Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
AU$1,320 6-Max
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
Buy-in
1,320 AUD
Entries
283
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
All the money got in preflop between Michael Asad and Matthew Howearth with Asad holding the bigger of the two stacks and putting Howearth at risk.
Michael Asad: 
Matthew Howearth: 
The board ran out 
and Howearth's tens held up allowing him to double while Asad dropped to just over 200,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
96,500
|
96,500 |
|
230,000
-111,500
|
-111,500 |
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Shivan Apdine opened with a raise to 13,000 from early position and Jason Hann moved all in when folded to him for a bit over 150,000. Action folded back to Adbine who called swiftly.
Jason Hann: 
Shivan Abdine: 
The board ran out 
and both players made a straight, but Hann made a better straight, allowing him to double up.
Just a few hands later, Timo Hettinger moved all in under the gun. Abdine was in the big blind with an extremely short stack and he called after taking a look at his cards.
Shivan Abdine: 
Timo Hettinger: 
The board ran out 
and with that, Abdine made a flush on the turn to double up and stay alive. Abdine still has a short stack but sits with right around 45,000 after the two hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
45,000
-108,500
|
-108,500 |
|
40,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Catching the action on a flop of 
action checked to Michael Fraser and he put out a bet of 22,000. Action folded back to Graeme Putt who took a sip of tea.
"Do you want me to do it?" Putt asked. Fraser didn't repsond.
Putt did call though and the turn was the . Both players checked then checked again on the 
.
"One pair," Putt said, showing his 
. Fraser could only muster 
so Putt would take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
51,500
|
51,500 |
|
175,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Sheng Ye was seated in the small blind and looked over at Nurlan Boobekov's stack in the big blind before announcing all in which had Boobekov covered. Boobekov snap-called.
Sheng Ye:
Nurlan Boobekov:
The board ran out 
to see Boobekov unable to improve against Ye's pocket pair sending him home in 29th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Immediately after the bubble burst, Matt Wakeman, the $5,000 Challenge champion, was eliminated.
Tristan Bain was the player who sent him to the rail and Bain explained the details of the hand. According to Bain he opened with a raise and Wakeman called in the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Wakeman checked. Bain put out a quarter pot-sized bet and Wakeman check-raised to 28,000. Bain went all in and Wakeman called.
Wakeman was holding 
for two pair, but was drawing slim as Bain flopped trips with . The turn and river were bricks and Wakeman was sent home in 30th place. For his run he'll take down $2,668.
Bain is now one of the biggest stacks in the room with over 300,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Action folded around to the cutoff where Michael O'Grady open-shoved all in for just over 100,000 chips. Next to act, Tristan Bain called. Everyone else folded and it was on to a showdown.
Michael O'Grady:
Tristan Bain: 
O'Grady was in a bad spot with an underpair to Bain's kings and he didn't find any help as the board ran out 
. The stacks were counted and O'Grady had slightly less than Bain, as Bain got a walk on the first hand of the day, giving him a bit more chips. With that, O'Grady hit the rail as the 31st place finisher, bringing the final 30 players into the money.
Each player is now guaranteed at least $2,668 for their run in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
129,500
|
129,500 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The action folded around to Tony Tavella in the small blind who moved all in. He was snap-called by Aaron Li in the big blind.
Aaron Li:
Tony Tavella:
The board ran out 
to see Tavella take the lead after flopping a pair. However, the king on the river gave Li the best hand with a higher pair resulting in Tavella being eliminated in 32nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
373,000
41,500
|
41,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Action is now underway for Day 2 of Event #8: $1,320 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max.
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000