2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$20,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Jonathan Karamalikis
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
377,625 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
20,000 AUD
Entries
53
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
15,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
53
Players Left
9

Maroulis vs. Otto, Mitri Recovering

Level 5 : 400/800, 800 ante
Spiros Maroulis
Spiros Maroulis

There was some more blind on blind action over on table 22; Michael Hahn stole Jonathan Karamalikis' big blind, then Karamalikis completed the small blind and Jan Suchanek popped it up to 2,200 from the big blind.

Karamalikis made the call to take the two to a flop of {q-Hearts}{j-Spades}{2-Clubs}, where the action went check, bet 2,500, call. The {5-Spades} turn was as far as the hand made it, with Karamalikis check-folding to a Suchanek 7,000 bet.

The next hand saw Ryan Otto make it 1,600 to go from under-the-gun plus one, with big blind Spiros Maroulis the only caller.

The {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{6-Clubs} flop saw both players check, with the {k-Hearts} turn bringing a check from Maroulis and bet of 3,000 from Otto, which was called.

The {2-Hearts} river brought four to a flush, and Maroulis checked it over to Otto, who checked it back.

"Have you got it?" quizzed Otto.

Maroulis flipped over {a-Hearts}{3-Clubs} to claim the pot with the nut flush.

A hand or so after, Jonathan Karamalikis made it 6,000 to go from the cutoff, only to see George Mitri aggressively defend his big blind with a shove. Karamalikis tanked for a minute or so, before mucking leaving Mitri free to scoop the pot. Mitri is on the comeback trail at present and has managed to spin his 9k stack back up to 28,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jan Suchanek nz
Jan Suchanek
110,000 2,500
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
59,000 -10,500
Spiros Maroulis au
Spiros Maroulis
49,000 24,000
George Mitri au
George Mitri
28,000 19,000
Ryan Otto nz
Ryan Otto
20,700 -7,800

Tags: George MitriJan SuchanekJonathan KaramalikisMichael HahnRyan OttoSpiros Maroulis