2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond

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

2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond

Final Results
Winner
Ravi Raghavan
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$272,322
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$1,610,445
Entries
1,063
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
588
Players Left
114

Farley Gets Paid With Small Flush

Level 9 : 400/800, 800 ante

A call of clock was heard from an outer table and John Farley was the one waiting on the decision of his opponent who was deep in the tank.

The dangerous board read {6-Clubs}{7-Spades}{4-Spades}{k-Spades}{3-Spades}, the pot was about 40,000 and Farley had put out a bet of 20,000 on the river which was enough to put his opponent all in. When the floor arrived after a couple of moments of waiting, the clock countdown was administered. At the ten second warning, the player stabbed his remaining stack into the middle for the call.

Farley turned over the {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} for a small flush but it was enough as his opponent angrily showed the {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} and said "That's the worsr call in the history of poker" before walking off in frustration as Farley collected the nice pot to his big stack.

Player Chips Progress
John Farley us
John Farley
130,000 130,000

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Victor Skrobacz Wins First Ring in Event #5: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha

Level 9 : 400/800, 800 ante
Victor Skrobacz
Victor Skrobacz

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Hammond to live report both the $1,700 Main Event and $2,200 High Roller; however, those are just two of more than a dozen gold ring events that will have taken place over the past week. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.

In Event #5: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha, 121 entrants created a $62,315 prize pool that was paid out to the top 19 players. Among those to cash but fall shy of the final table were Mike Shin (11th - $1,195), Peter Kelly (15th - $1,034), and Elan Weiner (19th - $849).

In the end, it was 56-year-old Victor Skrobacz of Long Grove, Illinois coming out on top to win $16,977 and his first ring.

“It feels great,” Skrobacz said after his win, “I’ve played poker for a long time, played in WSOP events but have never cashed so this is amazing.”

He continued: “Confidence in your game is so important and it feels amazing getting this win, it was a wonderful run … I’m very thankful to have a supporting wife, son and also very grateful to still have both of my parents. I just won a good chunk of money so I’ll probably give some to my parents, son, play the Main, you know spread it around.”

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Victor SkrobaczLa Grange Park, Illinois$16,977
2Shawn QuinnMiddleton, Wisconsin$10,492
3Gerald GroganN/A$7,299
4Pawel AndrzejewskiPark Ridge, Illinois$5,205
5Howard SimonChicago, Illinois$3,807
6Donald WalshPark Ridge, Illinois$2,858
7David HoffenbergSkokie, Illinois$2,204
8Timothy CherepChicago, Illinois$1,747
9Michael MoncekChicago, Illinois$1,424

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McNeal Rips River

Level 9 : 400/800, 800 ante

On a board of {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} Antoine McNeal had led out for 3,000 and his opponent raised to 10,000. After taking about 2-minutes McNeal made the call.

The {a-Clubs} landed on the river and McNeal announced all-in putting his opponent who eventually folded to the test.

Player Chips Progress
Antoine McNeal us
Antoine McNeal
138,200 -12,700

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Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Wolff Takes a Chunk out of Stellatos

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

In a five-way flop of {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for 1,200 each, the action checked to Michael Wolff in the cutoff who bet out 2,500, and Stellatos check-raised it up to 8,000 from the big blind which pushed the rest of the players out of the hand before Wolff announced all-in for 36,600 which Stellatos snap-called.

Gregory Stellatos: {a-Diamonds}{4-Spades}
Michael Wolff: {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}

Wolff had flopped a set of fives and had to fade Stellatos' nut-flush draw and the {k-Clubs} on the turn sealed his double up when he made a full house before the board completed with the {7-Spades} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Gregory Stellatos us
Gregory Stellatos
156,000 -24,000
Michael Wolff us
Michael Wolff
79,800

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Check-Raise Doesn't Scare Mendez

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Porfiro Mendez opened the action with a raise under-the-gun to 1,600 which the cutoff and the big blind both called.

The dealer fanned a flop of {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{2-Clubs} which the big blind checked, Mendez fired out 1,400 and the cutoff folded quickly before the big blind put in a raise to 6,400. Mendez pondered his options for a moment and fired in a re-raise to 14,600 and that was good enough to take down the pot,

Player Chips Progress
Porfiro Mendez us
Porfiro Mendez
47,500

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Gin Flop for Jattin

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Farid Jattin three-bet to 3,300 preflop over an initial raise. It folded back around to the initial raiser who then four-bet to 10,000 which Jattin called after a few moments.

The two players saw a flop of {j-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}. The first player to act jammed to force Jattin's remaining 19,800 all in. He snap called and turned over the flopped nuts with the {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}.

His opponent shook his head and rolled over the {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}. The turn was the {q-Diamonds} and the river the {3-Hearts} to give Jattin the big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Farid Jattin co
Farid Jattin
62,000 62,000

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Srinivas Pushes Cutler Off Top Pair

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

On a board of {k-Spades}{10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{6-Spades} there was roughly 12,400 in the middle and Alan Cutler check-called a bet of 7,200 from Arjun Srinivas.

The river was the {5-Clubs} and after a few seconds, Cutler checked to Srinivas who shoved all of his 5,000 chips to bet more than Cutler's stack. Cutler didn't take too much time before showing the {k-Hearts} and mucking his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Arjun Srinivas us
Arjun Srinivas
68,100 68,100
Alan Cutler us
Alan Cutler
29,400 -10,600

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McDermott Calls With Tournament Life on the Line

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Action was on the turn on a board that read {4-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs}. David McDermott was facing a bet of 6,000 from Michael Monicatti. The pot was already about 28,000. McDermott thought it through thoroughly before calling.

The river was the {8-Hearts}. Monicatti quickly tossed in enough chips to put McDermott's remaining 11,500 at risk. McDermott then went deep into the tank. After close to two minutes he called.

Monicatti showed the {a-}{k-} for merely ace high while McDermott had the winner as he showed the {j-Clubs}{9-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Monicatti us
Michael Monicatti
85,000 85,000
David McDermott us
David McDermott
77,000 77,000

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