Adam Cusenza Ships the Sydney Championships Hyper Turbo (A$27,000)
Adam Cusenza won the fast-paced Sydney Championships Event #13: A$500 10 Year Hyper Turbo Championship for A$27,000 ($19,982).
There were many things for players to like about this 10 Year Hyper Turbo Championship held at the Star Poker Room, though the $26,100 in bonus prize money was probably the one the players liked the most.
The tournament needed 223 players to cover the A$100,000 guarantee and got just 165 players, meaning that the Star Poker Team contributed more than one-quarter of the prize pool on offer. From discussions the Star Poker Room Live Reporting Team had with the festival organizers, this is not something that they minded.
The tournament was all about celebrating the 10 years of continued success that the Sydney Championship has enjoyed in a fun, new way. Given the overwhelming feedback and support from players who took part, it seems that mission has been accomplished.
Fast and Furious Action
The action was fun and fast the whole way through with players genuinely enjoying the non-stop entertainment. Cheering and yelling could be heard throughout as players went all in and called with a wide and varied range of hands, to try and keep ahead of the escalating blinds which inevitably led to a highly entertaining number of bad beats and brutal suckouts.
The tournament rocketed on at light speed, thanks in part to the runner-up, Ehsan Amiri. He was very active throughout many stages of the tournament and knocked out more than half of the players on the final table on his own.
In the end, it would be Cusenza who would take the title after winning a series of all-in's heads up to turn a 7:1 chip disadvantage into a chip lead within just a few hands. He can now add a Sydney Championships title to his poker resume. The Adelaide local had won a handfull of tournaments previously, but this is the only one that he has won outside of South Australia.
Sydney Championships Event #13: A$500 10 Year Hyper Turbo Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Team | Country | Prize | Prize in US$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Cusenza | Australia | A$27,000 | $19,982 |
| 2 | Ehsan Amiri | Australia | A$16,686 | $12,349 |
| 3 | Ryan Johnson | Australia | A$12,011 | $8,889 |
| 4 | Adi Dahari | Australia | A$8,803 | $6,515 |
| 5 | Columbanus Horan | Australia | A$6,566 | $4,859 |
| 6 | Daniel Copko | Australia | A$4,983 | $3,688 |
| 7 | Al Josue | Australia | A$3,846 | $2,846 |
| 8 | Kostadin Todosievski | Macedonia | A$3,017 | $2,233 |
| 9 | Domenic Galati | Australia | A$2,406 | $1,781 |
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