2019 World Series of Poker

Event #50: Monster Stack - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
$1,008,850
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$8,147,250
Entries
6,035
Level Info
Level
46
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000

Conley is on a Heater

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

The very next hand after Conleys double up, there was a raise from early position to 2,000, the hijack called and Justin Conley called from the small blind.

The dealer spread a flop of {q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}, Conley check-raised the preflop raiser to 16,000 and they went heads up to the turn. The {j-Clubs} landed on the turn and got checked through to the {5-Hearts} on the river. Both players checked again and Conley tabled {q-Spades}{10-Spades} for a flopped two pair and took down a second consecutive pot.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Conley us
Justin Conley
82,000
19,400
19,400

Tags: Justin Conley

Updated Chip Counts

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Alexandru Papazian ro
Alexandru Papazian
134,000
134,000
134,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz
90,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Mikhail Semin ru
Mikhail Semin
62,000
15,000
15,000
Aditya Sushant in
Aditya Sushant
61,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Paul Camby us
Paul Camby
56,000
-3,000
-3,000
Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Robert Taylor ca
Robert Taylor
40,000
40,000
40,000
Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
38,000
38,000
38,000
Nadine Savage ca
Nadine Savage
24,000
24,000
24,000
Frank Stepuchin us
Frank Stepuchin
13,200
13,200
13,200

Conley Doubles

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Justin Conley
Justin Conley

With roughly 20,000 in the middle already on a board of {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} Justin Conley moved all in first to act for 21,300 and the opponent in the hand took a solid 3 minutes before putting a stack of chips in.

Justin Conley: {a-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Opponent: {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}

Conley was way ahead with his flopped trip nines, and the river {5-Hearts} changed nothing, giving Conley a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Conley us
Justin Conley
62,600

Tags: Justin Conley

Herman Wins Without Showdown

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

The player under-the-gun started the action off by raising to 2,100, three players called before Ben Herman reraised to 6,500. The under-the-gun player folded, his neighbor called and the other two folded, going heads up to the flop.

The flop came {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and after Herman's opponent checked he bet 8,000 and got called. The turn got checked around on the {q-Clubs} and the river fell {2-Clubs}. The player first to act check-folded to Herman's bet of 16,000.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Herman
Ben Herman
90,000

Scholten Sends One Out with Big Slick

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

A player opened and Freek Scholten three-bet to 12,000. His opponent called and the flop came down {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{2-Spades}. His opponent moved all in for around 17,500 and Scholten snap-called.

Scholten tabled {a-Spades}{k-Spades} for a pair of aces and his opponent showed {q-Spades}{q-Clubs} for a lower pair of ladies. The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and Scholten's ace held on for the pot, eliminating a player in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Freek Scholten nl
Freek Scholten
140,000
140,000
140,000

Tags: Freek Scholten

McKeehen Catches a Bluff

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

On a flop of {j-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{4-Spades} the small blind checked, Joseph McKeehen led out for 1,600 and the small blind called. The turn was the {3-Spades} and the small blind led for 2,000, Mckeehen called.

On the {8-Clubs} river the small blind fired again, this time for 5,500. Mckeehen thought about it briefly before making the call, his opponent snap-mucked and he tabled {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph McKeehen us
Joseph McKeehen
29,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Phan Lands it on the River

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

The flop showed {q-Spades}{10-Spades}{9-Spades} and there was around 3,500 in the pot. Henry Phan check-raised a bet of 1,600 to 3,500 and his opponent called.

A {6-Clubs} came down as the turn card and Phan fired in 4,400, his opponent called. The {j-Spades} landed as a river and both players checked. Phan tabled {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds} for the nut flush and his opponent mucked, shipping the pot to him.

Player Chips Progress
Henry Phan us
Henry Phan
99,000

Tags: Henry Phan

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
111,000
44,000
44,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Natalie Teh my
Natalie Teh
101,000
-1,000
-1,000
Tony Hoang ca
Tony Hoang
80,000
-6,000
-6,000
Renato kaneoya br
Renato kaneoya
70,000
20,000
20,000
Guo Dong cn
Guo Dong
68,500
17,500
17,500
Johnnie Moreno us
Johnnie Moreno
63,000
-8,000
-8,000
Aladin Reskallah fr
Aladin Reskallah
62,500
5,000
5,000
Winamax
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
60,000
-4,500
-4,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
41,000
11,700
11,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
38,500
-8,700
-8,700
Allen Cunningham us
Allen Cunningham
33,500
-15,500
-15,500
WSOP 5X Winner
Richard Dubini ar
Richard Dubini
15,500
-35,500
-35,500