Main Event Day 1b | 2019 The Star Sydney Champs

08-03-2019 18:18 UTC+11

Player	Chips	Progress
Rahul Rastogi	70,000 12,000	12,000
Byungyong Kang	68,000 1,000	1,000
Vincent Huang	50,000 12,000	12,000
Sarah Saifi	42,000 22,000	22,000
Yesha Punjabi	35,000 45,000	45,000
Suzy Khoueis	30,000 20,000	20,000
Minh Nguyen	28,000 28,000	28,000
Vesko Zmukic	28,000 1,000	1,000
Michael Seymour	22,000 10,000	10,000
Daniel Shan	18,000 6,000	6,000
Ebon Bokody	16,000 24,000	24,000
[Removed:457]	Busted

Marsland Doubles Through Hameiri

Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 300/600, 50 ante

Dale Marsland shoved for 8,900 from the early position and was called by Daniel Hameiri on the button while the blinds folded.

Dale Marsland:
Daniel Hameiri:

The board ran out for Marsland to flop a set to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Hameiri	26,000 9,000	9,000
Dale Marsland	18,950 9,050	9,050

Tags: Dale Marsland Daniel Hameiri

08-03-2019 18:21 UTC+11

Some Big Stacks in the Room

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 300/600, 50 ante

Jarrod Thatcher just raced and faced a reraise to 4,500. Thatcher then made it 13,000 to go and his opponent folded. After scooping the pot, Thatcher moved up to more than three times the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence D'lapico-bien	125,000 33,000	33,000
Stefan Urosevic	95,000
Jarrod Thatcher	90,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Jarrod Thatcher

08-03-2019 18:24 UTC+11

Pesce Flops a Flush; Doubles

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 300/600, 50 ante

On the flop, a bet of 2,700 was in front of Daniel Hameiri and Mark Betts called. Steve Pesce then jammed for 21,625 from one seat over and Hameiri reluctantly folded, while Betts called after brief consideration.

Steve Pesce:
Mark Betts:

Pesce needed to avoid diamonds and successfully did so after the turn and river run out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Betts	55,000 15,000	15,000
Steve Pesce	50,000
Daniel Hameiri	21,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Daniel Hameiri Mark Betts Steve Pesce

08-03-2019 18:32 UTC+11

Ishac Busts to Laoyont

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Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 300/600, 50 ante

Patrick Laoyont raised from the hijack and Jamal Ishac shoved his last chips in from the big blind which Laoyont quickly called.

Jamal Ishac:
Patrick Laoyont:

The board ran out for Laoyont to hold with the higher pocket pair for two pair to eliminate Ishac. Laoyont got up from his chair and walked to Ishac to shake his hand and wish him good luck.

Michael Andrew joined the feature table shortly after to fill the empty seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Laoyont	80,000 3,375	3,375
Andrew Michael	15,825 15,825	15,825
Jamal Ishac	Busted

Tags: Jamal Ishac Patrick Laoyont

08-03-2019 18:36 UTC+11

Shan Triples Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 300/600, 50 ante

Daniel Shan was the shortest stack and at risk in a three-way all in with th only to face the of Barry Forrester and the of a third player.

The board came and Shan tripled up, while Forrester made chips in the side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Forrester	90,000 90,000	90,000
Daniel Shan	52,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Barry Forrester Daniel Shan

08-03-2019 18:46 UTC+11

Bokody Doubles Through Wong

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 300/600, 50 ante

Ebon Bokody raised to 1,500 and Weng Cheong Wong called from one seat over. The big blind squeezed to 6,000 and Bokody called, Wong then jammed and he big blind reluctantly folded. Bokody called all in for 28,700 and the cards were tabld.

Ebon Bokody:
Weng Cheong Wong:

The board came and Bokody more than doubled.

"I folded ace-king," the big blind mentioned in table chat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ebon Bokody	63,000 47,000	47,000
Weng Cheong Wong	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Ebon Bokody Weng Cheong Wong

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

08-03-2019 18:57 UTC+11

Wan Busts Two

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Vincent Wan had Snapan Barker and Fendi Fendy at risk, the former for around 5,000 and the latter had 12,000 at his disposal.

Snapan Barker:
Fendi Fendy:
Vincent Wan:

The board came and Wan made two pair to send both short stacks to the rail. Adrian Salter had previously been on that table and departed as well.

"The worst hand wins," Andrew Lock chimed in and Wan replied "against two pairs, it is the best hand."

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Lock	103,000 8,000	8,000
Vincent Wan	48,000
Snapan Barker	Busted
Adrian Salter	Busted
Fendi Fendy	Busted

Tags: Adrian Salter Andrew Lock Vincent Wan Snapan Barker Fendi Fendy

08-03-2019 19:04 UTC+11

Six to the Flop, One Comes Out Victorious

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Anastasia Tyulyakova raised to 600 from under the gun. David Cleary called in the early position, Khal Fayad raised to 3,000 and was called by Vanig Kalpakian in the hijack. Aaron Blanch, on the button, also went along, as did Vesko Zmukic. Tyulyakova and Clearly also called.

The flop came , Zmukic and Tyulyakova checked. Cleary bet 2,000 and Fayad raised to 7,000. Kalpakian called, Blanch, Zmukic, and Tyulyakova folded but Cleary called.

The turn brought them the , Cleary checked and Fayad shoved for 21,750. Kalpakian tanked for a while but opted to fold in the end while Cleary called for his last 4,100 or so.