2019 World Series of Poker

Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em Marathon
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$477,401
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,620
Prize Pool
$2,553,714
Entries
1,083
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000

Blumenfield Loses Big

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

The pot already contained around 8,000 and the flop showed {j-Clubs}{3-Spades}{10-Diamonds} when Neil Blumenfield bet 3,000 from the button after his opponent checked. The latter made the call.

Things heated on the turn {q-Hearts} as Blumenfield's opponent pushed all in for a stack worth 12,200. Blumenfield took one minute before saying "Ok, let's go!" for the call and both tabled their cards:

Neil Blumenfield: {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
His opponent: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

Blumenfield had to hit a straight on the river, facing his opponent's set of jacks, but a {a-Clubs} fell and he was left with a short stack after that hand.

Player Chips Progress
Neil Blumenfield us
Neil Blumenfield
4,700
-32,300
-32,300

Tags: Neil Blumenfield

Small Pot to Elpayaa

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
Joseph Elpayaa
Joseph Elpayaa

It folded to the player on the button and he raised to 800. The only player in the blinds that was interested was big blind Joseph Elpayaa. He called and they went heads-up to the flop.

The dealer spread the {8-Spades}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop on the board and Elpayaa checked to the initial raiser. He continued with a bet of 600 and Elpayaa went for the check-raise to 2,800.

His opponent got out of the way and Elpayaa took down a pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Elpayaa us
Joseph Elpayaa
22,000
-7,500
-7,500

Tags: Joseph Elpayaa

More Familiar Faces and Chip Counts

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Chris Grigorian us
Chris Grigorian
107,000
64,000
64,000
Paul-Francois Tedeschi fr
Paul-Francois Tedeschi
59,000
59,000
59,000
Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
52,000
52,000
52,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
26,200
26,200
26,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
26,200
26,200
26,200
Anna Antimony us
Anna Antimony
26,200
Victor Choupeaux fr
Victor Choupeaux
26,200
26,200
26,200
Jessica Dawley us
Jessica Dawley
26,200
26,200
26,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Johan Guilbert fr
Johan Guilbert
16,000
16,000
16,000
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
5,800
5,800
5,800
Lily Kiletto us
Lily Kiletto
Busted

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

Lybaert Didn't Run Long This Year

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Bart Lybaert
Bart Lybaert

Bart Lyabert opened to 600 and James Moutsatsos made the call. The dealer brought {10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} on the flop and Lybaert continued for 1,000, quickly called by Moutsatsos.

The same action happened on the turn {8-Spades}, this time for 4,000.

A {8-Diamonds} fell on the river and Lybaert thought about his move for a minute before pushing all in for a stack around 20,000. Moutsatsos made the call, showing {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs} for a set of sixes, dominating Lybaert's hand with {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts} and eliminating him from the tournament.

Lybaert, who finished third in the Marathon last year for $ 290,315, only played for one level this time.

Player Chips Progress
James Moutsatsos us
James Moutsatsos
63,000
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
Busted

Tags: James MoutsatsosBart Lybaert

Miles Makes Rezaei Fold Queens

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Tony Miles
Tony Miles

Tony Miles raised to 500 from the button when it folded to him on their six-handed table. There was no small blind and big blind Daniel Rezaei three-bet to 2,500. Miles called.

The flop fell {6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Rezaei continued with another bet of 2,100. The call was quickly made by Miles and they saw the {3-Clubs}.

Rezaei slowed down as he checked to the 2018 WSOP Main Event runner-up. Miles took over with a bet of 7,000 and Rezaei called.

The river was the {4-Hearts} which also paired the board and Rezaei checked again. Miles took his time and he eventually counted out a bet of 17,000 that he put in the middle. Rezaei let out a sigh and he started to tank for a couple of minutes. He started talking after a while before he let go of his hand.

Rezaei then announced he folded {q-}{q-}. Miles didn't say a word and just raked in the chips without showing his cards. When he was almost done stacking he laughed and said he had {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
51,000
41,000
41,000
Daniel Rezaei at
Daniel Rezaei
31,000
-1,000
-1,000

Tags: Daniel RezaeiTony Miles