2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$5,000 Challenge
Day: 1
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
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
203

Kempson Out, Billy 'the croc' Argyros In

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Corey Kempson is out for the time being, though with registration remaining open for a little over another two hours, he still has time to come back in for another go should he choose.

Despite doubling up to just under 20,000 when his pre-flop shove with {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts} held against a tablemates' {q-}{j-}, Kempson hit the rail an orbit or so later, falling at the hands of Ehsan Amiri after the duo tangled in a hand.

It was Amiri the man driving the action with a pre-flop open from early position for 2,400 with Kempson (big blind) the only caller.

After a Kempson check, Amiri led for 4,000 on the {9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{4-Hearts} flop and was called, with the dealer burning and turning the {10-Spades}. This saw Kempson lead for a tickly 3,000 and after some time mulling it over, Amiri opted to just call.

The {5-Spades} river completed the hand and saw Kempson move all-in for his remaining chips, with Amiri calling immediately. Kempson rolled over {j-Spades}{8-Hearts} for a missed draw and the speed of Amiri's call became apparent when he turned over {4-Diamonds}{4-Spades} for a flopped set and turned full house. Kempson headed for the rail, while Amiri stacked up to 95,000.

Billy 'the croc' Argyros is a recent entry to the field, and looks to have been busy, running up his stack to 47,000. Argyros is joined at his table by the recently re-entered Edward Kim, who has spun his second bullet up from 25k to 39,000. Other notables still with chips are as follows:

Player Chips Progress
Ehsan Amiri au
Ehsan Amiri
95,000
95,000
95,000
Billy Argyros au
Billy Argyros
47,000
47,000
47,000
[Removed:112] ca
[Removed:112]
39,000
39,000
39,000
Daniel Laidlaw au
Daniel Laidlaw
37,600
600
600
Brad Kain au
Brad Kain
36,000
11,000
11,000
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
18,100
18,100
18,100
Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
10,500
1,000
1,000
Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
Busted

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