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Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
AU$20,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
20,000 AUD
Total Entries
50
Level
20
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 50
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Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
Action was on a flop of 
and action checked to Sam Higgs who was on the button in a three-way pot. He put out a bet of 6,500. Jason Pritchard was in the big blind and he called. Brett Trevillian was in the cutoff and he called as well.
The turn was the 
and all three players checked this time.
When the 
hit the river, Pritchard checked. Trevillian put out a monster bet of 30,000. Higgs thought for a long time before eventually calling. Pritchard thought for a bit, then folded. Trevillian didn't want to turn over his hand, indicating that he was bluffing. Higgs was forced to show his 
by the dealer in order to take down the pot.
With that, Higgs moved to almost 100,000 after the hand while Trevillian dropped to just over 30,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
99,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
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31,000
36,100
|
36,100 |
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
The action folded around to Corey Kempson in the small blind who moved all in. Honglin Jiang called from the big blind and had Kempson covered.
Honglin Jiang: 
Corey Kempson: 
The board ran out 
to see Kempson unable to improve with his under-pair resulting in his elimination.
Following the hand Jiang went to shake Kempson's hand and he politely declined.
"Don't shake my hand yet," Kempson told Jiang. "Im re-entering," he added, before making his way to the cashier's desk to register once more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
Jason Pritchard opened with a raise to 1,100 and got a call from Nauv Kashyap before Zac Lowrie raised to 4,500 in late position. Brett Trevillian called from the blinds as did Pritchard and Kashyap called as well.
The flop was 
and action checked to Lowrie who continued with a bet of 5,400. Trevillian and Pritchard folded but Kashyap called.
On the turn, Kashyap checked over to Lowrie. Lowrie moved all in for just over 30,000. Both players had similar sized stacks. Kashyap thought about it for a good while but eventually decided to call.
Nauv Kashyap,
Zac Lowrie: 
Kashyap was already drawing dead for the 
on the river was meaningless. With that he hit the rail while Lowrie earned what was essentially a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
91,000
46,500
|
46,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
Ebon Bokody raised from the button and was called by Alex Lynskey in the small blind. Shivan Abdine then re-raised to 6,800 from the big blind. Bokody thought for a minute and called. Abdine mucked his hand.
The flop came 
3d] and Abdine led out for 5,800. Bokody called.
Both players then checked down the and before tabling their cards.
Abdine showed 
for king-high which was not enough to take down the pot after Bokody tabled 
for a pair and the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
34,500
1,900
|
1,900 |
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
Some of the players at the table were talking about a hand where Stevan Chew Eliminated Jordan Westmorland with quads against a house, so we asked him for some of the details about the hand.
Chew said he opened with a raise and Jordan Westmorland just called. The flop was 
and Chew put out a continuation bet. Westmorland raised and Chew put in a three-bet on the flop. Westmorland called.
The turn was the and both players checked to see a blank on the river. There, Westmorland got all his chips in and Chew called. Westmoreland was holding for a full house while Chew was holding for quad nines.
With that, Chew moved up to over 100,000 and Westmorland hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
Mladen Vukovic raised from under the gun before the action folded around to Jan Suchanek in the big blind. He thought for a minute before sliding out a stack of 5,000-chips forcing Vukovic all in. Vukovic snap-called with 26,300 in his stack.
Mladen Vukovic: 
Jan Suchanek:
The board ran out 
to see Vukovic hold with his pocket pair enabling him to stay in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,800
15,900
|
15,900 |
|
53,400
16,600
|
16,600 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level 4
: 300/600, 600 ante
Corey Kempson opened with a raise to 1,100 from middle position and Gautam Dhingra called in the big blind.
The flop was 
and both players checked. On the 
turn, Dhingra led out with a bet of 1,700 and Kempson called.
The came on the river and Dhingra bet again, making it 4,300. Kempson thought about it for a bit then eventually called.
Dhingra revealed his 
for just king-high and Kempson showed down his for ace-high. That would earn him the pot and add a few much needed chips to his short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
|
21,000
7,900
|
7,900 |
Level 4
: 300/600, 600 ante
On a flop of both Michael O'Grady and Jonathan Karamalikis committed all their chips into the pot.
O'Grady had 40,400 chips behind and was covered by Karamalikis who had 46,900.
Jonathan Karamalikis:
Michael O'Grady: 
O'Grady had flopped top pair with the nut-flush draw but was behind to Karamalikis' overpair.
No help would come for O'Grady as the board ran out the and 
to see him hit the rail shortly after the first break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000
35,800
|
35,800 |
|
Busted |
