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

Camphausen Leaves Mitri on Life Support

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

George Mitri might have come in with the chip lead but a frozen run of cards has seen him drop down the ladder to the very bottom.

Mitri started the hand with ~440,000, but it was Germany's Marc Camphausen the man who lit the fuse on the hand that would blow Mitri's stack to dust. Camphausen made it 45,000 to go from under-the-gun and Mitri three-bet to 130,000 from two seats over.

Action folded back around to Camphausen, who tanked for a minute or so before pulling the trigger and shoving for 358,000 in total. Mitri had a big decision to make and looked on the fence between folding or calling, eventually choosing the latter.

Marc Camphausen: {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
George Mitri: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

Camphausen held the lead with a premium pocket pair while Mitri had the suited big chick. The runout came {8-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{8-Spades} and the German celebrated with a fist pump and a whispered 'Yessssss!' to climb to 730,000 in chips.

Mitri stoically shipped over the chips to his opponent, dropping to 80,000 (five big blinds) in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Marc Camphausen de
Marc Camphausen
730,000
395,000
395,000
George Mitri au
George Mitri
80,000
-415,000
-415,000

Tags: George MitriMarc Camphausen

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

Let's Take a Break

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

The remaining eight players are on their first 10-minute break of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Attenborough au
Adrian Attenborough
1,065,000
115,000
115,000
Natural8
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
722,000
37,000
37,000
Marc Camphausen de
Marc Camphausen
716,000
-14,000
-14,000
James Obst au
James Obst
694,000
110,000
110,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Honglin Jiang nz
Honglin Jiang
664,000
89,000
89,000
Michael Doumani au
Michael Doumani
543,000
93,000
93,000
Ehsan Amiri au
Ehsan Amiri
468,000
-232,000
-232,000
Charlie Hawes nz
Charlie Hawes
263,000
-39,000
-39,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

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

Amiri Doubles Through Obst

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

It was Honglin Jiang the instigator, opening the action for 42,000 from the cutoff. James Obst eyed up Jiang's stack and took a little time before announcing 'all-in' and shoved for 542,000.

Action folded around to Ehsan Amiri in the big blind who, from the look on his face, had a tough decision to make and he hit the think tank. Eventually, Amiri decided to roll the dice and moved all-in for 218,000 in total. Jiang quickly got out of the way and both Obst and Amiri revealed their hole cards.

Ehsan Amiri: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}
James Obst: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

Amiri was the player at risk but had the dominating hand. There was a bit of a sweat for both players on the {4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} runout, with Amiri the man to ultimately make his flush.

Player Chips Progress
Ehsan Amiri au
Ehsan Amiri
460,000
-8,000
-8,000
James Obst au
James Obst
320,000
-374,000
-374,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ehsan AmiriHonglin JiangJames Obst

Attenborough Flushes Doumani

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

Adrian Attenborough raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and was called by Michael Doumani and Marc Camphausen in the blinds.

The flop came {2-Spades}{10-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and Doumani bet out 55,000. Camphausen mucked. Attenborough raised to 132,000. Doumani called.

The turn fell the {6-Spades} and Doumani checked. Attenborough tossed out 115,000. Doumani snap-called.

The {j-Spades} completed the board and Doumani opted to check. Attenborough fired another 125,000.

Doumani and Attenborough then chatted back and forth before Doumani convinced himself to call.

Attenborough confidently tabled {k-Spades}{9-Spades} for a flush, and took down the pot, after Doumani tapped the table and mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Attenborough au
Adrian Attenborough
1,600,000
535,000
535,000
Natural8
Michael Doumani au
Michael Doumani
265,000
-278,000
-278,000

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughMarc CamphausenMichael Doumani

Level: 20

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 24,000

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

James Obst Eliminated in 6th Place (AU$48,350/$32,725)

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

Shivan Abdine raised to 52,000 from the button before James Obst moved all-in for 483,000 from the small blind. The action folded back to Abdine, who deliberated for a minute, before deciding to call.

Abdine: {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
Obst: {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

Obst was unable to improve against Abdine's pocket pair, after the board ran out {k-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, ending his day in 6th place.

Player Chips Progress
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
2,200,000
500,000
500,000
James Obst au
James Obst
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: James ObstShivan Abdine