AU$5,000 Challenge | 2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

12-06-2018 15:45 UTC+10

Hannah Lee Eliminated in 12th Place ($19,118)

Mateusz_Pater

Level 16 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Matt Wakeman raised to 24,000 from the cutoff before Hannah Lee moved all in for her remaining 70,000 in chips from the small blind. Wakeman made the quick call once Gautam Dhingra folded his big blind.

Matt Wakeman:
Hannah Lee:

The board ran out to see Wakeman hold with his ace-high and sending Lee to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Wakeman	1,593,000 193,000	193,000
Hannah Lee	Busted

Tags: Gautam Dhingra Hannah Lee Matt Wakeman

Level: 16

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

12-06-2018 15:32 UTC+10

Lau Takes From Wang

Mateusz_Pater

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

David Wang raised to 23,000 from under the gun plus one and was called by Isaac Lau in the big blind.

The flop came and Lau checked. Wang bet out 21,000. Lau called.

Both players opted to check the on the turn before the completed the board.

Lau thought for a moment before sliding out a large bet totaling 111,000. Wang deliberated for a minute and called.

Lau then flipped over for rivered trip jacks and took down the pot defeating Wang's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Lau	729,000 501,000	501,000
David Wang	71,000 -238,000	-238,000

Tags: David Wang Isaac Lau

12-06-2018 15:30 UTC+10

Mladen Vukovic Eliminated in 13th Place ($15,077)

MrCleverFox

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Matt Wakeman opened with a raise to 20,000 in the cutoff and next to act, Mladen Vukovic moved all in from the button for roughly 150,000. Action folded back to Wakeman who quickly called.

Mladen Vukovic:
Matt Wakeman:

Vukovic was left drawing dead on the turn as the board ran out giving Wakeman two pair. With that, Vukovic hit the rail in 13th place. For his run in this event, he will collect $15,077.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Wakeman	1,400,000 170,000	170,000
Mladen Vukovic	Busted

Tags: Matt Wakeman Mladen Vukovic

12-06-2018 15:25 UTC+10

Nathan Sawyers Eliminated in 14th Place ($15,697)

Mateusz_Pater

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sean Dunwoodie raised to 21,000 from the button before Nathan Sawyers raised to 130,000 from the small blind leaving a little behind. Dunwoodie moved all in and Sawyers called immediately.

Sean Dunwoodie:
Nathan Sawyers:

The board ran out to see Dunwoodie improve to a set of fours on the flop resulting in Sawyers' elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Dunwoodie	440,000 440,000	440,000
Nathan Sawyers	Busted

Tags: Nathan Sawyers Sean Dunwoodie

12-06-2018 15:24 UTC+10

Flush Versus Flush Between Spano and Khoueis

MrCleverFox

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Samir Khoueis opened with a raise to 25,000 on the button with and he gets called by Robert Spano with from the big blind.

The flop came down and Spano checked. Khoueis put out a bet 25,000. Spano called.

The turn was the and Spano checked a second time. Khouis fired again, making it 60,000. Spano called and the came on the river. This time both players checked and Spano took down the pot with his queen high flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Spano	666,000 161,000	161,000
Sam Khoueis	210,000 -160,000	-160,000

Tags: Robert Spano Sam Khoueis

12-06-2018 15:20 UTC+10

Wakeman Bests Dhingra

Mateusz_Pater

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Matt Wakeman raised to 20,000 from under the gun and was called by Gautam Dhingra on the button as well as Nathan Sawyers in the big blind.

The flop came and Sawyers checked. Wakeman bet 25,000. Dhingra called. Sawyers folded.

The turn brought the and Wakeman fired out another 100,000. Dhingra called.

Both players then opted to check the river before Wakeman tabled . Dhingra tapped the table before flashing his pocket jacks before they went into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Wakeman	1,230,000 249,000	249,000
Gautam Dhingra	620,000 -145,000	-145,000

Tags: Gautam Dhingra Matt Wakeman Nathan Sawyers

12-06-2018 15:11 UTC+10

Shivan Abdine Eliminated in 15th Place ($15,697)

Mateusz_Pater

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Shivan Abdine moved all in from the cutoff and was snap-called by Gautam Dhingra in the big blind.

Gautam Dhingra:
Shivan Abdine:

The board ran out to see Abdine unable to improve against Dhingra's pocket pair resulting in him being eliminated in 15th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gautam Dhingra	765,000 65,000	65,000
Shivan Abdine	Busted

Tags: Gautam Dhingra Shivan Abdine

12-06-2018 15:10 UTC+10

Simon Chahine Eliminated in 16th Place ($13,062)

MrCleverFox

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action folded around to the cutoff where Gautam Dhingra asked for a rough count of Simon Chahine's stack before raising to 21,000. Action folded to the big blind where Chahine thought for a bit, then moved all in for right around 80,000. Dhingra took a look at his cards then called.

Gautam Dhingra:
Simon Chahine:

The flop came down which gave both players a major piece with Dhingra making top pair and Chahine making a flush draw and straight draw.

On the turn, Dhingra killed a ton of Chahine's outs, taking away his two pair outs as well as some flush cards.

The river was the which gave Chahine a bit of hope, as he made a flush, but upon second inspection, Dhingra actually made a full house, so with that, Chahine was eliminated. For his run in this event, Chahine will collect $13,062 for his 16th place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gautam Dhingra	700,000 100,000	100,000
Simon Chahine	Busted

Tags: Gautam Dhingra Simon Chahine

12-06-2018 15:00 UTC+10

Dhingra Makes the Call

Mateusz_Pater

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Hannah Lee raised from middle position before Gautam Dhingra re-raised to 60,000 from the hijack. Lee called.

The flop came and Lee checked. Dhingra bet 40,000. Lee called.

Both players checked the on the turn before the completed the board. Lee then bet out 120,000.

"You have aces or something?" questioned Dhingra, as he deliberated over his decision.

He eventually called and watched as Lee tabled for a pair with an ace-kicker. Dhingra then flipped over for two pair which was good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gautam Dhingra	600,000 250,000	250,000
Hannah Lee	140,000 -242,000	-242,000

Tags: Gautam Dhingra Hannah Lee