Level: 5
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
AU$5,000 Challenge
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
Entries
205
Level
21
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Blatt Climbing Higher and Higher
Level 4
: 300/600, 600 ante
Dejan Boskovic opened with a raise from early position making it 1,300 and the player to his direct left called. Dean Blatt was next to act and he put in a three-bet to 5,400 from the hijack seat. Action folded back to Boskovic who folded while the other player in mid position called.
The flop was 
and the player in middle position checked. Blatt continued with a bet of 4,000 and the middle position player moved all in, shoving for roughly 10,000 more. Blatt quickly called and their hands were tabled.
Dean Blatt: 
Middle Position Player: 
The board completed with the 
and the 
and Blatt secured the pot to chip up over 80,000 while his opponent was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Dhingra Takes One Out
Level 4
: 300/600, 600 ante
On a flop of 
the player in the small blind checked followed by Gautam Dhingra in the big blind. The player on the button bet out 1,800. The small blind called. Dhingra then re-raised to 6,200. The button called. The small blind folded.
The turn brought the 
and Dhingra fired out 24,000 in chips. The bet had the player on the button covered who had 21,800 behind. He thought for a minute and called.
Gautam Dhingra: 
Opponent: 
The 
completed the board and Dhingra would take down the pot with his pair of kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Wakeman Eliminated by Warne
Level 4
: 300/600, 600 ante
All the money looked to be in on the turn between Matthew Wakeman and Leigh Warne. Wakeman was holding while Warne held 
with the board showing 
. Warne had top two against Wakeman's top pair and was in the lead.
The river was the and that gave Wakeman two pair as well, but it was an inferior two pair. With that he was eliminated from the tournament and headed to the registration desk to re-enter. Warne now sits with about 60,000 chips and has one of the healthier stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000 | |
|
Busted |
Boobekov Back on Track; Eliminates Colman
Level 4
: 300/600, 600 ante
Julius Colman was already on his second bullet of the day and now he's been eliminated again after running into a cooler from Nurlan Boobekov. There was a raise to 1,500 before Boobekov three-bet making it 4,200 in early position. Action folded around to the big blind where Colman moved all in for just over 20,000 and action folded back to Boobekov who snap-called.
Nurlan Boobekov: 
Julius Colman:
The board ran out 
and Colman was left drawing dead on the turn. He was eliminated from the tournament a second time and Boobekov chipped back up to around 60,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
19,700
|
19,700 |
|
Busted |
Some Update Chip Counts After the Break
Level 4
: 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
70,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
68,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
64,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
54,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
44,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
||
|
|
40,300
-6,700
|
-6,700 |
|
40,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
33,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
||
|
30,200
5,200
|
5,200 |
|
27,300
2,300
|
2,300 |
|
|
||
|
24,200
-800
|
-800 |
|
24,100
-3,100
|
-3,100 |
|
22,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
22,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
21,000
8,700
|
8,700 |
|
20,700
-4,300
|
-4,300 |
|
18,500
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
|
16,200
-8,800
|
-8,800 |
|
Busted | |
Simon Eliminates Lee
Level 4
: 300/600, 600 ante
All the money got in preflop between Sam Simon and David Lee in a blind versus blind confrontation, with Simon having the covering stack.
Simon:
Lee: 
The board ran out 
and with that, Simon made trip aces, allowing him to take down the pot and eliminate Lee from the tournament, putting Simon at over 50,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
First Break of the Day
Level 3
: 200/400, 400 ante
The remaining players are on their first 10-minute break of the day.
Kanaan Drops Another to Min
Level 3
: 200/400, 400 ante
Action was on the turn with the board showing 
. Jinah Min was first to act and she put out a bet of what looked like 3,500. Michael Kanaan, the former Star Sydney Circuit Main Event Champion, thought for a bit before he called creating a pot of right around 12,000.
The river was the and Min kept firing, this time putting out a big bet of 10,000. Kanaan gave it some thought but eventually he settled on folding. With that, Min collected the pot and moved to around 43,000 chips while Kanaan took a hit and dropped to just under the starting stack mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
23,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |