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

Dec 02, 2019

Lee Busts Johnston

Ben Wilson

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

With the flop out on the felt and 13,600 in the pot on a board reading , Thomas Lee (small blind) and Richard Johnston went to war, with Lee check-raising all-in and Johnston making the call for his tournament life.

Thomas Lee:
Richard Johnston:

Johnston was open-ended but Lee had his flush outs covered and top pair to go with it. The turn and river were of no help and Johnston headed for the rail, while Lee stacked up to over six-figures with ~110,000.

Tags: Richard Johnston Thomas Lee

Dec 02, 2019

Spano Pots to Push Off Howearth

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Ben Wilson

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Robert Spano now has significantly more chips

Matthew Howearth and Robert Spano played a big pot that saw the latter leave the former on life support.

With the community cards spread and 20,500 in the pot on the river, Spano (big blind) had checked the action over to Howearth (button) who bet the pot.

Spano check-raised pot, effectively putting Howearth all-in for his tournament life and after some time in the tank, Howearth made the fold to drop to 7,000 or so in chips, while Spano climbed to ~200,000.

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Dec 02, 2019

Prizepool Announced

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

The prize pool has been announced for the $1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed event, coming in at AU$265,500 (~$180,140).

The top 18 players will receive $3,292 for their efforts.

The winner will collect $74,341 as well as the coveted gold circuit ring.

Dec 02, 2019

Angelakis Bests Mcswiney

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Joshua Mcswiney raised to 2,200 from the hijack and was called by Con Angelakis and John Caridad in the blinds.

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

Angelakis bet 5,000. Caridad folded. Mcswiney called.

The completed the board and both players checked.

"Ace jack," announced Angelakis, before tabling for two pair.

"That's good," replied Mcswiney, before flicking his cards to the muck.

Tags: Con Angelakis John Caridad Joshua Mcswiney

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

Dec 02, 2019

Ekrami Cripples Cohen to Take Chip Lead

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Ben Wilson

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

A huge pot played out between Kamyar Ekrami and Daniel Cohen that the pair were kind enough to tell PokerNews about after the fact.

It was Cohen who was the instigator, making it 2,500 to go from under-the-gun, with Ekrami the only caller in the big blind to take the action heads-up to a flop of .

This is where all the fireworks went off, with Ekrami checking the action over to Cohen, who continuation bet 3,000. Ekrami check-raised to 12,000, Cohen re-raised to 31,000, Ekrami potted and Cohen moved all-in and was called.

Kamyar Ekrami:
Daniel Cohen:

Cohen had top set and Ekrami a flush and straight draw with a spade on the turn giving Ekrami the lead. The river saw Cohen's stack reduced to 7,700 while Ekrami scooped a monster pot to climb to 260,000, which is good for the chip lead presently.

Cohen hit the rail shortly afterwards, falling at the hands of Michael Hahn, with the two players getting all the chips in pre-flop, Cohen's trailing to Hahn's double suited and failing to improve. Cohen hit the rail and Hahn stacked up to 53,000.