2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$192,199
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$1,007,475
Entries
665
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
403
Players Left
85

Moon Sends One To The Rail

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante
Benjamin Moon
Benjamin Moon

A player under the gun raised to 1,300 and the player next to act called. The action got to Benjamin Moon in the big blind and he three-bet to 5,000. The original raiser folded and the other player called.

The flop came {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and Moon put out a small continuation bet of 2,500 which was followed by a quick all in for 7,000 and a call.

Benjamin Moon: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Opponent: {2-Hearts}{2-Spades}

Moon had his opponent nearly dead but the {4-Diamonds} turn card left him needing to fade four outs. The {a-Diamonds} completed the board and Moon sent his opponent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Moon us
Benjamin Moon
84,000
26,400
26,400
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Benjamin Moon

Second Round of Assorted Chip Counts

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
92,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Nitis Udornpim us
Nitis Udornpim
86,400
WPT 1X Winner
Alan Cutler us
Alan Cutler
82,400
52,400
52,400
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
52,300
22,300
22,300
Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
47,100
17,100
17,100
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Jonathan Tamayo us
Jonathan Tamayo
42,600
17,200
17,200
Carlos Guerrero us
Carlos Guerrero
41,700
Paul Petten us
Paul Petten
32,300
2,300
2,300
Patrick Truong us
Patrick Truong
32,100
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
31,200
31,200
31,200
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
StakeKings
Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
31,200
1,200
1,200
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
30,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
Qi Yuan us
Qi Yuan
5,200

Third Wave of Assorted Chip Counts

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sanket Desai us
Sanket Desai
84,500
84,500
84,500
Nick Riali us
Nick Riali
78,400
-1,600
-1,600
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
71,200
41,200
41,200
$25K Fantasy
StakeKings
Stephen Graner us
Stephen Graner
57,600
27,600
27,600
EPT 1X Winner
Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
48,700
48,700
48,700
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Andrew Kaplan us
Andrew Kaplan
42,100
42,100
42,100
Maury Solano us
Maury Solano
38,900
8,900
8,900
Jeremy Pekarek us
Jeremy Pekarek
34,800
-600
-600
WSOP 1X Winner
Blake Whittington us
Blake Whittington
32,500
2,500
2,500
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
30,000
30,000
30,000
WPT 1X Winner
StakeKings
Brian Green us
Brian Green
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Andrew Ostapchenko us
Andrew Ostapchenko
30,000
Yoon Kim us
Yoon Kim
18,700
-11,300
-11,300

Perfect River For McKellar

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

A player in early position raised to 1,000. Pierce McKellar was next to act and called. The blinds also came along and they went four ways to the flop.

The flop came {10-Spades}{2-Hearts}{3-Clubs} and the preflop aggressor put out a continuation bet of 2,100. McKellar called and both blinds got out of the way.

McKellar called another bet of 4,200 on the {j-Hearts} turn card and snap called his opponents all in bet of around 14,000 on the {a-Spades} river.

Pierce McKellar: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}

McKellar had rivered a straight and eliminated his opponent who held just top pair.

Player Chips Progress
Pierce McKellar us
Pierce McKellar
62,000
62,000
62,000

Tags: Pierce McKellar

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Roselius Survives All In

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante
Stephen Roselius
Stephen Roselius

Stephen Roselius opened for 1,500 on the button and the big blind player defended to see a {8-Spades}{k-Clubs}{9-Hearts} flop.

Both players checked to the {10-Spades} turn where the big blind player lead out for 1,100 and Roselius called.

The {j-Diamonds} completed the board on the river and action was checked to Roselius who took down the pot after moving all in for 9,000.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Roselius
Steve Roselius
17,000
17,000
17,000

Tags: Stephen Roselius

Desai's Boat is Better

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante
Sanket Desai
Sanket Desai

Sanket Desai opened for 1,500 from the cutoff and was called by the button player along with Lester Lenart from the big blind.

The {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} flop was checked to the button player who fired out 3,500, both and Desai called.

All three players checked the {6-Hearts} turn to the {3-Spades} river where Lenart lead out for 4,000 and was called by Desai while the button player mucked.

Lenart tabled {10-Clubs}{7-Hearts} for sixes full of sevens but it was no good as Desai rolled over {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds} to scoop the pot with sixes full of eights.

Player Chips Progress
Sanket Desai us
Sanket Desai
88,700
4,200
4,200
Lester Lenart us
Lester Lenart
45,200
-4,600
-4,600

Tags: Lester LenartSanket Desai

Lyons Gets It In Good

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

A player moved all in for his last 6,000 from middle position and Pat Lyons called on the button. The blinds got out of the way and the cards were flipped over.

Pat Lyons: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

Lyons was in good shape but still needed to dodge four outs after the flop came {6-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}. His opponent was unable to hit a queen as the board completed {8-Clubs} and {k-Clubs} to send the pot to Lyons.

Player Chips Progress
Pat Lyons us
Pat Lyons
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Pat Lyons

Three Ladies for McKeehen Sends Opponent to the Rail

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Joe McKeehen opened for 1,500 from early position and was called by the cutoff player.

The {q-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop was checked to McKeehen who continued for 1,800, his opponent called.

All the chips got in the middle once the {5-Hearts} fell on the turn after McKeehen's opponent check-jammed after he fired out 4,500.

Joe McKeehen: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Opponent: {j-Spades}{10-Clubs}

McKeehen's opponent held an open-ended straight draw but the {q-Clubs} river sealed his fate and he exited the tournament field.

Player Chips Progress
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
45,200
15,200
15,200
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Joe McKeehen

Fleischer Adds To His Big Stack

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante
Terry Fleischer
Terry Fleischer

A player in middle position raised to 1,300 and got called by Terry Fleischer on the button as well as the player in the big blind.

The action was checked to Fleischer and he bet 2,000 when the flop came {10-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Clubs}. The big blind folded and the player in middle position put in a check-raise to 6,400. Fleischer called.

The {9-Hearts} fell on the turn and Fleischer faced a bet of 7,500 from his opponent. Fleischer thought about it for a moment before putting his opponent all in for an additional 20,000. The player in middle position quickly folded and Fleischer now sits with over 200,000.

Player Chips Progress
Terry Fleischer us
Terry Fleischer
205,000
205,000
205,000

Tags: Terry Fleischer