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

12-06-2018 13:21 UTC+10

Final Two Table Redraw and Chip Counts

MrCleverFox

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

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Outer	1	Nathan Sawyers	255,000	25.5
Outer	2	Simon Chahine	97,000	9.7
Outer	3	Matt Wakeman	981,000	98.1
Outer	4	Shivan Abdine	206,000	20.6
Outer	5	Hauman Darbani	273,000	27.3
Outer	6	Hannah Lee	382,000	38.2
Outer	7	Gautam Dhingra	350,000	35
Outer	8	Sean Dunwoodie	223,000	22.3

Feature	1	Isaac Lau	228,000	22.8
Feature	2	Dejan Boskovic	424,000	42.4
Feature	3	David Wang	309,000	30.9
Feature	4	Sam Khoueis	370,000	37
Feature	5	Joshua McCully	356,000	35.6
Feature	6	Mladen Vukovic	245,000	24.5
Feature	7	Robert Spano	505,000	50.5
Feature	8	Billy Argyros	204,000	20.4

Level: 15

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

12-06-2018 13:04 UTC+10

Coverage Note; One and a Half Hour Delay

MrCleverFox

As a note, PokerNews' coverage will be on a one and a half hour delay as we match our coverage with the live stream of the event.

This delay will shorten as the day moves closer to a finish.

12-06-2018 12:16 UTC+10

Welcome to Day 2 of the WSOP International Circuit Sydney $5K Challenge Event

Mateusz_Pater

Matthew Wakeman Starts Day 2 as the Chip Leader

Welcome to Day 2 of the $5K Challenge Event here at the WSOP International Circuit stop in Sydney at The Star where the play is set to get underway at 2:15pm.

The brand new ‘big blind ante’ format was introduced to this event for the first time this year and yesterday’s Day 1 saw 215 entrants take part. Of that number, 16 players will return.

Matt Wakeman (981,000) has the chip lead and has a large gap from Robert Spano (505,000), Dejan Boskovic (424,000), Hannah Lee (382,000) and Sam Khoueis (370,000) who round out the top five.

Other notables to have survived to today include Gautam Dhingra (350,000), Shivan Abdine (206,000), Australian Poker Hall-of-Famer Billy Argyros (204,000) and Simon Chihane (97,000) who starts the day as the shortest stack.

Play will continue with 45-minute levels with 10-minute breaks coming after every three levels. Once the final table is reached levels will be an hour long. Blinds will resume at 5,000/10,000/ with a 10,000 big blind ante.

Check back in with PokerNews from 2:15pm today when all the action begins as the remaining 16 faces try to take down this exciting event.

AU$5,000 Challenge

Day 2 Started