Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Planet Hollywood
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Planet Hollywood
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$1,178,670
Entries
778
Level
34
Blinds
100,000 / 250,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
338
Players Left
65
Players Left 1 / 778
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Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
Toby Price limped under the gun, Aram Zobian raised to 2,300 from the cutoff, and the button, small blind and big blind all called.
Action was then back on Price, who reraised all in for 26,300 total. Zobian then four-bet shoved over the top for 38,000 total.
The button and small blind folded, and the big blind asked for a count on Zobian's stack before reluctantly folding. Price and Zobian then went heads up to the showdown.
Toby Price: 
Aram Zobian: 
Board: 
Zobian saw the bad news when Price turned over pocket kings, and no help came on the runout for Zobian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
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12,000
26,000
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26,000 |
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Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
Toby Price checked to Aram Zobian on a 
flop, and Zobian bet 2,000.
Price called, bringing forth the turn. Zobian bet 12,700, and Price folded.
Zobian showed the 
as he collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
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|
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
The flop was reading 
and there was about 13,000 in the middle when the player in middle position checked along with Charles Johnson from the hijack. Ghassan Sankari bet 5,000 from the button and the player in mid-positon folded but Johnson check-raised all in for 20,500. Sankari thought for a long while, then made the call.
Charles Johnson: 
Ghassan Sankari: 
Sankari had ace-high and Johnson had a pair of deuces. The turn came the 
giving Sankari the lead with a pair of aces but that didn't last long as the 
completed the board and Johnson took down the pot with trip deuces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
15,500
24,500
|
24,500 |
Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
Both blinds checked, and Scott Ziebarth bet 2,000 from early position on a 
flop. Michael Trivett called from the small blind, and the big blind folded.
Both remaining players checked the 
turn. Trivett bet 4,500 on the 
river, and Ziebarth briefly thought it over before calling.
Trivett immediately mucked, and Ziebarth took in the pot without showing his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
|
|
44,000 | |
Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
111,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
92,000 | |
|
66,000
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
60,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
60,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
56,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
53,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
52,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
21,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
18,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
12,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
The player in middle position raised to 1,500 and the cutoff called along with Boris Kasabov in the small blind.
The flop fell 
and Kasabov checked. The player in middle position bet 2,300 and the cutoff folded but Kasabov check-called.
The 
completed the board and Kasabov bet 25,000. His opponent, with 11,500 behind, took a minute of reflection then gave up his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 |
Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
James Barlow was all in for 9,600 from the hijack against the player under the gun.
James Barlow: 
Opponent: 
The runout was 
and Barlow doubled up with his pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000 |
Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
PokerNews is in town to live report both the High Roller and Main Event here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Planet Hollywood, but those are just two gold ring events that will have played out by the end of the series.
In Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold’em, 359 runners created a $118,370 prize pool that was paid out to the top 55 players. Among those to cash but fall short of making the final table were Jarod Ludemann (11th - $1,691), Scott Clements (16th - $1,231), Josh Prager (26th - $932), and Spencer Champlin (43rd - $633).
In the end, Ohio’s Jeffrey Stephens bested Arian Khatibshahidi in heads-up play to win the title and $25,248 top prize.
“It’s the monkey off my back. I’ve got a runner-up in a big tour Main Event, and I’ve been so close so many times so to finally get a championship in a very reputable circuit means a lot to me,” said the 34-year-old Stephens, who captured his first gold ring.
The father of two continued: ““I’ve got a family that means the world to me and spending time with them is pretty cool. But they’ve seen Dad on TV and they’d like me to go play poker. It’s what I love to do.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Stephens | Hamilton, Ohio | $25,248 |
| 2 | Arian Khatibshahidi | San Jose, California | $15,606 |
| 3 | Adam Christie | Brooklyn Park, Minnesota | $10,937 |
| 4 | Steve Foutty | Las Vegas, Nevada | $7,829 |
| 5 | Heriberto Almanza | Brownsville, Texas | $5,728 |
| 6 | Curtis Holt | N/A | $4,284 |
| 7 | Barbra Walston | Cincinnati, Ohio | $3,277 |
| 8 | Terry Fairchild Jr | Mount Morris, Michigan | $2,566 |
| 9 | Michael Cribier | Carlsbad, California | $2,058 |
Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
72,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
43,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
40,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
39,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
37,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
29,000 | |
|
||
|
|
11,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
