2019 The Star Sydney Champs

$5K Challenge
Day: 2
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

Who Will Be Crowned the $5k Challenge Champ?

Sandy Sinclair
Sandy Sinclair

Day 2 of the $5k Challenge in the The Star Sydney Champs is set to kick off at 2:15 p.m. local time with 14 players out of 129 entries returning to battle it out today. The winner will walk away with the lion share of the A$612,750 prize pool as the first-place prize is worth a whopping A$171,572. Every player who takes their seat at the table today is already guaranteed A$10,343 but they will all be aspiring to claim the title and the prize money that comes with it.

Charlie Hawes is ahead of the pack with 429,000 in chips. Hawes is followed by Ehsan Amiri (338,000), Sandy Sinclair (337,000), Ashish Gupta (298,000), and Andrian Chin (252,000). With the average stack amounting to 23 big blinds, the final day could go fast as levels last 45 minutes each and a 10-minute break will take place after every three levels.

A live stream will be available again with commentary provided by Jamie Kerstetter and Ashley Sleeth via the Run It Up Twitch channel with a security delay as the hole cards will be shown. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the updates in real-time until a champion has been crowned so stick around to find out who will take it down..

Final Day Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
301Sandy SinclairAustralia337,00034
302Ebon BokodyAustralia224,00022
303Timo HettingerGermany153,00015
306Charlie HawesNew Zealand429,00043
307Ehsan AmiriAustralia338,00034
308Vesko ZmukicAustralia230,00023
309Majid SaabAustralia249,00025
      
321Andrian ChinAustralia252,00025
322Jason GrayUnited Kingdom122,00012
324Minh NguyenAustralia154,00015
325Mladen VukovicAustralia158,00016
327Ashish GuptaAustralia298,00030
328Vincent HuangAustralia211,00021
329Dejan Boskovic SrAustralia192,00019

Tags: Andrian ChinAshish GuptaAshley SleethCharlie HawesEhsan AmiriJamie KerstetterSandy Sinclair