2019 World Series of Poker
Arkadi Onikoul raised to 5,500 from the button and was called by Christian Pham in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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, Pham check-called the 4,000 continuation-bet of Onikoul but check-folded when Onikoul barreled another bet of 13,200 over the line when the
turned.
It only took a couple of preflop raises before Jason Morman and Xi Yang got all of their chips in the middle. Morman was the player at risk for 82,000 but was luckily in a dominating lead.
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Morman held on to double through Yang, leaving her with around 10 big blinds.
Unfortunately for Michael Carter and Arnaud Enselme, their tournament lives have recently come to an end.
Sergio Fernandez was just stacking up chips from the previous pot and he was forced to put in his big blind. Johan Schumacher raised to 5,000 in early position and Fernandez defended his big blind.
The flop fell ![]()
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and Fernandez check-called a bet of 4,500 from Schumacher. The
hit the turn and both players checked to the
on the river which double-paired the board.
Fernandez tossed in a bet of 14,500 and Schumacher looked him up. Fernandez, also known as "Serfe8" tabled ![]()
which was good enough to claim the pot.
Sam Cohen raised to 5,100 from the button and Lee Flemming three-bet to 23,500 in the small blind. The big blind folded to Cohen who made the call.
The flop came ![]()
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and Flemming continued with a bet of 13,000. Cohen quickly shoved and Flemming asked for a count. Cohen confirmed she had 65,400 behind. Fleming counted out calling chips but considered his options for a bit longer before actually making the call in the end with the bigger stack.
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Cohen had flopped a pair of tens while Flemming had high cards in his hand.
The rest of the board was completed with the
on the turn which gave Flemming a gutshot to Broadway but the river completed the board with the
for Cohen to stay alive and double up.
Unfortunately, Joseph Brumpacheco, Saya Ono, and 2018 Main Event eighth-place finisher, Artem Metalidi, weren't that lucky as they were eliminated on one of the other tables.
Lauren Roberts raised it up to 5,000 in early position and Emile Schiff re-raised to 12,000 directly to her left. Mladen Nincevic flat-called from the small blind and Roberts called as well.
The flop fell ![]()
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and Nincevic started with a check. Roberts announced all in for 36,000 and Schiff asked for a count before making the call. Nincevic stepped aside and the two remaining hands were tabled.
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Roberts needed to hit a five or six in order to stay to alive. The turn was the
and the river was the
as Schiff collected the pot with his pocket aces.
Kane Kalas just doubled up through Daniel Melten and is now up to almost 30 big blinds.
Over on one of the other tables, Neil Blumenfield and Oihan Abarzuza were eliminated earlier today.
Michal Mrakes was all-in from the small blind and Paco Blanco was sitting in the tank from the hijack with a substantial pot in the middle already on the ![]()
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board. Tablemate Johan Schumacher was kind enough to relate what had transpired before:
Sergio Fernandez had opened from late position and was called by Blanco. Mrakes then three-bet to around 4.2 times the bet and only Blanco called. On the flop, Mrakes continued with a bet of around 30 percent of the pot which Blanco called. On the turn, Mrakes bet just over half of the pot and Blanco called again. And now they got to the point of the river where Mrakes shoved.
After tanking for a while, Blanco put in a stack of chips for the call, putting his tournament life at risk. Mrakes tabled ![]()
for the pair of fours on the board with the king-kicker and Blanco saw he was good with the ![]()
for two pair, queens and fours to double up for the 100,400 he still had behind at that point.
In one of the opening hands, there was a massive pot brewing on Table 606 between the chipleader David Coleman and Uri Reichenstein who also started with a healthy stack. The board read ![]()
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and there was already around 80,000 chips in the middle.
Coleman checked from the big blind and Reichenstein counted out a bet of 58,000. Coleman called and the
completed the board. Coleman checked again and Reichenstein slid out a bet of 162,000. Coleman thought for a minute but decided to send his cards to the muck.
Johan Guilbert limped in from under the gun and Ioannis Angelou-Konstas made it 8,400 in middle position. Neil Blumenfield stuck in a three-bet to 43,000 from the big blind only to have Guilbert four-bet shove all in. Konstas quickly folded but Blumenfield gave it some thought before making the call.
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Blumenfield was sent to the rail in the early stages of Day 3.