Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed Day 3 | 2019 World Series of Poker

07-14-2019 18:22 UTC-7

Kuney Doubles Through Richards

GeoffFisk

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

John Richards and Michael Kuney got all of the chips in on a flop. Richards, on the cutoff, had Kuney, on the button, covered.

John Richards:
Michael Kuney:

Kuney hit the wheel on the turn, and took in the pot after the river fell .

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Kuney	1,300,000 695,000	695,000
John Richards	1,010,000 -440,000	-440,000

07-14-2019 18:17 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Millard Hale	2,585,000 345,000	345,000
Evangelos Kokkalis	764,000 324,000	324,000

Lau Doubles Again

Jeff McMillan

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

Ka Lau was all in on the flop of with the against John Richards who had the .

The turn was the and the river came the to give Lau a double up and keep him alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Richards	1,450,000 -480,000	-480,000
Ka Kwan Lau	1,100,000 538,000	538,000

Tags: John Richards Ka Lau

07-14-2019 18:06 UTC-7

Cheong Chips Up to Two Million

GeoffFisk

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

Ka Lau bet 140,000 from the small blind on a flop, and Jospeh Cheong made the call. The action checked through on each of the final two streets, and Cheong showed to take it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	2,000,000 700,000	700,000

Ka Kwan Lau	562,000 -988,000	-988,000

07-14-2019 18:04 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Sternberg	2,530,000 210,000	210,000

Juha Helppi	1,026,000 -474,000	-474,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Benko	1,950,000 -815,000	-815,000
Joseph Cheong	1,300,000 400,000	400,000

Hale Three-Bets On River

Jeff McMillan

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

Action was picked up with a board that read . Millard Hale bet 185,000. Joao Vieira took his time and thought it out for quite a while before raising to 700,000. Hale quickly three bet all in and Vieira quickly folded in frustration.

Player	Chips	Progress
Millard Hale	2,240,000 700,000	700,000
Joao Vieira	750,000 -680,000	-680,000

Tags: Joao Vieira Millard Hale

07-14-2019 17:50 UTC-7

Lau Doubles With Small Pair

Jeff McMillan

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

Ka Lau was all in vs Joseph Cheong.

Cheong had the and Lau had the .

The board wold not provide much for either player as it came and Lau doubled with a mere pair of fives.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	1,550,000 953,000	953,000

Joseph Cheong	900,000 -1,090,000	-1,090,000

Tags: Joseph Cheong Ka Lau

07-14-2019 17:43 UTC-7

From Short Stacked to Two Million for Strasser

GeoffFisk

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

Florian Strasser has spun up a ten big blind stack to over the 2 million mark, giving him nearly 70 big blinds to work with.

Strasser got up to that total in a hand that saw Ka Lau open to 75,000 from the button, and Starsser three-bet to 260,000 from the small blind.

Lau made the call, bringing on the flop. Strasser continued for 500,000 more, and Lau folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Strasser	2,140,000 1,235,000	1,235,000
Ka Kwan Lau	597,000 -245,000	-245,000

Tags: Florian Strasser Ka Lau

07-14-2019 17:32 UTC-7

Cheong's River Raise Gets it Done

Jeff McMillan

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

On a board of John Richards bet 250,000. Joseph Cheong waited for a moment and raised to 600,000. Richards thought it over for a little while before folding.