2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$2,200 Main Event
Day: 4
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

Zhou Picks Off Hassan, Duan Shoves on Segre

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Steven Zhou
Steven Zhou

A ballsy bluff by Huss Hassan backfired, with Steven Zhou picking him off on the river.

It was Hassan the man raising pre-flop, making it 225,000 from the button with both Zhou (small blind) and John Zwaine (big blind) making the call to take the action three-way to a monochrome flop of {a-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{8-Clubs}.

After both blinds checked, Hassan led for 275,000 with Zhou the only caller. The {j-Spades} turn saw both players check, with the {k-Clubs} river bringing in four to a flush.

Zhou checked it over to Hassan for a third time and he reached for a big stack of the dark blue 100k chips for a river bomb of 1,050,000.

Zhou did not take long to make the call and Hassan brassily flipped over {6-Spades}{4-Spades} for six-high. Zhou scooped the pot with {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}.

A couple of hands later, Lior Segre and Chao Duan got into it in a button versus blinds confrontation that left Segre a little short. It was Segre who was the initial raiser, making it 255,000 to go on the button, with Duan re-raising to 650,000 from the small blind.

The rest of the table got out of the way and after a few seconds thinking it over, Segre made the call to take play heads-up to a flop of {3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, which Duan led for 350,000.

Segre called to bring in the {9-Hearts} turn but that was as far as the hand went. After close to 2 minutes in the think tank Duan pulled the trigger and moved all-in, with Segre making a quick fold.

Chao Duan (right) shoves on Lior Segre
Chao Duan (right) shoves on Lior Segre
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steven Zhou au
Steven Zhou
7,680,000
2,780,000
2,780,000
Profile photo of Chao Duan cn
Chao Duan
4,465,000
1,650,000
1,650,000
Profile photo of Huss Hassan au
Huss Hassan
2,375,000
-425,000
-425,000
Profile photo of Lior Segre au
Lior Segre
1,730,000
-380,000
-380,000

Tags: Chao DuanHassanHuss HassanJohn ZwaineLior SegreSteven Zhou