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

12-07-2019 17:10 UTC+10

Eliminated 72nd-64th (AU$5,598/~$3,830)

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Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The following players managed to ladder up but are no longer in the running:

Player	Chips	Progress
Xun Sun	Busted
Dejan Boskovic	Busted
Craig Kelly	Busted
Vincent Huang	Busted
Daniel Hope	Busted
Gary Benson	Busted

Wenling Gao	Busted
Michael Bouskila	Busted
Michael Hahn	Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

12-07-2019 17:00 UTC+10

Matusik Doubles Through Crawshaw

Mateusz_Pater

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Peter Matusik moved all in for 139,000 from the hijack and was quickly called by Hamish Crawshaw in the cutoff.

Matusik:
Crawshaw:

The board ran out , improving Matusik to a higher two pair, keeping him alive in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	1,400,000 -170,000	-170,000
Peter Matusik	308,000 107,000	107,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Peter Matusik

12-07-2019 16:50 UTC+10

Croc Snaps Up Chips From Kumar

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

With the community cards spread and over 135,000 already in the pot, big blind Billy 'the croc' Argyros had checked the action over to Anish Kumar (cutoff) who had fired out a sizable 104,000 bet and the croc was deep in thought.

Argyros began to deconstruct the hand: "So you raised pre-flop to 25k, bet the flop for 25k, bet 30k on the turn... You're either really strong or you haven't got anything. Give me a second guys, I've just got to hit the tank."

After some time mulling it over Argyros counted out a calling stack.

"I won't have much left if I call and I'm wrong," he mused, before faking the call with a big chip lift. Kumar remained still as a statue.

"Oh, you're good, son, you didn't even flinch," chuckled Argyros.

"Ok, I call," he said, finally slamming down the call and showing .

Kumar tapped the table and mucked.

"Nice had sir," said Kumar as the pot was shipped Argyros' way and he climbed to just over 300,000 while Kumar dropped to 170,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Billy Argyros	300,000 80,000	80,000
Anish Kumar	170,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Anish Kumar Billy Argyros

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 16:39 UTC+10

Eliminated 77th-73rd (AU$5,148/~$3,520)

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jethro Horowitz	Busted
Jun Park	Busted
Ross Grammer	Busted
Peter Robertson	Busted
Dmitriy Tymoshenko	Busted

12-07-2019 16:32 UTC+10

Crawshaw Eliminates Grammer to Take the Chip Lead

Mateusz_Pater

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 16:30 UTC+10

Kassam Rails Robertson

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

Rehamn Kassam raised from the button and Peter Robertson three-bet all-in from the big blind, with Kassam making the call to put Robertson at risk.

Peter Robertson:
Rehman Kassam:

While Robertson held the best hand pre-flop, the runout favoured Kassam, who stacked up to 490,000 after the hand, while Robertson said his goodbyes to the table and headed for the cage to collect the AU$5,148 on offer for his 74th place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rehman Kassam	490,000 278,000	278,000
Peter Robertson	Busted

Tags: Peter Robertson Rehman Kassam

12-07-2019 16:27 UTC+10

Robertson Doubles Through Pappas

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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 16:19 UTC+10

Wan Triples in Train Wreck

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

A train wreck of a hand saw Vincent Wan earn a triple up after moving all-in from under-the-gun for 192,000 with neighbour Xun Sun re-shoving immediately.

Action folded around to big blind Dejan Boskovic, who thought it over for a few seconds before slamming down the call also and all three players tabled their hands.

Vincent Wan:
Xun Sun:
Dejan Boskovic:

Wan was the at-risk player and got one of the best flops he could hope for, coming down . The turn was red but not the diamond needed and while the river was a black card it was the to see Wan triple to 591,000, Sun drop to 217,000 and Boskovic drop to 97,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Wan	591,000 371,000	371,000
Xun Sun	217,000 -191,500	-191,500
Dejan Boskovic	97,000 -55,500	-55,500

Tags: Dejan Boskovic Vincent Wan Xun Sun