Event #44: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-20-2019 12:42 UTC-7

Cooper Building Nice Stack, Eliminates Calenzo

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Kevin Calenzo started the day with a very healthy stack of 226,00 and had moved all in after a flop of and he was called by Andrew Cooper.

Kevin Calenzo:
Andrew Cooper:

Calenzo needed to hit a spade but it didn't happen on the turn nor the river and Cooper raked in a massive pot along with another bounty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Cooper	430,000 430,000	430,000
Kevin Calenzo	Busted

Tags: Andrew Cooper Kevin Calenzo

06-20-2019 12:51 UTC-7

Stein Doubles Through Weiss

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Z Stein opened jammed from the hijack for 48,000 and Josh Weiss called from the cutoff.

Josh Weiss:
Z Stein:

Stein needed to pair up but he did better than that as the flop came giving him a full house.

Weiss needed running aces to win the hand but the turn came the and the dealer dropped the meaningless on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Z Stein	100,000 21,000	21,000
Josh Weiss	70,000 11,500	11,500

Tags: Josh Weiss Z Stein

06-20-2019 12:57 UTC-7

Rhodes Gets the Fold from Daoud with a Massive Flop Bet

GeoffFisk

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

With the flop showing , Bradley Rhodes reraised all-in against Steven Daoud's flop bet, putting in all of the remaining 237,000 in his stack. Calling this bet and losing would put Daoud down to about six big blinds, and Daoud went into the tank to contemplate.

After a couple of minutes, Daoud folded, and both players survive on with plenty of chips to work with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradley Rhodes	380,000 52,500	52,500
Steven Daoud	270,000 -80,000	-80,000

Tags: Bradley Rhodes Steven Daoud

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

06-20-2019 13:05 UTC-7

Ivey Building A Stack

Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The 10-time bracelet winner, Phil Ivey looks to be building a nice stack with around 275,000 after starting the day with only 12 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	275,000 215,500	215,500

Tags: Phil Ivey

06-20-2019 13:21 UTC-7

Assorted Chip Counts

GeoffFisk

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:124]	735,000 158,500	158,500
Benjamin Chalot	620,000 115,000	115,000
Nacho Barbero	620,000 176,000	176,000

Ignacio Molina	550,000 -74,500	-74,500
Baitai Li	500,000 -6,000	-6,000
Justin Brown	465,000 73,000	73,000
Aram Zobian	163,000 102,500	102,500

06-20-2019 13:27 UTC-7

Li Scoops The Pot

Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

There was three-way action after the flop of and Brian Potashnik checked his option from the small blind to
Walter Fisher who bet 20,000 from the big. Action was on Baitai Li who three-bet to 60,000 on the button, Potashnik got out of the way while Fisher called.

Fisher check-called the 60,000 bet from Li after the came on the turn and both players checked the on the river.

Baitai Li:
Walter Fisher:

Fisher missed his open-ended straight draw and Li scooped the pot with two-pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Baitai Li	600,000 100,000	100,000
Walter Fisher	350,000 -149,500	-149,500
Brian Potashnik	200,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Walter Fisher Brian Potashnik Baitai Li

06-20-2019 13:38 UTC-7

More Chip Counts

GeoffFisk

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs	685,000 241,500	241,500
Juan Vecino	420,000 -25,000	-25,000
Loni Harwood	386,000 195,500	195,500

Shahar Levi	380,000 -80,000	-80,000
Michael Gathy	300,000 22,000	22,000

Benjamin Moon	225,000 -58,000	-58,000

06-20-2019 13:47 UTC-7

Xu Spikes An Ace, Cracks Ivey's Cowboys

Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Phil Ivey opened under the gun to 12,000 and action folded around to Rong Xu who moved all in for 40,500 on the button. The small blind folded and after getting the count from the dealer, Scott Shannon called from the big blind. Action was back to Ivey who jammed over the top for 298,000 and that was too much for Shannon as mucked his hand.

Phil Ivey:
Rong Xu:

After seeing his opponents table their hands, Shannon announced he folded pocket jacks, and then the flop came

The turn came the and Ivey had one more card to go before he added a bounty chip to his collection.

Hu stood up getting ready to exit the tournament field but the dealer then peeled the on the river and Xu took his seat and collected his piot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Shannon	300,000 220,000	220,000
Phil Ivey	258,000 -17,000	-17,000

Rong Xu	135,000 80,500	80,500

Tags: Phil Ivey Rong Xu Scott Shannon

06-20-2019 14:00 UTC-7

Huge Win for Rosario

GeoffFisk

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In a three-bet pot, Edgardo Rosario fired for 45,000 from the big blind on a flop, and Shahar Levi called from middle position.

The turn came , and Rosario went all-in for his remaining 182,500, sending Levi deep into the tank. Levi wondered out loud about the possibility of Rosario having the same hand that he held. After a couple of minutes, Levi finally made the call.