2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$5,000 Challenge
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
255,311 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
Entries
205
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000

Final Two Table Redraw and Chip Counts

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
TableSeatPlayerChip CountBig Blinds
Outer1Nathan Sawyers255,00025.5
Outer2Simon Chahine97,0009.7
Outer3Matt Wakeman981,00098.1
Outer4Shivan Abdine206,00020.6
Outer5Hauman Darbani273,00027.3
Outer6Hannah Lee382,00038.2
Outer7Gautam Dhingra350,00035
Outer8Sean Dunwoodie223,00022.3
     
Feature1Isaac Lau228,00022.8
Feature2Dejan Boskovic424,00042.4
Feature3David Wang309,00030.9
Feature4Sam Khoueis370,00037
Feature5Joshua McCully356,00035.6
Feature6Mladen Vukovic245,00024.5
Feature7Robert Spano505,00050.5
Feature8Billy Argyros204,00020.4

Level: 15

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Welcome to Day 2 of the WSOP International Circuit Sydney $5K Challenge Event

Matthew Wakeman Starts Day 2 as the Chip Leader
Matthew Wakeman Starts Day 2 as the Chip Leader

Welcome to Day 2 of the $5K Challenge Event here at the WSOP International Circuit stop in Sydney at The Star where the play is set to get underway at 2:15pm.

The brand new ‘big blind ante’ format was introduced to this event for the first time this year and yesterday’s Day 1 saw 215 entrants take part. Of that number, 16 players will return.

Matt Wakeman (981,000) has the chip lead and has a large gap from Robert Spano (505,000), Dejan Boskovic (424,000), Hannah Lee (382,000) and Sam Khoueis (370,000) who round out the top five.

Other notables to have survived to today include Gautam Dhingra (350,000), Shivan Abdine (206,000), Australian Poker Hall-of-Famer Billy Argyros (204,000) and Simon Chihane (97,000) who starts the day as the shortest stack.

Play will continue with 45-minute levels with 10-minute breaks coming after every three levels. Once the final table is reached levels will be an hour long. Blinds will resume at 5,000/10,000/ with a 10,000 big blind ante.

Check back in with PokerNews from 2:15pm today when all the action begins as the remaining 16 faces try to take down this exciting event.

AU$5,000 Challenge

Day 2 Started