Event #3: BIG 50 - $500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 4 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-06-2019 12:17 UTC-7

Three-Way All-in for Calenzo

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 34 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Kevin Calenzo open-shoved for a stack worth 4,200,000 and Na Vue made the call. It folded to Katrik Ved in the blinds who reshoved for 14,700,000 and Vue called.

Kevin Calenzo:
Na Vue:
Kartik Ved:

Calenzo was in bad for his tournament's life but the board fell , giving him a full house with aces and he stood up from his chair from joy. Ved took the side pot and Vue is now down under 10,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kartik Ved	21,000,000 13,125,000	13,125,000

Kevin Calenzo	13,000,000 7,550,000	7,550,000
Na Vue	8,900,000 -8,650,000	-8,650,000

06-06-2019 12:24 UTC-7

Torbey Back Up; Gugliuzza Holds

Yori Epskamp

Level 34 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

In a preflop clash between Amer Torbey and David Rasmussen, the chips ended up in the middle before the flop was dealt. Torbey was all in for all of his 17,100,000 in chips and Gugliuzza had him covered.

Amer Torbey:
David Rasmussen:

The board came down to give Torbey, who lost a bunch of chips earlier, a sizable double-up back to where he started.

At the same time at an adjacent table Anthony Gugliuzza was standing up and rubbed his hands in anticipation. Gugliuzza had open in front of him and Diogo Veiga had made the call with for all of Gugliuzza's 8,050,000 in chips.

The dealer slowly dealt and an ecstatic Gugliuzza clapped his hands in celebration.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amer Torbey	35,100,000 2,600,000	2,600,000

David Rasmussen	17,900,000 -14,225,000	-14,225,000
Anthony Gugliuzza	17,000,000 600,000	600,000
Diogo Veiga	14,900,000 -15,800,000	-15,800,000

Tags: Amer Torbey Anthony Gugliuzza David Rasmussen Diogo Veiga

06-06-2019 12:39 UTC-7

Elharar Doubles on Wheeler

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 34 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

It folded to Jason Wheeler in the small blind who pushed all in and Rafi Elharar made the call with a remaining stack of 5,400,000.

Holding , Wheeler had the dominated hand, facing for Elharar who found two pair on the board as well as the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafi Elharar	11,000,000 -400,000	-400,000
Jason Wheeler	8,500,000 -4,650,000	-4,650,000

Tags: Jason Wheeler

06-06-2019 15:29 UTC-7

Curry Sends Cunningham Out

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 37 : 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Allen Cunningham was all in with a stack of around 12,000,000 holding the , and was up against Adrian Curry who had him dominated with .

The board brought no surprises and Cunningham was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Curry	57,000,000 23,000,000	23,000,000
Allen Cunningham	Busted

Tags: Adrian Curry Allen Cunningham

06-06-2019 15:41 UTC-7

Johnson at Full Throttle

Yori Epskamp

Level 37 : 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Amer Torbey raised from the cutoff, Evan Johnson three-bet to 10,000,000 from the small blind and Torbey called.

On the flop, Johnson announced "ten million" and quickly slid another stack of T-500,000 chips forward. Torbey swiftly came along with the call, creating a mouth-watering pot of over 40 million in chips already.

The turn was the and within mere seconds, Johnson made a waving motion with his hands and moved all in for 35,000,000. Torbey looked back at his cards and, with a disgusted look on his face, folded after about ten seconds.

At the same table, Andrei Konopelko is sitting pretty behind a stack of 90M and is the presumable chip leader as the once humongous field now has just five tables left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Konopelko	90,000,000 46,000,000	46,000,000
Evan Johnson	77,000,000 300,000	300,000
Amer Torbey	61,500,000 22,500,000	22,500,000

Tam Nguyen	33,000,000 16,500,000	16,500,000
Easton Oreman	12,500,000 500,000	500,000
Sarkis Paronyan	8,000,000 -3,800,000	-3,800,000

Tags: Amer Torbey Andrei Konopelko Evan Johnson

06-06-2019 16:13 UTC-7

Elharar Massive Chip Leader After Monster Clash

LoriPersinger

Level 38 : 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

The preflop action in this hand was relayed by players at the table.

Kevin Calenzo went all in for his last 22,000,000 and Saya Ono in the small blind called. Rafi Elharar, having both players covered, three-bet shoved all in. Ono called it off for her tournament life which sent the pot soaring to over 150,000,000.

Rafi Elharar:
Saya Ono:
Kevin Calenzo:

The board ran out , which sent the massive pot over to Elharar and crushed both Ono's and Calenzo's hopes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafi Elharar	155,000,000 85,000,000	85,000,000
Saya Ono	Busted

Kevin Calenzo	Busted

Tags: Kevin Calenzo Rafi Elharar Saya Ono

06-06-2019 16:44 UTC-7

Former Marine Tim Adkison Makes Astoria Proud in Big 50

Chad Holloway

Level 38 : 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Tim Adkison busted the Big 50 in 40th place for $27,620, the biggest score of his career. Prior to his elimination, PokerNews caught up with the 27-year-old former marine and UNLV student to talk about the experience of playing the largest tournament in poker history.

“Because of the tournament itself, it’s awesome,” said Adkison, who is originally from Astoria, Oregon. “I’ve played pretty deep in other tournaments but this is obviously the deepest. It’s pretty tough. There’s no more fish in this entire tournament, so every chip is important.”

It actually marked Adkison’s second attempt at the Big 50 after busting an early bullet.

“I pre-regged the first time and made it to Level 10,” he explains. “I busted and got back in line for the next day. It wasn’t that bad of a line as it was after midnight.”

Click here to read the full feature article.

Tags: Tim Adkison

06-06-2019 17:55 UTC-7

End of the Road for Day 3 Chip Leader

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 39 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Amer Torbey, with a stack of 14,000,000 after a few double up, moved all in and got called by Andrew Mckenzie to create the following showdown:

Amer Torbey:
Andrew Mckenzie:

Torbey needed to hit on the board but , improving Mckenzie's hand into a full house and Torbey made his way to the cashier. Shortly before Torbey hit the rail, Bryden Baxter bowed out to leave the field with 24 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Mckenzie	138,000,000 61,000,000	61,000,000
Amer Torbey	Busted

Bryden Baxter	Busted

Tags: Amer Torbey Andrew McKenzie

06-06-2019 18:38 UTC-7

Frei Out Through the Back Door

Yori Epskamp

Level 40 : 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante

Dylan Lask raised to 6,300,000 in middle position, Aaron Frei three-bet shoved a little over 25,000,000 from the small blind and Lask called after some thought.

Aaron Frei:
Dylan Lask:

The flop all but ended it on the spot, giving Frei a commanding lead in the hand with a set of deuces. Lask picked up one of his backdoor draws on the turn, and when the fell on the river, his "let's go baby!" echoed throughout the Amazon room.

Frei, after briefly being stunned by the unfortunate turn of events, then splashed all of his chips across the felt in frustration and made his way out of the tournament area.