$1,700 Main Event | 2019 WSOP International Circuit Aruba

11-23-2019 11:58 UTC-5

Soogea Doesn't Last for Long

Adam Lamers

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Robert Soogea joined the action late, not showing up until the tournament was on the money bubble and unfortunately for him, he didn't last much longer. Soogea had a stack of under 100,000 and he moved all in from under the gun. Chris Dandrea re-shoved all in for 114,000 in the cutoff and the rest of the table folded.

Chris Dandrea:
Robert Soogea:

The flop of was safe for Dandrea who was just looking to avoid an eight. The landed on the turn and the completed the board to secure the pot for Dandrea and send Soogea to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Dandrea	215,000 140,000	140,000

Robert Soogea	Busted

Tags: Robert Soogea Chris Dandrea

11-23-2019 12:09 UTC-5

Hinton on a Heater

Adam Lamers

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The last three eliminations have come at the hands of Clyde Hinton and Jeet Moenesar was the latest casualty. Moenesar opened to 18,000 from the cutoff and Hinton called on the button. The two players saw a flop of and Moenesar started with a check. Hinton bet 18,000 and Moenesar shoved all in for 93,000 which Hinton called.

Clyde Hinton:
Jeet Moenesar:

Moenesar was currently in the lead but Hinton had an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the to give Moenesar two pair but Hilton made his straight. The on the river paired the wrong card for Moenesar who was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clyde Hinton	885,000 669,000	669,000
Jeet Moenesar	Busted

Tags: Clyde Hinton

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

11-23-2019 12:25 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Trost	790,000 110,000	110,000
Michael Hanson	490,000 194,000	194,000
Alon Eldar	485,000 149,000	149,000
Shawn Rice	452,000 57,000	57,000
Matt Russell	440,000 22,000	22,000
Kristy Arnett	385,000 151,000	151,000
Friman Villalona	330,000 25,000	25,000
Andrew Hills	318,000 27,000	27,000

Ray Henson	263,000 43,000	43,000

Debbie Hinton	230,000 75,000	75,000
Robert Webb	165,000 127,000	127,000
Steven Fuhrman	123,000 -133,000	-133,000
Heather Alcorn	81,000 12,000	12,000

11-23-2019 12:27 UTC-5

Hinton Approaching Seven Figures

Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Derrick Contreras shoved all in for just over 100,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Clyde Hinton in the big blind. Hinton looked down at his cards and made a quick call.

Clyde Hinton:
Derrick Contreras:

Hinton held the superior pocket pair and the flop of provided no help to Contreras. The on the turn and the on the river were also bricks and Contreras was eliminated. The final 27 players will now redraw for seats with three tables remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clyde Hinton	951,000 66,000	66,000
Derrick Contreras	Busted

Tags: Clyde Hinton Derrick Contreras

11-23-2019 12:30 UTC-5

Recent Eliminations

Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Garry Gates	Busted
Adam Cedric	Busted
Peter Gal	Busted
Eric Munoz	Busted
Lucas Smith	Busted
Kevin Rines	Busted
Anatoly Zharnitskiy	Busted

11-23-2019 12:42 UTC-5

Alcorn Gets Coolered

Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The action folded around to Alon Eldar on the button who just shoved all in. He had two smaller stacks behind him in the blinds and Heather Alcorn called off her stack of around 140,000 in the small blind.

Alon Eldar:
Heather Alcorn:

Not only did Eldar have the larger of the two pocket pairs, but he also had both of the suits covered. The board ran out and Alcorn was ousted just prior to the first break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alon Eldar	625,000 140,000	140,000
Heather Alcorn	Busted

Tags: Alon Eldar Heather Alcorn

11-23-2019 12:45 UTC-5

Hanson Scores a Double KO to Climb Over One Million

Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Todd Boghosian was battling on the short stack for much of the day and just recently found a stack he could be comfortable on. The action was folded to Boghosian in the cutoff who ripped all in for 190,000. Debbie Hinton also pushed all in from the small blind for not much more and Michael Hanson wasted little time before calling in the big blind.

Michael Hanson:
Debbie Hinton:
Todd Boghosian:

Hanson was ahead of both of his opponents and was looking to score the double knockout. The board ran out and Hanson held on to do just that as he climbed over one million chips.