AU$500 Opening Event Day 1b | 2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

11-29-2018 00:20 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Velcic	100,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith (AU)	90,000	25,500

Chen Eliminates One

Mateusz_Pater

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The player under the gun raised to 4,300 before the player in middle position moved all in for 25,200. Cameron Chen was in the next seat over and thought about his decision for a minute before announcing all in and having the table covered. The action folded back to the original raiser who opted to fold.

Chen:
Opponent:

The board ran out to see Chen's over-pair take down the pot and rocket him to six figures.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cameron Chen	106,000

Tags: Cameron Chen

11-29-2018 00:00 UTC+10

Liu Finds a Double

Mateusz_Pater

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The player under the gun raised to 3,000 before Ling Liu moved all in for 20,700 from the cutoff. The action folded back to the original raiser who called.

Liu:
Opponent:

Liu watched as the board ran out to see her spike an ace on the river and take down the much needed pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ling Liu	45,000

Tags: Ling Liu

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

11-28-2018 23:44 UTC+10

Final Break of the Evening

Mateusz_Pater

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The remaining 97 players are on their final 10-minute break of the evening.

11-28-2018 23:35 UTC+10

Pooley Applies the Pressure

Mateusz_Pater

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Shelly Pooley raised to 2,800 from middle position and was called by Richard Kellett in the small blind as well as the player in the big blind.

The flop came and both blinds checked. Pooley reached for her chips and splashed out a bet totalling 4,800. Both blinds quickly folded awarding Pooley the pot.

Pooley flashed the before raking in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shelly Pooley	73,000	10,000

Tags: Shelly Pooley Richard Kellett

11-28-2018 23:25 UTC+10

Some Updated Chip Counts

Mateusz_Pater

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Kellett	117,000
Despina Yiannakoulias	111,000
Jerome Tan	98,000	-16,000
Andrew Hay	75,000	-25,000
Shelly Pooley	63,000	-4,000
Dan Smith (AU)	57,000	-400
Marc Seymour	44,000
Antonis Kambouroglou	35,000	11,000
Young whan Chung	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

11-28-2018 23:00 UTC+10

Kim Gets Countered

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Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jerome Tan raised to 1,700 from under the gun and was called by the player in middle position, the hijack, the small blind as well as Mu-Sang Kim in the big blind.

The flop came and the action checked around to the player in middle position. He bet 3,700. The hijack called. The small blind folded. Kim then moved all in for 20,500. Tan folded. The hijack snapped.

Kim:
Hijack:

Kim was in great shape with two pair and watched as the dropped on the turn. Unfortunately the fell on the river countering his two and awarding his opponent the pot with the higher kicker.