2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$5,000 Challenge
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
Final Results
Winner
Matt Wakeman
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
255,311 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
Total Entries
205
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Players Left 1 / 205

Khoueis Doubles Through Benson in a Huge Cooler

Level 12 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

There was already around 150,000 chips in the pot on the river with the board showing {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{J-Spades} in a pot between Sam Khoueis and Gary Benson. Khoueis is first to act and he puts out a bet of 50,000. Benson then quickly moves all in with a covering stack for roughly 140,000 effective. Khoueis wastes no time calling.

Benson turned up his {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} for a rivered full house, but Khoueis had it beat, turning up his {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts} for an even better full house. With that, Khoueis earned a massive double to over 400,000 while Benson was left extremely short with right around 50,000 after the huge hand.

Tags: Gary BensonSam Khoueis