2019 World Series of Poker

Event #45: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq76
Prize
$1,618,417
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$6,602,500
Entries
278
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
0

Paul Volpe Eliminated in 15th Place ($60,732)

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Paul Volpe
Paul Volpe

Alex Epstein made it 150,000 to go from the cutoff and Paul Volpe three-bet the pot for 510,000 in total out of the small blind. Epstein called and they headed to a flop of {k-Spades}{9-Spades}{3-Spades}. Volpe carefully riffled his chips and gave it some 90 seconds of consideration before moving all in for the last 570,000.

Epstein called in a heartbeat and they tabled their cards.

Paul Volpe: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Alex Epstein: {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}

The {a-Clubs} turn gave Volpe some additional outs, however, he failed to improve on the blank {3-Hearts} river to finish in 15th place for $60,732.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Epstein us
Alex Epstein
5,250,000
1,175,000
1,175,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Alex EpsteinPaul Volpe

Sean Winter Eliminated in 16th Place ($60,732)

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Sean Winter
Sean Winter

Ka Kwan Lau opened to 150,000 and Sean Winter min-raised to 240,000 from middle position. Lau called and the flop was {j-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{3-Clubs}

Lau bet enough to go all in and Winter called.

Ka Kwan Lau: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}{7-Clubs}{3-Spades}
Sean Winter: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}

Winter was calling for most cards in the deck, unclear what exactly he needed to save him. He called for a jack but by the time the {j-Hearts} came on the turn he had changed his mind and wanted a six instead. The {6-Hearts} on the river was too little too late and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Ka Kwan Lau es
Ka Kwan Lau
3,300,000
700,000
700,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
Busted

Tags: Ka Kwan LauSean Winter

Lautaro Guerra Eliminated in 17th Place ($50,759)

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Lautaro Guerra
Lautaro Guerra

Stephen Chidwick opened to 140,000 and Lautaro Guerra three-bet pot to 480,000. Chidwick called.

The flop was {a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and Chidwick checked. Guerra moved all in for around 900,000 and after a short tank Chidwick called.

Lautaro Guerra: {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Stephen Chidwick: {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

The turn was the {2-Diamonds} giving Chidwick a flush. The river was the {3-Hearts} and Guerra was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
5,600,000
1,825,000
1,825,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Lautaro Guerra es
Lautaro Guerra
Busted

Tags: Lautaro GuerraStephen Chidwick

Matt Giannetti Eliminated in 18th Place ($50,759)

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Matt Giannetti
Matt Giannetti

Erik Seidel raised from the button and Matt Giannetti three-bet the pot from the big blind with few chips behind, Seidel called. They got it in after the {k-Spades}{10-Clubs}{6-Clubs} flop and Giannetti was the player at risk and in trouble.

Matt Giannetti: {a-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{5-Spades}
Erik Seidel: {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

Not only had Seidel flopped top pair, but he also held the flush draw to reduce the outs of Giannetti further. The {k-Hearts} turn improved Seidel to trips kings and Giannetti bricked his gutshot on a blank {2-Spades} river to bow out in 18th place for $50,759.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
1,925,000
1,025,000
1,025,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Matt Giannetti us
Matt Giannetti
Busted

Tags: Erik SeidelMatt Giannetti

Chen With a Quarter of the Chips in Play

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
James Chen
James Chen

Stephen Chidwick opened to 140,000 and got a call from Paul Volpe as well as James Chen and Anson Tsang in the blinds.

The four players each checked the {5-Hearts}{6-Spades}{j-Spades} flop and Chen then bet 500,000 on the {3-Diamonds} turn. Tsang called and the other two players both folded.

The river was the {9-Diamonds} and Chen bet pot or 1,560,000. Tsang deliberated for a good while before calling.

Chen showed {7-Hearts}{7-Spades}{a-Hearts}{8-Spades} for a rivered straight and Tsang mucked, left with around six big blinds behind.

Player Chips Progress
James Chen tw
James Chen
10,300,000
2,600,000
2,600,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Anson Tsang hk
Anson Tsang
385,000
-1,965,000
-1,965,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Anson TsangJames ChenPaul VolpeStephen Chidwick

Gjergj Sinishtaj Eliminated in 19th Place ($50,759)

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Gjergj Sinishtaj
Gjergj Sinishtaj

Gjergj Sinishtaj raised to 135,000 first to act and he was called by Veselin Karakitukov in the cutoff and Esther Taylor in the small blind. Taylor checked the {9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} flop and Sinishtaj moved all in.

"How much is that?" Karakitukov asked and the all in of Sinishtaj was deemed to be for 340,000 total. Karakitukov moved all in and Taylor folded.

Gjergj Sinishtaj: {k-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{8-Spades}{6-Diamonds}
Veselin Karakitukov: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}

The Bulgarian rail took a closer look from the rail and "that's a fair fight" was mentioned in table chat by Sinishtaj.

Neither the {a-Clubs} turn nor the {j-Clubs} river provided any help and Sinishtaj was sent to the rail in 19th place for $50,759.

Player Chips Progress
Veselin Karakitukov bg
Veselin Karakitukov
2,725,000
605,000
605,000
Esther Taylor us
Esther Taylor
1,705,000
-295,000
-295,000
Gjergj Sinishtaj us
Gjergj Sinishtaj
Busted

Tags: Esther TaylorGjergj SinishtajVeselin Karakitukov

Firas Sadou Eliminated in 20th Place ($50,759)

Level 23 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
Firas Sadou
Firas Sadou

We got to the table in time to see Firas Sadou getting to his feet after being eliminated at the hands of Robert Mizrachi.

With the board reading {k-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades} the pair had gotten it in with Mizrachi holding {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and having flopped a flush against Sadou's {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{4-Clubs}.

Sadou was drawing dead on the {5-Hearts} river and he was eliminated in 12th place.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
3,650,000
250,000
250,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Firas Sadou us
Firas Sadou
Busted

Tags: Firas SadouRobert Mizrachi

Micah Smith Eliminated in 21st Place ($50,759)

Level 23 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
Micah Smith
Micah Smith

Micah Smith raised pre-flop and Ka Kwan Lau called in the small blind.

The flop came {9-Clubs}{j-Spades}{q-Diamonds} and Ka Kwan Lau check-raised all in after a continuation bet from Smith. Smith called and was all in for 800,000.

Micah Smith: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}{a-Spades}{2-Hearts}
Ka Kwan Lau: {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{8-Spades}{7-Spades}

Lau had flopped a straight against Smith's top set. The turn was the {8-Hearts} and the river the {7-Clubs} and Smith was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Ka Kwan Lau es
Ka Kwan Lau
2,500,000
450,000
450,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Micah Smith us
Micah Smith
Busted

Tags: Ka Kwan LauMicah Smith

Matthew Schreiber Eliminated in 22nd Place ($50,759)

Level 23 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
Matthew Schreiber
Matthew Schreiber

On a {6-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} flop James Chen checked out of the blinds to Matthew Schreiber who bet 75,000. Chen then check-raised to 490,000 and Schreiber called.

Chen announced pot on the {10-Diamonds} turn and Schreiber went deep into the tank with 610,000 behind.

"Sorry guys," he said. "One minute."

And then: "I don't have a big hand."

Eventually, he called with {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and was drawing dead against the {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{j-Spades}{9-Clubs}. The river was the {2-Diamonds} and Schreiber was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
James Chen tw
James Chen
8,500,000
900,000
900,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matthew Schreiber us
Matthew Schreiber
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: James ChenMatthew Schreiber

Ludovic Geilich Eliminated in 23rd Place ($50,759)

Level 23 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
Ludovic Geilich
Ludovic Geilich

A raise by Ludovic Geilich from early position was called by Robert Mizrachi in the big blind and they got it in after a {k-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop.

Ludovic Geilich: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}{q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Robert Mizrachi: {q-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}

The {8-Spades} turn and {5-Diamonds} river completed the board, improving Mizrachi to a flush and sending Geilich to the rail in 23rd place for $50,759.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
3,325,000
425,000
425,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
Busted

Tags: Ludovic GeilichRobert Mizrachi