2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$2,200 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
182
Players Left
182

Wright Move Right Time

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Over on the feature table Jarrod Wright opened the action from the button and got into a raising war with Lior Segre in the small blind, with the two getting all the chips in pre-flop.

Jarrod Wright: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Lior Segre: {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

It proved to be the right move at the right time for Wright, who doubled up after the {4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{3-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{j-Spades} runout to climb to 850,000 while Segre dropped to 400,000 after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Jarrod Wright au
Jarrod Wright
850,000
Lior Segre au
Lior Segre
400,000

Tags: Lior SegreJarrod Wright

Chow Doubles Through Hassan Then Doubles Hassan

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Huss Hassan
Huss Hassan

Andrew White opened the action from middle position with a raise to 50,000 but folded to a Shane De Clifford small blind three-bet of 167,000, leaving De Clifford free to scoop up some chips without showdown to climb to 1.64 million while White dropped to 375,000 or so.

The following hand saw Huss Hassan open the action for 50,000 from the hijack and call Jensen Chow's button all-in shove of 527,000 and the two tabled their cards.

Huss Hassan: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Jensen Chow: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

Chow won the race immediately on the {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop, with the {k-Spades} turn and {4-Spades} river guaranteeing him the double to just over 1-million in chips, with Hassan dropping to 252,000.

However, the next orbit the duo clashed again, Hassan committing his last 250,000 in chips with king-jack and Chow again waking up with ace-queen. This time though it was Hassan who won the hand after pairing his king on the runout to climb to 600,000 in chips, while Chow ended up with 880,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jensen Chow au
Jensen Chow
880,000
190,000
190,000
Huss Hassan au
Huss Hassan
600,000
488,500
488,500

Tags: Andrew WhiteHuss HassanJensen ChowShane De Clifford

Level: 22

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 24,000

Rafferty Eliminates King

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Tom Rafferty
Tom Rafferty

Tom Rafferty raised to 42,000 from middle position before Navid King moved all in for 265,000 from the button. Rafferty called shortly after.

Rafferty: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}
King: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

The board ran out {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{7-Spades}, improving Rafferty's hand to two pair, resulting in King being eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Rafferty au
Tom Rafferty
1,000,000
582,000
582,000
Navid King au
Navid King
Busted

Tags: Navid KingTom Rafferty

Saunders Benefits From Car Crash

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Ling Liu (left) found herself in bad shape with ace-jack
Ling Liu (left) found herself in bad shape with ace-jack

Ling Liu moved all-in from middle position for around 200,000 or so and Zhi Ma, who had Liu covered, moved all-in from the hijack. Button Trevor Saunders had more than Liu but less that Ma and made the call for his tournament life and the three tabled their hole cards.

Ling Liu: {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Zhi Ma: {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Trevor Saunders: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}

Saunders looked in great shape and the window card made his day, with the {k-Hearts} hitting the table, bringing a little whoop from Saunders. The rest of the board ran out {7-Spades}{j-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and Ling Liu hit the rail in 39th for AU$7,598, Ma was left with a paltry 8,000 and Saunders stacked up to 835,000.

Player Chips Progress
Trevor Saunders au
Trevor Saunders
835,000
621,500
621,500
Zhi Ma au
Zhi Ma
8,000
-165,500
-165,500
Ling Liu au
Ling Liu
Busted

Tags: Ling LiuTrevor SaundersZhi Ma

Haidar Eliminates McGuigan

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Moustafa Haidar
Moustafa Haidar

The board showed {q-Hearts}{6-Spades}{7-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and over 200,000 had amassed in the pot.

Matthew McGuigan bet 93,000 from the cutoff before Moustafa Haidar moved all in for 747,000 from the cutoff.

McGuigan went into the tank for two to three minutes before eventually making the call with 566,000 total chips in play.

Haidar flipped over {7-Spades}{7-Clubs} for a set of sevens and had McGiugan drawing dead holding {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}.

The meaningless {j-Spades} completed the board and McGuigan was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Moustafa Haidar au
Moustafa Haidar
1,500,000
612,000
612,000
Matthew McGuigan
Matthew McGuigan
Busted

Tags: Matthew McGuiganMoustafa Haidar

Chow Takes From De Clifford

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jensen Chow opened the action with a raise to 40,000 from the cutoff with Shane De Clifford making the call from the button and Billy Argyros coming along from the big blind to take the action three-way to a flop of {2-Spades}{a-Hearts}{8-Spades}.

The action was checked around, with the {2-Clubs} turn pairing the board and bringing a second check from Argyros. Chow made a delayed continuation bet of 53,000 with De Clifford the only caller.

The {5-Spades} river saw Chow reach for chips once more, dropping in a bet of 75,000, which De Clifford called and Chow rolled over {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}, which was enough to claim the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Shane De Clifford au
Shane De Clifford
1,350,000
980,500
980,500
Jensen Chow au
Jensen Chow
690,000
554,000
554,000

Tags: Jensen ChowBilly ArgyrosShane De Clifford