AU$20,000 High Roller | 2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

12-05-2019 18:15 UTC+10

Qiang Fu Eliminated in 4th Place (AU$105,735/~$72,140)

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Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 6,000 ante

After a slight lull, the action picked right back up with the elimination of Qiang Fu. It was Roger Teska the man to light the fuse in the hand that would blow Fu out of the tournament, though it was Jonathan Karamalikis the man to send him to the rail in what would prove to be a brutal bust out.

Teska sparked the action with a 25,000 raise from the cutoff and Qiang Fu three-bet all-in for a little over 250,000 from the button. Jonathan Karamalikis peeked down at his how cards and four-bet shoved and Teska took the hint and got out of the way.

Jonathan Karamalikis:
Qiang Fu:

Fu was the at risk player but had the dominating hand, much to the chagrin of Karamalikis' watching rail. The flop was of no help, taking away one of Karamalikis' ace outs as that would give Fu the nut flush.

However, the spades came down on the turn to whoops from the Australian cheerleaders and the river would be the last card Fu would see in the tournament.

"That's a brutal way to go," said Karamalikis as he shook Fu's hand, and the latter could only agree, shaking his head sadly as he headed off to collect the AU$105,735 for fourth., while Karamalikis climbed to 550,000 after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Karamalikis	550,000	250,000
Qiang Fu	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Karamalikis Qiang Fu Roger Teska

Level: 17

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 6,000

12-05-2019 18:05 UTC+10

Karamalikis Picking Good Spots

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

Jonathan Karamalikis is showcasing all of his professional experience and has picked several good spots to pick up chips with some aggressive pre-flop betting.

The latest of these came in two hands in back-to-back orbits; in the first Roger Teska made it 25,000 to go from the cutoff but folded to Karamalikis' small blind shove.

The second an orbit later saw Teska make it 25,000 to go on the button and Qiang Fu call the small blind, before Karamalikis shoved from the big blind to take the blinds and ante unopposed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Otto	1,500,000
Roger Teska	515,000	-180,000
Qiang Fu	463,000	25,000
Jonathan Karamalikis	300,000	-115,000

Tags: Jonathan Karamalikis Qiang Fu Roger Teska Ryan Otto

12-05-2019 17:51 UTC+10

Otto and Teska Tangle

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

With the community cards spread there was over 150,000 in the pot as Ryan Otto and Roger Teska battled it out in the blinds.

First to act in the small blind, Otto fired out a bet of 40,000 and Teska made the call to swell the pot to 230,000 and the came off on the river to complete the hand, but not the betting, with Otto now leading for a sizable 350,000.

Teska mucked to drop to 695,000, while Otto raked in yet another pot to climb to 1.5 million giving him more than double that of Teska, who is his closest rival in terms of stack size.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Otto	1,500,000	200,000
Roger Teska	695,000	-90,000

Tags: Roger Teska Ryan Otto

12-05-2019 17:47 UTC+10

Teska Wins From Otto and Gives to Fu

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

Ryan Otto is not getting things all his own way, playing a sizable pot against Roger Teska not long after the break that saw the two duke it out from the blinds, with Otto folding the river leaving Teska free to scoop a pot in excess of 250,000 without showdown.

However, Teska shipped some of these the way of Qiang Fu in a pot the two played shortly afterwards. It was Fu the man raising from the cutoff, with Teska defending from the big blind. Fu fired the flop for 25,000, with Teska making the call to bring the duo to the turn, where the action went check, check.

The river saw Fu take down the pot with a bet of 60,000 with Teska folding to drop down to 785,000 and Fu climbing to 438,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Teska	785,000	191,000
Qiang Fu	438,000	122,000

Tags: Qiang Fu Roger Teska Ryan Otto

Level: 16

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 5,000

12-05-2019 17:04 UTC+10

Counts at the Break

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Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Otto	1,300,000
Roger Teska	594,000	128,000
Jonathan Karamalikis	415,000	-5,000
Qiang Fu	316,000	-69,000

12-05-2019 17:03 UTC+10

Break Time

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Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The four remaining High Rollers are off on a 10-minute break.

12-05-2019 17:02 UTC+10

Mladen Vukovic Eliminated in 5th Place (AU$77,539/~$52,900)

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Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The final table is quickly turning into the Ryan Otto show, with the New Zealander sending Mladen Vukovic to the rail in a hand that ate into five minutes of the break.

It was Vukovic the man driving the action on what would prove to be his last hand of the tournament, making it 18,000 to go from the cutoff, and Ryan Otto three-betting to 60,000 from the button. Vukovic called to take the action heads-up to a flop of , check-calling Otto's 30,000 continuation bet.

The turn saw the betting pattern repeat, with Vukovic checking once more before calling Otto's 90,000 second barrel to bring in the river.

This is where chips went in, with Vukovic checking and Otto moving all-in, much to Vukovic's displeasure. Vukovic re-checked his cards.

"I think it's time, Kempson," he said the Corey Kempson, who was watching on from the rail, before slapping down the call.

"Straight," said Otto, rolling over .

"Well played," said Vukovic, flashing before shaking Otto's hand and heading for the cash desk to pick up AU$77,539 for his fifth-place finish. Otto stacked up to 1.3 million after the hand before heading off on break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Otto	1,300,000	390,000
Mladen Vukovic	Busted

Tags: Corey Kempson Mladen Vukovic Ryan Otto

12-05-2019 17:01 UTC+10

Michael Egan Eliminated in 6th Place (AU$59,413/~$40,535)

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Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Tangling with Ryan Otto has proved fatal for every player so far at this final table, with regards to their tournament life at any rate. That trend continued in a blind on blind confrontation between Otto (small blind) and Michael Egan (big blind), whose final table has come to a close, with a rampant Ryan Otto the man to gun him down.

All the chips went in preflop, with Otto's leading Egan's and while both players hit a pair on the runout, Otto's was bigger.

Egan said his goodbyes and headed off to the cage to collect the AU$59,413 prize money for sixth place, while Otto added another rampart to his chip castle to climb to 910,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Otto	910,000	-72,000
Michael Egan	Busted

Tags: Michael Egan Ryan Otto