Main Event Day 2 | 2019 The Star Sydney Champs

08-04-2019 14:47 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Tran	560,000 178,900	178,900
Chris Kittos	450,000 20,000	20,000
Hamish Crawshaw	420,000 120,000	120,000
Marc Seymour	350,000 -130,000	-130,000
Carlos Gonzalez	340,000 140,000	140,000
Samuel Dessaix-Porter	320,000 103,000	103,000
Chad Awerbuch	290,000 150,000	150,000
Luke Edwards	250,000 85,000	85,000
Connie Graham	240,000 90,000	90,000
Jason Pritchard	230,000 45,000	45,000
Cezary Klimczak	220,000 -150,000	-150,000

Kahlia Moussa	200,000 64,000	64,000
Collin Tran	160,000 -29,000	-29,000
Murray Chick	160,000 -43,000	-43,000
Robert Spano	155,000 -33,500	-33,500
Navid King	125,000 -149,000	-149,000
Sebastian Trisch	120,000 20,400	20,400
Dejan Boskovic Sr	60,000 -123,000	-123,000
Yesha Punjabi	60,000 -16,000	-16,000
Mladen Vukovic	Busted
John Caridad	Busted
Dejan Boskovic	Busted
John Zwaine	Busted

Punjabi Eliminated by Fazzino

Christian Zetzsche

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

Yesha Punjabi jammed first to act for around 12 big blinds and Salvatore Fazzino called in the small blind.

Yesha Punjabi:
Salvatore Fazzino:

The board came and the pocket pair held up to send Punjabi to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salvatore Fazzino	380,000 189,500	189,500
Yesha Punjabi	Busted

Tags: Salvatore Fazzino Yesha Punjabi

08-04-2019 15:04 UTC+10

Youssef Falls Victim to Siddell

Shirley Ang

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

Carlos Youssef shoved from under the gun for 57,500 and action folded to Philipp Siddell in the cutoff who tanked for a while and then made the call while the rest of the table folded.

Carlos Youssef:
Phillip Siddell:

The board ran out for Siddell to hit a flush on the turn to eliminate Youssef.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phillip Siddell	169,000 -45,500	-45,500
Wei Dai	Busted
Carlos Youssef	Busted

Tags: Phillip Siddell Carlos Youssef

08-04-2019 15:14 UTC+10

Qiu Doubles Through Ward

Shirley Ang

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

The board read 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 , Ward shoved and Qui called with for the set of deuces which was enough to beat the of Ward.

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

Tags: Martin Ward Nicholas Woodhams Wenjian Qiu

08-04-2019 15:20 UTC+10

Recent Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

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

The following players have been eliminated in the first two and a half levels of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hauman Darbani	Busted
Kris Scully	Busted
Robert Lee	Busted
Tri Nguyen	Busted

08-04-2019 15:20 UTC+10

Benson Busts Ward

Shirley Ang

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

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:
Gary Benson:

The board ran out 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	177,000 31,500	31,500

Sebastian Trisch	173,000 53,000	53,000
Martin Ward	Busted

08-04-2019 15:24 UTC+10

Edwards Busts One

Christian Zetzsche

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

Luke Edwards had Gang Zhu at risk with the versus and spiked both overcards on a board of to add to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke Edwards	340,000 90,000	90,000
Gang Zhu	Busted

Tags: Luke Edwards Gang Zhu

08-04-2019 15:26 UTC+10

Endersby Doubles Up

Shirley Ang

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

Travis Endersby shoved from the cutoff for 62,000 and was called by Mladen Ivin in the big blind with the bigger stack.

Travis Endersby:
Mladen Ivin:

The board ran out for Endersby to hold with the deuces to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mladen Ivin	330,000 135,000	135,000
Travis Endersby	132,500 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Mladen Ivin Travis Endersby

08-04-2019 15:34 UTC+10

Another Double for Endersby

Christian Zetzsche

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 and Jensz had him dominated holding . However, the flop turned things around as Endersby hit a set. He would hold onto the lead on the turn and the river to double once more.

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

Tags: Travis Endersby Harlie Jensz

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000