2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$500 Opening Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
112,171 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
500 AUD
Entries
1,444
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
40,000

Johnathan Hargrave Tops Day 1c of the Opening Event

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Johnathan Hargrave Edged Pak Wong to Lead Day 1c
Johnathan Hargrave Edged Pak Wong to Lead Day 1c

The WSOP International Circuit $500 Opening Event had an impressive 329 entries play Day 1c at The Star in Sydney. There were 63 runners who found a bag at the end of 12 levels and are moving on to Day 2. Jonathan Hargrave would end up being the biggest stack moving on from this flight.

Hargrave rode the momentum and accumulated all day, bagging an impressive 229,600 in chips. Other big chip stacks to end the day included Pak Wong (220,4000) who was the only other stack above 200,000, Mu-Sang Kim (189,000), James Pollifrone (186,000) and Pedro Ledesma (178,500) who rounded out the top five.

A few notables also moving on to Day 2 include Chad Awerbuch (175,500), Sam Capra (110,900), Johan Lees (104,700), Jesse McKenzie (67,300) and Daniel Laidlaw (26,600).

Lees is the defending champion of this event after besting a field of 1,357 players in 2017 to capture his first WSOP circuit ring. McKenzie was the feel-good story of the day. After losing to an opponent who had quads early in proceedings he was left with just 525 in chips, good for a couple of big blinds. He then went on a heater that would see him rise to a top of 130,000 in chips before settling for about half that when the day concluded.

There were several players that could not get anything going in this flight and busted throughout the day including Shivan Abdine, David Goldberg, Seve Jarvin, Wai Wong and father-and-son duo Michael and Travis O’Grady. These players as well as all the ones knocked out in the previous two flights have one more crack with Day 1d scheduled for Friday commencing at 12:30.

Stay tuned from Friday onwards as PokerNews brings you all the excitement as we play down to our first champion of the series.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Johnathan Hargrave
Johnathan Hargrave
229,600
49,600
49,600
Profile photo of Pak Wong
Pak Wong
220,400
Profile photo of Mu-Sang Kim
Mu-Sang Kim
189,000
189,000
189,000
Profile photo of James Pollifrone
James Pollifrone
186,000
Profile photo of Chad Awerbuch au
Chad Awerbuch
175,500
35,500
35,500
Profile photo of Paul Issa
Paul Issa
164,300
19,300
19,300
Profile photo of Wael Salloum
Wael Salloum
161,100
Profile photo of Gregg Russell au
Gregg Russell
159,300
Profile photo of Dmitry Tymoshenko
Dmitry Tymoshenko
139,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Spencer Davies au
Spencer Davies
132,300
Profile photo of Sam Capra au
Sam Capra
110,900
-1,100
-1,100
Profile photo of Johan Lees au
Johan Lees
104,700
-15,300
-15,300
Profile photo of Jesse McKenzie au
Jesse McKenzie
67,300
-7,700
-7,700
Profile photo of Daniel Laidlaw au
Daniel Laidlaw
26,600
-27,400
-27,400

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