AU$5,000 Challenge | 2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

11-29-2019 11:28 UTC+10

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

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George Mitri starts Day 2 of the $5k Challenge as 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 local time.

The ‘big blind ante’ format was applied to this event for the second year running and yesterday’s Day 1 saw 203 entrants take part. Of that number, 15 players will return.

George Mitri (709,000) has the chip lead and has a sizeable gap from James Obst (534,000), Honglin Jiang (455,000), Charlie Hawe (447,000) and Shivan Abdine (435,000) who round out the top five.

Other notables to have survived to today include Adrian Attenborough (333,000), Marc Camphausen (326,000), Chao Duan (294,000), Tam Truong (285,000) and Patrick Laoyont (10,000) who starts the day as the shortest stack with one big blind.

Play will continue with 45-minute levels with 10-minute breaks coming after every three levels. 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 15 faces try to take down this exciting event.

Day 2 Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
32	1	Ryan Bownds	Australia	284000	28
32	2	Empty	-	-	-
32	3	Ehsan Amiri	Australia	327000	33
32	4	Chao Duan	China	294000	29
32	5	George Mitri	Australia	709000	71
32	6	Charlie Hawe	Australia	447000	45
32	7	Adrian Attenborough	Australia	333000	33
32	8	Michael Doumani	Australia	165000	17

31	1	Empty	-	-	-
31	2	Vincent Huang	Australia	339000	34
31	3	Honglin Jiang	New Zealand	455000	46
31	4	James Obst	Australia	534000	53
31	5	Tam Truong	Australia	285000	29
31	6	Sosia Jiang	New Zealand	138000	14
31	7	Marc Camphausen	Germany	326000	33
31	8	Shivan Abdine	Australia	435000	44
31	9	Partick Laoyont	Australia	10000	1

Tags: Adrian Attenborough Chao Duan Charlie Hawe George Mitri Honglin Jiang James Obst Marc Camphausen Patrick Laoyont Shivan Abdine Tam Truong

11-29-2019 15:30 UTC+10

Sosia Jiang Eliminated in 15th Place AU$15,620/$10,570

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Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sosia Jiang moved all-in for 101,000 from the button and was quickly called by Marc Camphausen in the small blind. Shivan Abdine then moved all-in over the top from the big blind for around 460,000 which had both players covered. The decision was back on Camphausen, who thought for a minute, before releasing his hand to the muck.

"I have a straight," joked Jiang, before tabling .

Abdine turned over his and had Jiang dominated.

The board ran out , improving Abdine to a flush, resulting in Jiang hitting the rail first on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shivan Abdine	670,000 235,000	235,000
Marc Camphausen	265,000 -61,000	-61,000
Sosia Jiang	Busted

Tags: Marc Camphausen Shivan Abdine Sosia Jiang

11-29-2019 15:38 UTC+10

Ryan Bownds Eliminated in 14th Place AU$15,620/$10,570

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Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

George Mitri opened with a raise from under the gun before the action fell on Ryan Bownds on the button. He moved all-in for 202,000. The blinds got out of the way. Mitri made the call.

Mitri:
Bownds:

The board ran out resulting in Bownds falling in 14th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Mitri	910,000 201,000	201,000
Ryan Bownds	Busted

Tags: George Mitri Ryan Bownds

11-29-2019 15:52 UTC+10

Chao Duan Eliminated in 13th Place AU$15,620/$10,570

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Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The hand started innocuously enough with action folding around to Ehsan Amiri in the small blind, who just completed and Chao Duan checked his option in the big blind.

The flop fell and Amiri check-called a 10,000 Duan flop bet to keep the duo in action to the turn where the action went check, check.

All the fireworks happened on the river - Amiri now led for 55,000 and after some consideration, Duan moved all-in for ~260,000 and Amiri made a speedy call.

Duan, holding had rivered two pair, which was rather unfortunate as Amiri had made his straight on the turn with and the field is now down to 12 players. Amiri stacked up to 380,000 after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	380,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Chao Duan Ehsan Amiri

11-29-2019 15:56 UTC+10

Patrick Laoyont Eliminated in 12th Place (AU$18,970/$12,840)

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Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

James Obst raised to 20,000 from the cutoff and was called by Patrick Laoyont in the big blind.

The flop came and Laoyont moved all-in for his remaining 35,000. Obst snap-called.

Obst:
Laoyont:

Obst had flopped top pair and had the lead against Laoyont who had bottom pair.

No help would come for Laoyont, as the board ran out the and , ultimately ending his run in 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	604,000 70,000	70,000

Patrick Laoyont	Busted

Tags: James Obst Patrick Laoyont

11-29-2019 16:02 UTC+10

Vincent Huang Eliminated in 11th Place (AU$18,970/$12,840)

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Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Shivan Abdine raised to 20,000 from under the gun before Vincent Huang moved all in for 245,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Abdine, who took one extra glance down at his cards, then called.

Abdine:
Huang:

Huang stood up from his chair as soon as the flop came after Abdine improved to a set of jacks.

The on the turn gave Hunag some life, but the on the river wouldn't help, resulting in Huang being eliminated in 11th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shivan Abdine	1,000,000 330,000	330,000
Vincent Huang	Busted

Tags: Shivan Abdine Vincent Huang

11-29-2019 16:04 UTC+10

Tam Truong Eliminated in 10th Place (AU$18,970/$12,840)

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Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The final table is set with the elimination of Tam Truong, who fell at the hands of Ehsan Amiri to bring the field down to nine. Amiri lit the fuse with an under-the-gun raise to 20,000, Geroge Mitri called from one seat over, Adrian Attenborough then called from the button and Michael Doumani called in the small blind.

Sitting in the big blind, Truong pulled the trigger for 92,000 in total and Amiri now had a decision to make. Eventually, he elected to just flat call and both Mitri and Attenborough folded. Doumani looked like he was tempted, but did not want to flip with two players and eventually folded - telling PokerNews after the hand he had pocket fives.

Now the action was heads-up both players revealed their hole cards and Truong was on his feet awaiting his fate.

Tam Truong:
Ehsan Amiri:

The runout came to give both players a piece, but unfortunately for Truong, his was not as good as Amiri's and he hit the rail in tenth, narrowly missing out on making a final table appearance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	500,000 120,000	120,000
Tam Truong	Busted

Tags: Adrian Attenborough Ehsan Amiri Michael Doumani Tam Truong

11-29-2019 17:51 UTC+10

George Mitri Eliminated in 9th Place (AU$23,400/$15,840)

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Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The action folded around to Shivan Abdine in the small blind who moved all-in. George Mitri made the quick call from the big blind with 61,000 behind.

Abdine:
Mitri:

Mitri had the best hand before the board ran out improving Abdine to a pair and the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shivan Abdine	685,000 -181,000	-181,000
George Mitri	Busted

Tags: George Mitri Shivan Abdine

11-29-2019 18:15 UTC+10

Charlie Hawes Eliminated in 8th Place (AU$29,330/$19,850)

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Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Charlie Hawes final table has come to a close with Shivan Abdine the closer. It was Abdine who instigated the initial action, opening to 40,000 from under-the-gun with the action folding around to Hawes on the button, who moved all-in for 263,000 in total.

Michael Doumani asked for a count and eyed up the stacks behind him belonging to Marc Camphausen (730k) and Abdine (740k) and elected to fold, as did Camphausen. Abdine however, was going nowhere and cut out the calling chips and the cards went on their backs.

Shivan Abdine:
Charlie Hawes:

Hawes was at risk with a dominated hand and the flop was not a kind one, giving Abdine the nut flush draw to go with his lead in the hand. The turn and river would be the last two cards Hawes would see in the event, hitting the rail in eigth place for AU$29,330.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shivan Abdine	1,000,000 278,000	278,000
Charlie Hawes	Busted

Tags: Charlie Hawes Marc Camphausen Michael Doumani Shivan Abdine

11-29-2019 18:57 UTC+10

Honglin Jiang Eliminated in 7th Place (AU$37,350/$25,280)

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Level 20 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

There was a little pushing and shoving and a couple of small pots played following the rise of the blinds, but no real changes in the pecking order until an explosion of action saw New Zealand's Honglin Jiang depart in a flurry of cards and chips.

It was an increasingly active Adrian Attenborough who was the initial raiser, making it 50,000 to go from under-the-gun with Shivan Abdine flat calling on the button. Jiang was in the small blind and after checking his hole cards he moved all-in for ~400,000. Attenborough made a speedy fold and Abdine made an equally quick call and the cards were turned over.

Honglin Jiang:
Shivan Abdine:

It was left to a good old fashioned race to decide Jiang's fate, and the runout came to send the Kiwi to the rail in seventh for an AU$37,350 payday.