Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
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 and action checked over to Wakeman who put out a bet of 800. The small blind released but the big blind called.
On the turn, both players checked and the 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 |
---|---|---|
Matt Wakeman |
34,000
4,700
|
4,700 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Najeem Ajez |
96,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Michael O'Grady |
68,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
Michael Seymour |
67,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Jesse Mason |
57,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Julius Colman |
55,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
Stan L.
|
37,300
7,300
|
7,300 |
Brendon Rubie |
35,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Craig Blight |
33,575
5,975
|
5,975 |
Ryan Hong |
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Didier Guerin |
29,100
-900
|
-900 |
Ricky Kroesen | 28,000 | |
Johan Lees |
26,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
Jonathan Karamalikis |
23,900
-4,800
|
-4,800 |
Andrew Hinrichsen |
20,500
-12,500
|
-12,500 |
|
||
Andrew Scarf |
17,200
-22,800
|
-22,800 |
Daniel Shan |
11,000
-1,100
|
-1,100 |
Sam Khoueis |
8,500
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
Gautam Dhingra | Busted | |
Stevan Chew | Busted |
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 and the action checked to Khoueis who bet 1,800. His two opponents mucked immediately.
"How do they know?" sighed Khoueis, before flashing the before raking in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sam Khoueis |
14,500
6,000
|
6,000 |
Action was on the flop between Ricky Kroesen and one other player. The board was 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 for a flopped set. With that, he took down the pot and moved right around 50,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ricky Kroesen |
52,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rahul Rastogi |
89,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Chad Awerbuch |
82,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
Zhi Ma |
74,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
Paul Rochford
|
63,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Jarred Graham |
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
Jordan Westmorland |
41,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Ben Richardson |
36,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
Ken Demlakian |
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Matt Rolfe |
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Patrick Fletcher |
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Eric Assadourian |
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Jason Gray |
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Sam Capra |
23,400
-6,600
|
-6,600 |
Robert Spano |
22,400
-7,600
|
-7,600 |
Trevor Saunders |
13,500
-17,500
|
-17,500 |
Gary Benson |
13,400
-16,600
|
-16,600 |
|
||
Rined Namrood |
4,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
Action was three ways on a flop of 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 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 |
---|---|---|
Gary Benson |
9,000
-4,400
|
-4,400 |
|
With the board showing Michael O'Grady bet 5,600 from the cutoff and was called by Najeem Ajez on the button.
The 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 . Ajez mucked his hand and O'Grady raked in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael O'Grady |
105,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Najeem Ajez |
52,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
Action was three-way on a flop of and first to act, Najeem Ajez checked over to Paul Rochford. Rochford put out a bet of 1,600 which prompted a fold from the other player in the hand. Ajez though took his time and check-raised, making it 5,700. Rochford thought it over then called.
The turn was the and Ajez didn't let off the gas. He put out a bet of 8,700. Rochford thought it over for about 30 seconds, but settled on a fold, allowing Ajez to recover some of his lost chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Najeem Ajez |
60,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
Paul Rochford
|
42,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |