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

06-06-2019 18:50 UTC-7

Christensen Gets Value

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Dylan Lask opened to 6,300,000 from the cutoff and Morten Christensen called in the blinds.

The flop fell and went check-check. On the turn , Christensen check-called a bet for 5,300,000.

The river fell a and Christensen fired 17,000,000. "I think King high is good" said Lask before tanking for some time. He eventually called with but only to see in Christensen's hand for a set of eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Morten Christensen (SG)	89,000,000 62,000,000	62,000,000
Dylan Lask	48,000,000 -37,000,000	-37,000,000

06-06-2019 18:56 UTC-7

Fitzgerald Misses Out on Final Two Tables

Yori Epskamp

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

Short-stack Christopher Fitzgerald, down to just a little over four big blinds, had been taking his time in the previous hands with the big payjump looming between 19th and 18th place. However, from under the gun with , he went for it and found a caller in big blind Andrei Konopelko with .

Konopelko spiked a fortuitous flop with , albeit Fitzgerald was still drawing very live with his nut flush draw and overcard. Neither the turn nor river helped him, though, ending his bid in 19th place.

The remaining eighteen players moved to the two outer feature stages in the Thunderdome and did a redraw for the final two tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Konopelko	93,000,000 22,000,000	22,000,000
Christopher Fitzgerald	Busted

Tags: Christopher Fitzgerald Andrei Konopelko

06-06-2019 19:10 UTC-7

Two Table Redraw

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Seat	Main Feature	Outer Feature
1	Dylan Lask	Adrian Curry
2	Sharavan Chhabria	Evan Johnson
3	Daniel Ghobrial	Andrei Konopelko
4	Nicholas Chow	Rafi Elharar
5	Paul Cullen	Walter Atwood
6	Femi Fashkin	Danny Ehrenberger
7	Morten Christensen	David Uvaydov
8	David Rasmussen	Diogo Veiga
9	Andrew Mckenzie	Kathy Holz

06-06-2019 19:12 UTC-7

Chow Doubles Through Christensen

LoriPersinger

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

Nicholas Chow went all in under-the-gun and was called by Morten Christensen in middle position. The remaining players folded and the players tabled their hands.

Nicholas Chow:
Morten Christensen:

The board of was a safe one for Chow, who happily scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Morten Christensen (SG)	72,000,000 -17,000,000	-17,000,000
Nicholas Chow	63,750,000 32,550,000	32,550,000

Tags: Morten Christensen Nicholas Chow

06-06-2019 19:14 UTC-7

Veiga Bombs the River

Yori Epskamp

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

In one of the first hands after the redraw, Diogo Veiga saw a flop with Andrei Konopelko. On an flop, Konopelko check-called 7,000,000 from the bracelet winner before the turn got checked through.

On the river, Konopelko bet 16,500,000, Veiga raised what appeared to be small, but Konopelko quickly waved the white flag regardless.

Directly after, Konopelko was in the small blind and bet 6,000,000 on a flop. Rafi Elharar raised to 17,000,000 and once again, the Belarusian winged his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafi Elharar	150,000,000 -5,000,000	-5,000,000
Diogo Veiga	123,000,000 34,000,000	34,000,000

Andrei Konopelko	66,000,000 -27,000,000	-27,000,000

Tags: Andrei Konopelko Diogo Veiga Rafi Elharar

06-06-2019 19:17 UTC-7

Ehrenberger Doubles on Konopelko

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Andrei Konopelko opened to 6,000,000 and Rafi Elharar raised on the button. Danny Ehrenberger moved all in from the blinds for around 32,000,000 and Konopelko called while Elharar folded.

With for Ehrenberger versus for Konopelko, he was in good shape to double up, which he did after a board .

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Ehrenberger	77,000,000 43,000,000	43,000,000
Andrei Konopelko	59,000,000 -7,000,000	-7,000,000

06-06-2019 19:18 UTC-7

Dinner Break

Gaelle Jaudon

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

The remaining two tables are now on a 60-minute dinner break.

06-06-2019 19:31 UTC-7

Chip Counts for Feature Table

LoriPersinger

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Femi Fashakin	188,000,000 -12,000,000	-12,000,000

Andrew Mckenzie	130,100,000 -7,900,000	-7,900,000
Daniel Ghobrial	80,600,000 28,600,000	28,600,000
David Rasmussen	76,500,000 25,500,000	25,500,000
Morten Christensen (SG)	72,000,000
Dylan Lask	60,400,000 12,400,000	12,400,000
Nicholas Chow	57,500,000 -6,250,000	-6,250,000
Sharavan Chhabria	35,900,000 -12,600,000	-12,600,000
Paul Cullen	25,200,000 -6,800,000	-6,800,000

06-06-2019 19:32 UTC-7

Chip Counts Outer Table

Yori Epskamp

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafi Elharar	120,900,000 -29,100,000	-29,100,000
Walter Atwood	109,100,000 -20,900,000	-20,900,000
Diogo Veiga	106,400,000 -16,600,000	-16,600,000

Danny Ehrenberger	84,000,000 7,000,000	7,000,000
David Uvaydov	82,800,000 25,800,000	25,800,000
Adrian Curry	76,900,000 29,400,000	29,400,000
Evan Johnson	48,900,000
Andrei Konopelko	32,600,000 -26,400,000	-26,400,000
Kathy Holz	29,900,000 -18,600,000	-18,600,000

06-06-2019 19:39 UTC-7

Photos from WSOP Event #3 Big 50 Two Table Redraw

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