Event #40: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-17-2019 19:56 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Diaz	135,000
Phillip Hui	85,000 38,000	38,000

Shannon Shorr	80,000 80,000	80,000

Daniel Zack	64,000 9,000	9,000

Romain Lewis	63,000 38,000	38,000

Nick Guagenti	52,000 52,000	52,000

Leif Force	39,000 5,000	5,000

Allen Kessler	33,000 5,500	5,500
Niall Farrell	32,000 32,000	32,000

Jason Stockfish	20,000 35,000	35,000

Bowers Wins Another One

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Mark Radoja raised on the button to 3,800 and it was called by Derek Bowers in the big blind. The flop came and the action went check-check, as it did on the turn .

On the river , Bowers bet 3,500 and after a minute Radoja opted to fold. Bowers, who recently finished 33rd in the Marathon event, has a comfortable stack worth 230,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek Bowers	230,000 230,000	230,000
Mark Radoja	162,000 162,000	162,000

Tags: Derek Bowers Mark Radoja

06-17-2019 19:41 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Counts

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Milko van Winden

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Peters	200,600 155,600	155,600

Ryan Goindoo	91,000 81,000	81,000
Vivian Saliba	88,500 65,500	65,500

John Racener	34,000

Scott Davies	25,000

Jonathan Abdellatif	22,000 3,000	3,000
Tom Marchese	22,000

Alex Foxen	20,000 7,500	7,500

Phil Laak	14,000 11,000	11,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

06-17-2019 19:39 UTC-8

Foxen Loses a Big One

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Milko van Winden

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Alex Foxen was involved in a big three-way pot where he lost a big chunk of his stack.

The player on the button raised to 3,000 and the small blind called. Foxen three-bet to 12,000 and the player on the button immediately put his entire stack in the middle. The bet was ruled as 39,000 and he had 8,500 behind. The player in the small blind had a total of 21,600 to start the hand and he put it in the middle.

Foxen tanked for a little while before he put his chips in the middle and button called for his tournament life.

Alex Foxen:
Button:
Small blind:

The board ran out and the player on the button took it all.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	27,500 24,500	24,500

Tags: Alex Foxen

06-17-2019 19:36 UTC-8

Some Chip Counts

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Schwartz	140,000 30,000	30,000

Benjamin Ludlow	133,000 3,000	3,000
Zachary Humphrey	40,000
Ankush Mandavia	25,000

Ian Steinman	23,000

Ben Yu	21,000 10,000	10,000

06-17-2019 19:27 UTC-8

Small Pot for Lau

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Milko van Winden

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Mike Matusow raised to 2,500 from middle position and his neighbor called from the hijack. Alan Lau called from the big blind to make it a three-way pot as they wen to the flop.

The first three community cards were and all three players checked their option. The was added to the board and Lau took over the betting, firing for 5,000, and that got both opponents out of the way for him to pick up a small pot.

Tony Miles and Christopher Frank busted from their tables and are now officially out of the tournament as late registration is closed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	75,000 5,000	5,000

Alan Lau	32,000 7,500	7,500
Tony Miles	Busted
Christopher Frank	Busted

Tags: Alan Lau Christopher Frank Mike Matusow Tony Miles

06-17-2019 19:23 UTC-8

De Silva Had a Short Run

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

The button player opened and Upeshka De Silva chose to pot from the big blind for 19,600, with 10,400 chips left behind. The button called and both checked on the flop .

The turn fell a and De Silva pushed all in, snap-called by his opponent to create the following showdown:

Upeshka De Silva:
His opponent:

The board was completed by a , giving the winning hand to De Silva's opponent with the kings and eliminating the recent winner of the $600 No-Limit Hold'em Knockout Bounty online Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Upeshka De Silva	Busted

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06-17-2019 19:17 UTC-8

Vieira Eliminated

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Milko van Winden

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Joao Vieira had a short tournament after the dinner break, busting out in a three-way all-in situation. Vieira was playing and the board was . Vieira was playing against two opponents who were holding and .

Vieira's set of kings didn't hold up and the Portuguese player was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	Busted

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06-17-2019 19:14 UTC-8

Loeser In and Out

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Manig Loeser late registered during the dinner break and started the action with a raise to 4,200. He got called by the cutoff and the button player before the big blind decided to three-bet to 16,200. Loeser and the two remaining players made the call to create a big pot.

The flop came and after the big blind player checked, Loeser pushed all in for 13,600. The cutoff reshoved and the other players folded.

Holding , Loeser had a flush draw, facing in his opponent's hand for a set of sixes, but didn't hit when the rest of the board fell and he got eliminating from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	Busted

Tags: Manig Loeser