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:
2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
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.
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Frydman was the at-risk player and looked to be in trouble when the flop fell ![]()
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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.
The flop showed ![]()
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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.
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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.
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 ![]()
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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.
The 50 remaining players are back in action and here's how the tournament landscape is shaping up:
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 0
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.
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 ![]()
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flop and the action checked to Argyros who continued for 6,000. Basle called. Vandersluis and Elkassir folded.
Both players checked the
on the turn before the
completed the board.
Argyros checked, then mucked rather quickly, after Basle threw out a bet totalling 7,500.
"I'll show you," said Basle, before revealing ![]()
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for the nut flush.