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

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 16:39 UTC+10

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

RazorSharpPro

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 16:46 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 16:50 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 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

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

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

12-07-2019 17:29 UTC+10

Floor's Ruling Cripples Snell; Finds a Double; Eliminated Shortly After

Mateusz_Pater

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

Jo Snell raised to 35,000 from under the gun plus one. Chao Duan moved all in for 187,000 from the hijack. Whilst the dealer was confirming Duan's stack, Yang Lei moved all in from the small blind, for a total of 381,000.

With so much commotion around and messages coming across the loud-speaker, Snell called thinking he was only matching Duan's bet. It was ruled that his call in addition to pushing chips forward stood and Snell would have to match Lei's all in too.

Duan:
Lei:
Snell:

"Yes!" cheered a relieved Snell, after he saw the window jack fall on the flop. Unfortunately for him, a king appeared as well, sending Duan and Lei to the lead.

The board ran out the then , resulting in Duan and Lei chopping the main pot, and Lei scooping the side pot between him and Snell.

Snell was able to double up a few hands later when his bested Duan's on a board.

He would then fall to the rail moments later to see his rollercoaster day come to an end prematurely.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Lei	684,500 684,500	684,500
Chao Duan	296,500 185,000	185,000
Jo Snell	46,000 -1,454,000	-1,454,000

Tags: Chao Duan Jo Snell Yang Lei

12-07-2019 17:30 UTC+10

Rafferty Takes From Chiu

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

Edwin Chiu is sitting on a mountain of chips but has not long shipped some the way of Tom Rafferty. It was Chiu the man in the driving seat, opening the action from under-the-gun for 35,000 with Rafferty the only caller on the button to take play heads-up to a flop of .

This brought a 27,000 continuation bet from Chiu and another call from Rafferty to bring the two to the turn, where the action went check, check.

The river saw Chiu check once more and Rafferty decided the right amount to bet was 45,000. Chiu called but mucked when Rafferty rolled over to climb to 418,000. Chiu still has plenty though and is sitting on 3.1 million, with the tournament floor colouring up some of his massive stack with dark blue 100k chips now in play.