2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$20,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
96
Prize
356,250 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
20,000 AUD
Entries
50
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
20,000

Bokody Bullying His Opponents

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Luke Martinelli opened on the button with {9-Hearts}{7-Clubs} to 35,000 and Qiang Fu was in the small blind with {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}. He three-bet to 113,000. Ebon Bokody was in the big blind with {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} and he moved all in with a covering stack on both players. Martinelli folded quickly, but Fu did not. He tanked for a bit and eventually folded, leaving himself with just over 400,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ebon Bokody au
Ebon Bokody
1,500,000
400,000
400,000
Profile photo of Luke Martinelli au
Luke Martinelli
488,000
-262,000
-262,000
Profile photo of Qiang Fu nz
Qiang Fu
413,000
-93,000
-93,000

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Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

Fu Takes One Off Martinelli

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Luke Martinelli limped in the small blind with {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and Qiang Fu checked in the big blind with {Q-Spades}{9-Hearts}

Both players checked on the {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{6-Clubs} flop and both players checked.

Luke bet 20,000 on the {4-Spades} turn and Fu called.

The river was the {Q-Hearts} and Martinelli bet again, making it 45,000. Fu called quickly and took down the pot with two pair.

Player Chips Progress
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Luke Martinelli
750,000
-40,000
-40,000
Profile photo of Qiang Fu nz
Qiang Fu
506,000
76,000
76,000

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Jan Suchanek Eliminated in 4th Place ($118,845)

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Jan Suchanek
Jan Suchanek

Jan Suchanek opened on the button with a raise to 26,000 and action folded to the big blind where Ebon Bokody put in a three-bet to just over 100,000. Action folded back to Suchanek and he thought for a bit before ripping it all in for right around 550,000. Bokody snap called.

Jan Suchanek: {8-Spades}{7-Spades}
Ebon Bokody: {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{6-Diamonds} and Suchanek did pick up some outs, but enough to catch up. With that he hit the rail in fourth place and he'll collect $118,845 for his run in this event.

Bokody moved into the chip lead with over a million chips after taking down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Ebon Bokody
1,100,000
570,000
570,000
Profile photo of Jan Suchanek nz
Jan Suchanek
Busted

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Bokody Doubles Through Martinelli

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ebon Bokody opened with a raise and Luke Martinelli three-bet from the big blind to 115,000. Action folded back to Bokody who moved all in for roughly 260,000. Martinelli quickly called.

Evan Bokody: {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}
Luke Martinelli: {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

The board ran out {Q-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{9-Spades}{3-Clubs} and Martinelli paired his queen but it wasn't enough. Bokody doubled back to over 500,000 while Martinelli dropped to under 800,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Luke Martinelli au
Luke Martinelli
790,000
-167,000
-167,000
Profile photo of Ebon Bokody au
Ebon Bokody
530,000
159,000
159,000

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Martinelli Shoves on Bokody

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ebon Bokody checked and Luke Martinelli bet 25,000 on a flop of {8-Clubs}{3-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}. Martinelli was holding {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} for a flopped set. Bokody called with a hand that was not shown on the stream.

The turn was the {5-Diamonds} and Bokody checked again. Martinelli made it 85,000. Bokody then check-raised, making it 200,000, Martinelli thought for a bit, then moved all in for 256,000 more. Bokody ended up folding, so Martinelli took down the pot pushing him to nearly 800,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Luke Martinelli
957,000
102,000
102,000
Profile photo of Ebon Bokody au
Ebon Bokody
371,000
-265,000
-265,000

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Martinelli Straightens Out Fu

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Luke Martinelli opened to 26,000 on the button with {A-Clubs}{8-Hearts} and Qiang Fu was in the big blind with {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}. He called.

The flop was {Q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and Fu checked. Martinelli put out a bet of 35,000 and Fu called.

On the {J-Spades} turn, Martinelli turned a straight. Fu decided to check and Martinelli put out a bet of 40,000. Fu called again.

The river was the {9-Hearts} and Fu checked a third time. Martinelli decided to check behind. Fu showed his two pair but it was no good so Martinelli took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Luke Martinelli
855,000
61,000
61,000
Profile photo of Qiang Fu nz
Qiang Fu
430,000
-154,000
-154,000

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Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Gautam Dhingra Eliminated in 5th Place ($101,250)

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Gautam Dhingra
Gautam Dhingra

Gautam Dhingra moved all in under the gun for just under 200,000 and Qiang Fu called in the big blind after looking at his cards.

Gautam Dhingra: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Qiang Fu: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}

The board ran out {10-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{4-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{7-Hearts} and Fu flopped Dhingra dead to running aces. The turn sealed the deal for Fu so he took down the pot and sent Dhingra to the rail.

For his 5th place finish, Dhingra collected $101,250 for his second six-figure cash this week.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Qiang Fu nz
Qiang Fu
927,000
379,000
379,000
Profile photo of Gautam Dhingra au
Gautam Dhingra
Busted

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