2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Tam Truong
Winning Hand
a863
Prize
74,341 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,650 AUD
Entries
177
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
0

Angelakis Doubles Through Pham

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

Con Angelakis raised to 40,000 from under the gun before Dinh Pham re-raised to 136,000 from the small blind. Angelakis called.

The flop came {8-Spades}{9-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} and Pham potted for 288,000. Angelakis made the quick call with exactly 250,000 behind.

Angelakis: {k-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Pham: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}{j-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}

Angelakis had flopped two pair and took the lead.

The {5-Hearts} on the turn then {10-Hearts} on the river changed nothing and Angelakis was awarded the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Con Angelakis au
Con Angelakis
788,000
363,000
363,000
Dinh Pham au
Dinh Pham
690,000
-195,000
-195,000

Tags: Con AngelakisDinh Pham

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 0

Pham Climbing

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

The first hand back after the break saw Dinh Pham get a walk, but the second and third saw Pham and Tam Truong play a couple of pots that saw the latter ship a few chips the way of the former.

In the first, it was Truong the man raising to 40,000 from the button, with Pham potting from the small blind to 130,000. That folded out Yalcin Kaya in the big blind and Truong made the call to take play heads-up to the {j-Spades}{2-Hearts}{4-Hearts} flop.

First to act, Pham potted it for 300,000, leaving himself 110,000 behind and Truong made a quick fold, but the duo were back at it the very next hand.

It was Truong the man raising once more, making it 40,000 to go from the cutoff, with Pham flat calling from the button. After the blinds got out of the way the dealer spread a flop of {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}, which Truong led for 40,000. Pham called once more and the dealer burned and turned the {10-Hearts}.

Truong slowed down with a check, folding to Pham's 60,000 bet to drop to 1,160,000, while Pham climbed to 829,000.

Player Chips Progress
Tam Truong au
Tam Truong
1,160,000
-262,000
-262,000
Dinh Pham au
Dinh Pham
829,000
280,000
280,000

Tags: Dinh PhamTam TruongYalcin Kaya

Pham Shoves on Kaya

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Dinh Pham raised to 50,000 from the button before Yalcin Kaya potted to 170,000 from the small blind. Pham called.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and Kaya immediately announced 'pot' and cut out 360,000. Pham thought for a minute before announcing all in for 719,000.

Kaya went into the tank for several minutes before eventually releasing his hand to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Dinh Pham au
Dinh Pham
1,439,000
610,000
610,000
Yalcin Kaya fr
Yalcin Kaya
1,130,000
-600,000
-600,000

Tags: Dinh PhamYalcin Kaya

Kaya Wins Some Back From Pham

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Dinh Pham is the man on the rise and he has edged into the chip lead, though he has just shipped some chips the way of Yalcin Kaya after the pair clashed in a blind on blind battle.

Pham completed the small blind and called Kaya's 40,000 pre-flop bet to bring the pair to a {5-Spades}{a-Spades}{4-Diamonds} flop, which saw Pham check-call Kaya's 40,000 continuation bet.

The {6-} turn saw checks from both players, but the {7-} river saw some action, with Pham check-calling Kaya's 125,000 river bet.

Pham revealed two of his hole cards, showing {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} for top, top, but this was not enough to beat Kaya's {q-Spades}{9-Spades}{5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and the latter scooped the pot.

The pair clashed again a couple of hands later, with Pham the pre-flop aggressor, making it 50,000 to go from the button with both Kaya (small blind) and Con Angelakis (big blind) making the call to take action three-way to a flop of {3-Spades}{a-Hearts}{q-Spades}.

The action was checked to Pham, who fired for 65,000 with Kaya the only caller. There was no betting on the {9-Hearts} turn or the {6-Clubs} river.

Kaya showed down {j-Spades}{10-Spades}{5-Hearts}{5-Spades} but could not beat Pham's {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and the latter pulled in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dinh Pham au
Dinh Pham
1,300,000
-139,000
-139,000
Tam Truong au
Tam Truong
1,200,000
40,000
40,000
Yalcin Kaya fr
Yalcin Kaya
1,100,000
-30,000
-30,000
Con Angelakis au
Con Angelakis
680,000
-30,000
-30,000

Tags: Con AngelakisDinh PhamYalcin Kaya

Level: 21

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 0

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

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

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 {10-Spades}{q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} flop before the {4-Hearts} dropped on the turn.

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

The {4-Diamonds} 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 {j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} for a full house fours over tens.

Pham then revealed {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Hearts} for a higher full house, queens over fours, before raking in the monster pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dinh Pham au
Dinh Pham
2,300,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
Con Angelakis au
Con Angelakis
Busted

Tags: Con AngelakisDinh PhamTam TruongYalcin Kaya

Yalcin Kaya Eliminated in 3rd Place (AU$32,994/$22,580)

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

Tam Truong and Yalcin Kaya clashed in a big pot that reduced the field to the final two players and the clock has been paused while the WSOP Circuit Ring is brought out.

All three remaining contenders have now enjoyed stints as chip leader but for Yalcin Kaya his time at the top is over and he has hit the rail, with Tam Truong the man to send him there.

After Dinh Pham folded the button, Kaya completed the small blind and Truong juiced it up to 72,000 with Kaya making the call to bring the duo to a flop of {8-Clubs}{10-Spades}{k-Spades}.

Kayas checked it over to Truong, who fired out a continuation bet of 75,000, which was called to bring in the {4-Clubs} turn. This is where all the chips went in, with Kaya checking, Truong betting full pot for 294,000 and then calling off the rest when Kaya shoved.

Yalcin Kaya: {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}
Tam Truong: {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{6-Spades}

While Kaya had the best of it pre-flop with jacks and had paired his king, Truong had hit a set to leave Kaya drawing to the decks two remaining jacks. The {q-Diamonds} was not one of them and Kaya got up to shake both opponents hands, before heading for the cash desk to collect the AU$32,994 on offer for third.

Truong stacked up to 1,949,000 after the hand, but it is Dinh Pham who will be bringing the chip lead into the heads-up confrontation with a stack of 2,470,000. With the jewellery now on the table and a WSOP Circuit title on the line, let's see who has the favour of the poker gods.

Player Chips Progress
Dinh Pham au
Dinh Pham
2,470,000
170,000
170,000
Tam Truong au
Tam Truong
1,949,000
749,000
749,000
Yalcin Kaya fr
Yalcin Kaya
Busted

Tags: Dinh PhamTam TruongYalcin Kaya

Truong Doubles Through Pham

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

Tam Truong raised to 60,000 from the button before Dinh Pham re-raised to 180,000 from the big blind. Truong took a minute before three-betting to 540,000. Pham called shortly after.

The flop came {10-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and Pham bet 400,000. Truong moved all in for 1,265,000 moments later. Pham quickly called and had Truong covered.

Truong: {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Pham: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}

Truong had the lead with the higher two pair.

The {10-Clubs} on the turn guaranteed the pot to Truong after he improved to a full house.

The meaningless {j-Hearts} completed the board and Truong doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Tam Truong au
Tam Truong
3,600,000
1,651,000
1,651,000
Dinh Pham au
Dinh Pham
819,000
-1,651,000
-1,651,000

Tags: Dinh PhamTam Truong