2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$2,200 Main Event
Day: 4
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Event Info

2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Steven Zhou
Winning Hand
j♥9♠
Prize
260,904 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,200 AUD
Entries
1,124
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
240,000
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Adrian Attenborough Eliminated in 8th Place (AU$51,052/~$34,923)

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Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Adrian Attenborough
Adrian Attenborough

Adrian Attenborough moved all in for 580,000 from middle position before the action checked around to Edwin Chiu in the big blind.

"I could use the double," said Attenborough, as Chiu was deliberating his decision. "Or help you out," he joked.

"If you're feeling lucky, call," continued Attenborough. "Otherwise don't because I'm lucky," he finished with. Chiu eventually called.

Chiu: {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}
Attenborough: {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}

Attenborough would improve to a pair on the turn before getting rivered, after the board ran out {2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}, giving Chiu the winning hand with a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Edwin Chiu au
Edwin Chiu 		7,700,000
765,000
 765,000
Adrian Attenborough au
Adrian Attenborough 		Busted
Natural8

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughEdwin Chiu

Zwaine Puts the Hurt on Attenborough

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Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Adrian Attenborough (left) and John Zwaine play a big pot
Adrian Attenborough (left) and John Zwaine play a big pot

A huge hand went down between John Zwaine and Adrian Attenborough that has seen the latter's chances of winning some jewellery diminish considerably.

It was Huss Hassan the man initially driving the action with a raise to 175,000 from middle position, with Adrian Attenborough making the call from the cutoff before John Zwaine three-bet to 425,000 from the button. Both Hassan and Attenborough made the call to take play three-way to a flop of {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{k-Spades}.

Hassan and Attenborough both checked it over to Zwaine, who cut out a bet of 575,000 with Attenborough the only caller.

The {7-Spades} turn brought a 600,000 bet from Attenborough and Zwaine quickly announced 'all-in' with Attenborough calling just as quickly.

Adrian Attenborough: {a-Spades}{3-Spades}
John Zwaine: {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}

That was probably the worst turn card for Attenborough who found himself drawing dead with the nut flush against Zwaine's turned full house. The river was a meaningless {8-Diamonds} and Zwaine scooped the monster pot and went to celebrate with his watching rail.

Attenborough stoically cut out the chips to pay off Zwaine and dropped to 580,000 after the hand, while Zwaine is now up there with the chip leaders on 6.1 million.

Player Chips Progress
John Zwaine au
John Zwaine 		6,100,000
3,260,000
 3,260,000
Huss Hassan au
Huss Hassan 		3,850,000
-425,000
 -425,000
Adrian Attenborough au
Adrian Attenborough 		580,000
-3,570,000
 -3,570,000
Natural8

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughHuss HassanJohn Zwaine

Trevor Saunders Eliminated in 9th Place (AU$40,689/~$27,834)

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Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Trevor Saunders (in the middle)
Trevor Saunders (in the middle)

Duy Vu raised to 175,000 from middle position. Trevor Saunders moved all in for 740,000 from the small blind. Vu asked for a count before making the quick call.

Vu: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}
Saunders: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}

Saunders flopped a straight draw, but was unable to improve against Vu's pocket pair on the {6-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{k-Spades} board, ultimately falling to the rail first in 9th place.

Player Chips Progress
Duy Vu au
Duy Vu 		4,170,000
1,395,000
 1,395,000
Trevor Saunders au
Trevor Saunders 		Busted

Tags: Duy VuTrevor Saunders

Chiu Wins First Flop Played

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Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Edwin Chua
Edwin Chua

It took four hands before the first flop was dealt, with some pre-flop stack flexing taking place for the first three.

The first hand saw John Zwaine open the action from under-the-gun plus one to 225,000 and Huss Hassan flat call from the button before Steven Zhou pulled off a big squeeze to 1 million. While Zwaine seemed a little sceptical, shooting a surreptitious sidelong stare Zhou's way, he eventually gave it up, as did Hassan leaving Zhou free to scoop 650,000 unopposed.

The second hand was taken down Edwin Chiu with a pre-flop raise to 175,000 from the hijack, with Huss Hassan doing the same for the third hand.

On the fourth Lior Segre raised it up to 180,000 from under-the-gun and Edwin Chiu three-bet to 475,000 from middle position. The rest of the table folded and Segre tossed in the extras to take play heads-up to a flop of {a-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}, which Segre check-folded to a Chiu continuation bet of 350,000.

Player Chips Progress
Edwin Chiu au
Edwin Chiu 		6,935,000
600,000
 600,000
Huss Hassan au
Huss Hassan 		4,275,000
-225,000
 -225,000
John Zwaine au
John Zwaine 		2,840,000
-225,000
 -225,000
Lior Segre au
Lior Segre 		2,110,000
-475,000
 -475,000

Tags: Edwin ChiuHuss HassanJohn ZwaineLior SegreSteven Zhou

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

A Slight Delay and Spoiler Warning

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There is a slight delay to the start of the WSOPC The Star Sydney Main Event Final Table, with play getting underway in the next 15-minutes or so.

The final table will be covered here in real-time, so for those of you who are planning to watch the official live stream, which is on a two-hour delay, and don't want to spoil all the excitement, stop reading now.

Welcome to the WSOPC Sydney Main Event Final Table

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The Final Nine Players are Set
The Final Nine Players are Set

The final nine players remaining in the WSOP International Circuit $2,200 Main Event have returned to action at The Star in Sydney to play to a winner.

Edwin Chiu has the chip lead with 6,335,000 chips, just over one big blind more than Steven Zhou. Chiu will be a force to be reckoned with after eliminating Moustafa Haidar in the final hand on Day 3, after rivering a flush against a set, to give himself a great shot at taking home the WSOP Circuit ring and $410,264 top prize.

PlacePrize (AUD)Prize (USD)
1410,264 AUD$280,650
2253,395 AUD$173,340
3188,292 AUD$128,805
4141,624 AUD$96,881
5107,837 AUD$73,768
683,086 AUD$56,837
764,765 AUD$44,304
851,052 AUD$34,923
940,689 AUD$27,834

Chiu and Zhou won't have everything their own way, however, with all nine remaining players desperate to take down the title and improve on the $40,689 they'll be guaranteed for being the next man to exit.

Huss Hassan, who sits third in chips, is no stranger to this situation. Hassan has nine titles to his name, one of which came in the 2018 WSOPC Sydney $1,320 6-Max event, where he captured his first circuit ring.

Adrian Attenborough is the most notable player at the table, with a poker resume that boasts career earnings exceeding $1.4 million, putting him 26th on the Australian All-Time Money list. A victory today would see him rocket up to 23rd place, passing Joe Cabret, Manny Stavropoulos and Stewart Scott in the process, and leaving him a small cash away from passing Jarred Graham.

Here's how the players will line up when they return to the felt today.

SeatPlayerChip Count
1Trevor Saunders940,000
2Steven Zhou6,205,000
3Adrian Attenborough4,150,000
4John Zwaine3,065,000
5Duy Vu2,775,000
6Lior Segre2,585,000
7Chao Duan3,465,000
8Edwin Chua6,335,000
9Huss Hassan4,500,000

Play is set to begin at 12.30pm local time, with blinds continuing at 40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante. Who will win themselves the gold WSOP Circuit ring as we play to a finish? Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out.

AU$2,200 Main Event

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