Main Event | 2019 The Star Sydney Champs

08-05-2019 14:14 UTC+11

Redraw of the Final Table

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Wenjian Qiu	New Zealand	2,060,000	52
2	Nickolas Oiberman	Australia	1,655,000	41
3	Joe Antar	Australia	1,040,000	26
4	Bernie Stang	Australia	2,415,000	60
5	Mark Lassau	Australia	2,435,000	61
6	Tu Le	Australia	1,285,000	32
7	Corey Kempson	Australia	2,885,000	72
8	Hamish Crawshaw	New Zealand	1,955,000	49
9	Peter Robertson	Australia	2,530,000	63

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Kempson	2,885,000 -115,000	-115,000

Peter Robertson	2,530,000 330,000	330,000
Mark Lassau	2,435,000 35,000	35,000
Bernie Stang	2,415,000 315,000	315,000
Wenjian Qiu	1,960,000 -140,000	-140,000
Hamish Crawshaw	1,955,000 -45,000	-45,000
Nickolas Oiberman	1,655,000 -45,000	-45,000
Tu Le	1,285,000 -15,000	-15,000
Joe Antar	1,040,000 80,000	80,000

08-05-2019 14:02 UTC+11

Kumar K.A Eliminated in 10th Place (A$26,342)

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Shirley Ang

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Corey Kempson raised to 85,000 from under the gun and Mark Lassau three-bet to 215,000 from the cutoff. Kumar K.A four-bet shoved for 1,070,000 in the small blind for the big blind and Kempson to quickly fold. Lassau took some time and then decided to make the call with the slightly bigger stack.

Kumar K.A:
Mark Lassau:

The board ran out for Lassau to stay ahead throughout the board and even improve to a pair of kings on the river to eliminate K.A in 10th place as the final table bubble for A$26,342.

The nine remaining players will be redrawn for the final table and sent for a short break while the table is being set up. The seat draw is to follow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Lassau	2,400,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Kumar K.A	Busted

Tags: Corey Kempson Kumar K.A Mark Lassau

08-05-2019 13:54 UTC+11

Collin Tran Eliminated in 12th Place; Joseph Hayek Eliminated in 11th Place (A$26,342)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Collin Tran jammed his last 175,000 first to act and Hamish Crawshaw called from one seat over in the cutoff. Joseph Hayek reshoved the button for around 300,000 and Crawshaw made the call to put two players at risk.

Collin Tran:
Joseph Hayek:
Hamish Crawshaw:

The board came and that secured the double knockout. Tran finishes in 12th place and Hayek takes 11th, they both receive A$26,342 for their efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamish Crawshaw	2,000,000 595,000	595,000
Collin Tran	Busted
Joseph Hayek	Busted

Tags: Collin Tran Hamish Crawshaw Joseph Hayek

08-05-2019 13:48 UTC+11

Mainly Raise and Folds on the Feature Table

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Shirley Ang

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Bernie Stang raised to 85,000 from the button and Mark Lassau three-bet to 210,000 in the big blind. Stang contemplated for a bit and then folded.

Mark Lassau raised to 95,000 from the cutoff and Tu Le three-bet to 265,000 on the button and that was enough to get the blinds and Lassau himself to fold.

Kumar K.A raised to 90,000 from the cutoff and got no action.

Lassau limped in from under the gun, K.A raised to 165,000 from the cutoff. Stang three-bet to 430,000 from the small blind. Corey Kempson folded his big blind and the rest folded too.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Kempson	3,000,000 -115,000	-115,000

Bernie Stang	2,100,000 345,000	345,000
Nickolas Oiberman	1,700,000 -40,000	-40,000
Tu Le	1,300,000 25,000	25,000
Mark Lassau	1,300,000 -40,000	-40,000
Kumar K.A	1,100,000 -275,000	-275,000

Tags: Bernie Stang Mark Lassau Corey Kempson Tu Le Kumar K.A

08-05-2019 13:44 UTC+11

Robertson Wins Four-Bet Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

As the first player to act, Peter Robertson opened to 80,000 and Wenjian Qiu three-bet to 225,000. Joseph Hayek in the big blind reluctantly folded and Robertson four-bet to 590,000, which Qiu called. The flop brought and a bet of 300,000 by Robertson forced a fold from Qiu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Robertson	2,200,000 605,000	605,000
Wenjian Qiu	2,100,000 -600,000	-600,000

Tags: Joseph Hayek Peter Robertson Wenjian Qiu

08-05-2019 13:38 UTC+11

Peter Dykes Eliminated in 13th Place (A$21,470)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Wenjian "William" Qiu wanted to raise but only put in 45,000, and it was instead ruled as a limp on the button, Peter Dykes checked his option in the big blind. The flop came and Dykes moved all in, Qiu called.

Peter Dykes:
Wenjian Qiu:

The turn gave Qiu a pair of fives and the river further improved him to a flush, sending Dykes to the rail in 13th place for A$21,470.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wenjian Qiu	2,700,000 370,000	370,000
Peter Dykes	Busted

Tags: Peter Dykes Wenjian Qiu

08-05-2019 13:31 UTC+11

Load Up Your Shoe!

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Shirley Ang

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

The dealers have been instructed to loads up their dealing shoes and to shuffle up and deal with the 13 remaining players welcomed back to the tables.

Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

08-05-2019 12:07 UTC+11

The Star Sydney Champs Main Event Will Crown a Champion Today

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Shirley Ang

2019 The Star Sydney Champs Main Event Winner Trophy

The final day of the The Star Sydney Champs Main Event will bring back 13 players out of the record-breaking 600 entries to the tables at the beautiful buzzing The Star Poker Room. A beautiful trophy and the first-place prize of A$352,800 is on the line and all players will be battling each other until one of them is left. Corey Kempson is ahead of the pack with 3,115,000 in chips after a fast-paced Day 2.

Trailing Kempson is Wenjian Qiu with 2,330,000, and Bernie Stang with 1,755,000. Also bagging an above average stack are Nickolas Oiberman, Peter Robertson, Mark Lassau, and Hamish Crawshaw. The rest of the line-up is filled by Kumar K.A, Tu Le, Joe Antar, Joseph Hayek, Collin Tran, and Peter Dykes.

Final Day Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
31	2	Joe Antar	Australia	960,000	24
31	3	Wenjian Qiu	New Zealand	2,330,000	58
31	4	Collin Tran	Australia	360,000	9
31	5	Peter Dykes	Australia	320,000	8
31	6	Hamish Crawshaw	New Zealand	1,405,000	35
31	7	Joseph Hayek	Australia	510,000	13
31	8	Peter Robertson	Australia	1,595,000	40

32	3	Tu Le	Australia	1,275,000	32
32	4	Kumar K.A	Australia	1,375,000	34
32	5	Nickolas Oiberman	Australia	1,740,000	44
32	6	Bernie Stang	Australia	1,755,000	44
32	7	Corey Kempson	Australia	3,115,000	78
32	8	Mark Lassau	Australia	1,340,000	34

All thirteen players are guaranteed at least A$21,470 when they return at 12:30 p.m. local time to play Level 23 with a small blind of 20,000, big blind of 40,000, and a traditional ante of 5,000. Levels will still last 60 minutes each with a 10-minute break scheduled after every two levels.

The Run It Up Twitch channel will be live streaming the feature table with a dynamic delay from 3 p.m. local time but the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor, as usual, to bring you all the live updates until a champion has been crowned at the end of the road.

This is what they are all playing for:

Place	Prize (AUD)	Prize (USD)
1	A$352,800	$244,348
2	A$218,215	$151,135
3	A$159,566	$110,515
4	A$118,406	$82,008
5	A$89,090	$61,703
6	A$67,956	$47,066
7	A$52,550	$36,396
8	A$41,194	$28,531
9	A$32,726	$22,666
10-12	A$26,342	$18,244
13	A$21,470	$14,870

Tags: Bernie Stang Collin Tran Corey Kempson Hamish Crawshaw Joe Antar Joseph Hayek Kumar K.A Mark Lassau Nickolas Oiberman Peter Dykes Peter Robertson Tu Le Wenjian Qiu

Main Event

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