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

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 14:48 UTC+10

Eliminated 109th-104th

RazorSharpPro

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

The following players have hit the rail:

Player	Chips	Progress
John Conomos	Busted
IIavenil Arumugam	Busted
Daniel Shan	Busted
Ryan Bownds	Busted
John Camilleri	Busted

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

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 15:05 UTC+10

Lockwood Doubles

RazorSharpPro

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

Following a raise from the hijack to 22,000 Bobby Zhang moved all-in from the button for 130,000 to take down the hand, flashing his opponent after the fact.

An orbit later on the same table, Jo Snell opened the action with a raise to 22,000 from under-the-gun, with Blake Lockwood moving all-in from the button for 90,000 in total. Snell, who is sitting on a massive stack, tossed in the extras and the two turned their cards over.

Jo Snell:
Blake Lockwood:

The flop saw Snell pair his nine, but the turn killed his two pair draws, which was just as well for Lockwood as the hit the river. Lockwood stacked up to 200,000 after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jo Snell	750,000 244,500	244,500
Blake Lockwood	200,000
Bobby Zhang	172,000 -74,500	-74,500

Tags: Jo Snell Bobby Zhang Blake Lockwood

12-07-2019 15:20 UTC+10

Smith Hits the Rail, Snell Busts Zhang

RazorSharpPro

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

Adam Smith's tournament is over, with the Sydney native committing the last of his chips pre-flop with pocket jacks and running into an opponent's pocket aces.

Bobby Zhang's joined Smith on the rail shortly afterwards, with Jo Snell the man to send him there, with Zhang kind enough to provide PokerNews with the details after the fact.

Following a raise to 20,000 from a player in the cutoff, Snell flexed his big stack and moved all-in from the button. Zhang was sitting on a stack of 200,000 in the blinds and woke up with and called all-in for his tournament life, and after the original raiser folded, Snell rolled over offsuit.

Zhang's final board would come down , with Snell catching a seven on the river to send Zhang out in 92nd place. Snell stacked up to just over 1 million after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jo Snell	1,000,000 250,000	250,000
Adam Smith (AU)	Busted
Bobby Zhang	Busted

Tags: Adam Smith Bobby Zhang Jo Snell

12-07-2019 15:20 UTC+10

Eliminated 103rd-100th (AU$4,001/~$2,735)

RazorSharpPro

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris White	Busted
Christopher Zadravec	Busted
Barry Forrester	Busted
Xin Qi	Busted

12-07-2019 15:25 UTC+10

Eliminated 91st-99th (AU$4,361/~$2,980)

RazorSharpPro

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

Julien Sitbon has become one of the more recent eliminations, as has Ashish Gupta.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Capra	Busted
Adam Smith (AU)	Busted
Julien Sitbon	Busted

Sam Mrad	Busted
Tommi Han	Busted
Adam Albarri	Busted
Ashish Gupta	Busted
Bobby Zhang	Busted
Simon Knight	Busted

12-07-2019 15:30 UTC+10

Eliminated 82nd-90th(AU$4,743/~$3,245)

RazorSharpPro

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Eden Reyes	Busted
Vahe Hovagimian	Busted
Blake Lockwood	Busted
Vincent Xu	Busted
Gregg Russell	Busted
Joseph Nati	Busted
Raymond Ou	Busted
Jason Pritchard	Busted
Simon Chahine	Busted

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