2019 World Series of Poker
Photos by Jamie Thomson
Ankush Mandavia had only 27,500 in front of him when his right-hand neighbor raised to 7,000. Mandavia put his last 27,500 in the middle and he was called by the initial raiser. Mandavia played ![]()
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and his neighbor was playing ![]()
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.
The first card was the
in the window but the flop also brought the
and
. The
turn and
river were safe for Mandavia who doubled up through his opponent.
A player opened to 7,500 and it folded to Matt Glantz in the big blind who thought about his move for a minute before three-betting to 23,000. His opponent made the call.
Both players checked throughout a board ![]()
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. Glantz turned over ![]()
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, which was enough to make his opponent muck his cards.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
Kenny Hallaert raised to 6,000 from middle position and he was called by the player in the big blind.
The flop fell ![]()
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and both players checked their option. The turn was the
and the player in the big blind lead out with a bet of 4,500. That was enough to make Hallaert fold his hand.
Erik Seidel is seated at the same table and he has one of the bigger stacks in the room going into the final two levels of the night.
In a head's up situation, the flop showed ![]()
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when Julien Sitbon called his opponent bet for 7,000. A
fell on the turn and the first player potted for 29,500, putting Sitbon into a decision. After some time in the tank, Sitbon chose to make the call.
The river fell a
and both players checked. The initial player showed ![]()
and a
and Sitbon tabled ![]()
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for a set of jacks and earned the pot.
The flop showed ![]()
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and according to the table, Romain Lewis bet 7,500 after his opponent checked. The latter raised it to 18,000 and Lewis moved all in, putting his opponent at risk for his tournament with total stack worth 51,000. Lewis' opponent made the call and the cards were tabled.
Lewis was holding ![]()
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for a flush and a straight draw and was facing ![]()
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in his opponent's hand with a set of kings.
The board was completed by a
and a
, bringing no help to Lewis who conceded the double to his opponent.
"That's a f***ing set up!" said Mike Matusow, seated next to Lewis, "you can say it, that's a real f***ing set up!" repeated Matusow to Lewis who agreed and both players fist-bumped with a smile.