2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$880 Short Deck
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♥j♠
Prize
37,152 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
880 AUD
Entries
172
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
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Early Runners

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

The field is now up to 82 players. Here's a look at some of the early runners in the event.

Player Chips Progress
Terence Clee au
Terence Clee 		25,000
25,000
 25,000
Sam Khoueis au
Sam Khoueis 		25,000
25,000
 25,000
Andy Lee au
Andy Lee 		25,000
25,000
 25,000
Huss Hassan au
Huss Hassan 		25,000
Chad Awerbuch au
Chad Awerbuch 		25,000
25,000
 25,000
Peter Aristidou au
Peter Aristidou 		25,000
25,000
 25,000
Gordon Huntly gb
Gordon Huntly 		25,000
25,000
 25,000
Matt Howearth au
Matt Howearth
25,000
25,000
 25,000
Dean Blatt au
Dean Blatt 		25,000
25,000
 25,000
Jarryd Godena au
Jarryd Godena 		25,000
25,000
 25,000
Jim Pizanias au
Jim Pizanias 		25,000
25,000
 25,000
Majid Saab au
Majid Saab 		25,000
25,000
 25,000
Robert Spano au
Robert Spano 		25,000
25,000
 25,000
Akshay Kapoor in
Akshay Kapoor 		25,000
25,000
 25,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Short Deck Poker Makes Its Way into The Star Sydney with a Brand New Event

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
The Star Sydney Runs Its First Short Deck Event Today
The Star Sydney Runs Its First Short Deck Event Today

Short Deck Poker has just started getting its footing, and it seems to be the new game that everyone wants to play. Made for the action junkies it's all the rage and more and more rooms are starting to add short deck cash games and tournaments. The Star Sydney can now add short deck to its list of available games with this $880 Short Deck Re-Entry Event, the first World Series of Poker Short Deck Ring Event.

While Day 2 of the Main Event starts on Saturday, December 15 in just a few hours, those who didn't punch a ticket into Day 2 won't be left without anything to play. The $880 Short Deck Tournament is a new event here at the Star Sydney with a price point for many new players to give it a shot.

For those who don't know, Short Deck poker is a style of poker which grew to popularity in the highest stakes cash games in Asia. With more and more of these cash games and tournaments being televised, casinos and poker rooms want to be the first to run short deck games in their area.

As a reminder, in short deck, all twos, threes, fours, and fives are removed, shorting the deck, and thus, hand rankings are changed to reflect the respective strength of hands. For this event, three of a kind will beat a straight and flushes now play higher than full houses as there is only eight cards to every suit. Other than that, short deck is played similarly to regular hold��em with two hole cards, five community cards, and four streets of betting �� preflop, flop, turn, and river. Also to note, aces can still play for a low straight, replacing the five, making ace-six-seven-eight-nine a straight as well.

This event will feature 30-minute levels and a 25,000 chip starting stack. The plan is for the tournament to finish in just one day, so things are sure to run pretty quick here. Action kicks off at 2:15 p.m. local time so make sure you check back in as PokerNews will provide all the coverage for this exciting new event here at The Star Sydney.

AU$880 Short Deck

Day 1 Started