2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$2,200 Main Event
Day: 1d
Event Info

2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Steven Zhou
Winning Hand
j9
Prize
260,904 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,200 AUD
Entries
1,124
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
240,000
Players Info - Day 1d
Entries
405
Players Left
64

Lynskey Falls After Being Caught

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Alexander Lynskey (earlier in the series)
Alexander Lynskey (earlier in the series)

Both Alex Lynskey and his opponent checked the turn on the {7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{k-Hearts} board before the {8-Diamonds} completed the board.

The player in the big blind checked before Lynskey bet 5,200 from the button.

The big blind deliberated over his decision for a few minutes before finally making the call.

Lynskey tabled {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for jack-high before his opponent flipped over {q-Clubs}{8-Hearts} for a pair and the winning hand.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Lynskey au
Alex Lynskey
11,000
11,000
11,000

Tags: Alex Lynskey

Campbell Eliminated by Xu

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Robert Campbell
Robert Campbell

Bradley Livermore limped into the pot from under the gun plus one. Tobias Giles raised to 1,600 from middle position before Vincent Xu three-bet to 4,000 from the hijack. Robert Campbell then announced he was all in for 28,200. Livermore and Giles quickly folded. Xu asked for a count then called.

Xu: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Campbell: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

The board ran out {6-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}, improving Xu to a higher pair on the flop, resulting in Campbell's pocket kings being cracked sending the 2019 WSOP POY to the rail early in proceedings.

Player Chips Progress
Vincent Xu au
Vincent Xu
82,000
32,000
32,000
Robert Campbell au
Robert Campbell
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Robert CampbellVincent Xu

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Bowen Busts Wheldon

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

With the community cards spread {7-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{a-Spades}{6-Diamonds} Andrew Wheldon was all-in with {k-}{q-} against the {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} of David Bowen. Wheldon wished the table good luck and headed for the exit, while Bowen stacked up to around 46,000.

Tony Kambouroglou is also seated on this table, just to the left of Corey Kempson, and has evidently been a busy bunny over the last few levels and has run his stack up to the giddy heights of 130,000.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Kambouroglou au
Tony Kambouroglou
130,000
100,000
100,000
David Bowen au
David Bowen
46,000
46,000
46,000
Andrew Wheldon
Andrew Wheldon
Busted

Tags: Andrew WheldonCorey KempsonDavid BowenTony Kambouroglou

Some Updated Chip Counts

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
George Mitri au
George Mitri
64,000
34,000
34,000
Sam Capra au
Sam Capra
44,000
14,000
14,000
Graeme Putt nz
Graeme Putt
37,300
7,300
7,300
Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
37,000
-6,100
-6,100
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
36,000
-7,500
-7,500
Peco Stojanovski au
Peco Stojanovski
34,000
4,000
4,000
Leo Boxell au
Leo Boxell
29,500
-500
-500
Mladen Vukovic au
Mladen Vukovic
28,000
28,000
28,000
Jarred Graham au
Jarred Graham
16,000
-14,000
-14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michelle Psarras au
Michelle Psarras
6,300
-23,700
-23,700

Vijayaram Sitting Pretty Following Tank Fold

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Shurane Vijayaram
Shurane Vijayaram

The board showed {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{10-Spades}{10-Hearts}{a-Hearts} and a large pot had amassed in the middle of the table.

Shurane Vijayaram checked from the cutoff. His opponent on the button bet 11,000. Vijayaram then went into the tank.

Several minutes passed before the player on the button called time on Vijayaram.

Vijayaram accepted the call, and deliberated a little longer whilst the tournament floor counted him down, before eventually folding his hand.

Vijayaram still sits behind a stack totalling 84,000 following the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Shurane Vijayaram au
Shurane Vijayaram
84,000
54,000
54,000

Tags: Shurane Vijayaram

Wang Bests Boskovic

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Jun Wang
Jun Wang

Jun Wang raised to 1,200 from the hijack. Dejan Boskovic called from the button as did John Caridad from the big blind.

The flop came {j-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{10-Clubs} and Caridad checked. Wang continued for 2,000. Both Boskovic and Caridad called.

All three players checked the {3-Hearts} on the turn followed by the {k-Hearts} on the river.

"King!" announced Boskovic, before Wang tabled {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}, prompting a fold from Caridad.

"Beat me by one," added Boskovic, before looking down at his cards one more time then releasing them to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Dejan Boskovic au
Dejan Boskovic
94,000
68,400
68,400
Jun Wang au
Jun Wang
39,000
39,000
39,000
John Caridad au
John Caridad
15,400
-49,600
-49,600

Tags: Dejan BoskovicJohn CaridadJun Wang

Zhang Sets Up Zheng

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Singapore's Lionel Zheng opened the action with an early position raise to 1,100 with Shurane Vijayaram making the call from one seat over and button Lirui Zhang and both blinds making the call to take action five way to a flop of {a-Spades}{7-Hearts}{k-Clubs}.

This was checked around and the {9-Diamonds} peeled off on the turn, bringing in a bet of 2,600 from Vijayaram. Zhang flat called the button, the player in the small blind called as did the big blind before Zheng check-raised to 10,600.

Vijayaram gave Zheng a grilling and after a minute or so in the tank, he opted to fold, telling PokerNews after the hand he had {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}. Action was back on Zhang who made the call and both blinds bowed out.

The {4-Diamonds} river saw Zheng pull the trigger and move all-in with Zheng asking if he had ace-king, before Hollywood tanking and making the call with {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts} for a set, which was good. Zheng showed {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} and mucked to drop to 37,000 while Zhang climbed to 61,000.

Player Chips Progress
Shurane Vijayaram au
Shurane Vijayaram
77,000
-7,000
-7,000
Lirui Zhang cn
Lirui Zhang
61,000
13,000
13,000
Lionel Zheng
Lionel Zheng
37,000
4,000
4,000

Tags: Lionel ZhengLirui ZhangShurane Vijayaram

Rayad Folds Out Lee

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Alex Lee
Alex Lee

Alex Lee has had quite the 2019 so far when it comes to poker and has already amassed live winnings of US$278,209 for the calendar year making it the most successful of his poker career to date.

We caught Singapore's most handsome player in a hand against tablemate Sherif Reyad with the board reading {7-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{q-Spades} and close to 6,000 in the pot.

Lee checked from the blinds, and Reyad took down the pot with a bet of 3,000 to climb to 31,000, while Lee dropped to 55,000.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Lee sg
Alex Lee
55,000
55,000
55,000
Sherif Reyad
Sherif Reyad
31,000
31,000
31,000

Tags: Alex LeeSherif Reyad

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600