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

12-02-2019 21:25 UTC+10

Last Level of the Day

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Currently, the tournament clock reads 47 players remaining and there are just 45-minute between them and a bag. Here's how the tournament landscape is shaping up coming into the last level of the day:

Player	Chips	Progress
Tam Truong	230,000 40,000	40,000
Kamyar Ekrami	225,000 -25,000	-25,000
Dinh Pham	210,000 -54,000	-54,000
Ben Thurlow	200,000 35,400	35,400
Andrew Hindmarch	185,000 185,000	185,000
Robert Spano	166,500 -15,500	-15,500
Thomas Lee (AU)	140,000 15,000	15,000
Huss Hassan	130,000 -2,000	-2,000
Mohammed Elkassir	120,000 30,000	30,000
Mikael Larsson	110,000 -5,000	-5,000
Bac Nguyen	110,000 53,400	53,400
Luke Edwards	90,000 8,000	8,000
Wayne Lee	85,000 5,000	5,000
Ramin Mansour	70,000 -10,000	-10,000
Malcolm Trayner	60,000 -12,000	-12,000
David Wang	41,000 -9,000	-9,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

12-02-2019 21:22 UTC+10

Frydman Coolers Tan

RazorSharpPro

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

There was a raise from the player on the button, with Michael Frydman three-betting it from the small blind and Daniel Tan four-betting to push out the original raiser. Frydman and Tan then got all the chips in.

Michael Frydman:
Daniel Tan:

Frydman was the at-risk player and looked to be in trouble when the flop fell to give Tan top set. However, the turn gave Frydman some more outs and the river gave him a straight to stay alive and climb to 113,000 while Tan took a hit and dropped to 41,000 or so.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Frydman	113,000
Daniel Tan	41,000 -54,000	-54,000

Tags: Michael Frydman Daniel Tan

12-02-2019 21:20 UTC+10

Thurlow Doubles Through Lee

Mateusz_Pater

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

The flop showed and 12,000 had amassed in the pot preflop.

Huss Hassan and Wayne Lee checked from the blinds before Ben Thurlow bet 6,000 from the hijack. Ash Gupta called from the button. Hassan folded. Lee called.

The turn brought the and this time Gupta was met with a pair of checks. He fired out 16,000. Lee then potted to 78,000. Thurlow moved all-in for 67,300. Gupta got out of the way.

Thurlow:
Lee:

Thurlow had flopped a full house and led Lee who had turned the lesser boat.

The on the river changed nothing and Thurlow was awarded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Thurlow	164,600 139,600	139,600
Wayne Lee	80,000 -72,500	-72,500

Tags: Ash Gupta Ben Thurlow Huss Hassan Wayne Lee

12-02-2019 21:00 UTC+10

Lee Wins From Pham

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Dinh Pham has been building steadily for the last few levels to climb into the chip lead and has been pulling in a pot every time PokerNews walks past his table. Wayne Lee has managed to temporarily throw a spanner in the works, pushing Pham off a recent pot.

It was Huss Hassan the instigator, making it 5,000 to go pre-flop from early position, with Lee (cutoff) and Pham (small blind) both making the call to take the action three-way to a flop of with Pham and Hassan checked the action over to Lee, who bet out 10,000 with Pham the only caller with the pot coming in at 36,200.

The turn brought in a possible spade flush and Lee fired a second barrel for 13,500, which was enough to get Pham to give it up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dinh Pham	264,000 -11,000	-11,000
Wayne Lee	152,500 92,500	92,500
Huss Hassan	132,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Dimh Pham Huss Hassan Wayne Lee

12-02-2019 20:48 UTC+10

Post Break Counts

RazorSharpPro

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

The 50 remaining players are back in action and here's how the tournament landscape is shaping up:

Player	Chips	Progress
Dinh Pham	275,000 275,000	275,000
Kamyar Ekrami	250,000 -10,000	-10,000
Tam Truong	190,000 151,600	151,600
Robert Spano	182,000 -18,000	-18,000
Ricky He	140,000 40,000	40,000
Thomas Lee (AU)	125,000 15,000	15,000
Mikael Larsson	115,000 45,000	45,000
Huss Hassan	112,000 65,500	65,500
Daniel Tan	95,000 5,000	5,000
Mohammed Elkassir	90,000 59,000	59,000
Julien Sitbon	85,000 -6,000	-6,000

Luke Edwards	82,000 22,000	22,000
Ramin Mansour	80,000 -30,000	-30,000
Malcolm Trayner	72,000 31,000	31,000
Bac Nguyen	56,600 26,300	26,300
David Wang	50,000 -3,200	-3,200
Billy Argyros	45,000 25,000	25,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 0

12-02-2019 20:40 UTC+10

Feature Table Chip Counts

RazorSharpPro

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Foster	80,700 51,600	51,600
Michelle Pascoe	57,800
Tu Le	50,700
William Zavos	31,100
[Removed:295]	30,700
Graeme Putt	21,000 -1,900	-1,900

12-02-2019 20:30 UTC+10

Last Break of the Day

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

The 52 remaining pot-limit Omaha players are off on their last break of the day. When the action recommences, there are two more 45-minute levels before them and a chip bag.

12-02-2019 20:16 UTC+10

Basle Bests Argyros

Mateusz_Pater

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Mohammed Elkassir limped in from under the gun before Billy Argyros raised to 2,400 from the cutoff. Harry Basle called from the button. Roy Vandersluis came along from the blinds. Elkassir made it four to the flop.

The dealer produced the flop and the action checked to Argyros who continued for 6,000. Basle called. Vandersluis and Elkassir folded.