2019 World Series of Poker
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
The remaining 279 players are heading on a 60-minute dinner break. They will return with the blinds moving to 800/1,600 with a 1,600 big blind ante.
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A player opened to 2,700 and it was three-bet to 8,3000. Arnaud Enselme, who registered late in the event today, thought about his move for a minute and four-bet to 39,000. The initial player folded but the second player announced all in for a stack around 120,000 and Enselme snap-called for a stack of 52,000.
Arnaud Enselme: ![]()
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His opponent: ![]()
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It was a typical flip situation and the flop fell ![]()
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, giving a set of queens to Enselme's opponent. The turn
didn't change anything but a
showed up on the river, giving the straight to Enselme as well as the double up.
With around 7,000 in the middle, the dealer fanned the flop of ![]()
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. Harald Sammer led out for 5,000 from under the gun and David Pham called on the button.
The turn was the
and both players checked to the
on the river. Sammer fired out another 5,500 and Pham raised to 22,000. Sammer instantly called and Pham flipped over ![]()
for a full house to claim the pot.
"Let's go Firaldo!" a bystander shouted throughout the Pavillion room as he strolled by Niall Farrell's table. Farrell was quietly going about his business on Day 2 but that might have just woke him up to bluff his chips away moments later.
With the board reading ![]()
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, Farrell tossed in a bet of 13,200 from the small blind into a pot of around 15,000. His opponent called on the button and the
completed the board.
Farrell thought for a minute before shoving all in for 27,100. His opponent quickly called and Farrell stood up from his seat as he tabled ![]()
. His opponent revealed ![]()
and Farrell was eliminated from the tournament.
A player opened to 2,500 and the player in the hijack made the call. André Akkari three-bet to 9,500 in the cutoff and it folded to the initial player who four-bet to 31,000. The hijack folded and Akkari tanked for some time before folding his cards.
The player in the cutoff opened and Kenny Hallaert made the call from the big blind. Both players checked throughout the board ![]()
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On the river
, Hallaert bet 2,000 and his opponent re-raised to 8,000. Hallaert thought about his move for a minute and pushed all in, putting his opponent's tournament at risk. The latter quickly called, showing ![]()
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in Hallaert's hand for the nut flush and was eliminated.
Hallaert, who final tabled the Main Event in 2016, now has a stack above 200,000 chips.
Thus far, Day 2 in The Marathon has solely belonged to Yu Dong who has built up a massive stack compared to the rest of the field. Dong just recently eliminated a couple of players at his table and has stacks upon stacks of chips in front of him.
He is showing no signs of slowing down as he continues to apply pressure to his opponents. There was a raise to 2,500 from middle position and Dong three-bet to 8,500 in the small blind. His opponent called and the two players saw a flop of ![]()
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Dong led out for 6,500 and his opponent still called to see the
on the turn. Dong splashed in another bet of 18,000 this time which prompted a quick fold from his opponent.