AU$2,200 Main Event Day 2 | 2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

12-15-2018 12:18 UTC+10

Fester Gets Rivered

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Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Mark Fester raised to 12,000 from middle position and was called by the player in the big blind.

The flop came and the big blind checked. Fester continued for 12,000. The bet was called.

Both players checked the before the completed the board.

Here the big blind tossed out 17,000. Fester thought for a moment and called.

The player in the big blind then tabled for trip tens and took down the pot after Fester mucked his hand.

"Lucky river," said Fester, following the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Fester	245,000	-46,000

Tags: Mark Fester

12-15-2018 12:03 UTC+10

Laidlaw Doubles Through Blight

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Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The action started with Rahul Rastogi raising to 11,000 from middle position. Huss Hassan then re-raised to 33,000 from the next seat over. Craig Blight then opted to three-bet to 55,000 from the hijack before the decision fell on Daniel Laidlaw in the big blind. He moved all in for 198,000 which saw Rastogi and Hassan quickly fold.

Blight deliberated for over a minute and looked like he was really agonising over a call. He nearly talked himself out of calling but committed the chips.

Daniel Laidlaw:
Craig Blight:

The board ran out to see Laidlaw double with the higher two pair and leaving Blight with just 14,000.

A few hands later Blight was seen at the registration booth buying in for his next event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Laidlaw	447,000	246,500
Craig Blight	Busted

Tags: Craig Blight Daniel Laidlaw Huss Hassan Rahul Rastogi

12-15-2018 11:56 UTC+10

Overmire Doubles Through Dunwoodie

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Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

William Overmire moved all in for 34,000 from middle position. Sean Dunwoodie raised and sent out a stack of 5,000-chips. The rest of the table folded and the cards were shown.

William Overmire:
Sean Dunwoodie:

The board ran out to see Overmire hold with his pocket pair resulting in and early double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Dunwoodie	325,000	-35,000
William Overmire	80,000	26,500

Tags: Sean Dunwoodie WIlliam Overmire

12-15-2018 11:51 UTC+10

Don't Look Twice

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Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Alex Lynskey raised to 11,000 from middle position before Jerome Tan re-raised to 27,000 from the hijack. The action folded around to Martin Comer in the big blind who called. Lynskey mucked instantly.

The flop came and Comer checked. Tan continued for 22,000. Comer then moved all in for 151,000. Tan asked for a count and deliberated for a minute. He eventually looked down at his cards before mucking his hand.

"When you have to look again you have nothing," stated Comer, before he raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Comer	245,000
Jerome Tan	160,000	-50,500

Tags: Alex Lynskey Jerome Tan Martin Comer

12-15-2018 11:32 UTC+10

And They're Off

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Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The dealers have been advised to shuffle up and deal as play get's underway.

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

12-15-2018 10:11 UTC+10

230 Players Return for Day 2 of the WSOP International Circuit Sydney Main Event

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Michael Spencer leads the pack going into Day 2

The 230 players remaining in the 2018 WSOP International Circuit Sydney Main Event will take to their seats today as they continue their quest at capturing the title as well as the coveted WSOP gold ring on offer, as well as earning themselves a ticket to the 2019 WSOP Circuit Global Championship, an invitation-only tournament with a minimum prize pool of $1,000,000 USD.

After four opening flights the players will join together at 12:30pm local time, with Day 1C chipleader Michael Spencer returning with 545,000 with blinds at 2,500/5,600/500. Alongside him will be Matthew Pongrass (494,500), Day 1B chipleader Ali Aflatounian (430,500), Alex Lynskey (404,000) and Michael King (400,000) rounding out the top five stacks and the only players above 400,000.

Also returning after a successful week off include Luke Martinelli (334,000) who was victorious in the High Roller event and Huss Hassan (260,500) who took down the six-max event. Last year's main event champion and runner-up Michael Kanaan (126,000) and Michael Fraser (160,000) are also still alive and will be looking to make another deep run.

The prize pool has also been announced early this morning. 135 players will guarantee themselves a minimum payday of $3,549 with the top five earning themselves a six-figure score. The eventual champion will pocket a cool $422,796 for their efforts.

Today’s plan is to play ten 60-minute levels or stop at the final three tables, whichever comes first.

Stay up-to-date with all the action here at The Star all day with the PokerNews live reporting team.

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