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

Huang Eliminated by Pritchard

Level 5 : 400/800, 800 ante
Vincent Huang (on the right)
Vincent Huang (on the right)

The board showed {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{9-Spades}{10-Clubs} and Vincent Huang bet 7,300 from middle position. Jason Pritchard called from the hijack.

The {k-Diamonds} completed the board and Huang fired out 17,400. Pritchard looked over at Huang's remaining stack before announcing all in which had him covered.

"So sick," said Huang with a sigh, before committing his remaining 18,000.

Pritchard then flipped over {a-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for the nut flush.

Huang tabled his {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for a lesser flush before exiting the tournament floor.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Pritchard au
Jason Pritchard
173,000
123,000
123,000
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
Busted

Tags: Jason PritchardVincent Huang

Level: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Chip Counts

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There are currently 30 players in the running: Vincent Huang is back in for the third time, Bernie Stang is on his second bullet, as is Brian Kim and Rodrigo Meneses looks to have hit the rail. Here's how the field is stacking up:

Player Chips Progress
Jason Pritchard au
Jason Pritchard
172,000
Jan Suchanek nz
Jan Suchanek
106,000
Michael Hahn us
Michael Hahn
105,000
Mladen Vukovic au
Mladen Vukovic
85,000
Hamish Crawshaw nz
Hamish Crawshaw
72,000
David Wang au
David Wang
71,700
David Hanlon au
David Hanlon
71,500
Sean Ragozzini au
Sean Ragozzini
69,000
Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
67,300
Ryan Otto nz
Ryan Otto
63,500
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
55,000
Michael Egan au
Michael Egan
52,800
Bernie Stang au
Bernie Stang
50,000
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
50,000
Brian Kim us
Brian Kim
50,000
50,000
50,000
Roger Teska us
Roger Teska
47,300
WPT 1X Winner
Spiros Maroulis au
Spiros Maroulis
46,000
Alexander Trevallion au
Alexander Trevallion
45,000
Alex Lynskey au
Alex Lynskey
43,400
Raman Shaqiri au
Raman Shaqiri
43,000
Sosia Jiang nz
Sosia Jiang
38,000
Luke Edwards au
Luke Edwards
36,000
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
33,000
George Mitri au
George Mitri
24,000
Geoff Mooney au
Geoff Mooney
21,500

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Counts From the Feature Table

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Huss Hassan is the latest man to enter to bring the total number of entries up to 41, with 31 of these still in the running. Hassan has been seated at the feature table and Jonathan Karamalikis has also been moved there. Here's how the feature table is stacking up

Player Chips Progress
Julien Sitbon fr
Julien Sitbon
102,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
Qiang Fu nz
Qiang Fu
86,900
-15,100
-15,100
Tom Rafferty au
Tom Rafferty
83,000
10,700
10,700
Jarred Graham au
Jarred Graham
68,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Robert Spano au
Robert Spano
60,000
2,900
2,900
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
56,000
1,000
1,000
Huss Hassan au
Huss Hassan
50,000
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
45,400
-4,600
-4,600

Tags: Huss HassanJonathan Karamalikis

Otto vs. Mooney, Hahn vs. Suchanek

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ryan Otto
Ryan Otto

David Hanlon tried to get something going with an under-the-gun open to 2,200 but was shut down by Michael Hahn, who made it 8,200 from two seats over to take it down.

Hanlon and George Mitri tangled in the hand afterwards, with Mitri limping the button and Hanlin checking his option in the big blind, folding to Mitri's flop bet on a board of {10-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{q-Clubs}.

The next hand had a little more action, with Ryan Otto making it 2,400 to go from the button and Geoff Mooney defending from the big blind. The flop of {8-Spades}{9-Hearts}{j-Clubs} saw a check from Mooney and a bet of 1,800 from Otto, which was called to bring the pair to the {3-Clubs} turn.

The action went check, check and the river came down the {3-Hearts}. This saw Mooney check fold to Otto's 5,000 river bet.

The hand afterwards saw Michael Hahn limp from under-the-gun and Jan Suchanek make it 2,500 from one seat over. Hahn checked the {k-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{10-Spades} flop over to Suchanek, who bet out 3,000 and got a call.

The {9-Spades} turn saw Hahn check call Suchanek's bet of 8,000 to bring the two to the {2-Clubs} river, where the action went check, check and Hahn scopped the pot with {q-Spades}{7-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Hahn us
Michael Hahn
132,000
27,000
27,000
Jan Suchanek nz
Jan Suchanek
100,000
-6,000
-6,000
David Hanlon au
David Hanlon
85,000
13,500
13,500
Ryan Otto nz
Ryan Otto
51,000
-12,500
-12,500
Geoff Mooney au
Geoff Mooney
36,000
14,500
14,500

Tags: David HanlonGeoff MooneyGeorge MitriJan SuchanekMichael HahnRyan Otto

Spano Lays It Down Against Karamalikis

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Jonathan Karamalikis
Jonathan Karamalikis

Jonathan Karamalikis raised to 2,200 from middle position before Robert Spano re-raised to 6,700 from the small blind. Karamalikis made the call.

The flop came {j-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{q-Hearts} and Spano checked. Karamalikis bet 5,000. Spano called.

The turn dropped the {a-Hearts} and Spano check-folded after Karamalikis bet 13,500.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
72,000
16,000
16,000
Robert Spano au
Robert Spano
49,000
-11,000
-11,000

Tags: Jonathan KaramalikisRobert Spano

Stang Left Short After Battling With Vukovic

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Bernie Stang
Bernie Stang

The board showed {8-Hearts}{9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} and 7,500 had accumulated in the pot.

Mladen Vukovic checked from the big blind before Bernie Stang bet 5,000 from under the gun plus one. Vukovic raised to 10,500. Stang called.

The {j-Spades} dropped on the river and Vukovic eyed off Stang's stack before throwing out 15,500. Stang didn't seem pleased but made the call.

Vukovic tabled {a-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for two pair, and took down the pot, after Stang mucked his hand showing the {a-Hearts} in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Mladen Vukovic au
Mladen Vukovic
135,000
50,000
50,000
Bernie Stang au
Bernie Stang
6,500
-43,500
-43,500

Tags: Bernie StangMladen Vukovic

Let's Take a Break

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The remaining players in today's High Roller field are on their second 10-minute break of the day.

Just before the break both George Mitri and Raman Shaqiri hit the rail.

Shaqiri moved all in with {a-}{k-} and was unable to improve against Michael Egan's pocket jacks. Egan now has 137,200.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Egan au
Michael Egan
137,200
84,400
84,400
George Mitri au
George Mitri
Busted
Raman Shaqiri au
Raman Shaqiri
Busted

Tags: George MitriMichael EganRaman Shaqiri

Level: 7

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200