2019 The Star Sydney Champs

$5K Challenge
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 The Star Sydney Champs

Final Results
Winner
Jason Gray
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
171,572 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
Prize Pool
612,750 AUD
Entries
129
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000

Kempson on the Rise

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Majid Saab called a bet of 3,500 by Gary Benson on the heads-up turn of {j-Hearts}{10-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and they ended up checking the {j-Diamonds} river, which saw Benson turn over the {j-Spades}{6-Clubs} for a full house to win the pot.

Benson appears to be the current chip leader, however, Corey Kempson is not far behind one table over. Kempson just won a decent pot off Andrej Senic when an unfortunate runout on the {10-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{3-Spades}{10-Diamonds} board killed any river action.

"Kings," Kempson announced and his {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds} were good enough to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
146,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
130,000
108,000
108,000
Profile photo of Majid Saab au
Majid Saab
100,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Andrej Senic au
Andrej Senic
90,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Robert Spano au
Robert Spano
80,000
46,000
46,000
Profile photo of Mladen Vukovic au
Mladen Vukovic
75,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Minh Nguyen us
Minh Nguyen
48,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Andrej SenicCorey KempsonGary BensonMajid Saab