2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$2,200 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Alex Lynskey
Winning Hand
33
Event Info
Buy-in
2,200 AUD
Entries
1,191
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000

Alex Lynskey Leads Day 2 of the WSOPC Sydney Main Event

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Alex Lynskey Bags Chip Lead After Day 2
Alex Lynskey Bags Chip Lead After Day 2

Day 2 of the WSOP International Circuit Sydney Main Event has come to an end and there are just 27 players remaining. Leading the way is Australia's Alex Lynskey, who is in the hunt for his first WSOP circuit ring, which would fit quite nicely to a resume that some poker players could only dream of, including a 7th place finish at this year's WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas for $1,500,000.

Lynskey bagged up 3,055,000, edging out John Sormi (2,735,000) and Irishman Ray Bryant (2,355,000) for top honours. Lynskey’s most memorable hand came when he clashed with England’s Brandon Sheils. Lynskey moved all in on the river with the board showing {2-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{6-Spades}{7-Spades}{6-Hearts} and was holding {a-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. Sheils tank-called with {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} and was knocked out. That moved Lynskey to 1.2 million and he used that momentum to build his large stack. Other big stacks that will be moving on to Day 3 include Rahul Rastogi (2,320,000) and Justin Layden (2,035,000) who round out the top five with stacks above two million.

There are plenty of big names still in the hunt including recent WSOPC High Roller winner Luke Martinelli (1,710,000), Ricky Kroesen (1,780,000), Joel Dodds (1,690,000), Stevan Chew (1,185,000), Peco Stajonovski (1,030,000), Sam Capra (1,555,000) and Michael Fraser (1,325,000).

Michael Fraser - Sam Capra
Michael Fraser - Sam Capra

At one stage earlier in the day, with blinds at 6,000/12,000, Capra sat with just 11,000 in chips. He was able to spin that up to finish just outside the top ten stacks when play ended. Fraser is making back-to-back deep runs in the WSOPC Sydney Main Event after last year finishing runner-up to Michael Kanaan. He’ll be hoping to go one better in two days time.

Chris Wookey
Chris Wookey

230 players returned today with 135 making the money. Chris Wookey would ultimately become the bubble boy after his aces were cracked by Mark Yazbeck’s pocket nines after a nine spiked on the flop. From there not all of the fan favorites were fortunate enough to survive to the day's end but still profited with a cash. Among the fallen were Jeff Lisandro (131st), Michel Bouskila (124th), Jarred Graham (122nd), Heidi May (119th), Sean Dunwmoodie (102nd), Corey Kempson (94,000), Daniel Laidlaw (71st), James Broom (53rd), Mladen Vukovic (38th), Suzy Khoueis (30th) and Shivan Abdine (29th).

The final 27 players will return to the poker room at The Star on Sunday, 16 December at 12.30pm local time to resume Day 3 and play down to the final table. Blinds will be continuing on Level 23 at 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante. The plan is to play down to the final table, however long that takes, with 10-min breaks every two 60-minute levels and a 30-min dinner break after Level nine.

WSOPC Sydney Final 27 Seat Draw

SeatTable 29Table 30Table 32
1John SormiDion MavrangelosMichael Fraser
2Henry TranDominick FrenchJoel Dodds
3Luke MartinelliLio SegreRichard Davis
4Javad EtaatVictor TengSam Capra
5Alexis TremblayJoel CohenMichael Seymour
6Rob DamelianMatt PongrassMichael Nenes
7Alex LynskeyStevan ChewRay Byrant
8Peco StojanovskiRahul RastogiJustin Layden
9Cameron ChenBarry ForresterRicky Kroesen

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor to bring you all the highlights of the action so join us then as we see who has what it takes to walk the road to the final table.