AU$20,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

12-12-2018 23:46 UTC+10

Martinelli Dispatches of Vukovic

MrCleverFox

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Ebon Bokody opened with a raise from under the gun to 8,500. Luke Martinelli called in the hijack seat and Mladen Vukovic called in the big blind.

The flop was and Vukovic checked. Bokody put out a bet of 10,000. Martinelli called before Vukovic moved all in for 57,600. Bokody folded quickly but Martinelli tanked for a bit, then called.

Mladen Vukovic:
Luke Martinelli:

Martinelli made a correct call with ace-high, but Vukovic had plenty of outs with any pair or straight card. Unfortunately for him, the turn was the and the river was the so Martinelli stayed in the lead to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke Martinelli	550,000	183,000
Mladen Vukovic	Busted

Tags: Luke Martinelli Mladen Vukovic

12-12-2018 23:36 UTC+10

Jiang Blasts the River on Dhingra

MrCleverFox

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

In a confrontation between the small and big blind, Gautam Dhingra led out on a flop of for 14,000. Sosia Jiang, who was the big blind called.

The turn was the and Dhingra put together a bet of 34,000. Jiang called again.

On the river, Dhingra finally slowed down and checked. Jiang announced a bet of 90,000 and Dhingra folded before she could even get the chips in the pot.

Both players now sit with roughly 270,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gautam Dhingra	270,000	-61,400
Sosia Jiang	270,000	65,800

Tags: Gautam Dhingra Sosia Jiang

12-12-2018 23:29 UTC+10

Higgs Eliminated by Martinelli

Mateusz_Pater

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Luke Martinelli raised from the hijack and was called by Sam Higgs on the button. Jason Pritchard then raised to 29,000 from the small blind. Martinelli and Higgs called.

The flop came and Pritchard checked. Martinelli bet 35,000. Higgs and Pritchard called.

The turn brought the and Pritchard checked. Martinelli moved all in. Higgs followed almost immediately with less behind. Pritchard mucked his hand.

Luke Martinelli:
Sam Higgs:

The nine on the turn had given both players their gut-shot straight with Martinelli making the queen-high straight to take the lead.

The completed the board and Higgs was sent to the rail whilst Martinelli was boosted to the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke Martinelli	367,000	190,800
Jason Pritchard	70,000	-60,300
Sam Higgs	Busted

Tags: Jason Pritchard Luke Martinelli Sam Higgs

12-12-2018 23:15 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts at the Break

Mateusz_Pater

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gautam Dhingra	331,400	1,400
Jan Suchanek	296,500	56,500
Michael Egan	247,000	12,000
Sosia Jiang	204,200	80,900
Matt Wakeman	182,800	98,800
Luke Martinelli	176,200	56,200
Ebon Bokody	158,400	97,200
Jarred Graham	147,200	-6,300
Qiang Fu	143,500	22,500
Jason Pritchard	130,300	-62,700
Sam Higgs	110,000	-65,000
Robert Spano	109,200	-800
Mladen Vukovic	99,000	-16,000
Warwick Mirzikinian	76,000	-64,000
Michael Hahn	61,000	-34,000
Kahle Burns	32,600	-139,400

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

12-12-2018 23:08 UTC+10

Break Time

MrCleverFox

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Players are now on their last 10-minute break of the night.

12-12-2018 23:04 UTC+10

Spano Doubles Through Vukovic

MrCleverFox

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mladen Vukovic opened with a raise from middle position to 6,500 and Robert Spano three-bet on the button to 16,500. Action folded back to Vukovic who moved all in with a covering stack for roughly 51,000 effective and Spano quickly called.

Mladen Vukovic:
Robert Spano:

The board ran out and Vukovic couldn't catch up with his underpair. He was forced to send over the chips to Spano, doubling him up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mladen Vukovic	115,000	10,000
Robert Spano	110,000	8,600

Tags: Mladen Vukovic Robert Spano

12-12-2018 22:54 UTC+10

Dhingra Five-Bets

Mateusz_Pater

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Gautam Dhingra raised to 6,500 from the button and was called by Ebon Bokody in the big blind.

The flop came and Bokody checked. Dhingra bet 5,500. Bokody raised to 13,000. Dhingra paused for a moment then three-bet to 23,000. Bokody four-bet to 50,000. Dhingra immediately tossed out four 25,000-chips as he five-bet to 123,000. Bokody looked down at his cards quickly before mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gautam Dhingra	330,000	65,000
Ebon Bokody	61,200	-50,800

Tags: Ebon Bokody Gautam Dhingra

12-12-2018 22:45 UTC+10

Lynskey Busted by Vukovic

MrCleverFox

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A preflop confrontation between the small blind, Mladen Vukovic, and the big blind, Alex Lynskey, led to Lynskey being all in and at risk with a slightly shorter stack.

Mladen Vukovic:
Alex Lynskey:

Vukovic was behind but the flop came down , giving him the lead over Lynskey.

"Can we hold?" Vukovic asked no one in particular.

The turn was the and the river was the so Vukovic did hold to send Lynskey to the rail.

"And that boys, is how you win tournaments," Vukovic said.

"You win your all-ins?" Sam Higgs asked laughing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mladen Vukovic	105,000	66,000
Alex Lynskey	Busted

Tags: Alex Lynskey Mladen Vukovic Sam Higgs

12-12-2018 22:41 UTC+10

Mirzikinian Pips Karamalikis

Mateusz_Pater

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Michael Hahn called from under the gun before Warwick Mirzikinian raised to 10,000 from the hijack. Jonathan Karamalikis called from the small blind. Hahn folded.

Both players checked the flop before the dropped on the turn. Karamalikis bet 13,000. Mirzikinian called.

No action followed the completing the board before Karamalikis tabled his for two pair. Mirzikinian then revealed his and took down the pot with a higher two-pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Warwick Mirzikinian	140,000	5,000
Jonathan Karamalikis	42,000	-68,000

Tags: Jonathan Karamalikis Michael Hahn Warwick Mirzikinian