AU$1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed | 2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

12-03-2019 18:25 UTC+10

Harry Basle Eliminated in 13th Place (AU$3,292/$2,250)

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Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

A clash between big blind Harry Basle and Tu Le left the former circling the drain after the former potted from the big blind following an under-the-gun Le raise.

Harry Basle:
Tu Le:

The board ran out to see Le's jacks hold and Basle was down to his last 7,000 and was all-in from the small blind the very next hand.

Tam Truong made it 30,000 to go pre-flop, folding out the rest of the table and the two players revealed their holdings.

Harry Basle:
Tam Truong:

"Of course you've got aces there..." quipped Basle good-naturedly to Truong. Basle's final board ran out to bring the field down to the last two tables as Basle hit the rail in 13th place for an AU$3,292 payday.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tam Truong	1,450,000 80,000	80,000
Tu Le	180,000 30,000	30,000
Harry Basle	Busted

Tags: Harry Basle Tam Truong

12-03-2019 18:37 UTC+10

Kamyar Ekrami Eliminated in 12th Place (AU$4,564)

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Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Kamyar Ekrami opened with a raise before Adrian Rarung re-raised putting him all in. Ekrami called with 68,000 behind and the cards were tabled.

Rarung:
Ekrami:

Ekrami would be unable to improve after the board ran out ending his day in 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kamyar Ekrami	Busted

Tags: Adrian Rarung Kamyar Ekrami

12-03-2019 18:42 UTC+10

Andrew Hindmarch Eliminated in 11th Place (AU$4,564); Nyamdorj Nyamsuren Eliminated in 10th Place (AU$6,340)

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Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Tam Truong raised to 25,000 from under the gun before Nyamdorj Nyamsuren re-raised to 90,000 from the button. Andrew Hindmarch shoved for 102,000 from the small blind. Truong and Nyamsuren called.

The flop came and Truong checked. Nyamsuren moved all in for his remaining 67,000. Truong snap-called.

Truong:
Nyamsuren:
Hindmarch:

Truong had flopped a flush and led against both opponents.

Neither player would improve after the turn and river awarding Truong the double knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tam Truong	1,680,000 230,000	230,000
Nyamdorj Nyamsuren	Busted
Andrew Hindmarch	Busted

Tags: Andrew Hindmarch Tam Truong

12-03-2019 18:55 UTC+10

Adrian Rarung Eliminated in 9th Place (AU$6,340/$4,345)

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Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

The remaining eight players are just one elimination away from the unofficial seven-handed final table, with Tam Truong flexing his monster stack to send Adrian Rarung to the rail.

Rarong sparked the action with a button raise with Truong re-popping from the small blind and then calling his opponent's shove and the cards were turned over.

Adrian Rarong:
Tam Truong:

Rarong was leading pre-flop and stayed in front on the flop. However, the turn gave Truong a pair, which was enough to send Rarong crashing out of the tournament in ninth place for an AU$6,340 payday, while Truong stacked up to ~1.85 million.

"I was feeling lucky," quipped Truong as he padded out his already ample stack still further and he now has more than double that of next closest rival Dinh Pham, who has a little over 600,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tam Truong	1,850,000 170,000	170,000
Adrian Rarung	Busted

Tags: Adrian Rarung Tam Truong Dinh Pham

12-03-2019 19:20 UTC+10

Ash Gupta Eliminated in 8th Place (AU$8,815/$6,045)

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Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Ash Gupta (button) and Yalcin Kaya (big blind) got into a pre-flop raising war that saw all the chips go in, with Gupta the man whose tournament life was on the line.

Yalcin Kaya:
Ash Gupta:

Both hands were fairly close in equity, and while Gupta hit the flop, so did Kaya, who spiked two-pair on the turn to take the lead in the hand, though Gupta still had plenty of outs with an open-ended straight draw.

However, the river was not one of them and Gupta hit the rail in eighth for AU$8,815 to set up the final table. Kaya stacked up to 580,000 after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yalcin Kaya	580,000 35,000	35,000
Ash Gupta	Busted

Tags: Ash Gupta Yalcin Kaya

12-03-2019 19:34 UTC+10

Tu Le Eliminated in 7th Place (AU$8,815)

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Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Dinh Pham raised to 25,000 from under the gun and was called by Tu Le in the big blind.

The flop came and Le checked. Pham continued for 35,000. Le called.

The dropped on the turn and Le checked. Pham potted to 126,000. Le tanked for over a minute before announcing all in for 243,000. Pham snap-called.

Pham:
Le:

Pham had a flush and led Le who had top set.

The on the river changed nothing and Le would hit the rail in 7th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dinh Pham	885,000 277,000	277,000
Tu Le	Busted

Tags: Dinh Pham Tu Le

12-03-2019 20:06 UTC+10

Jun Wang Eliminated in 6th Place (AU$12,255/$8,400)

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Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

The final table is now down to five, with Jun Wang falling at the hands of Yalcin Kaya, who has begun making his play for the title.

It was Truong the man instigating the action, making it 25,000 to go from under-the-gun, with Wang making the call from one seat over. Kaya called from the button and Con Angelakis came along from the small blind to take play four-way to a flop of .

Following checks from Angelakis and Truong, Wang took a stab for 55,000, with Kaya the only caller to take play heads-up to the turn.

This saw Wang reach for chips and lead out for pot, calling the extras when Kaya re-potted and both players revealed their holdings.

Jun Wang:
Yalcin Kaya:

Wang had hit two pair on the turn but was trailing to Kaya's straight and the river was of no help. Wang shook hands with the five remaining competitors and headed to the payout desk to collect his AU$12,255 winnings, while Kaya stacked up to 1,411,000 to climb up to second in the counts, just behind Truong, who has 1,500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yalcin Kaya	1,411,000 433,000	433,000
Jun Wang	Busted

Tags: Yalcin Kaya Jun Wang Con Angelakis

12-03-2019 20:23 UTC+10

Mohammed Elkassir Eliminated in 5th Place (AU$17,048)

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Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Mohammed Elkassir raised to 56,000 from the cutoff and was called by Tam Truong on the button.

The flop came and Elkassir potted for 136,000. Truong immediately raised to 300,000 which had Elkassir covered. Elkassir snap-called.

Truong:
Elkassir:

Elkassir was in bad shape against Truong, and wouldn't be able to improve after the board ran out the and , sending him to the rail in 5th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tam Truong	1,830,000 330,000	330,000
Mohammed Elkassir	Busted

Tags: Mohammed Elkassir Tam Truong

12-03-2019 20:42 UTC+10

Multi-way Pot Triples Angelakis and Sees Kaya Take Lead

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Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

There was an orbit or so of small pots played with the other three players trying to manoeuvre the extremely short-stacked Con Angelakis into an all-in situation, and they finally got their wish in a multi-way pot that saw Yalcin Kaya and Tam Truong clash also.

It was Dinh Pham the man in the driving seat this time around, making it 35,000 to go from the cutoff, with Kaya calling from the button and Angelakis coming in from the small blind with around 117,000 behind. Tam Truong then chose to make a big squeeze play from the big blind, potting to 175,000.

Pham quickly folded, but Kaya gave him a stare down for a minute or so before reaching for calling chips, and Angelakis got the last of his chips in as well.

So it was three-way with two live players to a flop of with Truong first to act and he potted it for 502,000. Kaya immediately announced he was all-in to put Truong in a tough spot, and he did not take too long to make the fold.

"I got it heads-up for you," Kaya quipped to Angelakis.

"I'm ahead though," he replied.

Con Angelakis:
Yalcin Kaya:

Angelakis did indeed have the lead with a flopped straight and just needed to fade the hearts, and did so with the turn and river tripling him up to 425,000.

Truong dropped down to second in the pecking order with a stack of 1.2 million, and Kaya scooped the side pot to climb into the chip lead with a stack of 1.7 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yalcin Kaya	1,700,000 289,000	289,000
Tam Truong	1,200,000 -630,000	-630,000
Con Angelakis	425,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: Con Angelakis Dinh Pham Tam Truong Yalcin Kaya

12-03-2019 22:04 UTC+10

Con Angelakis Eliminated in 4th Place (AU$23,717)

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Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 0 ante

Tam Truong raised to 50,000 from under the gun and was called by Dinh Pham on the button as well as Yalcin Kaya and Con Angelakis in the blinds.

All four players checked the flop before the dropped on the turn.

The action checked around to Pham who bet 65,000. Only Angelakis called.

The completed the board and Angelakis checked. Pham thought for a minute and bet the pot worth 330,000. Angelakis immediately moved all in for around 500,000. Pham snap-called.

Angelakis confidently tabled for a full house fours over tens.

Pham then revealed for a higher full house, queens over fours, before raking in the monster pot.