2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney

AU$5,000 Challenge
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
Final Results
Winner
Shivan Abdine
Winning Hand
32
Prize
260,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
Total Entries
203
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
30,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
203
Players Left 1 / 203

Kempson Out, Billy 'the croc' Argyros In

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Corey Kempson is out for the time being, though with registration remaining open for a little over another two hours, he still has time to come back in for another go should he choose.

Despite doubling up to just under 20,000 when his pre-flop shove with {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts} held against a tablemates' {q-}{j-}, Kempson hit the rail an orbit or so later, falling at the hands of Ehsan Amiri after the duo tangled in a hand.

It was Amiri the man driving the action with a pre-flop open from early position for 2,400 with Kempson (big blind) the only caller.

After a Kempson check, Amiri led for 4,000 on the {9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{4-Hearts} flop and was called, with the dealer burning and turning the {10-Spades}. This saw Kempson lead for a tickly 3,000 and after some time mulling it over, Amiri opted to just call.

The {5-Spades} river completed the hand and saw Kempson move all-in for his remaining chips, with Amiri calling immediately. Kempson rolled over {j-Spades}{8-Hearts} for a missed draw and the speed of Amiri's call became apparent when he turned over {4-Diamonds}{4-Spades} for a flopped set and turned full house. Kempson headed for the rail, while Amiri stacked up to 95,000.

Billy 'the croc' Argyros is a recent entry to the field, and looks to have been busy, running up his stack to 47,000. Argyros is joined at his table by the recently re-entered Edward Kim, who has spun his second bullet up from 25k to 39,000. Other notables still with chips are as follows:

Tags: Corey KempsonEhsan Amiri