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

12-07-2019 13:02 UTC+10

Stan L Busts to Hahn After Miracle River

Mateusz_Pater

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:

Stan L was in the perfect position to double with his set of deuces against Hahn's over pair.

Unfortunately for Stan L, the dealer produced the on the river, improving Hahn to a better set and the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Hahn	525,000 220,500	220,500
Stan L	Busted

Tags: Julien Sitbon Michael Hahn Stan L

12-07-2019 13:00 UTC+10

Bownds Busts Karamalikis But Loses Flip to Huang

RazorSharpPro

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

Jonathan Karamalikis' Main Event has come to a close, with Ryan Bownds the closer. Bownds was kind enough to relay all the gory details after the fact.

Following a limp from a player under-the-gun, Karamalikis called from the button and Bownds checked his option from the big blind to take the action three-way to a flop of , which it where all the fireworks went off.

The action was checked to Karamalikis, who led out for 15,000 with Bownds check-raising to 55,000 in total and Karamalikis committing the rest of his chips with a shove. Bownds made the call with , which was leading Karamalikis' and while the turn gave him some backdoor outs, the non-club river was not one of them and the High Roller champion hit the rail.

Bownds did not get to enjoy his ill-gotten gains all that long, losing a flip to Vincent Huang shortly afterwards, but is still in the running with a stack of 140,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Bownds	140,000 -139,500	-139,500
Jonathan Karamalikis	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Karamalikis Ryan Bownds Vincent Huang

12-07-2019 12:45 UTC+10

Pritchard Rivers Xu, Carlile Runs into Quads

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

A big pot played out between Vincent Xu and Jason Pritchard that saw the latter take quite a few chips from the former, with Pritchard kind enough to provide PokerNews the details after the fact.

Pritchard was the man raising the hijack to 12,000, with Xu three-betting the button to 35,000, which Pritchard called to bring the two to a flop of .

Pritchard checked the turn, Xu bet 30,000 and Pritchard check-raised all-in and was beaten into the pot, with Pritchard's ace-jack two pair trailing to Xu's flopped set of queens.

The river saw Pritchard make a bigger boat and scoop the pot to climb to 492,000 while Xu dropped to 180,000.

The short-stacked Josh Carlile got the last of his chips in with pocket aces and looked to be in great shape to score a double against the pocket tens of an opponent, but the flop brought an abrupt and to Carlile's Main Event run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Pritchard	492,000 175,500	175,500
Vincent Xu	180,000 -293,500	-293,500
Joshua Carlile	Busted

Tags: Vincent Xu Jason Pritchard

12-07-2019 12:41 UTC+10

Broom Eliminated by Mooney

Mateusz_Pater

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

Geoff Mooney moved all in for 96,000 from the hijack before James Broom shoved for 91,000 from the cutoff.

Mooney:
Broom:

The flop came and Mooney kept the lead with his pocket pair.

The on the turn gave Broom the lead with a pair of aces.

The spiked on the river, giving Mooney a set of nines and the winning hand, sending Broom to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Geoff Mooney	199,500 72,000	72,000
James Broom	Busted

Tags: Geoff Mooney James Broom

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

12-07-2019 12:29 UTC+10

Big Pot for Wilson

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Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jules Wilson opened the action to 11,000 from mid position, with Sam Mrad re-raising the button to 18,000. Wilson called and checked the flop over to Mrad, who continued for another 18,000.

This brought a check-raise to 42,000 from Wilson, which Mrad called after some time in the think tank to swell the pot to over 120,000 and the dealer peeled of the to bring four to a straight and Wilson mulled over his options before choosing to lead for 77,000.

Mrad gave Wilson the staredown for a few seconds and slid in the call to swell the pot to 267,000 and the river completed the hand, bringing in a possible flush also. This saw Wilson take his time, before deciding the right amount to bet was 90,000.

This was spot on, and while he didn't look thrilled about it, Mrad made the call. Wilson showed for the turned straight, and Mrad flashed for a turned set.

"That six was the worst card on the turn," lamented Mrad as the gigantic pot was shipped Wilson's way, but then that's all a matter of perspective; for Wilson it was the perfect card and he climbed to 700,000 while Mrad dropped to 90,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jules Wilson	700,000 339,500	339,500
Sam Mrad	90,000 -231,000	-231,000

Tags: Jules Wilson Sam Mrad

12-07-2019 12:22 UTC+10

Graham Doubles Through Ioannou

Mateusz_Pater

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Connie Graham moved all in for her remaining 18,500 from under the gun and was called by Sam Ioannou on the button.

Graham showed and was in the lead against Ioannou who had .

The flop fell giving Ioannou the advantage with a higher pair.

The on the turn didn't help Graham who was left needing a seven on the river.

The dealer then produced the , much to the delight of Graham, who raked in the double to stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Ioannou	475,000 -20,000	-20,000
Connie Graham	44,500 -49,500	-49,500

Tags: Connie Graham Sam Ioannou

12-07-2019 12:16 UTC+10

Grammer Continues to Rise

Mateusz_Pater

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The board showed and Ross Grammer checked from under the gun. Evelyne Roy tossed out 22,500. Grammer called.

Both players then opted to check after the completed the board.

Grammer casually flipped over for a pair of kings, and took down the pot, after Roy mucked her hand.

Roy was left with 85,000 following the hand. A short time later her seat would be vacant.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ross Grammer	655,000 92,000	92,000
Evelyne Roy	Busted

Tags: Evelyne Roy Ross Grammer

12-07-2019 12:00 UTC+10

Pushing and Shoving

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Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

There has been quite a bit of early pushing and shoving but no one went broke in the last few hands witnessed.

In the first it was France's Julien Sitbon who had opened from the hijack with a min-raise to 10,000 with button Nakajima Takuto making the call before Michael Hahn squeezed to 56,000 from the big blind to take down the pot pre-flop.

The second saw a limp from Vincent Tay in middle position, with Matthew Barker (hijack) and Daniel Hope also coming along for the ride and Paul Issa (small blind) and Travis Endersby (big blind) coming along also to take the action multi-way to a flop of .

Issa moved all-in for 64,000 and found no customers, though Hope looked tempted and thought it over for a few seconds. Issa flashed him the after Hope mucked, leaving Issa to rake in the pot and climb to 84,000.

Over on table 9, there was a pre-flop raise to 15,000 from Peter Robertson from late position, with $5k Challenge finalist Marc Camphausen making the call from the big blind to take play heads-up to a flop of , which Camphausen took down with a lead of 22,000.

Over on the neighbouring table 8, Matthew Barker and Sosia Jiang were embroiled in a decent-sized pot with over 50,000 already in the middle and the community cards spread .

Barker had led out for 38,000 from the small blind and Jiang was in the tank, eventually moving all-in. Barker would be the man at-risk should be choose to call, and he eventually thought better of it, leaving Jiang free to scoop the pot and climb to 250,000 while barker dropped to 64,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Camphausen	312,500 20,000	20,000
Michael Hahn	304,500 25,000	25,000
Sosia Jiang	250,000 86,000	86,000
Peter Robertson	154,000 -15,000	-15,000
Julien Sitbon	128,000 -10,000	-10,000

Takuto Nakajima	103,500 -10,000	-10,000
Paul Issa	84,000 -5,500	-5,500
Matthew Barker	63,000