2019 WSOP International Circuit Aruba

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

2019 WSOP International Circuit Aruba

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
310
Prize
$95,061
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$407,535
Entries
269
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
136
Players Left
22

Caballero's Set Is No Good

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Two players had all of their chips in the middle over on Table 21 and Gabriel Caballero was one of those players. He was disappointed to see the hands when they were tabled and his opponent was at risk for 13,800.

Gabriel Cabarello: {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}
Opponent: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

The flop came {k-Hearts}{j-Spades}{7-Diamonds} to give Cabarello a set of sevens and the lead. However, the {10-Diamonds} and {9-Spades} runout gave his opponent a straight and Cabarello was forced to send over a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Gabriel Caballero ve
Gabriel Caballero
78,000 -10,000

Tags: Gabriel Caballero

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Merson Quickly Spins Up a Stack

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante
Greg Merson
Greg Merson

It was just moments after Greg Merson took his seat on Day 1b that he had already nearly doubled his starting stack. His early heater wasn't over yet when four players saw a flop for 1,000 apiece. The flop came {7-Spades}{3-Spades}{3-Hearts} and the action checked to the preflop raiser who bet 2,000 and only Merson called from the cutoff.

The turn was the {9-Diamonds} and Merson was faced with another bet of 3,500 which he called again. The {9-Spades} double-paired the board on the river and the action was checked to Merson this time. He tossed in a bet of 6,000 and his opponent looked him up. Merson flipped over {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for the best full house to claim another pot.

Player Chips Progress
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
77,200 47,200

Tags: Greg Merson

Not Fair for Belmonte

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

After a couple of preflop raises, Michael Belmonte and David Fair got all of their chips in the middle. Belmonte was the player at risk for just under 15,000 chips and was in rough shape when the cards were tabled.

David Fair: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Michael Belmonte: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}

The flop came {q-Clubs}{10-Spades}{4-Clubs} to give Belmonte a straight draw along with his one overcard. However, the {7-Diamonds} and {6-Clubs} runout was not going to cut it and his chips were sent across the table to Fair.

Player Chips Progress
David Fair us
David Fair
38,500
Michael Belmonte
Michael Belmonte
Busted

Tags: Michael BelmonteDavid Fair

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

New Entries and Re-Entries

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

Greg Merson and Christian Harder have joined the field for the first time today while Ronnie Bardah and Jason James are on their second bullet for this flight. The total number of entries is over 100 today which means the prizepool is now well over $300,000.

Player Chips Progress
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
30,000 30,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
30,000 30,000
Jason James ca
Jason James
30,000 30,000
Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000 30,000

Jenkins Forces a Fold from Salazar

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

Three players were in the pot on a flop of {q-Clubs}{9-Spades}{2-Spades} and the action checked to Mauricio Salazar in the cutoff who bet 1,000. The big blind folded and June Jenkins check-raised to 5,000 from the hijack which Salazar called.

The turn was the {3-Spades} and Jenkins shipped all in for 25,000. Salazar gave it some thought but decided to send his cards to the muck and Jenkins scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
June Jenkins ca
June Jenkins
39,100 9,100
Mauricio Salazar il
Mauricio Salazar
21,500 21,500

Tags: Mauricio SalazarJune Jenkins

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Power of the Check-Raise

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

Mihails Morozovs raised it up to 700 in middle position and was called by Ronnie Bardah in the cutoff and Emerick Wiatrek in the big blind. The flop came {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and Waitrek checked to Morozovs who continued for 1,100. Both Bardah and Wiatrek called to see the {5-Clubs} on the turn.

Wiatrek checked again and Morozovs tossed in a bet of 2,500. Bardah called and Wiatrek check-raised to 8,000. Morozovs quickly called and Bardah let his hand go. The {7-Clubs} completed the board and Wiatrek fired in a bet of 15,000. Morozovs went into the tank for over two minutes before finally ditching his cards in the muck.

"The check-raise is so powerful," one player at the table said. "Doesn't matter when."

Player Chips Progress
Emerick Wiatrek us
Emerick Wiatrek
72,300 -9,400
Mihails Morozovs lv
Mihails Morozovs
41,000 41,000
Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
WSOP 1X Winner
19,600 19,600

Tags: Emerick WiatrekMihails MorozovsRonnie Bardah