2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Tam Truong
Winning Hand
a863
Prize
74,341 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,650 AUD
Entries
177
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
0

Tu Le Eliminated in 7th Place (AU$8,815)

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Tu Le
Tu Le

Dinh Pham raised to 25,000 from under the gun and was called by Tu Le in the big blind.

The flop came {q-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and Le checked. Pham continued for 35,000. Le called.

The {8-Diamonds} dropped on the turn and Le checked. Pham potted to 126,000. Le tanked for over a minute before announcing all in for 243,000. Pham snap-called.

Pham: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Le: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{10-Spades}{5-Clubs}

Pham had a flush and led Le who had top set.

The {6-Diamonds} on the river changed nothing and Le would hit the rail in 7th place.

Player Chips Progress
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Dinh Pham
885,000
277,000
277,000
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Tu Le
Busted

Tags: Dinh PhamTu Le

Ash Gupta Eliminated in 8th Place (AU$8,815/$6,045)

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Ash Gupta
Ash Gupta

Ash Gupta (button) and Yalcin Kaya (big blind) got into a pre-flop raising war that saw all the chips go in, with Gupta the man whose tournament life was on the line.

Yalcin Kaya: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Ash Gupta: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{j-Hearts}{7-Hearts}

Both hands were fairly close in equity, and while Gupta hit the {10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{8-Spades} flop, so did Kaya, who spiked two-pair on the {k-Clubs} turn to take the lead in the hand, though Gupta still had plenty of outs with an open-ended straight draw.

However, the {10-Hearts} river was not one of them and Gupta hit the rail in eighth for AU$8,815 to set up the final table. Kaya stacked up to 580,000 after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Yalcin Kaya
580,000
35,000
35,000
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Ash Gupta
Busted

Tags: Ash GuptaYalcin Kaya

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 0

Adrian Rarung Eliminated in 9th Place (AU$6,340/$4,345)

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Adrian Rarung
Adrian Rarung

The remaining eight players are just one elimination away from the unofficial seven-handed final table, with Tam Truong flexing his monster stack to send Adrian Rarung to the rail.

Rarong sparked the action with a button raise with Truong re-popping from the small blind and then calling his opponent's shove and the cards were turned over.

Adrian Rarong: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{5-Hearts}
Tam Truong: {k-Spades}{j-Hearts}{5-Spades}{3-Spades}

Rarong was leading pre-flop and stayed in front on the {6-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{6-Spades} flop. However, the {3-Clubs} turn gave Truong a pair, which was enough to send Rarong crashing out of the tournament in ninth place for an AU$6,340 payday, while Truong stacked up to ~1.85 million.

"I was feeling lucky," quipped Truong as he padded out his already ample stack still further and he now has more than double that of next closest rival Dinh Pham, who has a little over 600,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Tam Truong
1,850,000
170,000
170,000
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Adrian Rarung
Busted

Tags: Adrian RarungTam TruongDinh Pham

Le Doubles Through Elkassir

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Tu Le earned a double-up at the expenses of Mohammed Elkassir to climb back to a playable stack. Following an Elkassir button raise and a Le call from the small blind, all the chips went in on a flop of {j-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{8-Hearts}.

Tu Le: {q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{3-Hearts}
Mohammed Elkassir: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}{10-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

Both players were drawing to the flush, and while Elkassir had Le's hearts dominated Le had a pair to go with it and the {9-Spades} improved this to two pair. The {6-Clubs} river saw Le double to 226,000, while Elkassir dropped to 240,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Mohammed Elkassir
240,000
-183,000
-183,000
Profile photo of Tu Le au
Tu Le
226,000
46,000
46,000

Tags: Tu LeMohammed Elkassir

Andrew Hindmarch Eliminated in 11th Place (AU$4,564); Nyamdorj Nyamsuren Eliminated in 10th Place (AU$6,340)

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Andrew Hindmarch
Andrew Hindmarch

Tam Truong raised to 25,000 from under the gun before Nyamdorj Nyamsuren re-raised to 90,000 from the button. Andrew Hindmarch shoved for 102,000 from the small blind. Truong and Nyamsuren called.

The flop came {2-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and Truong checked. Nyamsuren moved all in for his remaining 67,000. Truong snap-called.

Truong: {a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}
Nyamsuren: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{5-Spades}
Hindmarch: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

Truong had flopped a flush and led against both opponents.

Neither player would improve after the {9-Hearts} turn and {4-Hearts} river awarding Truong the double knockout.

Nyamdorj Nyamsuren
Nyamdorj Nyamsuren
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tam Truong au
Tam Truong
1,680,000
230,000
230,000
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Nyamdorj Nyamsuren
Busted
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Andrew Hindmarch
Busted

Tags: Andrew HindmarchTam Truong

Kamyar Ekrami Eliminated in 12th Place (AU$4,564)

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Kamyar Ekrami
Kamyar Ekrami

Kamyar Ekrami opened with a raise before Adrian Rarung re-raised putting him all in. Ekrami called with 68,000 behind and the cards were tabled.

Rarung: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}{7-Spades}{4-Spades}
Ekrami: {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts}

Ekrami would be unable to improve after the board ran out {8-Hearts}{k-Spades}{j-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{6-Clubs} ending his day in 12th place.

Player Chips Progress
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Kamyar Ekrami
Busted

Tags: Adrian RarungKamyar Ekrami

Harry Basle Eliminated in 13th Place (AU$3,292/$2,250)

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Harry Basle
Harry Basle

A clash between big blind Harry Basle and Tu Le left the former circling the drain after the former potted from the big blind following an under-the-gun Le raise.

Harry Basle: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Tu Le: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} to see Le's jacks hold and Basle was down to his last 7,000 and was all-in from the small blind the very next hand.

Tam Truong made it 30,000 to go pre-flop, folding out the rest of the table and the two players revealed their holdings.

Harry Basle: {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{2-Hearts}
Tam Truong: {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

"Of course you've got aces there..." quipped Basle good-naturedly to Truong. Basle's final board ran out {8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{a-Clubs}{j-Hearts} to bring the field down to the last two tables as Basle hit the rail in 13th place for an AU$3,292 payday.

Player Chips Progress
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Tam Truong
1,450,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Tu Le au
Tu Le
180,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Harry Basle au
Harry Basle
Busted

Tags: Harry BasleTam Truong

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 0

Updated Chip Counts at the Break

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tam Truong au
Tam Truong
1,370,000
-30,000
-30,000
Profile photo of Dinh Pham au
Dinh Pham
608,000
118,000
118,000
Profile photo of Yalcin Kaya fr
Yalcin Kaya
545,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Mohammed Elkassir au
Mohammed Elkassir
423,000
-42,000
-42,000
Profile photo of Con Angelakis au
Con Angelakis
327,000
-93,000
-93,000
Profile photo of Jun Wang au
Jun Wang
270,000
-80,000
-80,000
Profile photo of Ash Gupta au
Ash Gupta
194,000
-49,000
-49,000
Profile photo of Nyamdorj Nyamsuren au
Nyamdorj Nyamsuren
153,000
48,000
48,000
Profile photo of Tu Le au
Tu Le
150,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Adrian Rarung au
Adrian Rarung
133,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Andrew Hindmarch au
Andrew Hindmarch
127,000
-68,000
-68,000
Profile photo of Harry Basle au
Harry Basle
82,000
39,000
39,000
Profile photo of Kamyar Ekrami au
Kamyar Ekrami
45,000
-35,000
-35,000