AU$2,200 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
AU$2,200 Main Event
Day: 1a
Welcome to Day 1A of the 2019 WSOP Circuit Sydney Main Event
Day 1A of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at The Star in Sydney gets underway today at 12:30pm with seven days of poker to look forward to as the Sydney series reaches It's marquee event.
Some of the players who have already had a successful week during the start of the series and will be looking to add another circuit ring to the collection include; Monster Stack champion Pravishil Singh, Turbo champion Hunter Song, NLH 6 Max champion Nathan Susnig, and last nights $5K Challenge champion Shivan Abdine.
This time last year it was Australia’s Alex Lynskey (pictured) who beat fellow countryman Matt Pongrass heads-up to take home a whopping $422,796 after conquering a record field of 1,191 to be crowned champion.
The main event is a $2,200 entry with a guaranteed prize pool of $2,100,000. Being a repechage event, players are allowed to re-enter each day as they attempt to move through to Day 2. Each starting flight will have each player start with a stack of 30,000 and play 14 levels of 45 minutes with breaks scheduled after each three levels.
Follow all the action over the upcoming days right here as the PokerNews live reporting team keep you up to date with all the action from the Main Event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Cards are now in the air for the WSOPC $2,200 Main Event at The Star Sydney!
Xu Triples Up in the Second Hand of the Day
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
The action started with Graeme Putt raising to 400 from under the gun plus one. Andrew White then re-raised to 1,400 from the next seat over. Gaojie Xu called from middle position as did Ehsan Amiri from the cutoff. Putt called.
The flop came 
and Putt and White checked. Xu fired out 3,100. Amiri quickly called. Putt and White followed shortly after.
The turn brought the 
and once again Putt and White checked. Xu slid out 14,000.
"Might be a quick one," announced Amiri, after moving all in for 25,600.
Putt then made the call with 26,900 behind. White got out of the way. Xu snap-called.
Xu: 
Amiri: 
Putt: 
Xu had flopped a straight and led against Amiri and Putt who both had big pieces of the board.
The 
on the river would change nothing resulting in Xu tripling up in only the third hand of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
93,900
63,900
|
63,900 |
|
25,400
-4,600
|
-4,600 |
|
1,300
-28,700
|
-28,700 |
|
1,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
Amiri Triples; Putt Eliminated
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Graeme Putt moved all in for his remaining 1,300 from under the gun before Andrew White raised to 2,600 from under the gun plus one. Ehsan Amiri moved all-in for his last 1,000 from the hijack.
Amiri: 
White: 
Putt: 
The board ran out 
awarding Amiri with the main pot after rivering a straight.
White would turn an ace to best Putt's small pocket pair sending him to the rail early in the day's proceedings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,100
-2,300
|
-2,300 |
|
|
3,300
2,300
|
2,300 |
|
|
Busted |
The Early Birds
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
47,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
29,500
-500
|
-500 |
|
|
29,300
-700
|
-700 |
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
25,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
||
|
19,400
-10,600
|
-10,600 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Morris Takes One Out
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
The board showed 
and over 10,000 had already accumulated in the pot.
The player in the hijack checked his option before Luke Morris tossed out 5,000 from the cutoff. His opponent then moved all-in for 24,400. Morris agonised over his decision for over a minute before finally making the call.
Morris: 
Opponent: 
Morris had the lead with a set of queens against his opponent who was drawing to a straight and flush.
The 
on the river didn't change anything and Morris was awarded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
More Familiar Faces
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
44,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
41,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
39,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
29,200
-800
|
-800 |
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
Busted | |