2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Planet Hollywood

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

2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Planet Hollywood

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$215,943
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$1,178,670
Entries
778
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
100,000 / 250,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
440
Players Left
90

Two Pair for Rice

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

The player on the cutoff limped along with James Rice on the button and the small blind. The big blind checked.

The flop came {8-Spades}{5-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and the small blind bet 500. The big blind folded but the cutoff raised to 1,500. Rice called and the small blind folded.

The turn brought the {a-Diamonds} and the cutoff continued with a bet of 1,700 that Rice called again.

The {7-Hearts} completed the board and both players checked. Rice tabled {8-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} for two pair and his opponent mucked.

Player Chips Progress
James Rice us
James Rice
47,000

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Bryce Cox Claims Bounty Title for First Gold Ring

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante
Bryce Cox
Bryce Cox

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 #3: $400 NLH Bounty, 169 entrants created a $38,870 prize pool that was paid out to the top 26 spots. Among those to cash were Edward Bashuk (10th - $662), Tyree Johnson (12th - $662), Pedro Romero (17th - $489), and Craig Luedemann (20th - $438).

In the end, 42-year-old Bryce Cox of Fountain Hills, Arizona came out on top to win a $9,967 top prize and his first gold ring.

“For me it’s more about the ring than it is about the money,” he said after the win. “I’ve learned in my life that money comes and goes. It feels good. If feels really, really good.”

Cox, who has been sober for 11 years, continued: “It’s been a frickin’ struggle for two years. In the last two months of playing poker I ran so good. I just could feel like this was literally destiny. When I first got sober I was living in an abandoned house shooting heroine. I was down in the absolute gutter. I got into AA, worked the twelve steps. I sponsor guys, I give back, I help people. My life is just so full today because of that. God’s purpose is for me to help people.”

With tears in his eyes, Cox added: “I got shot when I was 18. I had a bullet run my shoulder and stop at my jaw. The surgeon that did the tracheostomy on my throat was like, ‘This is a surgery that I’ll do once in my career.’ A lot of things had to line up in order for me to be here.”

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Bryce CoxFountain Hills, Arizona$9,967
2Adam BreedenLas Vegas, Nevada$6,160
3Brandon BrockN/A$4,290
4Roy RubinAlpharetta, Georgia$3,056
5Adnan AidiTucson, Arizona$2,228
6Tim BullardHouston, Texas$1,663
7Elena CurrenceReston, Virginia$1,272
8Matthew ColvinDallas, Texas$997
9Levi BlanchetteDenver, Colorado$802

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

Nagasako Takes Five-Way Pot

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Five players went to a flop of {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, and all five players checked.

The blinds and an early position player checked again on the {10-Hearts} turn, and Ronald Nagasako bet 800 from middle position. The button called, and all other players folded.

Nagasako bet 1,300 on the {5-Spades} river, and the button folded.

Player Chips Progress
Ronald Nagasako us
Ronald Nagasako
26,000 26,000

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Gabay Fills Up, Doubles Up

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante
Haim Gabay
Haim Gabay

Haim Gabay bet 9,000 into an 18,000 pot from the small blind, with {6-Clubs}{k-Spades}{3-Spades}{a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} on the board.

His opponent in the hijack raised all in, which would have put the rest of Gabay's remaining 15,900 chips in if Gabay called.

Gabay showed immediate frustration when the raise was made, and tanked for several moments.

"If you have pocket aces you're good," said Gabay, right before making the call. The opponent tabled {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs} for trip kings, but it was no good against Gabay's {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} for kings full.

The pot doubled Gabay up to 63,000, while leaving the hijack with just 4,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Haim Gabay us
Haim Gabay
63,000 63,000

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Curcio Folds Queens to Laplante

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Luigi Curcio opened to 800 from the cutoff and Ryan Laplante called from the button.

The dealer fanned a flop of {k-Spades}{10-Spades}{4-Clubs} and Curcio bet 600. Laplante raised to 2,200 and Curcio went deep into the tank, then folded {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} face up. Laplante showed the {j-Spades} in return.

Player Chips Progress
Luigi Curcio it
Luigi Curcio
28,000 28,000
Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
WSOP 1X Winner
11,800 1,800

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