Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #37: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$1,999,296
Entries
2,808
Level
40
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Ace-Queen Spills Two Ace-Kings, Eliminates Two
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Patrick Harshbarger had just eliminated two players and taken a significant amount from a larger stack.
The board read 
and Harshbarger's 
reigned supreme over the 
of one all in player and the 
of the larger stack player. Zhang Yang was also bested in the hand when his 
was no good and he was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,150,000
921,000
|
921,000 |
|
Busted |
Smiljkovic Doubles With King-High
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Daniel Smiljkovic moved all in from under the gun for his last 90,000. Action then folded around to Blake Vita in the small blind, and he three-bet shoved. The player in the big blind folded and the two remaining players then tabled their hands.
Daniel Smiljkovic: 
Blake Vita: 
The board ran out 
, and the king-high of Smiljkovic was good, which secured his double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
865,000
737,500
|
737,500 |
|
230,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
"Final Table Celebration" After King on the River Cracks Aces
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
In a pre-flop all in, the situation looked dire for Miguelangel Salvador as his 
was in deep trouble against the of Jie Fu.
The flop provided some hope as it came 
. The turn was an 
but the river completed the stunning comeback for Salvador when another rolled off.
Salvador yelled in celebration, attracting several looks from around the room as Fu stood up unable to believe it.
"That's a final table celebration sir and you are nowhere close yet" said the floor after the outburst of noise which garnered some laughs from around the other tables.
Salvador clutched at his heart, still feeling the adrenaline from the binked king and apologized to Fu who shook his hand, as the chips were counted out to confirm that Fu was slightly covered to eliminate him from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
725,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
Busted |
Recent Eliminations
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The eliminations continue to roll, albeit at a slightly slower pace as the average stack depth has risen.
A few recent names to go out were Kristen Bicknell, Jimmy D'Ambrosio and Federico Butteroni.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Yorra Gives Some and Gets Some
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
In the first hand, Matthew Yorra shoved all in from under the gun, which was followed by an all-in shove from Patrick Lindner for less. The players table their hands and Lindner saw that he was ahead with his overpair.
Patrick Lindner: 
Matthew Yorra: 
The flop was a good one for Lindner, but things changed for the worse when the dealer fanned the 
on the turn. However, Lindner's despair was short-lived because the dealer fanned the on the river.
Lindner doubled-up after the hand, but Yorra was left with just 55,000 behind and in the big blind. The very next hand action folded around to Kevin Song on the button and he raised. The small blind folded, but Yorra called off his remaining 15,000.
Matthew Yorra: 
Kevin Song: 
The board ran out , which was safe for Yorra's hand and got him some of his chips back.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
950,000
772,000
|
772,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
590,000
295,500
|
295,500 |
|
55,000
-236,000
|
-236,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Ghobrial Applies Pressure
Level 23
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
After having his three-bet called, Danny Ghobrial continued for a bet of 145,000 on a board of 
. His opponent folded after a moment and Ghobrial added more chips to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Stankov's Standoff
Level 23
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Quoc Le raised to 60,000 from the cutoff. From the next seat over on the button Ivan Stankov, then went into the tank for over a minute. During that time he shuffled, re-shuffled, counted and re-counted his stack, before he finally three-bet to 175,000, which left him with just 40,000 behind.
With action back on Le, he four-bet to 260,000, which was more than enough to put Stankov all in. Stankov thought for a moment and then threw in his remaining chips.
Ivan Stankov: 
Quoc Le: 
After all of the preflop action, the board ran out 
, which resulted in both players making the Broadway straght and chopping the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,480,000
830,000
|
830,000 |
|
205,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
Minkin's Ladies Crushed by Case Nine on River
Level 23
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
On a flop that read 
Kelly Minkin had Eric Smidinger dominated in a set over set situation with against Smidinger's 
, after they had got it all in.
The turn was the 
to turn a boat for both players.
The river was the only card in the deck that could save Smidinger, the 
. As it fell all the players at the table reacted, generating curious looks from onlookers. Several pictures were snapped of the board and were no doubt added to social media to commemorate the extremely rare hand.
Minkin took it well and promised to run her stack back up, even though the devastating nine left her with a mere 60,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
950,000
793,000
|
793,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |