Joe Curcio and Christopher Ma were heads-up on the flop that fell . Curcio led out for 75,000 from the hijack and Ma shipped all in for around 350,000 on the button. Curcio instantly called and the cards were tabled.
Joe Curcio:
Christopher Ma:
Ma flopped top pair but it was no match for the pocket queens of Curcio. The on the turn narrowed Ma's outs even more and the on the river sealed the deal.
Vladimir Alexandrov opened to 65,000 in middle position and was called by Joe Curcio on his left. Vladimir Revniaga three-bet to 260,000 in the hijack and the action folded back to Alexandrov. He thought for a minute before four-bet shoving all in for 710,000. Curcio asked for a count but folded while Revniaga snap-called.
Vladimir Revniaga:
Vladimir Alexandrov:
Revniaga was in a dominating position with his pocket kings. The board ran out and Alexandrov was sent home in 17th place.
Day 4 of Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em is in the books at the 2019 World Series of Poker. The 1,083-player field had already dwindled down to the final 52 players but after another six 100-minute levels they are down to 16 players. Roman Korenev from Russia is leading the pack with 3,125,000 but he is closely followed by Yicheng Xu (3,045,000) and Dong Sheng Peng (2,930,000) from China. The remaining players are all guaranteed $16,970 but if they survive one more elimination they will be guaranteed $21,208. Of course, all the players are eyeing that top prize of $477,401.
Day 4 Action
The day started with 52 players still in action but it didn't take too long for the first player to exit the tournament. Mario Navarro pushed his last four big blinds to the middle holding ace-seven suited. Paul Hizer had king-queen off-suit and managed to hit a flush to eliminate Navarro. He was the 52nd place finisher and took home $8,075.
Other players that failed to make Day 5 include Joseph Cheong (49th - $8,075), Anatoly Filatov (46th - $8,075), WSOP bracelet winners Ryan Leng (40th - $9,504) and Mohsin Charania (38th - $9,504), and Day 2 chip leader David Coleman (27th - $13,780). Chris Grigorian, also known as ''The Armenian Express'', had a good start of the day but he had to settle for 24th place. Grigorian ran his pocket jacks into the pocket queens of Peng and he took home $13,780.
WSOP Bracelet winner Preston Lee and Johan Guilbert tangled in one particular hand where Guilbert fired on all streets. Lee called with his pocket sevens on a board with two overcards and an underpair. The entire table got up on their feet and verbally admired Lee's hero call. Lee survived the day with just 640,000 while Guilbert Only has 370,000. Other players that are still in include Joe Curcio (2,710,000), Sergio Fernandez (1,615,000), Gustavo Darosamuniz (745,000), and Daniel Park (300,000).
They will continue Friday on Level 25 with the blinds at 20,000 and 40,000 and a big blind ante of 40,000. The remaining 16 players have an average stack of 44 big blinds and there will be plenty of room to play with the levels still being 100 minutes long.
The plan is to play down to the final six players and PokerNews will be there to provide live coverage.