2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$5,000 Challenge
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Shivan Abdine
Winning Hand
32
Prize
260,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
Entries
203
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
30,000

Chao Duan Eliminated in 13th Place AU$15,620/$10,570

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Chao Duan
Chao Duan

The hand started innocuously enough with action folding around to Ehsan Amiri in the small blind, who just completed and Chao Duan checked his option in the big blind.

The flop fell {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} and Amiri check-called a 10,000 Duan flop bet to keep the duo in action to the {5-Hearts} turn where the action went check, check.

All the fireworks happened on the {q-Spades} river - Amiri now led for 55,000 and after some consideration, Duan moved all-in for ~260,000 and Amiri made a speedy call.

Duan, holding {q-Hearts}{7-Clubs} had rivered two pair, which was rather unfortunate as Amiri had made his straight on the turn with {3-Hearts}{4-Clubs} and the field is now down to 12 players. Amiri stacked up to 380,000 after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Ehsan Amiri
380,000
53,000
53,000

Tags: Chao DuanEhsan Amiri

Jiang Picks Off Huang

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With the board reading {3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and 80,000 already in the pot in a heads-up hand between Vincent Huang and Honglin Jiang, Huang had checked the action over to Jiang, who fired for 30,000. Huang called and the dealer burned and turned the {9-Clubs}.

The action went check, check and the river came down {4-Spades}. This saw Huang take a stab for a sizable 180,000 and Jiang hit the think tank. Eventually, he dropped in a single green 25k chip to represent the call and the cards were revealed.

Huang showed {a-Spades}{9-Spades} for ace-high but was behind to Jiang's {a-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} rivered trips. Huang dropped down to 150,000 after that little misadventure, which Jiang is riding high on 800,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Honglin Jiang
800,000
345,000
345,000
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Vincent Huang
150,000
-189,000
-189,000

Tags: Honglin JiangVincent Huang

Ryan Bownds Eliminated in 14th Place AU$15,620/$10,570

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Ryan Bownds
Ryan Bownds

George Mitri opened with a raise from under the gun before the action fell on Ryan Bownds on the button. He moved all-in for 202,000. The blinds got out of the way. Mitri made the call.

Mitri: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Bownds: {a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

The board ran out {5-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{10-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} resulting in Bownds falling in 14th place.

Player Chips Progress
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George Mitri
910,000
201,000
201,000
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Ryan Bownds
Busted

Tags: George MitriRyan Bownds

Sosia Jiang Eliminated in 15th Place AU$15,620/$10,570

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Sosia Jiang
Sosia Jiang

Sosia Jiang moved all-in for 101,000 from the button and was quickly called by Marc Camphausen in the small blind. Shivan Abdine then moved all-in over the top from the big blind for around 460,000 which had both players covered. The decision was back on Camphausen, who thought for a minute, before releasing his hand to the muck.

"I have a straight," joked Jiang, before tabling {k-Clubs}{10-Hearts}.

Abdine turned over his {a-Hearts}{q-Spades} and had Jiang dominated.

The board ran out {7-Spades}{j-Spades}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Spades}, improving Abdine to a flush, resulting in Jiang hitting the rail first on Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
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Shivan Abdine
670,000
235,000
235,000
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Marc Camphausen
265,000
-61,000
-61,000
Profile photo of Sosia Jiang nz
Sosia Jiang
Busted

Tags: Marc CamphausenShivan AbdineSosia Jiang

Action on Feature Table Starting Slowly

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Players are easing into the action slowly at the moment. Michael Doumani tried to get something going with a pre-flop shove for 165,000 but found no customers and took down the blinds and antes.

Charlie Hawe raised the next hand to 22,000 from under-the-gun with big blind George Mitri the only caller. Mitri checked the {2-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} flop over to Hawe, who continuation bet 17,000, which Mitri called.

The dealer burned and turned the {5-Spades}, which brought checks from both players, as did the {2-Spades} river. First to act, Mitri revealed {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}, which was enough to win the pot.

Action folded around to Chao Duan on the button the hand afterwards, and he juiced it to 20,000, which was enough to take it down.

Ehsan Amiri and Adrian Attenborough tangled in the following hand with Amiri the pre-flop raiser, making it 22,000 to go from middle position. Attenborough defended the big blind and made the call, checking the {2-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{7-Spades} flop over to Amiri who checked it back.

The {7-Diamonds} turn saw Attenborough seize the initiative with a 60,000 bet, which was enough to take down the hand.

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughChao DuanCharlie HaweEhsan AmiriGeorge MitriMichael Doumani

Level: 16

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

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

George Mitri starts Day 2 of the $5k Challenge as chip leader
George Mitri starts Day 2 of the $5k Challenge as 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 local time.

The ‘big blind ante’ format was applied to this event for the second year running and yesterday’s Day 1 saw 203 entrants take part. Of that number, 15 players will return.

George Mitri (709,000) has the chip lead and has a sizeable gap from James Obst (534,000), Honglin Jiang (455,000), Charlie Hawe (447,000) and Shivan Abdine (435,000) who round out the top five.

Other notables to have survived to today include Adrian Attenborough (333,000), Marc Camphausen (326,000), Chao Duan (294,000), Tam Truong (285,000) and Patrick Laoyont (10,000) who starts the day as the shortest stack with one big blind.

Play will continue with 45-minute levels with 10-minute breaks coming after every three levels. 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 15 faces try to take down this exciting event.

Day 2 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
321Ryan BowndsAustralia28400028
322Empty---
323Ehsan AmiriAustralia32700033
324Chao DuanChina29400029
325George MitriAustralia70900071
326Charlie HaweAustralia44700045
327Adrian AttenboroughAustralia33300033
328Michael DoumaniAustralia16500017
      
311Empty---
312Vincent HuangAustralia33900034
313Honglin JiangNew Zealand45500046
314James ObstAustralia53400053
315Tam TruongAustralia28500029
316Sosia JiangNew Zealand13800014
317Marc CamphausenGermany32600033
318Shivan AbdineAustralia43500044
319Partick LaoyontAustralia100001

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughChao DuanCharlie HaweGeorge MitriHonglin JiangJames ObstMarc CamphausenPatrick LaoyontShivan AbdineTam Truong

AU$5,000 Challenge

Day 2 Started