2019 World Series of Poker

Event #30: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
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Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8♥7♣5♦2♣
Prize
$236,673
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$1,374,300
Entries
1,526
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0

Event #30: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

Day 3 Started

Day 3 Seat Draw Event #30: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

MrPaulSeaton
MrPaulSeaton
TableSeat PlayerCountryChip Count
Amazon4121Alexander DeutschUnited States501,000
Amazon4122Casey CarrollUnited States104,000
Amazon4123Joe BeeversUnited Kingdom112,000
Amazon4124Tesfaldet TekleUnited States462,000
Amazon4125Jason GoochUnited States382,000
Amazon4126Ken FishmanUnited States929,000
Amazon4127Gregory WalshCanada275,000
Amazon4128Andrew WhitakerUnited States207,000
Amazon4129Jaspal BrarCanada243,000
      
Amazon4131Dan MartinUnited States1,000,000
Amazon4132Abraham GraceUnited States748,000
Amazon4133Samad RazaviUnited Kingdom512,000
Amazon4134Stefan IvanovAheloy, BG775,000
Amazon4135Jordan PolkUnited States352,000
Amazon4136Gary BoldenUnited States1,700,000
Amazon4137Nelson WongCanada90,000
Amazon4138Zeik TuitIreland289,000
Amazon4139Garrett BeckmanUnited States217,000
      
Amazon4141Stanislav ParkhomenkoBulgaria731,000
Amazon4142Aidan HynesIreland318,000
Amazon4143Michael KuneyUnited States213,000
Amazon4144Denis BagdasarovUnited States457,000
Amazon4145David MzareulovUnited States97,000
Amazon4146Ryan GoindooTrinidad and Tobago1,211,000
Amazon4147Joseph SabeFrance227,000
Amazon4149Andrew MocombeAustria556,000
      
Amazon4201Thida LinUnited States221,100
Amazon4202Phillip GrimesUnited States341,000
Amazon4203Kevin GerhartUnited States422,000
Amazon4204Christopher ConradUnited States343,000
Amazon4205Takuma SasaliJapan195,000
Amazon4206Dennis DuranteUnited States814,000
Amazon4207Thomas FosterAustria252,000
Amazon4208Sean TrohaUnited States385,000
      
Amazon4212Nathaniel WachtelUnited States829,000
Amazon4213Anton MorgensternGermany1,350,000
Amazon4214Matthew MaggardUnited States822,000
Amazon4215Floyd BangerterUnited States232,000
Amazon4216Jacob ThibodeauUnited States453,000
Amazon4217Nicholas KefaliakosUnited States391,000
Amazon4218David HalpernUnited States639,000
Amazon4219Mikael AndersenUnited States524,000
      
Amazon4281Mitch SchockUnited States187,000
Amazon4282Luis ZedanUnited States1,208,000
Amazon4283Adithya SundarUnited States664,000
Amazon4284Erik WilckeGermany1,332,000
Amazon4285Chu ThinhUnited States344,000
Amazon4286Rod FaniUnited States132,000
Amazon4287Cesar TorresdiazUnited States361,000
Amazon4289Orlando RomeroUnited States437,000
      
Amazon4291Rudolph SawaUnited States828,000
Amazon4292Ryan RobinsonUnited States906,000
Amazon4293Haiyun HuChina78,000
Amazon4294William BensonUnited States540,000
Amazon4295Gregory DonatelliUnited States1,500,063
Amazon4296Orhan SenGermany651,000
Amazon4297Martijn GerritsNetherlands286,000
Amazon4299Evan KrentzmanUnited States184,000

David Halpern Looks To Claim Second WSOP Title At Event #30: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

Anthony Thompson
Anthony Thompson
David Halpern
David Halpern

Welcome to Day 3 of Event #30: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha . After a field of 309 players returned for Day 2 action from a starting field of 1,526, only 58 players remain. Those players are guaranteed to take home at least $3,472, but they're all playing to add a coveted WSOP bracelet their accomplishments along with the first-place prize of $236,673.

Leading the way into Day 3 is chip leader is Gary Bolden (1,700,000) who rocketed up the leaderboard in the last few levels of play of Day 2. Others with healthy stacks of over a million chips who will be eying their first WSOP gold behind Bolden include Gregory Donatelli (1,563,000), Anton Morgenstern (1,350,000),Erik Wilcke (1,332,000), Ryan Goindoo (1,211,000), Luis Zedan (1,208,000), and Dan Martin (1,000,000).

Out of the 58 remaining players, there is only one person looking to claim their second WSOP bracelet and that is David Halpern. Halpern, who is an attorney that specializes in commercial law and business litigation, has enjoyed success in poker dating back to 1994 when collected his first cash for $2,700. Perhaps his best performance came in 2009, when he claimed his first WSOP bracelet in Event #53: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better taking home $159,390. Halpern will be looking to add a second WSOP bracelet today.

Cards will be in the air at 12 p.m. local time and action will pick up at the start of Level 21 where blinds will be 8,000/16,000 with each level lasting 60 minutes. Players will get a 15-minute break every two levels along with a 60-minute dinner break after the 26th level which will be approximately 6.30 p.m. The remaining 58 players are scheduled to play down until there is a newly crowned WSOP bracelet winner.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be here bringing you all of the action as the day unfolds. Who will be the newly crowned WSOP champion that walks away with $236,673 and a gold bracelet? Tune in at 12 p.m. local time to find out!

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 0

Morgenstern Grabs an Early Pot from Andersen

MartianNews
MartianNews
Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Anton Morgenstern
Anton Morgenstern

Mikael Andersen opened to 53,000 from the button, Anton Morgenstern defended his big blind and the dealer spread a flop of {9-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs} out on the table.

Morgenstern check-called a bet of 40,000 from Andersen and a {k-Diamonds} hit the felt. Both players checked and an {a-Diamonds} completed the board.

Morgenstern threw in 135,000 and Andersen quickly let go of his hand, shipping an early pot to the German.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Morgenstern de
Anton Morgenstern 		1,485,000 135,000
Mikael Andersen us
Mikael Andersen 		420,000 -104,000

Tags: Anton MorgensternMikael Andersen

Hu Is Day 3's First Casualty

Anthony Thompson
Anthony Thompson
Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Orhan Sen opened with a 40,000 raise from middle position and action folded around to Haiyun Hu who moved all in for his final 78,000 in chips from the big blind. Sen made the call and players went to showdown.

Orhan Sen: {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}{6-Spades}{6-Hearts}
Haiyun Hu: {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}

Hu trailed the pocket sixes of Sen and nothing changed after the {4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades} flop.

The {4-Spades} on the turn gave Hu trip fours and he just needed to dodge any six or spade to win the hand.

Unfortunately for Hu, the river came the {9-Spades} giving Sen the jack-high flush and Hu was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Orhan Sen de
Orhan Sen 		730,000 79,000
Haiyun Hu td
Haiyun Hu 		Busted

Tags: Haiyun HuOrhan Sen

Halpern Catapults Through Maggard

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MartianNews
Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
David Halpern
David Halpern

The flop read {j-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and there was around 60,000 in the pot. Matthew Maggard bet 35,000 and was raised by his neighbor Floyd Bangerter to 150,000.

David Halpern announced that he was all in for about 530,000 and Maggard snap-called. Bangerter thought for several moment and then let his hand go, the remaining two tabled their cards.

Maggard turned over {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{6-Clubs} for the top set and Halpern stood up and prepared to walk away as he tabled {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{9-Spades} for a pair of queens with the flush draw.

The dealer burned and turned a {9-Diamonds}, moving Halpern back into his seat. A {7-Hearts} peeled off as the river card and failed to improve Maggard's hand as Halpern scooped in the pot with his turned flush.

Player Chips Progress
David Halpern us
David Halpern
WSOP 1X Winner
1,150,000 511,000
Matthew Maggard us
Matthew Maggard 		445,000 -377,000
Floyd Bangerter us
Floyd Bangerter 		75,000 -157,000

Tags: David HalpernFloyd BangerterMatthew Maggard

Sabe Doubles Through Bagdasarov

Anthony Thompson
Anthony Thompson
Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Denis Bagdasarov opened under the gun with a raise to 50,000 and action was on Joseph Sabe who moved all in for 197,000, Bagdasarov called.

Denis Bagdasarov: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Joseph Sabe: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{7-Diamonds}

Sabe flopped a set of kings and had the pocket queens of Bagdasarov crushed but the {2-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{k-Clubs} flop gave Bagdasarov an opene-ended straight draw.

The {5-Spades} on the turn and {8-Spades} on the river were not the cards Bagdasarov was looking for and he doubled up Sabe.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Sabe lb
Joseph Sabe 		424,000 197,000
Denis Bagdasarov us
Denis Bagdasarov 		260,000 -197,000

Tags: Denis BagdasarovJoseph Sabe

Torresdiaz Plays No Fear Poker Against Romero

MartianNews
MartianNews
Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Cesar Torresdiaz opened to 35,000 from the cutoff and Orlando Romero potted to 121,000 in the small blind. Torresdiaz called and the dealer turned over {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{j-Hearts} on the flop.

Both players checked, an {8-Clubs} landed on the turn and Romero bet 60,000 that was quickly called by Torresdiaz. The river came down an {a-Spades} and both players checked to showdown.

Romero tabled {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{5-Hearts} for two pair and Torresdiaz showed {10-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, giving him a turned straight and the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Cesar Torresdiaz us
Cesar Torresdiaz 		495,000 134,000
Orlando Romero us
Orlando Romero 		140,000 -297,000

Tags: Cesar TorresdiazOrlando Romero

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