Main Event
Day 2 Started
Main Event
Day 2 Started
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Count | Big Blinds |
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1 | 1 | Nickolas Oiberman | Australia | 338,500 | 113 |
1 | 2 | Phillip Siddell | Australia | 251,000 | 84 |
1 | 3 | Nicholas Woodhams | Australia | 121,000 | 40 |
1 | 4 | Wenjian Qiu | New Zealand | 102,500 | 34 |
1 | 5 | Jacob Horowitz | Australia | 79,500 | 27 |
1 | 6 | Blake Lockwood | Australia | 92,000 | 31 |
1 | 7 | Chris Moussa | Australia | 49,000 | 16 |
1 | 8 | Errolyn Strang | Australia | 125,000 | 42 |
1 | 9 | Martin Ward | Australia | 116,000 | 39 |
2 | 1 | Michael Larcher | Australia | 51,500 | 17 |
2 | 2 | Bassam Habib | Australia | 128,500 | 43 |
2 | 3 | Mark Lassau | Australia | 189,000 | 63 |
2 | 4 | Monil Gohil | Australia | 30,500 | 10 |
2 | 5 | Shaun Zammit | Australia | 39,500 | 13 |
2 | 6 | Reza Vakili | Australia | 156,000 | 52 |
2 | 7 | Martin Rowe | Australia | 70,500 | 24 |
2 | 8 | Mark Betts | Australia | 47,600 | 16 |
2 | 9 | Michael Kanaan | Australia | 264,000 | 88 |
3 | 1 | Shivan Abdine | Australia | 247,000 | 82 |
3 | 2 | Dylan Kehoe | Ireland | 173,000 | 58 |
3 | 3 | Carlos Youssef | Australia | 235,500 | 79 |
3 | 4 | David Lee | Australia | 30,500 | 10 |
3 | 5 | Milan Gurung | Australia | 74,500 | 25 |
3 | 6 | Gary Benson | Australia | 38,000 | 13 |
3 | 7 | Trevor Godfrey | Australia | 375,000 | 125 |
3 | 8 | Salvatore Fazzino | Australia | 190,500 | 64 |
3 | 9 | Billy Argyros | Australia | 132,000 | 44 |
4 | 1 | Michael Tran | Australia | 381,100 | 127 |
4 | 2 | Robert Spano | Australia | 188,500 | 63 |
4 | 3 | Wei Dai | Australia | 39,500 | 13 |
4 | 4 | Ramin Mansour-Seperghan | Australia | 98,500 | 33 |
4 | 5 | Luke Edwards | Australia | 263,000 | 88 |
4 | 6 | Peter Dykes | Australia | 216,000 | 72 |
4 | 7 | Vanig Kalpakian | Australia | 68,500 | 23 |
4 | 8 | Matthew Mcguigan | Australia | 36,000 | 12 |
4 | 9 | Graeme Putt | New Zealand | 77,000 | 26 |
5 | 1 | Phat Nguyen | Australia | 94,500 | 32 |
5 | 2 | Justin Layden | Australia | 40,500 | 14 |
5 | 3 | Yesha Punjabi | Australia | 76,000 | 25 |
5 | 4 | Tu Le | Australia | 279,500 | 93 |
5 | 5 | Sid Gunasekaran | Australia | 177,000 | 59 |
5 | 6 | Michael Egan | Australia | 179,500 | 60 |
5 | 7 | Hamish Crawshaw | New Zealand | 150,000 | 50 |
5 | 8 | Cezary Klimczak | Australia | 414,500 | 138 |
5 | 9 | John Zwaine | Australia | 53,000 | 18 |
6 | 1 | Samuel Dessaix-Porter | Australia | 217,000 | 72 |
6 | 2 | Tien Phan | Australia | 150,000 | 50 |
6 | 3 | Navid King | Australia | 274,000 | 91 |
6 | 4 | Joe Antar | Australia | 143,000 | 48 |
6 | 5 | Charbel Boustani | Australia | 74,500 | 25 |
6 | 6 | David Hanlon | Australia | 33,000 | 11 |
6 | 7 | Carlos Gonzalez | Australia | 319,000 | 106 |
6 | 8 | Collin Tran | Australia | 43,000 | 14 |
6 | 9 | Barry Forrester | Australia | 101,500 | 34 |
7 | 1 | Lawrence D'lapico-Bien | Australia | 130,500 | 44 |
7 | 2 | Peter Brasile | Australia | 43,500 | 15 |
7 | 3 | Anastasia Tyulyakova | Australia | 147,500 | 49 |
7 | 4 | Corey Kempson | Australia | 223,000 | 74 |
7 | 5 | Sam Vakili | Australia | 56,500 | 19 |
7 | 6 | Jason Pritchard | Australia | 313,000 | 104 |
7 | 7 | Dejan Boskovic | Australia | 67,000 | 22 |
7 | 8 | Andrej Senic | Australia | 187,000 | 62 |
7 | 9 | Huang Huang | Australia | 169,500 | 57 |
8 | 1 | Murray Chick | Australia | 203,000 | 68 |
8 | 2 | Adam Kharman | Australia | 79,700 | 27 |
8 | 3 | John Rosario | Australia | 278,500 | 93 |
8 | 4 | Zesong Wu | Australia | 115,000 | 38 |
8 | 5 | Gang Zhu | Australia | 70,000 | 23 |
8 | 6 | Ardi Jaya | Australia | 295,000 | 98 |
8 | 7 | Hauman Darbani | Australia | 143,000 | 48 |
8 | 8 | Stefan Urosevic | Australia | 219,500 | 73 |
8 | 9 | Harlie Jensz | Australia | 239,000 | 80 |
9 | 1 | Kun Dadul | Australia | 37,000 | 12 |
9 | 2 | Kahlia Moussa | Australia | 136,000 | 45 |
9 | 3 | Marc Seymour | Australia | 296,500 | 99 |
9 | 4 | Steve Chu | Australia | 63,500 | 21 |
9 | 5 | Lachlan Dykes | Australia | 120,000 | 40 |
9 | 6 | Richard Davis | Australia | 261,500 | 87 |
9 | 7 | Kris Scully | Australia | 106,000 | 35 |
9 | 8 | John Yacoub | Australia | 66,500 | 22 |
9 | 9 | Paul Elliot | Australia | 51,000 | 17 |
10 | 1 | Yisi Zhang | Australia | 246,000 | 82 |
10 | 2 | Sam Khoueis | Australia | 113,000 | 38 |
10 | 3 | Mazyar Misaghian | Australia | 247,000 | 82 |
10 | 4 | Haoran Zhang | Australia | 89,500 | 30 |
10 | 5 | Tri Nguyen | Australia | 113,500 | 38 |
10 | 6 | David Hirst | Australia | 115,000 | 38 |
10 | 7 | Robert Lee | Australia | 108,500 | 36 |
10 | 8 | Patrick Yazbeck | Australia | 122,000 | 41 |
10 | 9 | Christopher Colaneri | Australia | 273,000 | 91 |
11 | 1 | Win Tan | Australia | 195,200 | 65 |
11 | 2 | Hussein Chamas | Australia | 225,000 | 75 |
11 | 3 | Chris Kittos | Australia | 155,000 | 52 |
11 | 4 | Daniel Cohen | Australia | 32,500 | 11 |
11 | 5 | Kumar K.A | Australia | 285,500 | 95 |
11 | 6 | Connie Graham | Australia | 125,000 | 42 |
11 | 7 | John Moffitt | Australia | 118,000 | 39 |
11 | 8 | Jo Snell | Australia | 335,000 | 112 |
11 | 9 | Sebastian Trisch | Germany | 99,600 | 33 |
12 | 1 | Ljudevit Marinic | Australia | 168,200 | 56 |
12 | 3 | Dejan Boskovic Sr | Australia | 183,000 | 61 |
12 | 4 | Con Angelakis | Australia | 252,000 | 84 |
12 | 5 | Matthew Wakeman | Australia | 67,000 | 22 |
12 | 6 | Chad Awerbuch | Australia | 64,000 | 21 |
12 | 7 | Peter Robertson | Australia | 135,000 | 45 |
12 | 8 | Will Davies | United Kingdom | 125,000 | 42 |
12 | 9 | Joseph Hayek | Australia | 133,500 | 45 |
13 | 1 | Guangyu Wang | Australia | 154,700 | 52 |
13 | 2 | Steve Pappas | Australia | 141,000 | 47 |
13 | 3 | Hedley Fung | Australia | 50,500 | 17 |
13 | 4 | Duy Nguyen | Australia | 103,000 | 34 |
13 | 5 | Bernie Stang | Australia | 160,500 | 54 |
13 | 7 | Marco Perri | Australia | 40,500 | 14 |
13 | 8 | Mladen Vukovic | Australia | 76,500 | 26 |
13 | 9 | Craig Blight | Australia | 96,000 | 32 |
14 | 1 | Tony Nardi | Australia | 109,500 | 37 |
14 | 2 | Hunter Song | Australia | 104,500 | 35 |
14 | 3 | Travis Endersby | Australia | 139,500 | 47 |
14 | 4 | Darren Lukas | Australia | 55,000 | 18 |
14 | 5 | Zachary Tay | Australia | 121,000 | 40 |
14 | 6 | Mladen Ivin | Australia | 169,000 | 56 |
14 | 7 | Brian O'Farrell | Australia | 336,500 | 112 |
14 | 8 | John Caridad | Spain | 84,000 | 28 |
It has been a record-breaking series at the 2019 The Star Sydney Champs festival and the A$3,000 Main Event put the cherry on top as a field of 600 entries smashed the previous attendance record of the previous year, when a field of 522 entries had emerged. With both starting days completed, only 123 hopefuls remain in contention and the top 63 spots will take home a portion of the A$1,680,000 prize pool.
Leading the field into Day 2 is Sydney's Cezary Klimczak, who bagged up 414,500 on Day 1b, which is good enough for 138 big blinds when the action resumes in level 12 at blinds of 1,500/3,000 with a running ante of 500. He is followed by Michael Tran (381,000), Trevor Godfrey (375,000), Nickolas Oiberman (338,500) and Brian O'Farrell (336,500), while Day 1a chip leader Jo Snell sits in sixth place overall with 335,000.
Other notables that will return to their seats at The Star Sydney near Darling Harbour with an above-average stack for Day 2 are Jason Pritchard (313,000), John Rosario (278,500), Navid King (274,000), Michael Kanaan (264,000), Luke Edwards (263,000), Mazyar Misaghian (247,000), Shivan Abdine (247,000), Corey Kempson (223,000), Murray Chick (203,000), Win Tan (195,200), Robert Spano (188,500), Dylan Kehoe (173,000), and Guangyu Wang (154,700).
Several big names of Aussie poker also remain in contention as Billy Argyros, Connie Graham, David Hirst, Craig Blight, Matthew Wakeman, Chad Awerbuch and Gary Benson all have chips at their disposal. The Kiwis Hamish Crawshaw, Graeme Putt and Wenjian Qiu made the short trip over to the coast of New South Wales and Will Davies, Sebastian Trisch and Haoran Zhang are among the international players in the field.
Main Event Day 2 Level Structure
Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
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12 | 60 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 500 |
13 | 60 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 500 |
Break | 10 | |||
14 | 60 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 500 |
15 | 60 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 1,000 |
Break | 10 | |||
16 | 60 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 |
17 | 60 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 |
Break | 30 | |||
18 | 60 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 2,000 |
19 | 60 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 2,000 |
Break | 10 | |||
20 | 60 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
21 | 60 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 4,000 |
Break | 10 | |||
22 | 60 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
Day 2 is scheduled to play a total of 11 levels of one hour each with a break every two levels and a 30-minute dinner break after the sixth level of the day. If the nine-handed final table is reached prior to that, the action will conclude for the night. The PokerNews team will be on the floor to provide all the action and the Run It Up live stream with dynamic delay will also be available throughout the remainder of the tournament.
Main Event Payouts
Place | Prize (AUD) | Prize (USD) | Place | Prize (AUD) | Prize (USD) | Place | Prize (AUD) | Prize (USD) |
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1 | A$352,800 | $244,348 | 8 | A$41,194 | $28,531 | 25-27 | A$10,752 | $7,447 |
2 | A$218,215 | $151,135 | 9 | A$32,726 | $22,666 | 28-30 | A$9,324 | $6,458 |
3 | A$159,566 | $110,515 | 10-12 | A$26,342 | $18,244 | 31-33 | A$8,198 | $5,678 |
4 | A$118,406 | $82,008 | 13-15 | A$21,470 | $14,870 | 34-36 | A$7,291 | $5,050 |
5 | A$89,090 | $61,703 | 16-18 | A$17,724 | $12,276 | 37-45 | A$6,552 | $4,538 |
6 | A$67,956 | $47,066 | 19-21 | A$14,818 | $10,263 | 46-54 | A$5,964 | $4,131 |
7 | A$52,550 | $36,396 | 22-24 | A$12,550 | $8,692 | 55-63 | A$5,494 | $3,805 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
The players have been welcomed back to the tables and the dealers have been instructed to load up their shoes and shuffle and deal.
On a flop of , Steve Pappas had a bet of 16,000 in front and he called the shove of Hedley Fung from one seat over.
Hedley Fung:
Steve Pappas:
The turn and river changed nothing and Fung scored an early double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hedley Fung | 115,000 | 64,500 |
Steve Pappas | 90,000 | -51,000 |
Chris Moussa shoved from the middle position for 47,500 and so did Martin Ward after finding out how much it was for. Ward had 115,000 himself and the rest of the table folded.
Chris Moussa:
Martin Ward:
The board ran out for Ward to hold with his pair for the higher two pair than the board to eliminate Moussa.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Martin Ward | 171,000 | 55,000 |
Chris Moussa | Busted |
Justin Layden has been eliminated early on while Connie Graham chipped up without a showdown. Graham faced an open raise to 6,500 by Chris Kittos and Kumar K.A three-bet to 15,500. Graham four-bet to 48,000 and that shut down all further action.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kumar K.A | 270,000 | -15,500 |
Chris Kittos | 150,000 | -5,000 |
Connie Graham | 150,000 | 25,000 |
Justin Layden | Busted |
Collin Tran scored an early double and Charbel Boustani did so shortly after when he got it in for 74,000 against Barry Forrester.
Charbel Boustani:
Barry Forrester:
Boustani gasped a "damn" on the flop, but the turn and river were both blanks.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Charbel Boustani | 160,000 | 85,500 |
Collin Tran | 90,000 | 47,000 |
Barry Forrester | 20,000 | -81,500 |
Shaun Zammit scored an early double and then doubled again through Reza Vakili. They got it in after the flop with Zammit holding for top set while Vakili had the for the nut flush draw.
The turn and river improved both players and Zammit doubled with a full house.
Shortly after, Monil Gohil jammed and Zammit reshoved from one seat over.
Monil Gohil:
Shaun Zammit:
The board came and that spelled the end for Gohil.
"Back in the game," another player at the table remarked to Zammit, who jumped to an above-average stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Shaun Zammit | 220,000 | 180,500 |
Reza Vakili
|
65,000 | -91,000 |
Monil Gohil
|
Busted |