2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$5,000 Challenge
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Shivan Abdine
Winning Hand
32
Prize
260,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
Entries
203
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
30,000

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

George Mitri starts Day 2 of the $5k Challenge as chip leader
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

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
321Ryan BowndsAustralia28400028
322Empty---
323Ehsan AmiriAustralia32700033
324Chao DuanChina29400029
325George MitriAustralia70900071
326Charlie HaweAustralia44700045
327Adrian AttenboroughAustralia33300033
328Michael DoumaniAustralia16500017
      
311Empty---
312Vincent HuangAustralia33900034
313Honglin JiangNew Zealand45500046
314James ObstAustralia53400053
315Tam TruongAustralia28500029
316Sosia JiangNew Zealand13800014
317Marc CamphausenGermany32600033
318Shivan AbdineAustralia43500044
319Partick LaoyontAustralia100001

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughChao DuanCharlie HaweGeorge MitriHonglin JiangJames ObstMarc CamphausenPatrick LaoyontShivan AbdineTam Truong

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

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

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 {k-Clubs}{10-Hearts}.

Abdine turned over his {a-Hearts}{q-Spades} and had Jiang dominated.

The board ran out {7-Spades}{j-Spades}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Spades}, improving Abdine to a flush, resulting in Jiang hitting the rail first on Day 2.

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

Tags: Marc CamphausenShivan AbdineSosia Jiang

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

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

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: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Bownds: {a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

The board ran out {5-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{10-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} resulting in Bownds falling in 14th place.

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

Tags: George MitriRyan Bownds

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

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

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 {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} and Amiri check-called a 10,000 Duan flop bet to keep the duo in action to the {5-Hearts} turn where the action went check, check.

All the fireworks happened on the {q-Spades} 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 {q-Hearts}{7-Clubs} had rivered two pair, which was rather unfortunate as Amiri had made his straight on the turn with {3-Hearts}{4-Clubs} and the field is now down to 12 players. Amiri stacked up to 380,000 after the hand.

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

Tags: Chao DuanEhsan Amiri

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

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

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

The flop came {9-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{j-Clubs} and Laoyont moved all-in for his remaining 35,000. Obst snap-called.

Obst: {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Laoyont: {k-Spades}{9-Clubs}

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 {7-Diamonds} and {8-Diamonds}, ultimately ending his run in 12th place.

Player Chips Progress
James Obst au
James Obst
604,000
70,000
70,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Patrick Laoyont au
Patrick Laoyont
Busted

Tags: James ObstPatrick Laoyont

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

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

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: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Huang: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

Huang stood up from his chair as soon as the flop came {4-Hearts}{3-Spades}{j-Hearts} after Abdine improved to a set of jacks.

The {a-Hearts} on the turn gave Hunag some life, but the {2-Clubs} on the river wouldn't help, resulting in Huang being eliminated in 11th place.

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

Tags: Shivan AbdineVincent Huang

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

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

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: {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Ehsan Amiri: {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}

The runout came {7-Clubs}{2-Spades}{6-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} 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 au
Ehsan Amiri
500,000
120,000
120,000
Tam Truong au
Tam Truong
Busted

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughEhsan AmiriMichael DoumaniTam Truong

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

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

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: {j-Spades}{7-Clubs}
Mitri: {a-Spades}{2-Clubs}

Mitri had the best hand before the board ran out {6-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} improving Abdine to a pair and the winning hand.

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

Tags: George MitriShivan Abdine

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

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

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: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Charlie Hawes: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}

Hawes was at risk with a dominated hand and the {4-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop was not a kind one, giving Abdine the nut flush draw to go with his lead in the hand. The {5-Diamonds} turn and {7-Diamonds} 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 au
Shivan Abdine
1,000,000
278,000
278,000
Charlie Hawes nz
Charlie Hawes
Busted

Tags: Charlie HawesMarc CamphausenMichael DoumaniShivan Abdine

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

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

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: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}
Shivan Abdine: {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

It was left to a good old fashioned race to decide Jiang's fate, and the runout came {6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} to send the Kiwi to the rail in seventh for an AU$37,350 payday.

Player Chips Progress
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
1,700,000
700,000
700,000
Honglin Jiang nz
Honglin Jiang
Busted

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughHonglin JiangShivan Abdine