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Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
AU$20,000 High Roller
Day: 1
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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 
and was unable to improve against Michael Egan's pocket jacks. Egan now has 137,200.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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137,200
84,400
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84,400 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The board showed 
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 
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 
for two pair, and took down the pot, after Stang mucked his hand showing the 
in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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135,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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6,500
43,500
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43,500 |
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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 
and Spano checked. Karamalikis bet 5,000. Spano called.
The turn dropped the and Spano check-folded after Karamalikis bet 13,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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72,000
16,000
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16,000 |
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49,000
11,000
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11,000 |
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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 
.
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 
saw a check from Mooney and a bet of 1,800 from Otto, which was called to bring the pair to the 
turn.
The action went check, check and the river came down the 
. 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 
flop over to Suchanek, who bet out 3,000 and got a call.
The turn saw Hahn check call Suchanek's bet of 8,000 to bring the two to the 
river, where the action went check, check and Hahn scopped the pot with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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132,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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100,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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85,000
13,500
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13,500 |
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51,000
12,500
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12,500 |
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36,000
14,500
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14,500 |
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 |
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102,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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86,900
15,100
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15,100 |
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83,000
10,700
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10,700 |
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68,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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60,000
2,900
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2,900 |
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56,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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50,000 | |
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45,400
4,600
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4,600 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
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172,000 | |
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106,000 | |
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105,000 | |
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85,000 | |
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72,000 | |
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71,700 | |
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71,500 | |
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69,000 | |
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67,300 | |
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63,500 | |
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55,000 | |
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52,800 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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47,300 | |
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46,000 | |
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45,000 | |
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43,400 | |
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43,000 | |
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38,000 | |
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36,000 | |
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33,000 | |
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24,000 | |
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21,500 | |
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Brian Kim committed his stack holding 
and was up against Qiang Fu's 
.
The board ran out 
and Kim was sent to the rail after not being able to improve against the pocket pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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102,000
79,500
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79,500 |
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Busted | |
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Level: 6
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 5
: 400/800, 800 ante
The board showed 
and Vincent Huang bet 7,300 from middle position. Jason Pritchard called from the hijack.
The 
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 
for the nut flush.
Huang tabled his for a lesser flush before exiting the tournament floor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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173,000
123,000
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123,000 |
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Busted |
