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Level 3
: 200/400, 400 ante
On a flop of 
, Zuxian Zhao checked and called a bet of 2,500 by Tom Rafferty to see the 
turn. Both players opted to check and also did so on the 
river. Zhao turned over the 
and that won the pot.
2019 The Star Sydney Champs
$20,000 High Roller
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Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
The board read 
with around 30,000 in the middle already. Both Matthew Wakeman in mid-position and David Wang in the hijack checked. The river completed the board with the 
for Wakeman to shove and Wang to fold immediately
The hand after, Wakeman raised from under the gun and Qiang Fu three-bet to 2,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Wakeman made the call. The flop brought them the 
, Wakeman check-called the 2,600 continuation-bet of Fu. The turn was the 
, Wakeman checked again. Fu took some time to consider his options and then decided to continue with a bet of 6,000. Wakeman quickly folded.
Shortly after, Wang was moved to the feature table to balance it out.
Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
First to act, John Thomson raised to 700 and Jason Gray in the cutoff three-bet to 2,200. Thomson gave it some consideration and four-bet to 7,900, and Gray moved all in. Thomson snap-called and was the player at risk for 49,400.
John Thomson: 
Jason Gray:
Gray was freerolling after the 
flop and indeed hit the miracle 
turn and 
river run out to eliminate Thomson.
Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
Hamish Crawshaw, 6-Max champion Qiang Fu and last year's runner up in this very event, Matthew Wakeman, have joined the action and brought the field size up to 26 entries in total.
Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
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Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
It is still all about Dejan Boskovic Sr early on as he has more than doubled his stack. After taking a bigger pot off Hussein Hassan, he then took on Vesko Zmukic and the flop showed 
with some 7,000 in the middle. A bet of 6,000 was in front of Zmukic and Boskovic Sr raised to 12,000.
Zmukic sigh-folded and was shown the 
.
Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
Jason Gray joined the feature table and got seated between Michael O'Grady and Corey Kempson.
In the first hand, O'Grady raised to 700 from mid-position and Gray called in the hijack and so did John Thomson in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Thomson checked, O'Grady continued with a bet of 1,400. Gray raised to 4,000 and that was enough to make Thomson and O'Grady to let their hands go.
Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
Amir Abbas had raised and picked up a call by Dale Marsland in the big blind, who checked the 
flop and called a bet of 1,300 by Abbas. On the 
turn, Marsland bet 2,400 and Abbas quickly called to see the on the river. Marsland now checked and folded when facing a bet of Abbas.
Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
In a battle button versus small blind, Ebon Bokody raised to 800 and Tom Rafferty three-bet to 2,800, which Bokody called. On the 
flop, Rafferty continued for 2,500 and picked up a call before firing a second barrel for 6,800 on the turn. Bokody called once more and they headed to the 
river.
Rafferty emptied the clip with a bet of 17,000 and Bokody reluctantly folded.
