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

12-02-2019 20:10 UTC+10

Lee Busts Johnston

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Lee (AU)	110,000 110,000	110,000
Richard Johnston	Busted

Tags: Richard Johnston Thomas Lee

12-02-2019 20:03 UTC+10

Spano Pots to Push Off Howearth

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Spano	200,000 15,000	15,000
Matthew Howearth	7,000 -41,000	-41,000

Tags: Matthew Howearth Robert Spano

12-02-2019 19:55 UTC+10

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.

12-02-2019 19:53 UTC+10

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Caridad	82,500 30,500	30,500
Con Angelakis	48,000 -4,000	-4,000
Joshua Mcswiney	43,000 4,200	4,200

Tags: Con Angelakis John Caridad Joshua Mcswiney

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

12-02-2019 19:44 UTC+10

Ekrami Cripples Cohen to Take Chip Lead

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kamyar Ekrami	260,000 260,000	260,000
Michael Hahn	53,000 28,000	28,000
Daniel Cohen	7,700 -137,300	-137,300

Tags: Daniel Cohen Kamyar Ekrami Michael Hahn

12-02-2019 19:16 UTC+10

Horowitz Flushes Chin

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Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

The flop showed and 5,200 had found its way to the middle of the table.

All three players in the hand checked before the dropped on the turn.

Daniel Tan and Andrian Chin checked over to Alex Horowitz who bet 5,000. Tan folded. Chin called.

The completed the board and Chin check-called another bet totalling 6,000 from Horowitz.

Horowitz then tabled for a flush and the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Tan	90,000
Alex Horowitz	51,000 26,000	26,000
Andrian Chin	28,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Alex Horowitz Andrian Chin Daniel Tan

12-02-2019 19:15 UTC+10

Assorted Chip Counts

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Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

Jeff Lisandro has become one of the more recent casualties. Here's how some of the 79 remaining players are stacking up:

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Cohen	145,000
Ricky He	100,000 48,100	48,100
Julien Sitbon	91,000 -9,000	-9,000

Daniel Tan	90,000 44,500	44,500
Frank Koopmann	70,000 -14,000	-14,000
Mikael Larsson	70,000 11,000	11,000
Wayne Lee	60,000 -10,000	-10,000
Luke Edwards	60,000 22,500	22,500
Richard Johnston	55,000 12,500	12,500
Geoff Mooney	55,000 10,500	10,500
David Wang	53,200
Matthew Howearth	48,000 -20,000	-20,000
Huss Hassan	46,500 21,300	21,300
Danny Huynh	45,000 -12,500	-12,500

Feng Yu	45,000 21,700	21,700
Malcolm Trayner	41,000 5,300	5,300
Joshua Mcswiney	38,800 500	500
Tam Truong	38,400 7,900	7,900
Andrian Chin	35,000 -13,000	-13,000
Yoonho Kwok	34,500 -23,500	-23,500
Thomas Lee	32,000 3,500	3,500
Billy Argyros	31,000 6,500	6,500
Bac Nguyen	30,300
Patrick Laoyont	27,000 -53,000	-53,000
Ehsan Amiri	25,000 -20,000	-20,000