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

12-03-2019 17:59 UTC+10

Luke Edwards Eliminated in 14th Place (AU$3,292)

Mateusz_Pater

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

The flop showed and Mohammed Elkassir and Luke Edwards checked from the blinds. Con Angelakis bet 15,000 from the cutoff. Elkassir raised to 65,000. Edwards moved all in for 139,000. Angelakis folded. Elkassir snap-called with more behind.

Elkassir:
Edwards:

Edwards was at risk trailing with his middle set versus Elkassir's top set.

No help came for Edwards from the turn and river and he was eliminated in 14th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohammed Elkassir	465,000 185,000	185,000
Luke Edwards	Busted

Tags: Con Angelakis Luke Edwards Mohammed Elkassir

12-03-2019 18:00 UTC+10

Ekrami Getting Short, Le Doubles Through Wang

RazorSharpPro

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Kamyar Ekrami has been dropping down the counts since losing that pot to Andrew Hindmarch, with Yalcin Kaya pushing Ekrami off a hand to take him into the danger zone.

However, it's not over for the Day 1 frontrunner yet, and Ekrami earned a double through Adrian Rarung after the two battled it out in the blinds, with Ekrami jamming the flop for the last of his chips.

Kamyar Ekrami:
Adrian Rarung:

The rest of the board came down and respectively to give Ekrami a much needed double with two pair and he climbed to 80,000, while Rarung dropped to 130,000.

Over on the other non-feature table, Tu Le and Jun Wang got all the chips in on a flop, with Le the at-risk player.

Tu Le:
Jun Wang:

Running fours on the turn and river saw Le make a boat to double to 154,000, with Wang dropping down to 270,000 after paying his opponent off.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tam Truong	1,400,000 200,000	200,000
Yalcin Kaya	500,000 308,000	308,000
Jun Wang	270,000 -80,000	-80,000
Tu Le	154,000 29,000	29,000
Adrian Rarung	130,000 -68,000	-68,000
Kamyar Ekrami	80,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Adrian Rarung Andrew Hindmarch Jun Wang Kamyar Ekrami Tu Le Yalcin Kaya

12-03-2019 18:01 UTC+10

Let's Take a Break

Mateusz_Pater

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

The remaining 13 players are on another 10-minute break.

12-03-2019 18:12 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts at the Break

Mateusz_Pater

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tam Truong	1,370,000 -30,000	-30,000
Dinh Pham	608,000 118,000	118,000
Yalcin Kaya	545,000 45,000	45,000
Mohammed Elkassir	423,000 -42,000	-42,000
Con Angelakis	327,000 -93,000	-93,000
Jun Wang	270,000 -80,000	-80,000
Ash Gupta	194,000 -49,000	-49,000
Nyamdorj Nyamsuren	153,000 48,000	48,000
Tu Le	150,000 -4,000	-4,000
Adrian Rarung	133,000 3,000	3,000
Andrew Hindmarch	127,000 -68,000	-68,000
Harry Basle	82,000 39,000	39,000
Kamyar Ekrami	45,000 -35,000	-35,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 0

12-03-2019 18:25 UTC+10

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

RazorSharpPro

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)

Mateusz_Pater

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)

Mateusz_Pater

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 18:44 UTC+10

Le Doubles Through Elkassir

RazorSharpPro

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

Tu Le earned a double-up at the expenses of Mohammed Elkassir to climb back to a playable stack. Following an Elkassir button raise and a Le call from the small blind, all the chips went in on a flop of .

Tu Le:
Mohammed Elkassir:

Both players were drawing to the flush, and while Elkassir had Le's hearts dominated Le had a pair to go with it and the improved this to two pair. The river saw Le double to 226,000, while Elkassir dropped to 240,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohammed Elkassir	240,000 -183,000	-183,000
Tu Le	226,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Tu Le Mohammed Elkassir

12-03-2019 18:55 UTC+10

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

RazorSharpPro

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