Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
The remaining 13 players are on another 10-minute break.
2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
AU$1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Kamyar Ekrami has been dropping down the counts since losing that pot to Andrew Hindmarch, with Yalcin Kaya pushing Ekrami off a hand to take him into the danger zone.
However, it's not over for the Day 1 frontrunner yet, and Ekrami earned a double through Adrian Rarung after the two battled it out in the blinds, with Ekrami jamming the 
flop for the last of his chips.
Kamyar Ekrami: 
Adrian Rarung: 
The rest of the board came down 
and 
respectively to give Ekrami a much needed double with two pair and he climbed to 80,000, while Rarung dropped to 130,000.
Over on the other non-feature table, Tu Le and Jun Wang got all the chips in on a 
flop, with Le the at-risk player.
Tu Le: 
Jun Wang: 
Running fours on the 
turn and 
river saw Le make a boat to double to 154,000, with Wang dropping down to 270,000 after paying his opponent off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
500,000
308,000
|
308,000 |
|
270,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
154,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
130,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
|
80,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
The flop showed 
and Mohammed Elkassir and Luke Edwards checked from the blinds. Con Angelakis bet 15,000 from the cutoff. Elkassir raised to 65,000. Edwards moved all in for 139,000. Angelakis folded. Elkassir snap-called with more behind.
Elkassir: 
Edwards: 
Edwards was at risk trailing with his middle set versus Elkassir's top set.
No help came for Edwards from the turn and river and he was eliminated in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
465,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Jun Wang raised to 19,000 from under the gun and was called by Tam Truong in the big blind.
The flop came 
and Truong checked. Wang continued for 20,000. Truong called.
Truong check-called another bet totalling 50,000 after the 
dropped on the river.
The completed the board and Truong checked for a third time. Wang fired out 50,000. Truong called.
Wang tabled two of his cards, the 
and 
for a full house, before Truong flipped over 
for a bigger full house and the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
350,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Tam Truong is increasing his stranglehold on the tournament, with the elimination of Ricky He shooting Truong into the millionaires' club, at least when it comes to chip stacks.
After He limped the cutoff, Truong completed the small blind and Jun Wang checked his option taking play three-way to a flop of .
Both Truong and He became embroiled in a raising war, folding out Wang to take action heads-up with all the chips going in on the flop.
Tam Truong:
Ricky He: 
He held top pair and blockers for Truong's nut flush, though the latter also had a gutshot Broadway draw. However, neither of these came in with Truong getting there through the backdoor, and while the turn gave He two pair, the river gave Truong a straight to scoop the pot.
Truong climbed to 1m in chips, while He hit the rail in 15th for AU$3,292.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 0
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Huss Hassan's tournament is over with Dinh Pham the man to take all his chips and show him the door, with stacks going in pre-flop after Pham raised from the cutoff and Hassan played back at him from the small blind.
Huss Hassan: 
Dinh Pham: 
Pham was in front and stayed that way on the 
run out to bring the field down to fifteen.
Hassan took home AU$3,292 for his deep run, while Pham stacked up to 490,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Jun Wang raised to 14,000 from the button and was called by Ricky He in the small blind. Christos Giannakelos then moved all in for 55,000 from the big blind. Wang called. He got out of the way.
Wang: 
Giannakelos:
The flop came 
extending Giannakelos' lead to a pair of aces.
The on the turn sent Wang to the lead with two pair.
Giannakelos was unable to improve after the 
completed the board sending him to the rail in 17th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
A blind on blind battle between Andrew Hindmarch (small blind) and Kamyar Ekrami (big blind) saw the former earn a double at the expense of the latter.
It was Hindmarch the man driving the pre-flop action with a pot-size bet, with Ekrami making the call to bring the pair to a flop of .
Hindmarch checked the action over to Ekrami, who fired for 30,000, with Hindmarch moving all-in and Ekrami making a speedy call.
Andrew Hindmarch: 
Kamyar Ekrami: 
Hindmarch had flopped top two and Ekrami had the nut flush draw, with the turn filling up Hindmarch's full house to grant him a full double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
|
140,000
-187,000
|
-187,000 |
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
William Zavos became the first of the paying casualties with Tam Truong the man to send him to the rail, seizing a commanding lead in the process.
Zavos' demise came after Truong had limped from under-the-gun, with Ricky He raising to 15,000 on the button, with Zavos pumping it to 63,000 from the big blind.
Both Truong and He made the call to take the action three-way to a flop of 
and first to act, Zavos moved all-in for his last 79,000. Truong called and He folded and the hands were turned over.
William Zavos: 
Tam Truong:
Truong had out flopped Zavos and the turn and river did not change things, with Zavos hitting the rail in 18th for an AU$3,292 payday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
|
Busted |