2019 World Series of Poker

Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em Marathon
Day: 2
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
Total Entries
1,083
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Left 1 / 1,083
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Chips Battle Between Teh and Pham

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Christian Pham opened to 9,500 from the cutoff and Natalie Teh called in the small blind position. The flop fell {4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} and both players checked.

The turn {q-Spades} brought more betting action as Teh bet 6,500 and faced a re-raise to 31,500 from Pham. After a minute of thinking Teh made the call.

The river was the {10-Clubs} and went check-check. Teh turned over {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs} for trip queens and Pham ended up mucking his hand.

Tags: Christian PhamNatalie Teh

Heavyweight Battle Between Schemion and Akkari

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

There was a completed board of {10-Clubs}{8-Spades}{3-Clubs}{a-Spades}{7-Hearts} spread across the felt with around 20,000 in the middle. Ole Schemion led out from the big blind with a small bet of 3,600. He was countered by Andre Akkari who made it 18,100 to go.

Schemion thought for a minute and then splashed in a call. Akkari tabled {j-Spades}{9-Spades} for a rivered straight and Schemion flipped his cards to the muck.

Tags: Andre AkkariOle Schemion

Grigorian Adds to His Stack

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Chris "The Armenian Express" Grigorian
Chris "The Armenian Express" Grigorian

A player opened to 3,500 and it was called by Chris "Ship It to Armenia" Grigorian and Dillon Ott in the blinds.

The flop fell {9-Clubs}{10-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and the initial raiser bet 4,300 after Grigorian and Ott checked. Grigorian re-raised to 10,000 and Ott let it go. The first player called and a {2-Spades} appeared on the turn. Grigorian bet 11,000 and it was called once more.

The river was the {10-Clubs} and Grigorian fired 20,000, quickly called by his opponent, who mucked his cards when Grigorian revealed {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for a full house.

Grigorian said his famous phrase "Ship it to Armenia!" and the whole table laughed.

Tags: Chris GrigorianDillon Ott

Filatov Goes for Value on the River

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Anatoly Filatov
Anatoly Filatov

In a three-bet pot, Anatoly Filatov was heads-up with an opponent on his left. The flop came {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{2-Spades} and the action checked to Filatov who bet 6,500. His opponent called and the {k-Diamonds} landed on the turn.

His opponent check-called another bet of 18,000 from Filatov on the turn. The river brought the {j-Hearts} putting four cards to a straight on the board. That didn't slow down Filatov as he fired another 35,000 after it was checked to him. His opponent called and Filatov tabled {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} for a set of queens.

His opponent mucked his cards and Filatov collected the pot. "Ace-king no good," Filatov said as he laughed a bit.

Tags: Anatoly Filatov

Cheong Loses One

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Joseph Cheong
Joseph Cheong

Joseph Cheong raised on the button and the big blind player called. The flop came {2-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and both players checked.

The turn was the {8-Hearts} and the big blind check-called Cheong's bet for 5,000. On the river {6-Diamonds}, the small blind moved all in for 13,300 and Cheong snap-called with {a-Clubs}{8-Spades} for a pair of eights. His opponent showed {2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} for the flush and grabbed the pot.

Tags: Joseph Cheong

Reichenstein Takes a Big Pot off Neilson

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

A completed board of {a-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{5-Spades}{q-Clubs}{a-Clubs} was spread across the felt with around 52,000 in the middle. Daniel Neilson made a small bet of 5,200 in the small blind and Uri Reichenstein replied with a raise to 38,000 in the hijack. Neilson thought for a brief moment but decided to send his cards to the muck.

Tags: Daniel NeilsonUri Reichenstein

Ace High is Good for Lampropulos

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

In a blind versus blind situation, the player in the small blind bet 6,600 and Maria Lampropulos called.

Both checked throughout the {5-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{5-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and lampropulos revealed {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, which was good to win the pot, facing {k-Spades}{9-Hearts} for her opponent.

Tags: Maria Lampropulos

New Round of Chip Counts

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Mackey Sends One to the Rail

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

James Mackey raised it up from the cutoff and the big blind shipped all in for around 8,000. Mackey made the call to put his opponent at risk and was delighted when the cards were tabled.

James Mackey: {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}
Opponent: {a-Hearts}{3-Clubs}

Mackey was just looking to avoid an ace and the runout was favorable for him as he eliminated his opponent from the tournament.

Tags: James Mackey

Wandling Eliminates Keating

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Alex Keating
Alex Keating

Jason Wandling opened to 3,400 and Alex Keating pushed his stack in the middle for around 28,000 chips left. It folded back to Wanding who made the call to create the following showdown:

Alex Keating: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Jason Wandling: {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}

Keating had to hit on the board but the run out brought {5-Spades}{q-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{6-Clubs} and Wandling won the flip, eliminating Keating from the race.

Tags: Alex KeatingJason Wandling