2019 World Series of Poker

Event #23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q5
Prize
$177,294
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$826,200
Entries
612
Level Info
Level
31
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0

Level: 2

Limit Flop / Draw: 75/150
Stud Games: 25-ante, 50 bring-in, 150 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 50/75 / 75-ante

Wong Rivers Trips

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

NLH

With 2,350 in the pot, Mike Ross (cutoff) checked back on the {6-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{k-Clubs}{j-Clubs} turn.

The {j-Diamonds} completed the board and small blind Jerry Wong bet out 700. Ross threw in calling chips and Wong showed {q-Clubs}{j-Spades}.

"Good hand," Ross said while mucking his beholdings.

Player Chips Progress
Jerry Wong us
Jerry Wong
12,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Ross us
Mike Ross
6,100
-3,900
-3,900

Tags: Jerry WongMike Ross

Fuchs Three-Bets After First Draw

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Carol Fuchs
Carol Fuchs

2-7 Triple Draw

With action caught after the first draw, Carol Fuchs bet, Simon Pindisle raised, and Fuchs fired back with a three-bet. Pindisle called and drew two after Fuchs patted.

Fuchs bet, Pindisle called and he needed one on the final draw. Fuchs fired one more time and Pindisle whiffed his one-card draw as he folded.

Player Chips Progress
Simon Pindisle
Simon Pindisle
13,500
13,500
13,500
Carol Fuchs us
Carol Fuchs
12,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Carol FuchsSimon Pindisle

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Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
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Albini Checks Back Trips

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Steve Albini
Steve Albini

NLH

Steven Albini, sitting on the button, bet 275 on {j-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{j-Spades} flop and his opponent check-called from the big blind. The turn came {q-Hearts} and Albini barreled for 475 only to see his opponent blast a big raise, making it 3,000. Albini called and the {5-Diamonds} hit the river. The action was checked to Albini who thought for a while.

"It's so weird," Albini said and checked, showing {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} for flopped trips. His opponent flashed {a-}{q-} and Albini claimed a decent pot.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Albini us
Steven Albini
17,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Steven Albini

A Round of Chip Counts

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sachin Bhargava us
Sachin Bhargava
15,000
3,200
3,200
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
11,500
2,300
2,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Andrew Kelsall us
Andrew Kelsall
11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Scott Abrams us
Scott Abrams
10,400
400
400
WSOP 1X Winner
Shirley Rosario us
Shirley Rosario
10,000
Jameson Painter us
Jameson Painter
10,000
Mike Ross us
Mike Ross
9,500
3,400
3,400
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
9,500
-500
-500
Al Barbieri us
Al Barbieri
9,000
-1,000
-1,000
Chris Vitch us
Chris Vitch
7,600
Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
7,500
-2,500
-2,500
Tim Finne us
Tim Finne
6,000
-4,200
-4,200
James Obst au
James Obst
4,500
-5,500
-5,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Third, First, Last, and...?

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Ron Ware
Ron Ware

Stud

"Third, first, last," that's how Ron Ware summarized his appearances in the last three years of the $1,500 Eight-Game at WSOP. He finished third in 2016 before beating Mike Ross heads-up for a bracelet in 2017. Last year was a completely different story for Ware who claimed to be the first eliminated player.

Ware's start to this year's edition hasn't gone too well so far as he'd already been seen down to 2,500. But Ware recently earned some chips in a weird hand that had both players finishing with just two hole cards.

The {a-Spades} was accidentally exposed for Ware's opponent on seventh street and it was ruled that Ware's card would have to be opened as well. Ware called one more bet despite facing paired aces, and he scooped the pot with three jacks.

Ware: {j-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} / {8-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Opponent: {q-Spades}{x-} / {8-Spades}{a-Clubs}{4-Spades}{q-Hearts}{a-Spades}

Player Chips Progress
Ron Ware us
Ron Ware
3,500
-6,500
-6,500

Tags: Ron Ware

Yeh Eliminates One

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Small blind Andrew Yeh was facing off against two opponents on the flop of {4-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}, which escalated in Yeh's four-bet. The big blind was all in and the third player continued to play for the side pot with Yeh.

Yeh fired bets on both {q-Spades} turn and {q-Hearts} river and he received a call on the turn and a fold on the river. Yeh opened {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{8-Spades} for a boat and scooped both side and main pots as the all-in player mucked his hand and left the table.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Yeh us
Andrew Yeh
14,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andrew Yeh

Level: 3

Limit Flop / Draw: 100/200
Stud Games: 50-ante, 50 bring-in, 200 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 50/100 / 100-ante