$1,100 6-Max
Day 2 Started
2019 The Star Sydney Champs
$1,100 6-Max
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 The Star Sydney Champs
Buy-in
1,100 AUD
Prize Pool
356,000 AUD
Entries
356
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
After a record-breaking first day at the 2019 The Star Sydney Championships, the 356-entry strong field in the A$1,100 6-Max Event has been cut down to 30 hopefuls and they all have locked up a portion of the A$356,000 prize pool already. However, when the action resumes at 12.30 p.m. local time at The Star Sydney, all eyes will be set on the trophy and top prize of A$89,003 that comes along with it.
Leading the field into Day 2 is Alex Yazbeck, one of two players with more than half a million in chips at his disposal. Yazbeck will return with 549,500 and Michael Oscuro is just a few big blinds behind with a stack of 534,000. Nauvneel Kashyap sits in third place overall with 408,500.
Other notables and big stacks still in contention include Guangyu Wang (319,500), John Rosario (308,000), Adrian Salter (270,500), Navid King (193,500), Connie Graham (169,500), Michael Seymour (145,500), Sam Capra (124,000), Michel Bouskila (116,000), Dale Marsland (115,000), and Chad Awerbuch (71,000).
The action is set to resume with blinds of 3,000-6,000 and an ante of 1,000, and the levels will continue at a duration of 40 minutes for the remainder of the tournament. The PokerNews team will be on the floor to provide all the action and a live stream with hole cards displayed will also be available.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1 | Navid King | Australia | 193,500 | 32 |
| 20 | 2 | Miray Badaoui | Australia | 162,000 | 27 |
| 20 | 3 | Thomas Amir | Australia | 179,500 | 30 |
| 20 | 4 | John Rosario | Australia | 308,000 | 51 |
| 20 | 5 | Dale Marsland | Australia | 115,000 | 19 |
| 20 | 6 | Alex Yazbeck | Australia | 549,500 | 92 |
| 22 | 1 | Vesko Zmukic | Australia | 46,000 | 8 |
| 22 | 2 | Michael Doodson | Australia | 15,500 | 3 |
| 22 | 3 | Guangyu Wang | Australia | 319,500 | 53 |
| 22 | 4 | Zhankang Chen | Australia | 128,500 | 21 |
| 22 | 5 | Adrian Salter | Australia | 270,500 | 45 |
| 22 | 6 | Steve Pappas | Australia | 40,000 | 7 |
| 30 | 1 | John Thomson | Australia | 90,000 | 15 |
| 30 | 2 | Tu Tran | Australia | 151,500 | 25 |
| 30 | 3 | Matthew White | Australia | 92,500 | 15 |
| 30 | 4 | Andrew Zhang | Australia | 195,000 | 33 |
| 30 | 5 | Connie Graham | Australia | 169,500 | 28 |
| 30 | 6 | Andrew Miller | Australia | 108,500 | 18 |
| 31 | 1 | Michael Oscuro | Australia | 534,000 | 89 |
| 31 | 2 | Chad Awerbuch | Australia | 71,000 | 12 |
| 31 | 3 | Akshay Kapoor | India | 92,000 | 15 |
| 31 | 4 | Lachlan Dykes | Australia | 96,500 | 16 |
| 31 | 5 | Mark Leslie | Australia | 107,500 | 18 |
| 31 | 6 | Alan Casas | Australia | 139,000 | 23 |
| 32 | 1 | Nauvneel Kashyap | Australia | 408,500 | 68 |
| 32 | 2 | Michel Bouskila | Australia | 116,000 | 19 |
| 32 | 3 | Sam Capra | Australia | 124,000 | 21 |
| 32 | 4 | Qiang Fu | Australia | 143,000 | 24 |
| 32 | 5 | Michael Seymour | Australia | 145,500 | 24 |
| 32 | 6 | Win Tan | Australia | 228,500 | 38 |
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize (AUD) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A$89,003 | $61,643 |
| 2 | A$54,995 | $38,089 |
| 3 | A$38,167 | $26,434 |
| 4 | A$26,810 | $18,568 |
| 5 | A$19,057 | $13,199 |
| 6 | A$13,702 | $9,490 |
| 7-8 | A$9,964 | $6,901 |
| 9-10 | A$7,330 | $5,077 |
| 11-12 | A$5,450 | $3,775 |
| 13-18 | A$4,094 | $2,835 |
| 19-24 | A$3,115 | $2,157 |
| 25-30 | A$2,385 | $1,652 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The 30 remaining players have been welcomed back to The Star poker room and the dealers have been instructed to load up their shoes and start dealing.
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Sam Capra raised from under the gun and Qiang Fu shoved from the hijack for 142,000. Action folded back to Capra who made the call for the 123,000 he had behind.
Sam Capra: 
Qiang Fu: 
The board ran out 
for Fu to hold with the eights to eliminate Capra.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
282,000
139,000
|
139,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Vesko Zmukic raised to 15,000 out of the small blind and Michael Doodson called all in for as much.
Michael Doodson: 
Vesko Zmukic: 
The board came 
and Doodson doubled.
One hand later, Doodson was all in for 35,000 with the 
and Adrian Salter looked him up with the 
. On a board of 
, Doodson doubled once more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
-30,500
|
-30,500 |
|
80,000
64,500
|
64,500 |
|
30,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Chad Awerbuch was all in for 59,000 on the button with the 
and Alan Casas took the flip with .
The board came 
and Awerbuch spiked the flush on the river.
Adrian Salter also ended up all in and at risk preflop, and it was for 231,000 against Guangyu Wang.
Adrian Salter:
Guangyu Wang: 
The board came 
and Salter doubled into a big stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
470,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
130,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
100,000
-219,500
|
-219,500 |
|
80,000
-59,000
|
-59,000 |
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Dale Marsland was all in and at risk with the 
and Miray Badaoui had the slightly superior pocket pair in .
The board came 
and both players hit a full house, though Marsland was drawing dead on the turn already.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
In a blind versus blind situation, Andrew Miller and John Thomson were heads-up and all-in with Thomson at risk with the shorter stack.
John Thomson: 
Andrew Miller:
The board ran out 
for Miller to hit top pair to bust Thomson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
139,000
30,500
|
30,500 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Vesko Zmukic got his last five big blinds in with the and Michael Doodson jammed over the top with the . The board came 
and Doodson hit top two pair to send Zmukic to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
Busted |