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

Ong Bests [Removed:293]

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

With the turn showing {7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}, Douglas [Removed:293] checked and faced a bet of 2,000 by Guan Heng Ong.

"Black tens?" [Removed:293] asked and once he didn't receive a reply, tossed in calling chips. The {3-Clubs} on the river was checked and [Removed:293] flashed {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}, which Ong had beat with {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Guan Heng Ong au
Guan Heng Ong
33,000
33,000
33,000
[Removed:295] au
[Removed:295]
27,000
27,000
27,000

Tags: Guan Heng Ong

K.A Takes Two Down

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante
Kumar K.A
Kumar K.A

The board read {10-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Spades} and Jarrod Semciw had checked in the small blind. Kumar K.A bet 6,600 from the button and Semciw called but mucked when K.A tabled {9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} for the turned straight.

The hand right after, K.A raised to 500 from the cutoff and was called by Semciw now on the button. The flop came {6-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}, K.A continued with a bet of 900 which Semciw called. They then both checked through the {9-Spades} on the turn and the {j-Diamonds} on the river for K.A to pick up the pot with {k-Spades}{k-Hearts} for two pair as Semciw mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Kumar K.A au
Kumar K.A
52,000
52,000
52,000
Jarrod Semciw au
Jarrod Semciw
18,000
18,000
18,000

Tags: Jarrod SemciwKumar K.A

Laoyont and Hall Join the Feature Table

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

Patrick Laoyont won one of the side events of the festival and also took part in the A$20k High Roller. He joined the feature table along with Laurence Hall and immediately got involved into a big pot with Eshan Chedid.

The {q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} turn contained a pot of 16,700 and Laoyont bet 12,000 to force a fold from Chedid.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Laoyont au
Patrick Laoyont
37,800
Eshan Chedid au
Eshan Chedid
36,600
6,600
6,600
Laurence Hall au
Laurence Hall
30,000

Tags: Eshan ChedidLaurence HallPatrick Laoyont

Younan Doubles Through Hassan

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

"All in and call," the dealer on table 21 announced. The cards were already on their backs and Zayeh Younan had reason to celebrate as he doubled for 19,300 against Osama Hassan.

Younan had flopped two pair with {q-Spades}{9-Spades} and held up against {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs} on a board of {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{7-Spades}. It remains unclear when the chips went in, but there was already a main pot of 8,700 before the stacks had gone in.

Player Chips Progress
Zayeh Younan au
Zayeh Younan
47,400
Osama Hassan au
Osama Hassan
8,600

Tags: Zayeh YounanOsama Hassan

Thomson on the Rail

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

John Thomson was the last player to bust on Day 1a and may very well be the first casualty on Day 1b as he is no longer to be found in his seat. Defending champion Nebojsa Blanusa now sits on a double stack and Hun Wei Lee had dealt the final blow to Thomson according to tournament staff.

Player Chips Progress
Nebojsa Blanusa au
Nebojsa Blanusa
61,000
35,500
35,500
Defending Champion
Hun Wei Lee au
Hun Wei Lee
43,000
14,000
14,000
John Thomson au
John Thomson
Busted

Tags: Hun Wei LeeJohn ThomsonNebojsa Blanusa

Laoyont Doubles Through Chedid

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

The flop read {4-Spades}{9-Hearts}{q-Clubs} and Patrick Laoyont checked in the hijack. Eshan Chedid bet 4,000 from the button and Laoyont responded with a shove of 32,275 which Chedid quickly called.

Patrick Laoyont: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}
Eshan Chedid: {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

The rest of the board was completed with the {8-Spades} on the turn and the {7-Spades} on the river for Laoyont to hold with the rockets to double up over the pair of queens of Chedid.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Laoyont au
Patrick Laoyont
66,500
33,700
33,700
Eshan Chedid au
Eshan Chedid
15,200
-32,800
-32,800

Tags: Eshan ChedidPatrick Laoyont

Level: 2

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

White Eliminated

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Andrew White in an earlier event
Andrew White in an earlier event

On a completed board of {a-Hearts}{9-Spades}{8-Clubs}{7-Spades}{j-Clubs} with 27,900 in the middle, Lawrence D'lapico-bien bet 20,000 and that had the remaining 14,300 of Andrew White covered. After spending two minutes in the think tank, White made the call and sigh-mucked his cards after being shown {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades} for top set by D'lapico-bien.

Player Chips Progress
Lawrence D'lapico-bien au
Lawrence D'lapico-bien
92,000
Andrew White au
Andrew White
Busted

Tags: Andrew WhiteLawrence D'lapico-bien

Grosfeld Forces Fold From [Removed:458]

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

[Removed:457] bet the turn and river of a board {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{9-Spades} for 800 and 1,600 respectively. Maarten Grosfeld called the first bet and then opted to raise to 4,000 after the final bet, which forced a fold from [Removed:458].

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player Chips Progress
Alan Casas au
Alan Casas
70,000
70,000
70,000
Yesha Punjabi au
Yesha Punjabi
68,000
38,000
38,000
Craig Blight au
Craig Blight
50,000
20,000
20,000
Graeme Putt nz
Graeme Putt
50,000
21,000
21,000
Michael Seymour au
Michael Seymour
38,000
38,000
38,000
Akshay Kapoor in
Akshay Kapoor
37,000
7,000
7,000
Maarten Grosfeld au
Maarten Grosfeld
35,000
35,000
35,000
Dale Marsland au
Dale Marsland
32,000
2,000
2,000
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
32,000
2,000
2,000
Tolly Sakellariou au
Tolly Sakellariou
28,000
28,000
28,000
Vesko Zmukic au
Vesko Zmukic
27,000
27,000
27,000
David Wang au
David Wang
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
[Removed:457] au
[Removed:457]
25,000
-5,000
-5,000

Tags: Maartenm Grosfeld