Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em Marathon Day 5 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-14-2019 15:22 UTC-7

Timothy Miles Eliminated in 14th Place ($21,208)

Milko van Winden

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Joe Curcio raised to 110,000 from the button and big blind Timothy Miles put his last chips in the middle. Curcio wanted a count and it turned out Miles had exactly 1,000,000 in front of him. Curcio counted out a call and put the chips in a couple of seconds later.

Timothy Miles:
Joe Curcio:

The flop gave Miles some extra outs and so did the turn card. The river was the and that was a brick. Curcio was awarded the pot and Miles was awarded a payout slip for his 14th place finish worth $21,208.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Curcio	3,940,000 940,000	940,000
Timothy Miles	Busted

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06-14-2019 14:26 UTC-7

Cooler Between Revniaga and Peng

Shirley Ang

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Vladimir Revniaga completed the small blind and Dong Sheng Peng raised to 115,000 in the big blind which Revniaga called.

The flop came , Revniaga check-called the 90,000 continuation-bet of Peng.

The turn was the and Revniaga now bet 265,000. Peng raised to 715,000 and Revniaga decided to shove with the bigger stack. Peng snap-called.

Dong Sheng Peng:
Vladimir Revniaga:

They had both turned a straight but Peng had the higher one to leap ahead.

The river completed the board with the for Peng to double up for the 1,585,000 he had behind to jump into the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dong Sheng Peng	3,620,000 1,440,000	1,440,000
Vladimir Revniaga	245,000 -1,755,000	-1,755,000

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06-14-2019 13:50 UTC-7

Daniel Park Eliminated in 15th Place ($21,208)

Milko van Winden

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Daniel Park was very short and he put his last 200,000 in the middle with from the under-the-gun position. It folded all the way around to big blind Francis Anderson but he snap-called when he looked at his cards. Anderson showed and Park was in bad shape.

The board ran out and Park was sent to the cashier in 15th place. He did win $21,208 for his deep run in the marathon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francis Anderson	1,250,000 35,000	35,000
Daniel Park	Busted

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06-14-2019 13:39 UTC-7

Preston Lee Eliminated in 16th Place ($16,970)

Milko van Winden

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Peter Hong raised to 80,000 from middle position and cutoff Preston Lee put his last 400,000 in the middle. Hong called after the other players left to act got out of the way and they opened up.

Preston Lee:
Peter Hong:

The board ran out and Hong took the pot down with his pair of nines while the WSOP bracelet winner was sent to the rail in 16th place banking $16,970.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Hong	2,300,000 400,000	400,000
Preston Lee	Busted

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06-14-2019 13:21 UTC-7

Fernandez Scoops First Pot

Shirley Ang

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Matt Russell raised to 85,000 from the early position and Sergio Fernandez three-bet to 260,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Russell who confirmed the amount before making the call.

The flop came , Russell continued with a bet of 130,000 which Fernandez called.

The turn was the , Russell now fired a bet of 160,000 over the line and Fernandez called again.

The river completed the board with the and Russell now barreled 180,000 into the pot. Fernandez quickly called.

"Just a ten," Russell said before turning around for the turned pair of tens.

Fernandez flipped over for the pair of kings to pick up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Fernandez	2,700,000 1,085,000	1,085,000
Matt Russell	1,850,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

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06-14-2019 11:26 UTC-7

Day 5 of the Marathon Kicks Off at 1 p.m.

Milko van Winden

It's called the Marathon for a reason and Day 5 of Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em Marathon will start at 1 p.m. local time at the 2019 World Series of Poker. The 16 remaining players out of the 1,083 that started are looking to find a spot at the final six and Roman Korenev has the best starting position to do so.

Korenev ended Day 4 of the tournament with 3,125,000 in chips which will be about 78 big blinds at the start of Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. He is closely followed by Yicheng Xu (3,045,000) and Dong Sheng Peng (2,930,000) from China. Others that are still in contention are WSOP bracelet winners Preston Lee (640,000) and Daniel Park (300,000). Both will start the day at the bottom of the leaderboard and are looking to run up their stacks.

The remaining players are guaranteed to take home at least $16,970 and they will win even more when they can survive one elimination. The final 15 players will be guaranteed $21,208 and a spot at the final six will earn them a minimum of $79,957. The winner of the tournament will walk away with no less than $477,401 but the bracelet will be awarded on June 15th.

They will play 100-minute levels until they reached the final six players. PokerNews will be on the floor to provide you with live coverage throughout the day.

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