Sydney Championships 2018 Hyper Turbo Event

Adam Cusenza wins 2018 Sydney Championships Hyper Turbo Event - $27,000

Posted Sun, 05 Aug 2018 2:46am

There were lots of things for players to like about this 10 Year Hyper Turbo Championship held here in the Start Poker Room. Although the $26,100 in bonus prize money was probably the one the players liked the most.

The tournament needed 223 players to cover the $100,000 guarantee and got just 165 players meaning that the Star Poker Team contributed more than one-quarter of the prize pool on offer. From discussions with the team here this is not something that they minded, the tournament was all about celebrating the 10 Years of continued success that the Sydney Championship has enjoyed in a fun, new way. Given the overwhelming feedback and support from players who took part, we would say that is mission accomplished.

The action was fun and fast the whole way through with players genuinely enjoying the non-stop entertainment. Cheering and yelling could be heard throughout as players went all-in and called with a wide and varied range of hands, to try and keep ahead of the escalating blinds which inevitably led to a highly entertaining number of bad beats and brutal suckouts.

The tournament rocketed on at light speed, a lot of thanks for that has to go to our runner-up, Ehsan Amiri. He was very active throughout many stages of the tournament and knocked out more than half of the players on the final table on his own.

In the end though, it would be Adam Cusenza who would take the title after winning a series of all in's heads up to turn a 7:1 chip disadvantage into a chip lead within just a few hands. He is our winner tonight and can now add a Sydney Championships title to his resume. The Adelaide local has one a hand full of tournaments previously, however, this is the only one that he has won outside of South Australia.

Well done to Adam Cusenza, the 2018 Sydney Championships Hyper Turbo Champion! 

Ehsan Amiri Eliminated in 2nd Place - $16,686

Posted Sun, 05 Aug 2018 1:43am

Heads up play in this Hyper Turbo was fast and loose with players looking for any opportunity to get their chips in the middle.

Ehsan Amiri lost a few vital flips early on and then found himself as a short stack when he moved in and was called by Adam Cusenza:

Amiri: 

Cusenza: 

Board: 

Amiri is our runner-up and Adam Cusenza is crowned the Sydney Championships 10 Year Anniversary Hyper Turbo Challenge!

Ryan Johnson Eliminated in 3rd Place - $12,011

Posted Sun, 05 Aug 2018 1:38am

Ehsan Amiri moved all in and Ryan Johnson made the call.

Amiri: 

Johnson: 

Board: 

Amir eliminated another and now goes into heads-up play against Adam Cusenza with an approximate 7:1 Chip Advantage!

Adi Dattari Eliminated in 4th Place - $8,803

Posted Sun, 05 Aug 2018 1:35am

Adi Dattari got it all in preflop against, yep, you guessed it, Ehsan Amiri.

Amiri: 

Dattari: 

Board: 

We are now three handed and getting into the serious prize money

Club Freeroll

Posted Sun, 05 Aug 2018 1:02am

Ryan Johnson has just gotten a much needed double up at the expense of Ehsan Amiri.

The money went all in preflop.

Amiri: 

Johnson: 

Board: 

Even though they started with the same hand, Johnson freerolls his way to a club flush and takes it down!

Ryan Johnson moves up to 400,000. Ehsan Amiri still have about 700,000

Daniel Copko Eliminated in 5th Place - $6,566

Posted Sun, 05 Aug 2018 1:31am

Ehsan Amiri moved all in from under the gun plus one and Daniel Copko made the call in the big blind.

Amiri: 

Copko: 

Board: 

Amiri pairs his King to take the hand and the chip lead at this Hyper Turbo Final Table.

We are not four handed.

Colum Horan Eliminated in 6th Place - $4,983

Posted Sun, 05 Aug 2018 6:44pm

Colum Horan has been eliminated from the tournament in 6th place after getting his chips into the middle against Ehsan Amiri

Amiri: 

Horan:

Board: 

Amiri takes down the pot with Ten high and after a fantastic run in this tournament Colum Horan goes home with almost $5k in prize money

Al Josue Eliminated in 7th Place - $3,846

Posted Sun, 05 Aug 2018 1:21am

We missed the hand due to posting up the previous bust out but Al Josue was eliminated the very next hand in 7th place.

We are now 6 handed on this Hyper Turbo final table.

Kostadin Todosievski Eliminated in 8th Place - $3,017

Posted Sun, 05 Aug 2018 1:18am

We saw a three way all in between Ehsan Amiri, Al Josue and short-stack Kostadin Todosievski

Todosievski: 

Amiri: 

Josue: 

Board: 

Amiri pairs his Jack and takes down the pot sending Kostadin Todosievski home in 8th place

Domenic Galati Eliminated in 9th Place - $2,406

Posted Sun, 05 Aug 2018 1:15am

Domenic Galati went all in for his final 20,000 and was called by Al Josue, Daniel Copko and Adam Cusenza.

All players checked down the board of  and Josue showed  for a rivered straight. That was enough to beat Galati who is our 9th place finisher.

Final Table is set!

Posted Sun, 05 Aug 2018 1:13am

The Final Table of the Hyper Turbo is underway

Hyper Turbo Payouts

Posted Sat, 04 Aug 2018 11:13pm

The payouts for the Hyper Turbo Event have been announced. There is $100,000 in the prize pool to be shared among our top 18 entrants.

First place is worth $27,000 and our min-cash is $1,341

Not too bad for a couple of hours work!

Underway

Posted Sat, 04 Aug 2018 8:18pm

The 10 Year Hyper Turbo Event is underway!

We will keep an eye on this and try to make posts when we can but the main focus will be on the Main Event until that finishes at about 12:30pm.

We can say though that this tournament looks to be exceptional value.

It needs 223 runners to cover the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and as things currently sit it has 80 runners. We could be looking at a pretty nice overlay here!