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

12-08-2019 13:11 UTC+10

Camphausen Falls to Rafferty

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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 13:20 UTC+10

Zhou Flushes Kumar

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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 13:24 UTC+10

Wilson Eliminated by Chiu

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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 13:26 UTC+10

Chow Eliminated by Zwaine

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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 13:27 UTC+10

De Clifford Eliminated by Zhou

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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 13:30 UTC+10

Break Time

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

A slew of quick bust-outs has reduced the field to 16 players, with all that action bringing in an early break, with the clock paused with 3:29 remaining on level 25.

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

12-08-2019 13:40 UTC+10

Haidar Doubles Through Crawshaw

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Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Hamish Crawshaw opened the action with a raise of 105,000 from the button and small blind Moustafa Haidar ripped it in for 575,000 with Crawshaw making the call.

Moustafa Haidar:
Hamish Crawshaw:

Haidar had the best of it and doubled on the runout to climb to 1.1 million with Crawshaw dropping to 3 million after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	3,000,000 250,000	250,000
Moustafa Haidar	1,100,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Moustafa Haidar

12-08-2019 13:52 UTC+10

Dean Blatt Eliminated in 16th Place (AU$22,030/~$15,070)

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Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Duy Doc Vu cracked Dean Blatt's aces to bring the field down to 15 just minutes after play restarted after the break.

It was Vu the man in the drivers' seat initially, opening to 110,000 from the button with Blatt clicking it back from the small blind. Vu four-bet and Blatt five-bet to 475,000, which Vu called after a little time in the tank.

The flop are where the fireworks went off, with Vu check-raising Blatt's 265,000 continuation bet and being beaten into the pot.

Dean Blatt:
Duy Doc Vu:

Vu had a six-high flush draw and Blatt was unable to fade the hearts, with it coming straight in on the turn and the river was not the ace Blatt needed to survive.

Blatt headed for the cash desk to collect AU$22,030 for his 16th place finish, while Vu stacked up to 3.7 million after that timely catch.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duy Vu	3,700,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Dean Blatt	Busted

Tags: Dean Blatt Duy Doc Vu

12-08-2019 14:07 UTC+10

Akshay Kapoor Eliminated in 15th Place (AU$26,729/~$18,284)

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Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Chao Duan raised to 125,000 from under the gun plus one. Huss Hassan called from the hijack. Akshay Kapoor moved all in for 860,000 from the button. Duan folded. Hassan snap-called.

Hassan:
Kapoor: