AU$2,200 Main Event Day 3 | 2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

12-08-2019 13:27 UTC+10

De Clifford Eliminated by Zhou

Mateusz_Pater

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Billy Argyros raised to 120,000 from the cutoff. Shane De Clifford moved all in for 1,005,000 from the button. Steven Zhou went into the tank for several minutes from the small blind before making the call. Argyros mucked.

Zhou:
De Clifford:

The board ran out . De Clifford flopped a straight draw, and turned a pair, but was unable to improve on the river ultimately being eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Zhou	3,920,000 1,420,000	1,420,000
Shane De Clifford	Busted

12-08-2019 13:26 UTC+10

Chow Eliminated by Zwaine

Mateusz_Pater

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

John Zwaine opened with a raise from the cutoff. Jensen Chow moved all in for 550,000 from the small blind. Zwaine called off the remainder.

Zwaine:
Chow:

The board ran out , improving Zwaine to two pair, sending Chow to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Zwaine	2,700,000 1,140,000	1,140,000
Jensen Chow	Busted

Tags: Jensen Chow John Zwaine

12-08-2019 13:24 UTC+10

Wilson Eliminated by Chiu

Mateusz_Pater

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Edwin Chiu raised to 120,000 from the cutoff. Jules Wilson moved all in for 700,000 from the big blind. Chiu called.

Chiu:
Wilson:

Wilson had the lead with the superior kicker, until the board ran out , improving Chiu to a flush on the river awarding him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edwin Chiu	3,420,000 -430,000	-430,000
Jules Wilson	Busted

Tags: Edwin Chiu Jules Wilson

12-08-2019 13:20 UTC+10

Zhou Flushes Kumar

RazorSharpPro

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Steven Zhou came within a whisker of busting at the feature table, but instead put a nasty beat on Anish Kumar.

It was Shane De Clifford who lit the blue touch paper with an under-the-gun open to 110,000 with Zhou moving all-in for over 1.1 million from the next seat over.

Anish Kumar cold-called from the big blind - usually a sign of strength - and De Clifford must have thought so too from the speed of his fold.

Anish Kumar:
Steven Zhou:

Kumar held the best starting hand in poker but was not happy about the monochrome flop and while he faded spades on the turn, Zhou got there on the river to take a big bite out of Kumar's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Zhou	2,500,000 1,440,000	1,440,000
Anish Kumar	500,000 -1,160,000	-1,160,000

Tags: Anish Kumar Shane De Clifford Steven Zhou

12-08-2019 13:11 UTC+10

Camphausen Falls to Rafferty

RazorSharpPro

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Germany's Marc Camphausen has played a stellar Series

Germany's Marc Camphausen had been nursing a short-stack for the majority of the level and finally committed the last of his chips from under-the-gun for a shove of 110,000.

Anish Kumar made the call from one seat over, and Tom Rafferty also called from the big blind, with the two checking it down the whole way on the run out.

Camphausen had the best pre-flop hand with and while this was still ahead of Kumar's Rafferty had hit a pair with which was just enough to bring Camphausen's Main Event to a close. Camphausen will not be unhappy with his performance this series, however, collecting AU$18,344 for his 20th place finish.

Combined with his final table third-place finish in the $5k Challenge, which was good for AU$160,610 and which he satellited into for $500, this brings his total haul up to AU$178,954.

Rafferty stacked up to 2 million after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Rafferty	2,000,000 600,000	600,000
Marc Camphausen	Busted

Tags: Anish Kumar Marc Camphausen Tom Rafferty

12-08-2019 13:10 UTC+10

Kassam Eliminated by Crawshaw

Mateusz_Pater

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The action folded around to Rehman Kassam in the small blind who moved all in for 1,000,000. Hamish Crawshaw made the quick call from the big blind with more behind.

Crawshaw:
Kassam:

Kassam was unable to improve against the pocket pair, after the board ran out , resulting in his elimination in 21st place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	2,750,000 1,450,000	1,450,000
Rehman Kassam	Busted

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Rehman Kassam

12-08-2019 13:03 UTC+10

Kumar and Zhou Chop

Mateusz_Pater

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Steven Zhou raised to 200,000 from middle position. Anish Kumar re-raised to 500,000 from the small blind. Zhou tanked over his decision for several minutes before making the call.

The flop came and Kumar immediately announced all in for just over a million in chips. Zhou snap-called with 510,000 behind.

Kumar:
Zhou:

Kumar had the lead with the superior kicker. Zhou had a draw to the flush.

The board ran out the then , giving both players two pair with a king-kicker, resulting in a chop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anish Kumar	1,660,000 50,000	50,000
Steven Zhou	1,060,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Anish Kumar Steven Zhou

12-08-2019 12:59 UTC+10

Kumar Doubles Through Camphausen

Mateusz_Pater

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The action folded around to Marc Camphausen in the small blind who moved all in for 890,000. Anish Kumar quickly called from the big blind with 780,000 behind.

Kumar:
Camphausen:

The board ran out , improving Kumar to a straight, doubling him up to over 1.6 million in chips.

Camphausen was left with two big blinds following the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anish Kumar	1,610,000 810,000	810,000
Marc Camphausen	110,000 -1,015,000	-1,015,000

Tags: Anish Kumar Marc Camphausen

12-08-2019 12:50 UTC+10

Duan Picks Off Chiu

RazorSharpPro

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

With over 1.45 million in chips in the pot already on a board reading in a battle of the blinds between Edwin Chiu and Chao Duan, Chiu exerted maximum pressure by moving all-in on the river.

Duan called immediately and from the look on Chiu's face he had just been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

Chiu tried to muck, but tablemate Dean Blatt pointed out that in an all-in and a call scenario both players have to showdown. Chiu revealed and Duan rolled over for the straight to scoop the massive pot.