AU$5,000 Challenge
Day 2 Started
2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
AU$5,000 Challenge
Day: 2
Welcome to Day 2 of the WSOP International Circuit Sydney $5K Challenge Event
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 |
Live Stream Delay
Action is about to get underway in the $5k Challenge. However, in order not to spoil the live stream, the PokerNews live reporting will be on a two-hour delay to match the stream. As a result, there will not be any posts until 4:15 p.m. local time.
Level: 16
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Action on Feature Table Starting Slowly
Level 16
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Players are easing into the action slowly at the moment. Michael Doumani tried to get something going with a pre-flop shove for 165,000 but found no customers and took down the blinds and antes.
Charlie Hawe raised the next hand to 22,000 from under-the-gun with big blind George Mitri the only caller. Mitri checked the 
flop over to Hawe, who continuation bet 17,000, which Mitri called.
The dealer burned and turned the 
, which brought checks from both players, as did the 
river. First to act, Mitri revealed 
, which was enough to win the pot.
Action folded around to Chao Duan on the button the hand afterwards, and he juiced it to 20,000, which was enough to take it down.
Ehsan Amiri and Adrian Attenborough tangled in the following hand with Amiri the pre-flop raiser, making it 22,000 to go from middle position. Attenborough defended the big blind and made the call, checking the 
flop over to Amiri who checked it back.
The 
turn saw Attenborough seize the initiative with a 60,000 bet, which was enough to take down the hand.
Sosia Jiang Eliminated in 15th Place AU$15,620/$10,570
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
670,000 | 235,000 |
|
265,000 | -61,000 |
|
Busted |
Ryan Bownds Eliminated in 14th Place AU$15,620/$10,570
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
910,000 | 201,000 |
|
Busted |
Jiang Picks Off Huang
Level 16
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
With the board reading 
and 80,000 already in the pot in a heads-up hand between Vincent Huang and Honglin Jiang, Huang had checked the action over to Jiang, who fired for 30,000. Huang called and the dealer burned and turned the 
.
The action went check, check and the river came down . This saw Huang take a stab for a sizable 180,000 and Jiang hit the think tank. Eventually, he dropped in a single green 25k chip to represent the call and the cards were revealed.
Huang showed 
for ace-high but was behind to Jiang's 
rivered trips. Huang dropped down to 150,000 after that little misadventure, which Jiang is riding high on 800,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000 | 345,000 |
|
150,000 | -189,000 |
Chao Duan Eliminated in 13th Place AU$15,620/$10,570
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000 | 53,000 |
Patrick Laoyont Eliminated in 12th Place (AU$18,970/$12,840)
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
604,000 | 70,000 |
|
Busted |