Who Will be Crowned Champion in the WSOP International Circuit Sydney Opening Event?

The final nine players in the Opening Event will be returning today at 4pm to play for not only the $112,171 first prize but also the prestigious WSOP gold circuit ring.

The first event of the WSOP International Circuit series here at The Star in Sydney will be giving a minimum of $11,118 to the final table and a pay jumps will be happening after every elimination, with the top three getting a $50,000+ payday.

The final table has two recognizable names in Zhi Ma and Chad Awerbuch, who both have a wealth of tournament experience and results to show. Even as two of the three shortest stacks, they will be hard to beat. Ma has over $320,000 in tournament earnings with his best result coming this year at the Sydney Championships where he finished in second place in the $5k challenge for $120,000. Awerbuch has a dozen five-figure scores to his name, his best coming when he finished fourth in the $5,000 NLHE Main Event during the Star Poker Series in Sydney in 2012 collecting $54,506. A top-two finish today will see him top that.

But everyone will be chasing one man, chip leader Jun Wang. The relatively unknown Wang had a dominant Day 2 eventually bagging the chip lead after taking out 10th place finisher Stan L. in the final hand of the evening.

Final Table Seat Draw

Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Malcolm Trayner	4,535,000	45
2	Johnathan Hargrave	1,945,000	19
3	Chad Awerbuch	1,350,000	14
4	Zhi Ma	1,025,000	10
5	Jun Wang	5,425,000	54
6	Shan Jiang	1,485,000	15
7	Alex Falon	3,340,000	33
8	George Mitri	1,190,000	12
9	Chu Ong	1,490,000	15