AU$1,150 Monster Stack | 2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

12-17-2018 13:11 UTC+11

Godena's Run Comes to an End

MrCleverFox

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Under the gun, Jarryd Godena moved all in for right around 150,000. Action folded to the small blind where Michael Culling called quickly. The big blind folded.

Jarryd Godena:
Michael Culling:

The board ran out and Culling made a full house to send Godena to the rail.

With that pot, Godena's hunt for Casino Championship points ends in this event, but he'll still have a chance for more in the last event, the $660 Bounty which starts in a few hours.

Culling is now one of the chip leaders with over 600,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Culling	670,000
Jarryd Godena	Busted

Tags: Jarryd Godena Michael Culling

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

12-17-2018 12:56 UTC+11

Lee Takes Out Koh

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MrCleverFox

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Hannah Lee opened with a raise to 13,000 and action folded around to Benedict Koh who three-bet to 33,000. Action folded back to Lee who put enough forward to move Koh all in and he called quickly putting himself at risk for about 100,000.

Hannah Lee:
Benedict Koh:

The board ran out and Lee's tens held up to send Koh to the rail. Lee is up to right around 350,000 after taking down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hannah Lee	365,000 159,000	159,000
Benedict Koh	Busted

Tags: Hannah Lee Benedict Koh

12-17-2018 12:44 UTC+11

Laidlaw Doubles Through Nati

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MrCleverFox

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

There is right around 100,000 in the pot and Daniel Laidlaw is facing off against Joseph Nati on a board of . Nati put out a bet of 35,000 and action was then on Laidlaw on the button. He thought it over for a while, then moved all in for 164,500. Nati called quickly.

Laidlaw turned up his for a straight and Nati just shook his head and mucked. He was forced to send over the chips to Laidlaw who doubled to over 400,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Laidlaw	430,000 215,000	215,000
Joseph Nati	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Daniel Laidlaw

12-17-2018 12:33 UTC+11

Cards in the Air

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MrCleverFox

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Cards are now in the air for Day 2 of the $1,150 Monster Stack.

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

12-17-2018 11:45 UTC+11

Only 155 Remain on the Final Day of the $1,150 Monster Stack at the World Series of Poker International Circuit The Star Sydney

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Jarrad Godena is Still Alive in the Monster Stack and Chasing Circuit Points for the Casino Championship

The field of 469 was whittled down to just 155 on Day 1 of the $1,150 Monster Stack here at the World Series of Poker International Circuit The Star Sydney. One of the leaders after the first day of play was Nick Varnavelius who bagged 370,500 chips. The former sales manager of the Australasian division of Bluff Magazine sits just near the top but trails the overall chip leader Rahim Hosseini who bagged 467,000.

Several other notables are also returning for Day 2 include the likes of previous WSOPC ring winners such as Brendon Rubie, John Conomos, and Jarryd Godena. Rubie won his ring last year at this international stop while Godena won a turbo event earlier in this series and is looking for circuit points in the race for Casino Champion which is still in his grasp should he make a strong performance in this event. Same goes for Conomos who won a PLO event earlier in the series as well. Others who made it into Day 2 include Hannah Lee, Errolyn Strang, Daniel Laidlaw, and Sam Khoueis.

Action is set to resume at 12:30 p.m. local time and blinds will resume at level 17 with a 2,500 small blind, 5,000 big blind and an ante of 500. The plan is to play right down to a winner so we could be in for a long one but with an average stack size just over 30 big blinds, players are starting to get a little shallow. Only 54 of the remaining 155 will make it into the money so there's still a way to go until the bubble but everyone who cashes is guaranteed at least $1,846. The eventual winner of the event will take home $103,359 and a World Series of Poker Circuit ring.

PokerNews will be following along with this event providing coverage until the end so make sure to stay tuned.

Tags: Brendon Rubie Daniel Laidlaw Errolyn Strang Hannah Lee Jarryd Godena John Conomos Nick Vernavelius Sam Khoueis

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