2019 The Star Sydney Champs

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Fung Over Awerbuch

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

Hedley Fung raised to 13,000 from the cutoff and was called by Chad Awerbuch on the button.

The flop came {j-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}, Fung continued with a bet of 15,000 which Awerbuch called.

The turn brought them the {6-Spades}, Fung check-called the 27,000 bet of Awerbuch.

They then both checked through the {9-Diamonds} on the river. Awerbuch tabled {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} but was bested by the {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} of Fung who had flopped top pair and improved to two pair on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Kanaan au
Michael Kanaan
600,000
336,000
336,000
Hedley Fung au
Hedley Fung
330,000
215,000
215,000
Chad Awerbuch au
Chad Awerbuch
203,000
-87,000
-87,000
Bassam Habib au
Bassam Habib
165,000
36,500
36,500
Craig Blight au
Craig Blight
160,000
64,000
64,000
Bernie Stang au
Bernie Stang
150,000
-10,500
-10,500
Graeme Putt nz
Graeme Putt
125,000
45,000
45,000
Mazyar Misaghian au
Mazyar Misaghian
110,000
-230,000
-230,000

Tags: Chad AwerbuchHedley Fung

Down to 70 Players

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

The field size has been reduced further and the money bubble is slowly but surely approaching with 70 players remaining. Mark Lassau sent Sid Gunasekaran to the rail, and Steve Chu, as well as Lachlan Dykes, were both eliminated as well.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Lassau au
Mark Lassau
430,000
210,000
210,000
Sid Gunasekaran au
Sid Gunasekaran
Busted
Steve Chu au
Steve Chu
Busted
Lachlan Dykes au
Lachlan Dykes
Busted
Kun Dadul au
Kun Dadul
Busted

Tags: Lachlan DykesMark LassauSid GunasekaranSteve Chu

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Another Double for Endersby

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Travis Endersby got his stack of 106,500 in before the flop and table neighbor Harlie Jensz looked him up with the superior stack.

Endersby was at risk with the {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} and Jensz had him dominated holding {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}. However, the {q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flop turned things around as Endersby hit a set. He would hold onto the lead on the {5-Spades} turn and the {9-Clubs} river to double once more.

Player Chips Progress
Harlie Jensz au
Harlie Jensz
300,000
61,000
61,000
Travis Endersby au
Travis Endersby
220,000
87,500
87,500

Tags: Travis EndersbyHarlie Jensz

Benson Busts Ward

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Martin Ward
Martin Ward

Gary Benson raised to 12,500 from the small blind and Martin Ward shoved his last 20,500 in from the big blind and Benson called.

Martin Ward: {q-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Gary Benson: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} for Benson to hold with the pocket pair to eliminate Ward from the feature table.

Sebastian Trisch joined the table to fill Carlos Youssef's old seat.

Player Chips Progress
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
177,000
31,500
31,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Sebastian Trisch de
Sebastian Trisch
173,000
53,000
53,000
Martin Ward au
Martin Ward
Busted

Qiu Doubles Through Ward

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Wenjian Qiu
Wenjian Qiu

The board read {q-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{q-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} and Martin Ward bet 7,000 from under the gun. Nicholas Woodhams called in the cutoff but Wenjian Qiu raised to 53,000 on the button. Ward tanked for a while and then made the call. Woodhams folded.

The river completed the board with the {5-Hearts}, Ward shoved and Qui called with {2-Hearts}{2-} for the set of deuces which was enough to beat the {k-Spades}{q-Spades} of Ward.

Player Chips Progress
Wenjian Qiu nz
Wenjian Qiu
320,000
181,000
181,000
Nicholas Woodhams gb
Nicholas Woodhams
309,000
44,000
44,000
Martin Ward au
Martin Ward
21,000
-136,700
-136,700

Tags: Martin WardNicholas WoodhamsWenjian Qiu