Event #11: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-04-2019 00:06 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Young	77,000 48,000	48,000
Ihar Soika	40,000 10,000	10,000
Joseph Cheong	30,000

Chris Moorman	29,400 400	400

Ali Imsirovic	27,000 -15,000	-15,000
Lucas Reeves	16,000 -14,000	-14,000
Kitty Kuo	Busted

Clash of the Javiers

Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Javier Gomez raised to 1,300 from the cutoff and Javier Fernandez was the only one to make the call from the button.

The flop came , Gomez check-called the 1,500 bet of Fernandez.

The turn was the , Gomez checked again and Fernandez now continued with a bet of 8,500. Gomez quickly shoved and Fernandez made an even quicker call.

Javier Gomez:
Javier Fernandez:

Both players had turned a straight but Fernandez had the better hand with the Broadway, Gomez needed an ace on the river for them to split the pot but he bricked the river when the came.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Fernandez	139,000 113,000	113,000
Javier Gomez	Busted

Tags: Javier Fernandez Javier Gomez

06-03-2019 23:55 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Thila Narayanan	107,000 107,000	107,000
Niall Farrell	89,000 -3,100	-3,100

Randall Emmett	85,000 -7,800	-7,800
Martin Zamani	65,000 13,000	13,000
Antoine Saout	64,000 17,000	17,000
Julien Sitbon	47,000 21,000	21,000

Kenny Hallaert	29,000
Joe Cada	26,000 26,000	26,000

Sergio Aido	12,000 -23,000	-23,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Emile Schiff	139,000 64,000	64,000
Marton Czuczor	94,000 29,000	29,000
Joao Vieira	92,000 -3,000	-3,000

Dan Smith	81,000 9,000	9,000

Dietrich Fast	76,000 26,000	26,000

Daniel Neilson	76,000 30,000	30,000
Thomas Boivin	75,000 -18,000	-18,000
Dimitar Danchev	70,000 40,000	40,000

Conor Beresford	52,000 35,000	35,000
Elio Fox	50,000 20,000	20,000

Chen An Lin	46,000 -8,000	-8,000
Yue Du	41,000 11,000	11,000

Andre Akkari	37,000 -5,000	-5,000

Ping Liu	33,000 24,000	24,000
Kristen Bicknell	31,000 1,000	1,000

Taylor Paur	30,000

Sam Soverel	30,000

Chris Moorman	29,000

Ahmed Abdella	25,000 -11,000	-11,000
Scott Blumstein	23,000 -8,000	-8,000

Ian O'Hara	22,000 -8,000	-8,000
David Pham	15,000 -15,000	-15,000

Fabian Gumz	12,500 -17,500	-17,500
Ankush Mandavia	5,000

Mike Watson	Busted

Nitsche's Shove Gets Through

Jeff McMillan

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Dominik Nitsche added an important few chips to his stack when he shoved his remaining 18,500 from the big blind on a board reading into Faraz Jaka, who was contemplating the call but eventually decided to give it up

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz Jaka	74,000 -1,000	-1,000

Dominik Nitsche	26,000 -9,000	-9,000

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Faraz Jaka

06-03-2019 23:33 UTC-7

Papadopoulos vs Lampropulos

Jeff McMillan

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

A call of clock was heard from the table and it appeared that Maria Lampropulos was facing a river all in bet from Kyriakos Papadopoulos of about 18,000 into a pot of 13,000.

The board read .

The floor took a while to arrive at the table and then gave Lampropulos thirty seconds to make her decision. She stared down Papadopoulos on her direct left intently, looking for any information at all. As the countdown reached zero she folded.

Papadopoulos looked at his cards a couple of times with a smile and Lampropulos did not break her poker face when Papadopoulos showed one card, the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	58,000 39,000	39,000
Maria Lampropulos	22,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Kyriakos Papadopoulos Maria Lampropulos

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

06-03-2019 23:28 UTC-7

Gathy Over Serda

Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

The board read with around 8,000 in the middle already.

Patrick Serda check-called the 6,000 bet of Michael Gathy.

The river completed the board with the on which both players checked. Serda tabled for the turned pair of jacks but couldn't beat the of Gathy who had hit top pair on the flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Deadman	115,000 30,000	30,000
Taylor Black	83,000 -14,000	-14,000
Arsenii Karmatckii	55,000 28,500	28,500
Jack Sinclair	54,000 24,000	24,000

Michael Gathy	39,000 11,000	11,000

Patrick Serda	31,000 1,000	1,000
Layne Flack	29,000 -2,200	-2,200

Tags: Michael Gathy Patrick Serda

06-03-2019 23:25 UTC-7

Hunichen Wins Some Back

Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Chris Hunichen raised to 1,200 from mid-position and action folded to the player in the small blind who three-bet to 4,300. Hunichen called.

The flop came , the small blind continued with a bet of 6,000 and Hunichen raised to 20,000. His opponent thought about it for a bit but folded in the end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	75,000 11,000	11,000
Aaron Mermelstein	45,000
Stanley Lee	38,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Chris Hunichen

06-03-2019 23:14 UTC-7

Gambino Flashes the Royal

Jeff McMillan

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

The Royal Flush has made it's elusive appearance tonight.

The board read . Chris Hunichen had put in a bet of 6,000 and was raised by AJ Gambino to about 34,000. Hunichen mulled over the decision for a while and showed an ace as he folded.