2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$2,200 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Steven Zhou
Winning Hand
j9
Prize
260,904 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,200 AUD
Entries
1,124
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
240,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
182
Players Left
182

Edwin Chiu Leads Final 24 Players in WSOPC The Star Sydney Main Event

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Edwin Chiu
Edwin Chiu

Day 2 of the World Series of Poker International Circuit The Star Sydney Main Event has concluded with the 1,124-strong Main Event whittled down to the final 24 players, who are competing for a top prize of AU$410,264 (~$280,610), in addition to the coveted WSOP Circuit Ring.

The man leading the charge is Australia's Edwin Chiu, who put on a dominant display of power poker to top the counts over the nine 60-minute levels played.

Chiu returned as one of the top 20 stacks with over 320k but climbed into pole position midway through the day after clashing in a huge hand with Sydney cash grinder Jo Snell in a three-bet pot.

Snell made an ill-timed three street bluff with ace-high and Chiu called him down with a flopped set of fives which was good for a pot of over 3-million chips. While Snell still had a playable 500k stack after the hand, he was unable to recover and departed in 61st place, taking home AU$6,137 for his deep run.

Despite doubling up Billy 'the croc' Argyros during one of the last levels played, Chiu only briefly relinquished the chip lead to Hamish Crawshaw, reseizing it as play began to wind down to bag up an impressive 4,505,000 in chips.

The next closest rival for the top spot is Huss Hassan, who also enjoyed a great day at the tables, railing three separate players in two consecutive hands to bag the second largest stack and will return for the penultimate day with 2,875,000 in chips.

Australia's Adrian Attenborough rounded out the top three after being involved in the vast majority of the live-streamed feature table action to conclude play with a stack of 2,400,000, finishing ahead of Crawshaw, who was the only other player to bag up a stack of over 2-million and will be returning for Day 3 with a stack of 2,030,000.

Other notables still in contention with decent-sized stacks include Duy Doc Vu (1,895,000), Akshay Kapoor (1,400,000), Dean Blatt (1,290,000), Billy 'the croc' Argyros (1,250,000), $5k Challenge finalist Marc Camphausen (1,125,000), China's Chao Duan (1,090,000), and Day 1a frontrunner Diarmuid O'Kane (600,000), though the latter is one of the shorter stacks.

Day 2 Action

A total of 182 players returned for Day 2, all looking to win a slice of the AU$2,248,000 (~$1,537,570) prize pool, and with only the top 117 places paying out, 65 of them would be departing empty-handed.

Notables to come up short of the cash spots included High Roller champion Jonathan Karamalikis, Daniel Laidlaw, Corey Kempson, and Marc Seymour.

The money bubble came and went in rapid fashion, with Jun Zheng the man to depart in the most unenviable position, committing his last two big blinds with ten-nine of spades and losing out to the seven-four of clubs of Michael Hahn, who ran out a straight to guarantee the 117 remaining players a payday of at least AU$3,687 (~$2,520).

Jun Zheng burst the bubble
Jun Zheng burst the bubble

Hahn would later depart in 64th place for an AU$5,598 payday. Other notables to make the money but not the last three eight-handed tables included Day 1d frontrunner Andrew Zheng (45th for AU$7,598), Tony Kambouroglou (49th for AU$6,789), Martin Ward (62nd for AU$6,137), Poker Hall of Famer Gary Benson (67th for 5,598), 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Stewart Scott (79th for AU$5,148), High Roller finalist Julien Sitbon (97th for AU$4,361) and Australia's Geoff Mooney (114th for AU$3,687) to name but a few.

The 24 remaining survivors will return for the penultimate Day 3, which will kick-off at 12:30 p.m. local time and will play down to the official nine-handed final table, however long this may take. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you the highlights of all the action, and you can watch all the action via the official live stream so join us then as we walk the road to the final table.

Day 3 Seat Draw

NameTable/SeatChip Count
John Duggan '30/1                        825,000
Trevor Saunders '30/2                        655,000
Huss Hassan'30/3                     2,875,000
Adrian Salter  '30/4                        615,000
Akshay Kapoor'30/5                     1,400,000
Rehman Kassam  '30/6                        585,000
Hamish Crawshaw'30/7                     2,030,000
Mostafa Haidar  '30/8                        650,000
   
Edwin Chiu'31/1                     4,505,000
Chao Duan  '31/2                     1,090,000
Diarmuid O'Kane  '31/3                        600,000
John Zwaine '31/4                     1,225,000
Jules Wilson'31/5                     1,425,000 
Jensen Chow  '31/6                        895,000
Dean Blatt '31/7                     1,290,000
Adrian Attenborough'31/8                     2,400,000
   
Steven Zhou '32/1                        875,000
Lior Segre  '32/2                     1,160,000
Duy Doc Vu'32/3                     1,895,000
Tom Rafferty  '32/4                     1,240,000
Marc Camphausen  '32/5                     1,125,000
Anish Kumar'32/6                     1,400,000
Billy Vasilios '32/7                     1,250,000
Shane De Clifford'32/8                     1,860,000

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughAkshay KapoorChao DuanCorey KempsonDaniel LaidlawDean BlattDiarmuid O'KaneEdwin ChiuGary BensonGeoff MooneyHamish CrawshawHuss HassanJo SnellJonathan KaramalikisJulien SitbonJun ZhengMarc CamphausenMarc SeymourMartin WardMichael HahnStewart ScottTony Kambouroglou