eliminated from table 13 and the new big stack over there is Guofei Xu after he won a big pot off Harry Mardoian. A four-way flop with 3,000 each brought {a-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and the action checked to Mardoian, who bet 6,000. Xu called and Steve Tupua folded, as did the initial raiser.

After the {6-Spades} turn, Mardoian bet 10,000 and Xu min-raised to 20,000. Mardoian check-called a bet of 26,000 on the {a-Spades} river and Xu tabled {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs} for a full house to drag in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Guofei Xu au
Guofei Xu
175,000
175,000
175,000
Steve Tupua au
Steve Tupua
140,000
140,000
140,000
Harry Mardoian au
Harry Mardoian
15,000
-42,000
-42,000
Byungyong Kang au
Byungyong Kang
Busted

Tags: Byungyong KangGuofei XuHarry MardoianSteve Tupua

Hirst Busts One

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
David Hirst
David Hirst

David Hirst raised to 2,700 and Marcel Tartak called from one seat over. A short stack then jammed for 11,500 and Hirst called, while Tartak folded.

The player at risk tabled {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades} and Hirst was way ahead with the {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}. A gutshot straight draw emerged on the {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{7-Spades} flop, but the {7-Hearts} turn and {6-Diamonds} river were both blanks.

Player Chips Progress
David Hirst au
David Hirst
110,000
15,000
15,000
Marcel Tartak au
Marcel Tartak
55,000
55,000
55,000

Tags: David HirstMarcel Tartak

Wakeman Rising; King Busts One

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Matthew Wakeman more than doubled his stack recently and Navid King from two seats over just busted a short stack.

King was ahead with {k-Hearts}{k-Spades} versus pocket tens when the chips went in preflop, and held up on a {9-Clubs}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} board to chip up some more.

Player Chips Progress
Navid King au
Navid King
168,000
18,000
18,000
Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
145,000
90,000
90,000

Tags: Matthew WakemanNavid King

Zmukic Eliminated by Tran

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The board read {7-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{a-Hearts} with 43,000 in the middle.

Vesko Zmukic had checked in the middle position and Michael Tran shoved from the button which sent Zmukic into the tank. After tanking for quite a while, Zmukic made the call but mucked when Tran tabled {7-Spades}{7-Hearts} for the flopped set.

Later on, Zmukic revealed to the live reporting team that he held {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and hero-called with top pair as he thought Tran was bluffing.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Tran au
Michael Tran
180,000
64,000
64,000
Vesko Zmukic au
Vesko Zmukic
Busted

Tags: Michael TranVesko Zmukic

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Updated Counts

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ebon Bokody au
Ebon Bokody
160,000
28,000
28,000
Stefan Urosevic au
Stefan Urosevic
150,000
55,000
55,000
Lawrence D'lapico-bien au
Lawrence D'lapico-bien
145,000
20,000
20,000
Luke Edwards au
Luke Edwards
120,000
50,000
50,000
David Hirst au
David Hirst
95,000
95,000
95,000
Chris Moussa au
Chris Moussa
90,000
78,000
78,000
Jarrod Thatcher au
Jarrod Thatcher
80,000
-10,000
-10,000
Dejan Boskovic au
Dejan Boskovic
75,000
75,000
75,000
Chad Awerbuch au
Chad Awerbuch
70,000
40,000
40,000
Mai Nguyen au
Mai Nguyen
60,000
7,000
7,000
David Lim au
David Lim
55,000
55,000
55,000
Nurlan Boobekov au
Nurlan Boobekov
50,000
37,000
37,000
Sarah Saifi cz
Sarah Saifi
50,000
8,000
8,000
Steve Pappas au
Steve Pappas
40,000
14,400
14,400
Timo Hettinger de
Timo Hettinger
31,000
-16,000
-16,000
Ricky Lim au
Ricky Lim
31,000
3,000
3,000
Michelle Psarras au
Michelle Psarras
30,000
-15,000
-15,000
Ryan Bownds au
Ryan Bownds
29,000
-46,000
-46,000
Daniel Embleton au
Daniel Embleton
Busted
Karan Punjabi au
Karan Punjabi
Busted
Senthil Kumar au
Senthil Kumar
Busted

Hall Doubles Through Tran

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Laurence Hall raised from the middle position and action folded to Michael Tran in the small blind who three-bet to 9,200. Hall decided to respond with a shove which Tran called after taking some time to consider his options.

Laurence Hall: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Michael Tran: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}

The flop came {8-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} for Hall to pick up the flush draw but to keep Tran ahead.

The turn was the {j-Clubs} to give Hall a pair of jacks but it also gave Tran the tens as extra outs for a Broadway to eliminate Hall.

The river completed the board with the {2-Spades} to secure the double-up for Hall as his turned pair of jacks were good.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Tran au
Michael Tran
116,000
-45,900
-45,900
Laurence Hall au
Laurence Hall
71,000
36,000
36,000

Tags: Laurence HallMichael Tran