Main Event Day 1b | 2019 The Star Sydney Champs

08-03-2019 19:11 UTC+11

Player	Chips	Progress
Kumar K.A	120,000 49,000	49,000
Bassam Habib	105,000 30,000	30,000
Alan Casas	105,000 5,000	5,000
Hun Wei Lee	100,000 15,000	15,000
Ebon Bokody	81,000 18,000	18,000
Rahul Rastogi	70,000
Connie Graham	60,000 13,000	13,000
Minh Nguyen	33,000 5,000	5,000
Julien Sitbon	22,000 2,000	2,000

Daniel Embleton	22,000 12,000	12,000
Suzy Khoueis	15,000 15,000	15,000
Weng Cheong Wong	Busted

Miracle River for Zmukic

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Vesko Zmukic had folded two hands in a row against action behind him. Once it was a five-bet by Anastasia Tyulyakova to 18,600 that went through.

Suddenly there was a loud uproar coming from that table as Vesko Zmukic had been all in set over set with Vanig Kalpakian also involved, holding the on a board of . Zmukic had been all in after the turn for 13,200 with the and a new player at the table had for a set of tens.

Zmukic spiked the miracle river for quads to more than double in dramatic fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanig Kalpakian	63,000 8,000	8,000
Anastasia Tyulyakova	52,000 12,000	12,000
Vesko Zmukic	50,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Anastasia Tyulyakova Vanig Kalpakian Vesko Zmukic

08-03-2019 19:24 UTC+11

Laoyont Busts Pizanias

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jim Pizanias was all in for 22,600 with the and Patrick Laoyont called with the in the small blind. The board came and the ten on the flop secured the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Tran	168,000 56,125	56,125
Patrick Laoyont	88,800 8,800	8,800
Jim Pizanias	Busted

Tags: Jim Pizanias Patrick Laoyont

08-03-2019 19:25 UTC+11

Prize Pool Details Confirmed

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

2019 The Star Sydney Champs Main Event Winner Trophy

The prize pool details have been confirmed but cannot be shown on the tournament clocks until Day 2 but here they are:

There were 600 entries in total, 280 on Day 1a and 320 on Day 1b. A prize pool of A$1,680,000 has been created which surpassed the A$1,500,000 guarantee that was placed on the Main Event. The winner will walk away with A$352,800 and the trophy will 63 players will be in the money in total for at least A$5,494.

This is what they are all playing for:

Place	Prize (AUD)	Prize (USD)	Place	Prize (AUD)	Prize (USD)
1	$352,800	$244,348	19-21	$14,818	$10,263
2	$218,215	$151,135	22-24	$12,550	$8,692
3	$159,566	$110,515	25-27	$10,752	$7,447
4	$118,406	$82,008	28-30	$9,324	$6,458
5	$89,090	$61,703	31-33	$8,198	$5,678
6	$67,956	$47,066	34-36	$7,291	$5,050
7	$52,550	$36,396	37-45	$6,552	$4,538
8	$41,194	$28,531	46-54	$5,964	$4,131
9	$32,726	$22,666	55-63	$5,494	$3,805
10-12	$26,342	$18,244
13-15	$21,470	$14,870
16-18	$17,724	$12,276

08-03-2019 19:30 UTC+11

Hameiri Eliminated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Daniel Hameiri flopped middle pair with on the flop, but it was no good as Zachary Tunbridge had the goods with for the straight. The turn and the river were a mere formality as Hameiri was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary Tunbridge	55,000
Daniel Hameiri	Busted

Tags: Daniel Hameiri Zachary Tunbridge

08-03-2019 19:35 UTC+11

Betts Busts Spiegel

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Karl Spiegel shoved his last chips in from the hijack and was called by Mark Betts in the cutoff while the rest of the table folded.

Karl Spiegel:
Mark Betts:

The board ran out for Betts to hold with the rockets to eliminate Spiegel from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Betts	52,000 3,000	3,000
Karl Spiegel	Busted

Tags: Karl Spiegel Mark Betts

08-03-2019 19:42 UTC+11

Swords Cut Out by Laoyont

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Chester Swords shoved from under the gun for 9,100 and was called by Patrick Laoyont in the cutoff while the rest of the table folded.

Chester Swords:
Patrick Laoyont:

The board ran out for Laoyont to stay ahead throughout the board and even improve to a pair of aces on the river to seal the deal and eliminate Swords from the Main Event.

The defending champion, Nebojsa Blanusa and Michael Seymour have filled the empty seats on the feature table after the dust settled down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Laoyont	97,800 9,000	9,000
Nebojsa Blanusa	23,600 3,400	3,400

Michael Seymour	11,500 10,500	10,500
Chester Swords	Busted

Tags: Chester Swords Nebojsa Blanusa Patrick Laoyont

08-03-2019 19:43 UTC+11

Khoueis Eliminated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Suzy Khoueis had seen her stack cut short after three players hit a flush and Khoueis had the ace-high hearts, only for Tony Nardi to river the that made him the straight flush.

Down to around 15,000, Khoueis then got it in with the and Daniel Awad had the dominating . Khoueis flopped a gutshot on , but the turn and river bricked off.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Nardi	165,000 165,000	165,000
Daniel Awad	60,000 60,000	60,000
Suzy Khoueis	Busted

Tags: Daniel Awad Suzy Khoueis Tony Nardi

08-03-2019 19:47 UTC+11

Seymour Leaves the Feature Table

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Shortly after sitting down on the feature table, Michael Seymour shoved his last 11,200 in from mid-position and Laurence Hall decided to also shove for 19,800 in total. The rest of the table quickly folded for them to battle it out between them.

Michael Seymour:
Laurence Hall: