2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$2,200 Main Event
Day: 1a
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
Players Left 1 / 1,191
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Battle of the Big Stacks

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Najeem Ajez
Najeem Ajez

With the board showing {3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{4-Spades}{5-Spades} Michael O'Grady bet 5,600 from the cutoff and was called by Najeem Ajez on the button.

The {j-Hearts} completed the board and O'Grady reached for his chips and tossed out 11,550. Ajez called shortly after.

O'Grady announced he had aces before turning over his {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}. Ajez mucked his hand and O'Grady raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael O'Grady au
Michael O'Grady
105,000
37,000
37,000
Profile photo of Najeem Ajez au
Najeem Ajez
52,000
44,000
44,000

Tags: Michael O'GradyNajeem Ajez

Benson Slipping

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Action was three ways on a flop of {8-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} where Gary Benson checked it from the blinds over to a player in middle position. The player put out a bet of 2,600. Jinah Min then called in late position. Benson called as well.

On the {9-Spades} turn, Benson checked again. The player in middle position checked as well. It was Min's turn to act and this time she put out a bet of 7,000. Benson dropped into the tank and thought for about a minute and a half before releasing and the middle position player folded as well, allowing Min to take down the pot.

With that, Benson dropped down to just about 9,000 chips, putting him on a stack of just over 20 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
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Gary Benson
9,000
4,400
4,400
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Gary Benson

Some New Faces and Updated Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rahul Rastogi au
Rahul Rastogi
89,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Chad Awerbuch au
Chad Awerbuch
82,000
52,000
52,000
Profile photo of Zhi Ma au
Zhi Ma
74,000
44,000
44,000
Profile photo of Paul Rochford au
Paul Rochford
63,000
41,000
41,000
Profile photo of Jarred Graham au
Jarred Graham
50,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jordan Westmorland us
Jordan Westmorland
41,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Ben Richardson au
Ben Richardson
36,500
13,500
13,500
Profile photo of Ken Demlakian au
Ken Demlakian
34,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Matt Rolfe au
Matt Rolfe
28,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Patrick Fletcher au
Patrick Fletcher
24,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Eric Assadourian au
Eric Assadourian
24,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Jason Gray gb
Jason Gray
24,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Sam Capra au
Sam Capra
23,400
6,600
6,600
Profile photo of Robert Spano au
Robert Spano
22,400
7,600
7,600
Profile photo of Trevor Saunders au
Trevor Saunders
13,500
17,500
17,500
Profile photo of Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
13,400
16,600
16,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Rined Namrood au
Rined Namrood
4,000
16,000
16,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Kroesen Flops a Set and Shows

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Ricky Kroesen
Ricky Kroesen

Action was on the flop between Ricky Kroesen and one other player. The board was {8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{3-Spades} and the player on the button had a bet of 6,000 out in front of him along with about 6,000 in the middle as well. Kroesen thought for a bit then he moved all in with a covering stack for right around 30,000 effective. The player tanked for a while before he eventually decided to fold.

"Do you want to see this one?" Kroesen asked?

The player nodded and Kroesen obliged and showed down his {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades} for a flopped set. With that, he took down the pot and moved right around 50,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ricky Kroesen au
Ricky Kroesen
52,000
5,000
5,000

Tags: Ricky Kroesen

Honest Khoueis

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

The player in middle position raised to 800 and was called by Sam Khoueis seated directly to his left as well as the player in the big blind.

The flop came {4-Clubs}{5-Spades}{a-Spades} and the action checked to Khoueis who bet 1,800. His two opponents mucked immediately.

"How do they know?" sighed Khoueis, before flashing the {a-Hearts} before raking in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Khoueis
14,500
6,000
6,000

Tags: Sam Khoueis

Some Updated Chip Counts

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Najeem Ajez au
Najeem Ajez
96,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Michael O'Grady au
Michael O'Grady
68,000
39,000
39,000
Profile photo of Michael Seymour au
Michael Seymour
67,000
37,000
37,000
Profile photo of Jesse Mason au
Jesse Mason
57,000
27,000
27,000
Profile photo of Julius Colman au
Julius Colman
55,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Stan L. au
Stan L.
37,300
7,300
7,300
Profile photo of Brendon Rubie au
Brendon Rubie
35,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Craig Blight au
Craig Blight
33,575
5,975
5,975
Profile photo of Ryan Hong au
Ryan Hong
31,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Didier Guerin au
Didier Guerin
29,100
900
900
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Ricky Kroesen au
Ricky Kroesen
28,000
Profile photo of Johan Lees au
Johan Lees
26,500
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
23,900
4,800
4,800
Profile photo of Andrew Hinrichsen au
Andrew Hinrichsen
20,500
12,500
12,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Andrew Scarf au
Andrew Scarf
17,200
22,800
22,800
Profile photo of Daniel Shan au
Daniel Shan
11,000
1,100
1,100
Profile photo of Sam Khoueis au
Sam Khoueis
8,500
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Gautam Dhingra au
Gautam Dhingra
Busted
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Stevan Chew
Busted

A Small Dent for the $5,000 Challenge Champ

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Matthew Wakeman
Matthew Wakeman

Action folded around to the hijack where Matt Wakeman opened with a raise to 700. The player in the small blind called as did the player in the big blind.

The flop was {K-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{4-Clubs} and action checked over to Wakeman who put out a bet of 800. The small blind released but the big blind called.

On the {8-Spades} turn, both players checked and the {6-Hearts} came on the river. There, the big blind led out with a bet of 2,000. Wakeman didn't take too long to release.

Yesterday, Wakeman took down the $5,000 Challenge here at The Star Sydney, besting a field of 215 runners for $255,311 and he's back at it again here today. The pot was a small loss for the recent champion of the $5,000 Challenge, but he's still off to a good start with a stack of roughly 34,000 already.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Wakeman
34,000
4,700
4,700

Tags: Matt Wakeman

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25