Ryan Riess went to Twitter to ask if anyone wanted to bet ANY POKER PLAYER to win World Series of Poker 2019 POY over Shaun Deeb. He got one taker. Who did that person take? It's a must win bet and it may prove to be quite the sweat. Riess seems very confident that Deeb, who won WSOP POY 2018, can go back to back.
If you don’t know who Seth “SFisch04” Fischer is, that’s partially by design. Though he’s a PokerStars qualifier here at EPT Monte Carlo, he doesn’t maintain a PocketFives profile and says he enjoys flying under the radar. But it’s also partly chance. Had a single card fallen friendly in 2008, things might have been different.
Born and raised in Florida, Fischer was at college in Atlanta when he became one of the millions who picked up poker during the Moneymaker boom.
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Dong Zhao opened to 1,000 and Koray Aldemir three-bet to 3,000 in the next position. Zhao then four-bet to 10,500 and Aldemir shoved.
Zhao called and was all in with 
against the 
of Aldemir. The flop 
gave Aldemir a gutshot, which he completed on the 
turn.
Zhao could still hit a flush to double, but the river was the 
and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | 35,000 |
|
Busted |
On a flop of 
, the action was checked to Norbert Szecsi in the cutoff. Szecsi bet 2,000 into a pot of just under 4,000 and was called by Max Silver in the big blind and Thomas Boivin in the hijack.
The turn brought the and both Silver and Boivin checked again. Szecsi fired another 7,000 which got Silver to fold but Boivin still called. The river was the 
and Boivin checked one more time. Szecsi shoved all in for 23,100 and Boivin instantly mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,200 | 45,200 |
|
46,700 | -3,300 |
|
46,600 | -3,400 |
The dealer was counting out the stacks to make sure who was the biggest stack.
Mike Watson: 
Vicent Bosca: 
The board was 
and Watson had Bosca covered by just a couple of thousand, and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000 | |
|
Busted |
On a flop in a three-bet pot, Marton Czuczor checked to Max Silver who bet 5,500. Czuczor then check-raised to 15,500.
Silver threw out two time extensions but eventually folded.
"I had a hand where if you call, I'm fine and if you fold, I'm fine," said Czuczor after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | |
|
|
50,000 |
With around 12,000 in the middle and the flop reading 
, Tom-Aksel Bedell led out for 4,300 in the small blind. Andre Akkari called from middle position as did Rainer Kempe on the button.
The turn brought the and the action checked to Kempe who bet 5,500. Bedell called and Akkari got out of the way. The 
on the river put four spades on the board which seized any further action. Bedell turned over 
but Kempe flopped two pair with 
to claim the pot.
Meanwhile, Sean Winter was seen exiting the tournament area and Adrian Mateos was stacking his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,500 | 8,500 |
|
31,000 | 31,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Jack Sinclair opened to 700 and Isaac Haxton three-bet to 2,500 from the button.
The flop was 
and Sinclair checked to Haxton who continued for 3,000. Sinclair check-raised to 8,500 and Haxton called.
The turn was the . Sinclair bet 13,000 and Haxton quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | 19,000 |
|
75,000 | -10,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
