Final Break of the Evening
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
The remaining 30 players in today's field are on their final 10-minute break of the evening.
2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
AU$2,200 Main Event
Day: 2
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Last Two Levels
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The 30 Main Event players are back in their seats for the final stretch with just two more 60-minute levels or four more eliminations remaining between them and the end of the days' play. Edwin Chiu is the man to catch with a stack of 3.8 million, with Hamish Crawshaw hot on his heels with a stack of 2.9 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,820,000
720,000
|
720,000 |
|
2,980,000 |
Argyros Shoves on Chiu
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Edwin Chiu has been flexing his big stack recently, with Billy 'the croc' Argyros deciding to take a stand to protect his blinds. Action folded around to Chiu in the small blind and he popped it up to 75,000, with Argyros moving all-in from the big blind for 529,000.
After much pontificating Chiu chose to lay it down, leaving Argyros free to scoop the pot and climb to 604,000. Chiu still has a mountain of chips in front of him with a stack of 3.9 million.
The orange 1k chips were raced off after the hand concluded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,900,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
604,000
304,000
|
304,000 |
Wright Pressured by Rafferty; Eliminated by Segre Moments Later
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Tom Rafferty raised to 65,000 from under the gun. Jarrod Wright called from the hijack as did Steven Zhou from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Zhou checked. Rafferty continued for 80,000. Wright called. Zhou folded.
The turn fell the 
and Rafferty fired out 85,000. Wright mucked shortly after.
A few hands later, Wright would get it all in holding pocket queens and running into Lior Segre's pocket kings, resulting in him hitting the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,750,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
1,300,000
963,000
|
963,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Kumar and Duggan Tangle
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Anish Kumar opened the action from the hijack with a raise to 65,000 with big blind John Duggan the only caller to take play heads-up to a flop of 
.
This saw Duggan check the action over to Kumar, who loaded up a 45,000 continuation bet, with Duggan making the call to bring the pair to the 
turn.
That was a far as the hand got, with Duggan check-folding when Kumar slid out a sizable tower of yellow 5k chips for a 125,000 second barrel, with the two both on similar stacks of 1 million after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
Argyros Doubles Through Chiu
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
An increasingly lively Billy 'the croc' Argyros will only be getting livelier after scoring a double-up through Edwin Chiu.
Before the hand was dealt Argyros asked Chiu nicely if he could get a double-up and, proving that manners pay off, that's exactly what happened.
It was Rehman Kassam who kicked off the action with a raise to 60,000 from the cutoff and Chiu slid out a stack of dark blue 100k chips for a re-raise of 1 million from the small blind.
Argyros peeked down at his hole cards and called all-in for his tournament life for 515,000 and Kassam took the hint and got out of the way.
Edwin Chiu: 
Billy Argyros: 
"Curly, I'm all-in!" shouted Argyros to Emmanuel 'curly' Seal, who wandered over to lend some moral support and the dealer spread a flop of 
.
"That's good, keep it low," said Argyros, and while the dealer did not quite comply, with the 
turn and 
river, both were safe cards for Argyros and he climbed to 1,090,000 and Chiu was forced to cut a rampart from his chip castle and ship it over to drop to 3,300,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,300,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
|
1,090,000
486,000
|
486,000 |
Chiu Shoves on Crawshaw
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Hamish Crawshaw raised to 65,000 from middle position. Edwin Chiu then re-raised to 175,000 from the hijack. The action folded back around to Crawshaw, who thought for over a minute, before three-betting to 500,000. Chiu took just as long before making the call.
The flop came 
and Crawshaw fired out 225,000. Chiu took his time before matching the bet.
The turn dropped the 
and Crawshaw reached for his chips and slid out 450,000. Chiu then moved all in for around 2,400,000 which had Crawshaw well covered. Crawshaw mucked almost instantly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,430,000
1,130,000
|
1,130,000 |
|
|
1,350,000
-1,630,000
|
-1,630,000 |
Kapoor and Duan Play Three-bet Pot
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Akshay Kapoor opened the action with a raise to 60,000 from the cutoff and was three-bet to the tune of 165,000 by Chao Duan on the button. Kapoor made the call to swell the pot to 330,000.
The flop came down and after mulling it over for a few seconds, Kapoor checked the action over to Duan. The Chinese player thought long and hard over the perfect bet sizing before deciding that 125,000 was the best amount, and Kapoor's cards quickly hit the muck leaving Duan free to scoop the sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
1,300,000
537,000
|
537,000 |
Camphausen Guns Down Lei
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Poker is all about timing and for Yang Lei his was a little off. Lei committed the last of his chips from under-the-gun with 
and was unfortunate to see Marc Camphausen wake up with a monster in the big blind, tabling 
.
Lei was in bad shape and it didn't get any better on the 
runout to bring the field down to 27. Camphausen stacked up to 1 million after the hand, while Lei headed to the cage to collect AU$11,285.
The next elimination gets the ladder up payment and will depart with AU$13,128.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
595,000
|
595,000 |
|
Busted |