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

Hawe Doubles Through Psarras

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Charlie Hawe
Charlie Hawe

The action has been frantic since returning from the dinner break, with the 54 remaining players whittled down to 34 over the last 90 minutes and two levels.

George Mitiri is still the man to catch with a monster stack of 444,000, with next closest rival looking to be Ehsan Amiri who has around 260,000 in chips with Sosia Jiang rounding out the top three with a stack of 220,000.

Other notables still in the running with chips include Ryan Bownds (189,000), Dean Blatt (180,000), Vincent Huang (155,000) and James Obst (110,000).

One man who will be sticking around a little longer is Charlie Hawe, who earned a full double at the expense of tablemate George Psarras.

It was Psarras the man driving the initial action, making it 8,000 to go from the button with Hawe shoving all-in for 75,000 exactly from the small blind. After asking for a count Psarras made the call and the cards were turned over.

Charlie Hawe: {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}
George Psarras: {k-Spades}{j-Spades}

The {a-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} runout saw Hawe pair his ace and climb to 153,000 after the hand, while Psarras dropped down to 112,000.

"I thought you were shoving light, but you had a little more than I thought," said Psarras to Hawe as the latter raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ehsan Amiri au
Ehsan Amiri
260,000 165,000
Ryan Bownds au
Ryan Bownds
189,000 84,000
Dean Blatt au
Dean Blatt
180,000 40,000
Charlie Hawes nz
Charlie Hawes
153,000 153,000
George Psarras au
George Psarras
112,000 112,000

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