2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$1,150 Monster Stack
Day: 2
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Event Info

2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♦9♠
Prize
103,359 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,150 AUD
Entries
469
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
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Godena's Run Comes to an End

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Jarrad Godena
Jarrad Godena

Under the gun, Jarryd Godena moved all in for right around 150,000. Action folded to the small blind where Michael Culling called quickly. The big blind folded.

Jarryd Godena: {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}
Michael Culling: {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}

The board ran out {A-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{J-Spades} and Culling made a full house to send Godena to the rail.

With that pot, Godena's hunt for Casino Championship points ends in this event, but he'll still have a chance for more in the last event, the $660 Bounty which starts in a few hours.

Culling is now one of the chip leaders with over 600,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Culling au
Michael Culling 		670,000
Jarryd Godena au
Jarryd Godena 		Busted

Tags: Jarryd GodenaMichael Culling

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Lee Takes Out Koh

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Hannah Lee opened with a raise to 13,000 and action folded around to Benedict Koh who three-bet to 33,000. Action folded back to Lee who put enough forward to move Koh all in and he called quickly putting himself at risk for about 100,000.

Hannah Lee: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Benedict Koh: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{8-Spades}{9-Clubs} and Lee's tens held up to send Koh to the rail. Lee is up to right around 350,000 after taking down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Hannah Lee au
Hannah Lee 		365,000
159,000
 159,000
Benedict Koh au
Benedict Koh
Busted

Tags: Hannah LeeBenedict Koh

Laidlaw Doubles Through Nati

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Daniel Laidlaw
Daniel Laidlaw

There is right around 100,000 in the pot and Daniel Laidlaw is facing off against Joseph Nati on a board of {5-Clubs}{6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{J-Spades}. Nati put out a bet of 35,000 and action was then on Laidlaw on the button. He thought it over for a while, then moved all in for 164,500. Nati called quickly.

Laidlaw turned up his {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for a straight and Nati just shook his head and mucked. He was forced to send over the chips to Laidlaw who doubled to over 400,000.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Laidlaw au
Daniel Laidlaw 		430,000
215,000
 215,000
Joseph Nati au
Joseph Nati 		35,000
35,000
 35,000

Tags: Daniel Laidlaw

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Only 155 Remain on the Final Day of the $1,150 Monster Stack at the World Series of Poker International Circuit The Star Sydney

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Jarrad Godena is Still Alive in the Monster Stack and Chasing Circuit Points for the Casino Championship
Jarrad Godena is Still Alive in the Monster Stack and Chasing Circuit Points for the Casino Championship

The field of 469 was whittled down to just 155 on Day 1 of the $1,150 Monster Stack here at the World Series of Poker International Circuit The Star Sydney. One of the leaders after the first day of play was Nick Varnavelius who bagged 370,500 chips. The former sales manager of the Australasian division of Bluff Magazine sits just near the top but trails the overall chip leader Rahim Hosseini who bagged 467,000.

Several other notables are also returning for Day 2 include the likes of previous WSOPC ring winners such as Brendon Rubie, John Conomos, and Jarryd Godena. Rubie won his ring last year at this international stop while Godena won a turbo event earlier in this series and is looking for circuit points in the race for Casino Champion which is still in his grasp should he make a strong performance in this event. Same goes for Conomos who won a PLO event earlier in the series as well. Others who made it into Day 2 include Hannah Lee, Errolyn Strang, Daniel Laidlaw, and Sam Khoueis.

Action is set to resume at 12:30 p.m. local time and blinds will resume at level 17 with a 2,500 small blind, 5,000 big blind and an ante of 500. The plan is to play right down to a winner so we could be in for a long one but with an average stack size just over 30 big blinds, players are starting to get a little shallow. Only 54 of the remaining 155 will make it into the money so there's still a way to go until the bubble but everyone who cashes is guaranteed at least $1,846. The eventual winner of the event will take home $103,359 and a World Series of Poker Circuit ring.

PokerNews will be following along with this event providing coverage until the end so make sure to stay tuned.

Tags: Brendon RubieDaniel LaidlawErrolyn StrangHannah LeeJarryd GodenaJohn ConomosNick VernaveliusSam Khoueis

AU$1,150 Monster Stack

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