Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 4 | 2019 World Series of Poker

07-09-2019 23:33 UTC-7

Wynkoop Emerges as New Chip Leader

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Christopher Wynkoop just knocked out Thomas Drinkwater with against after getting it in on a flop.

The board bricked and Drinkwater was eliminated, with Wynkoop now amassing a stack well over four million.

"New chip leader," said tablemate Jean-Robert Bellande. "Chip leader alert!"

"You have like 1% of the chips in play," someone said. "But it feels like heaps now!"

Actually, it's nearer 0.8% of the chips in play but is still good enough for the presumed chip leader in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Wynkoop	4,300,000 3,559,000	3,559,000
Timothy Su	3,200,000 -1,950,000	-1,950,000

Tags: Christopher Wynkoop Thomas Drinkwater

07-09-2019 23:32 UTC-7

A Few Chip Counts from Around the Room

Mickey Doft

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	3,700,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Mukul Pahuja	2,000,000 350,000	350,000
Alex Dovzhenko	970,000 604,000	604,000
Timothy Burt	950,000 -200,000	-200,000
Jon Turner	810,000 -20,000	-20,000
Tony Sinishtaj	750,000 -700,000	-700,000
Aaron Johnson (MN)	625,000 537,000	537,000
Scott Bohlman	570,000 -165,000	-165,000

Olivier Busquet	560,000 160,000	160,000
Chance Kornuth	440,000 -70,000	-70,000

Victor Figueroa	430,000 -520,000	-520,000
Anthony Spinella	400,000 335,000	335,000

Sean Shah	320,000 -340,000	-340,000
Jason Brin	260,000 -380,000	-380,000
John Holley	160,000 -55,000	-55,000

07-09-2019 23:30 UTC-7

Some Amazon Orange Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Preben Stokkan	2,241,000 -159,000	-159,000

Jeff Madsen	1,189,000 189,000	189,000

John Lombardo	1,140,000 90,000	90,000
Quan Zhou	1,100,000 -465,000	-465,000
Ricky Guan	695,000 -305,000	-305,000
Will Berry	470,000 200,000	200,000
Michael Kane	451,000 -62,000	-62,000
Jay Farber	395,000 90,000	90,000

07-09-2019 23:29 UTC-7

Overpair Holds for Parkes

Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

In a three-bet pot, Thomas Parkes was heads-up with Joseph Cheong heading to the flop of . Parkes checked from the big blind and Cheong quickly checked it back from the cutoff.

The turn brought the and Parkes fired out a bet of 235,000 into a pot of around 450,000. Cheong called and the completed the board. Both players knuckled the table again and Parkes turned over to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Parkes	3,770,000 250,000	250,000
Joseph Cheong	1,840,000 -450,000	-450,000

Tags: Joseph Cheong Thomas Parkes

07-09-2019 23:20 UTC-7

Chip Counts from Tables 519-522

HillKerby

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Pekarek	2,025,000 515,000	515,000

Todd Witteles	1,460,000 10,000	10,000

Matt Glantz	1,260,000 75,000	75,000
Eric Froehlich	1,240,000 75,000	75,000

Enrico Rudelitz	1,135,000 -245,000	-245,000
Romain Lewis	860,000 630,000	630,000

Christopher Sly	815,000 420,000	420,000
Matt Stout	742,000 207,000	207,000
Rayan Chamas	609,000 -160,000	-160,000
Allen Kessler	435,000 -95,000	-95,000
Mark Teltscher	410,000 -270,000	-270,000
Tom Cannuli	340,000 -600,000	-600,000
Qing Lu	Busted

07-09-2019 23:14 UTC-7

451st - 477th Place Finishers

Mickey Doft

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

These players took home $30,780 for their showings in the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlton Tartar	Busted
Charles Sewell	Busted
Chenxu Zhang	Busted
Vladislav Donchev	Busted
Qui Nguyen	Busted

Jeffrey Hart	Busted
Daniel Lee	Busted
Donald Schiavone	Busted
Igor Merda	Busted
Manuel Mutke	Busted
Simon Deadman	Busted
Erik Cajelais	Busted

John Hewitt	Busted
Christopher Wolfe	Busted
Mark Liedtke	Busted
Barny Boatman	Busted

Nikolai Sears	Busted
Qing Lu	Busted
Todd Vincent	Busted
Michael VanderWoude	Busted
David Cabrera Polop	Busted
George Petten	Busted
Richard Anthony	Busted
Joseph Wertz	Busted
Hugo Pingray	Busted

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Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

07-09-2019 22:52 UTC-7

Final Break of Day 4

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

There are just 450 players remaining at the end of level 19 and they are in the midst of their final 20-minute break of the day. Another two-hour session at the tables remains with upcoming blinds of 10,000-20,000 with a big blind ante of 20,000.

A new WSOP Main Event champion will be crowned as Qui Nguyen's run came to an end. His elimination and other recent highlights from the tables can be found below.

Tags: Qui Nguyen

07-09-2019 22:51 UTC-7

Merda Among Recent Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Mitchell Johnson raised and Igor Merda jammed from one seat over, Michael Pearson then reshoved and that forced out Johnson.

The classic flip with the for Merda and the of Pearson was all but over when the appeared right in the window and Merda was drawing dead on a blank turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mihai Manole	3,150,000 60,000	60,000

Brian Yoon	2,300,000 400,000	400,000

Chad Power	1,750,000 50,000	50,000
Michael Pearson	1,450,000 350,000	350,000
Sergei Petrushevskii	1,000,000 -80,000	-80,000
Mitchell Johnson	950,000 510,000	510,000
Daniel Neilson	700,000 -200,000	-200,000
Allen Kessler	530,000 -290,000	-290,000
Carl Cajuste	400,000 -130,000	-130,000
Igor Merda	Busted
[Removed:98]	Busted
Eoghan O'Dea	Busted

Tags: Igor Merda Michael Pearson Mitchell Johnson

07-09-2019 22:50 UTC-7

Cloutier Doubles Through Bohlman

Adam Lamers

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Eric Cloutier open-shipped all in for 484,000 in the hijack and Scott Bohlman called on the button. The big blind gave it some thought but eventually decided to let the two players battle it out themselves.

Eric Cloutier:
Scott Bohlman:

It was a coin flip and Cloutier maintained his lead on the flop. The on the turn changed nothing and the on the river ensured Cloutier of a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Cloutier	985,000 663,000	663,000
Scott Bohlman	735,000 -300,000	-300,000

Tags: Eric Cloutier Scott Bohlman