Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
AU$1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Day: 1
Hindmarch Forces White Out
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
On a flop of 
Tam Truong checked from the small blind before Andrew White bet 1,000 from the big blind. Andrew Hindmarch was on the button and re-raised to 3,000. Truong folded. White called.
The turn brought the 
and White checked. Hindmarch immediately announced pot and threw out 8,400. White thought for a minute before opting to fold.
Hindmarch slowly revealed three of his cards one by one, the 
then 
and 
, before mucking the last card and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
24,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Defending Champ Spikes on the River
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Todd Ritson limped into the pot from under the gun before the defending champion of this event, Danny Huynh, raised to 700 from the cutoff. Jarred Graham called from the button followed by Frank Koopmann in the small blind. Ritson called as well.
The flop came 
and the action checked to Huynh who continued for 1,000. Graham and Koopmann called. Ritson folded.
The turn brought the 
and Koopmann checked. Huynh tossed out 5,000. Graham raised to 12,000. Koopmann folded.
"Is two pair good?" muttered Huynh to himself. "I have a gutshot too," he added with a laugh.
Graham laughed along mentioning that there had to be something else keeping him in.
"You want me to call?" asked Huynh.
"Of course. I have the best hand," added Graham with a smile.
Huynh knew he was behind but obliged with a call for his remaining 12,000.
Huynh: 
Graham: 
Graham had the lead with two pair against Huynh who had a pair and gutshot straight draw.
The dealer produced the on the river to indeed give Huynh the straight and the winning hand.
"I'm back to my starting stack," acknowledged Graham with a smile, before both players shook hands, and continued playing on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
26,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Pre-Break Stacks
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
The 134-strong PLO field are off on their first 10-minute break of the day and currently, it looks as though the two biggest stacks belong to Patrick Laoyont and Matthew Howearth, but it's still early days. Here's how some of the notables are stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
82,500
57,500
|
57,500 |
|
|
47,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
38,300
38,300
|
38,300 |
|
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
28,800
28,800
|
28,800 |
|
28,450
-3,550
|
-3,550 |
|
||
|
|
26,300
26,300
|
26,300 |
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
24,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
16,800
2,600
|
2,600 |
|
13,825
13,825
|
13,825 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Trayner Folds Out Yu
Level 4
: 150/300, 0 ante
Malcolm Trayner opened the action from under-the-gun with a raise to 1,000 with Feng Yu the only caller from one seat over.
The monochrome 
flop was checked around, as was the 
turn, with Treyner taking a stab for 1,000 on the river, which was enough to win a small pot when Yu folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,600 | |
|
36,100
11,100
|
11,100 |
Two Levels at 150/300
Level 4
: 150/300, 0 ante
Owing to a typo in the tournament structure there are two levels of 150/300 as, being as this was in the tournament structure sheet, it must be played - this means that level 4 will effectively be a 90-minute level.
Lee and Johnston Chop it Up
Level 4
: 150/300, 0 ante
With the community cards all out and spread 
and 4,150 in the pot, action had been checked to Thomas Lee on the button in a four-way hand, and he fired for 3,000.
Big blind Richard Johnston was the only caller and the two chopped the pot with jack-ten for Broadway apiece.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000
7,700
|
7,700 |
|
34,000 |
Obst and Kempson In
Level 4
: 150/300, 0 ante
Corey Kempson and James Obst are two of the more recent arrivals and we caught the latter taking down a small pot.
It was Obst who was the raiser, making it 700 to go from the cutoff and picking up the big blind as a caller. The 
flop was checked through, as was the 
turn and river.
The big blinds showed down 
and Obst won the pot with 
to climb to 29,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000 | |
|
||
Laoyont Over 100K
Level 4
: 150/300, 0 ante
The flop showed and 9,900 had amassed in the pot.
Patrick Laoyont and his opponent both checked before the dropped on the turn.
Laoyont fired out 6,000, which was enough to take down the pot, after his opponent mucked.
Laoyont surpassed 100,000 in chips following the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
102,000
19,500
|
19,500 |