AU$2,200 Main Event Day 2 | 2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

12-07-2019 16:46 UTC+10

Haidar Eliminates Huang

Mateusz_Pater

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Vincent Huang moved all in for 86,000 from under the gun and watched as the action folded around to Moustafa Haidar in the big blind.

Haidar asked for a count, then called, before both players tabled their cards.

Haidar:
Huang:

"So live," joked Huang, once the cards were tabled.

"Time for payback," replied Haidar, cheekily.

The board ran out , improving Haidar to two pair, resulting in the demise of Huang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Moustafa Haidar	888,000 448,000	448,000
Vincent Huang	Busted

Tags: Moustafa Haidar Vincent Huang

12-07-2019 16:32 UTC+10

Crawshaw Eliminates Grammer to Take the Chip Lead

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Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The action folded around to Hamish Crawshaw on the button who opened with a raise. Ross Grammer was in the small blind and shoved all in. The big blind folded. Crawshaw made the quick call with more chips behind.

Crawshaw:
Grammer:

The board ran out , improving Crawshaw to two pair, resulting in Grammer falling to the rail.

Crawshaw has raced to the chip lead after the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	1,570,000 1,070,000	1,070,000
Ross Grammer	Busted

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Ross Grammer

12-07-2019 16:27 UTC+10

Robertson Doubles Through Pappas

Mateusz_Pater

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Peter Robertson moved all in for 95,000 from the hijack and was matched by Steve Pappas in the cutoff.

Robertson:
Pappas:

Robertson was at risk with the inferior kicker until the flop came giving him top pair and the nut flush draw.

Pappas was drawing dead after the dropped on the turn giving Robertson the flush.

The meaningless completed the board and Robertson doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Pappas	315,000 61,500	61,500
Peter Robertson	220,000 66,000	66,000

Tags: Peter Robertson Steve Pappas

12-07-2019 15:33 UTC+10

Kapoor Takes Out Three in Four Hands

Mateusz_Pater

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Vahe Hovagimian moved all in for 148,000 from middle position. Akshay Kapoor called from the next seat over. The rest of the table folded.

Hovagimian:
Kapoor:

The board ran out resulting in Kapoor taking down the pot with the higher two pair.

The following hand, Kapoor raised to 20,000 and was called by Simon Knight in the blinds.

The flop came and Knight checked. Kapoor continued for 20,000. Knight moved all in for around 200,000. Kapoor called.

Kapoor:
Knight:

Kapoor had the lead with top pair against Knight's up and down straight and flush draw.

The board ran out the then , improving Kapoor to a full house, giving him his second consecutive victim.

The next hand, Kapoor and Jason Pritchard saw a flop come .

Kapoor bet but Pritchard decided to fold. Kapoor tabled for a set of fours.

In the final hand, Vincent Xu moved all in for 140,000 from the button. Kapoor called from the big blind.

Kapoor:
Xu:

The board ran out giving Kapoor another winning hand and his third knockout of the orbit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Akshay Kapoor	763,000 263,000	263,000
Vahe Hovagimian	Busted
Simon Knight	Busted
Vincent Xu	Busted

Tags: Akshay Kapoor Jason Pritchard Simon Knight Vahe Hovagimian Vincent Xu

12-07-2019 15:01 UTC+10

Huang Doubles Through Haidar

Mateusz_Pater

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Moustafa Haidar raised from the small blind. Vincent Huang moved all in for 166,000 from the big blind. Haidar called.

Huang:
Haidar:

The board ran out , improving Huang to a pair on the flop after trailing, resulting in a double up to stay in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Moustafa Haidar	440,000 440,000	440,000
Vincent Huang	340,000 268,000	268,000

Tags: Moustafa Haidar Vincent Huang

12-07-2019 14:45 UTC+10

Pongrass Eliminated by Thompson

Mateusz_Pater

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The action folded around to Matt Pongrass in the small blind who moved all in. John Thompson made the call from the big blind before both players tabled their cards.

Thompson:
Pongrass:

The board ran out resulting in last year's runner up of this event hitting the rails.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Thompson	625,000 327,500	327,500
Matt Pongrass	Busted

Tags: John Thompson Matt Pongrass

12-07-2019 14:22 UTC+10

Zheng Exits Empty Handed to Burst Bubble

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Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jun Zheng (standing up) busts to Michael Hahn (seat 1)

The bubble has burst in a rather anti-climactic fashion. It was the short-stacked Jun Zheng the man all-in for his tournament life from middle position with for his last 18,000 with Michael Hahn looking him up from two seats over with .

While he had slightly the best of it, Zheng's final runout would come , with Hahn making the straight on the river to bring the 117 remaining players into the money and all are now guaranteed a payday of at least AU$3,687 (~$2,520).

Tags: Jun Zheng Michael Hahn

12-07-2019 14:21 UTC+10

Jiang Doubles on the Bubble

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Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Sosia Jiang moved all in for 19,000 from the hijack and was called by Suzy Khoueis.

Jiang:
Khoueis:

The board ran out , giving Jiang the winning hand with queen-high, keeping her alive in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sosia Jiang	54,000 -196,000	-196,000

12-07-2019 13:02 UTC+10

Stan L Busts to Hahn After Miracle River

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Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

in the previous level, Michael Hahn raised to 12,000 from under the gun. He was called by Stan L on the button as well as Julien Sitbon and Jun Zheng in the blinds.

All four players checked the before the dropped on the turn.

Sitbon led out for 13,500. Zheng called. Hahn then shoved all in for around 300,000 which had his opponents covered. Stan L called with 160,000 behind. Sitbon and Zheng got out of the way.

Stan L:
Hahn: