Main Event Day 2 | 2019 The Star Sydney Champs

08-04-2019 22:46 UTC+10

Gary Benson Eliminated in 23rd Place (A$12,550)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Gary Benson jammed for 160,000 from early position and was called by Joe Antar from one seat over.

Gary Benson:
Joe Antar:

On a board of , Benson found no help as Antar had the clubs covered and headed to the rail in 23rd place for A$12,550.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Antar	1,825,000 202,000	202,000
Gary Benson	Busted

Tags: Gary Benson Joe Antar

08-04-2019 22:20 UTC+10

Mazyar Misaghian Eliminated in 24th Place (A$12,550)

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Bernie Stang raised to 20,000 from under the gun and Mayzar Misaghian shoved from the hijack for 195,000. Action folded back to Stang who tanked and then made the call.

Mayzar Misaghian:
Bernie Stang:

The board ran out for Stang to turn a straight to eliminate Misaghian in 24th place before the final players could be redrawn to the final three tables.

The full seat draw with their chip counts is to follow as the players have been sent for a short break while everything is being set up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernie Stang	1,215,000 187,000	187,000
Mazyar Misaghian	Busted

Tags: Bernie Stang Mazyar Misaghian

08-04-2019 22:16 UTC+10

Kehoe Runs Queens Into Aces

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Sam Vakili raised to 45,000 and Dylan Kehoe made it 135,000 from one seat over. Vakili wasted little time before moving all in and Kehoe eventually called it off.

Dylan Kehoe:
Sam Vakili:

The board came and Kehoe was eliminated in 25th place. All remaining 24 players will now redraw to the final three tables with 44:50 left in the level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Vakili	1,965,000 645,000	645,000
Dylan Kehoe	Busted

Tags: Dylan Kehoe Sam Vakili

08-04-2019 21:41 UTC+10

Vakili Busts Zhang

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Joe Antar raised to 35,000 and Haoran Zhang pushed all in for 357,000 from one seat over. Sam Vakili moved all in over the top from the cutoff and Antar asked for a count. Once it was deemed to be for 835,000, Antar reluctantly folded.

Haoran Zhang:
Sam Vakili:

The board came and Zhang missed his gutshot and chop outs to become the 28th place finisher.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Antar	1,800,000 -20,000	-20,000
Sam Vakili	1,300,000 470,000	470,000
Haoran Zhang	Busted

Tags: Haoran Zhang Joe Antar Sam Vakili

08-04-2019 20:52 UTC+10

Dramatic Elimination for Chamas

Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Hussein Chamas raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Tu Le three-bet to 85,000 on the button. Corey Kempson called in the big blind and so did Chamas.

The flop came , Kempson and Chamas checked. Le fired out a bet of 120,000 for Kempson to fold. Chamas took some time and then decided to shove for around 275,000. Le snap-called.

Hussein Chamas:
Tu Le:

Le had flopped top two pair and Chamas held a draw to a Broadway.

Chamas got up from his chair to see the fall on the turn to give him the Broadway indeed while everyone at the table and the rail gasped.

The river completed the board with the to now give Le a full house while everyone looked on with shock for Chamas to make his way out of the tournament area in 32nd place for A$8,198.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tu Le	1,150,000 309,000	309,000
Hussein Chamas	Busted

Tags: Corey Kempson Hussein Chamas Tu Le

08-04-2019 20:12 UTC+10

Pritchard Eliminated; Graham Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Dylan Kehoe raised and Jason Pritchard moved all in from the cutoff. Haoran Zhang in the big blind reshoved and Kehoe folded, mentioning in table chat he had ace-queen.

Jason Pritchard:
Haoran Zhang:

The board came and Pritchard was eliminated.

At almost the same time and one table over, Connie Graham doubled with kings against the ace-king of Marc Seymour.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Kehoe	750,000 70,000	70,000
Haoran Zhang	740,000 350,000	350,000
Connie Graham	720,000 360,000	360,000
Marc Seymour	200,000 -110,000	-110,000
Jason Pritchard	Busted

Tags: Connie Graham Dylan Kehoe Haoran Zhang Jason Pritchard Marc Seymour

08-04-2019 19:09 UTC+10

Kempson Doubles Through Oiberman

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Corey Kempson raised to 22,000 from under the gun and Nickolas Oiberman three-bet to 77,000 in the hijack. Action folded back to Kempson who made the call.

The flop came , Kempson checked and Oiberman shoved with the bigger stack. Kempson made the call for the 189,000 he had behind.

Corey Kempson:
Nickolas Oiberman:

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for Kempson to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Kempson	555,000 255,000	255,000

Nickolas Oiberman	292,000 -341,000	-341,000

Tags: Corey Kempson Nickolas Oiberman

08-04-2019 18:36 UTC+10

Endersby Eliminated by Jensz

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Travis Endersby shoved from the hijack for 99,000 and was called by Harlie Jensz in the cutoff while the rest of the table folded.

Travis Endersby:
Harlie Jensz:

The flop came to not change the situation much.

The turn was the which now meant Endersby picked up the open-ended straight draw.

The river completed the board with the which wasn't any of the cards Endersby needed as he was eliminated in 48th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harlie Jensz	555,000 282,000	282,000
Travis Endersby	Busted

Tags: Harlie Jensz Travis Endersby

08-04-2019 17:39 UTC+10

Woodhams Eliminated by Oiberman

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The board read with 102,000 in the middle already on the feature table.

Nicholas Woodhams checked in the big blind and Nickolas Oiberman shoved on the button with the bigger stack. Woodhams tanked for a while until a floor was called over as the clock was called on him. Woodhams was given 40 seconds to make a decision. Woodhams put in a chip for the call for less. Oiberman tabled for the rivered full house. Woodhams held for two pair and was eliminated in 56th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nickolas Oiberman	633,000 235,000	235,000
Mark Lassau	569,000 -81,000	-81,000
Nicholas Woodhams	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Woodhams Nickolas Oiberman

08-04-2019 16:55 UTC+10

Fazzino Bubbles the Main Event Against One Outer

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Salvatore Fazzino (cap) bubbles The Star Sydney Champs Main Event

Chip leader Joe Antar raised and Salvatore Fazzino just called out of the big blind to see a flop, on which he check-called a bet of 6,000. Fazzino check-called another bet of 15,000 on the turn and the came on the river.

Fazzino checked and Antar pushed all in. Fazzino had around 300,000 behind and sigh-called after some consideration.

Antar rolled over for quads and the jaws of all players on the table dropped when Fazzino showed his for jacks full flopped, pushed his chips to the dealer and silently walked away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Antar	1,050,000 350,000	350,000
Salvatore Fazzino	Busted

Tags: Joe Antar Salvatore Fazzino