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
Gary Benson	Busted

Tags: Gary Benson Joe Antar

08-04-2019 22:36 UTC+10

Cards Back in the Air

Christian Zetzsche

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

The remaining 23 players are back in their seats and the cards are in the air.

08-04-2019 22:29 UTC+10

Redraw of the Final 23 Players

Christian Zetzsche

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

Seat	Table 32	Chip Count	Table 31	Chip Count	Table 30	Chip Count
1	Michael Tran	784,000	Richard Davis	1,743,000	Joe Antar	1,623,000
2	Hamish Crawshaw	1,175,000	Peter Dykes	983,000	Collin Tran	462,000
3	Mark Lassau	832,000	empty		Bernie Stang	1,266,000
4	Harlie Jensz	757,000	John Rosario	378,000	Sam Vakili	1,964,000
5	Shivan Abdine	537,000	Connie Graham	835000	Corey Kempson	1,175,000
6	Chris Kittos	396,000	Joseph Hayek	113000	Peter Robertson	335,000
7	Tu Le	1,132,000	Wenjian Qiu	375,000	Luke Edwards	212,000
8	Nickolas Oiberman	461,000	Kumar K.A	277,000	Gary Benson	179,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Vakili	1,964,000	-1,000
Richard Davis	1,743,000	-59,000
Joe Antar	1,623,000	123,000
Bernie Stang	1,266,000	51,000
Corey Kempson	1,175,000	8,000
Hamish Crawshaw	1,175,000	-40,000
Tu Le	1,132,000	37,000
Peter Dykes	983,000	144,000
Connie Graham	835,000	90,000
Mark Lassau	832,000	238,000
Michael Tran	784,000	-102,000
Harlie Jensz	757,000	-228,000
Shivan Abdine	537,000	316,000
Collin Tran	462,000	-94,000
Nickolas Oiberman	461,000	38,000
Chris Kittos	396,000	-3,000
John Rosario	378,000	-80,000
Wenjian Qiu	375,000	33,000
Peter Robertson	335,000	23,000
Kumar K.A	277,000	-77,000
Luke Edwards	212,000	-74,000
Gary Benson	179,000	-205,000
Joseph Hayek	113,000	-48,000

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
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
Dylan Kehoe	Busted

Tags: Dylan Kehoe Sam Vakili

08-04-2019 22:09 UTC+10

Angelakis Eliminated by Kempson

Shirley Ang

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

Con Angelakis shoved from under the gun and was called by Corey Kempson in the hijack while the rest of the table folded.

Con Angelakis:
Corey Kempson:

The flop came with the ace in the window to deliver a pair of aces to Kempson.

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for Kempson to hold and eliminate Angelakis in 26th place for A$10,752.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Kempson	1,167,000	441,000
Con Angelakis	Busted

Tags: Con Angelakis Corey Kempson

08-04-2019 22:04 UTC+10

Tran Doubles Through Antar

Christian Zetzsche

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

Joe Antar raised to 40,000 and Sam Vakili called in the cutoff. Collin Tran jammed out of the big blind for 244,000 and Antar called, Vakili folded.

Collin Tran:
Joe Antar:

Tran was in a world of pain when he saw the jacks of Antar, but that all changed on the flop as he improved to top set. The turn took away the flush outs of Antar and the river was a brick to lock up the double for Tran.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Antar	1,500,000	-240,000
Sam Vakili	1,320,000	-56,000
Collin Tran	556,000	309,000

Tags: Collin Tran Joe Antar Sam Vakili

08-04-2019 22:02 UTC+10

Table 31 Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Tu Le	1,095,000	-55,000
Harlie Jensz	985,000	-52,000
Connie Graham	745,000	25,000
Corey Kempson	726,000	-204,000
John Rosario	458,000	123,000
Peter Robertson	312,000	78,000
Con Angelakis	307,000	-43,000

08-04-2019 22:02 UTC+10

Table 30 Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	1,215,000	456,000
Bernie Stang	1,028,000	108,000
Michael Tran	886,000	-137,000
Mazyar Misaghian	243,000	-341,000
Shivan Abdine	221,000	-115,000
Joseph Hayek	161,000	-41,000

08-04-2019 22:01 UTC+10

Feature Table Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Davis	1,802,000	482,000
Mark Lassau	594,000	-293,000
Nickolas Oiberman	423,000	-192,000
Chris Kittos	399,000	-227,000
Gary Benson	384,000	114,000
Wenjian Qiu	342,000	-47,000
Luke Edwards	286,000	-89,000