Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #48: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,241,000
Entries
996
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Welcome to the Table
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Eyal Eshkar has just been moved to a new table, straight into the big blind. As soon as he sat down, action started rumbling with Martin Servais opening under the gun for 1,500 and an in-position player raising to 4,000. It folded to fresh big blind Eshkar, who moved all in for around 30,000. Back to the original raiser Servais who called all-in for less after a short think; the three-bettor got out of the way.
Servais: 
Eshkar: 
There was only a tiny suit sweat until the flop came down 
, the turn and river 
semi-ignored as the two pot-choppers worked out how much they'd each made from splitting the third player's bet and the small blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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33,000 |
Latest News From WSOP
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Another Chopped Pot
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
More players receiving their own money back after playing to showdown were found on Table 473, when on a board of 
Kenneth Adams led out for 1,000, raised by an in-position opponent to 3,000. Adams flat called and checked the 
on the river. His opponent threw in 4,000 and Adams quickly called, tabling 
for the lower side of the one-card full house. Snap; his opponent held 
, previously out-kicking Adams but now equalised with the pairing river ten.
Though Adams did not make much chip headway with this hand, he's very much his table chip leader with nearly 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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97,000 |
Broadway Sends Serda Soaring
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Patrick Serda raised it up from under the gun and was called by the cutoff and Kevin Song in the big blind. The flop came 
and Song checked to Serda who continued for 2,200. Both the cutoff and Song called to see the 
on the turn.
Song checked again and Serda fired out another 7,700. The cutoff quickly raised to 20,000 and Song instantly folded. Serda called and the 
completed the board. Serda counted out a bet of 46,000 and his opponent flicked in a chip to call. Serda whipped over 
for a straight and his opponent mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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158,000
85,400
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85,400 |
Movers and Losers
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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83,300
42,000
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42,000 |
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72,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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69,200
44,700
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44,700 |
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49,500
500
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41,000
26,000
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26,000 |
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34,000
-300
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-300 |
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O'Dea Lays Two Down
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Level 8 has not been the most profitable for Eoghan O'Dea, the prior WSOP Main Event finalist hovering around the 20-odd thousand mark. He played a small pot vs. Patrick Serda that ended on the turn of a 
board when Serda fired a second bullet of 3,200 (he'd bet the flop, too when O'Dea checked to him). This time O'Dea check-folded.
A little later on, a mid-position player made it 1,800 preflop, the button and small blind O'Dea called, then the big blind moved all in for 16,900. "They all know I have a last-longer," the all-in player said, "How tight I'm playing." This may have been for the benefit of his last longer opponent who was sitting one table across and turned around at the sound of "all in." Nobody made the call - although one player (not in the hand) turned around and said, "Twenty bucks, I call."
"I would have paid you $100," was the reply, leading everyone to believe the last longer to be for considerably more than that.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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23,000
-1,500
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-1,500 |
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Bicknell Check-Raises the River
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Tony Dunst opened to 1,700 in middle position and was called by the hijack and Kristen Bicknell in the small blind. The flop came 
and the action checked around to the 
on the turn.
Bicknell led out for 3,000 and Dunst quickly folded. The hijack called and the landed on the river. Bicknell thought for a minute and then checked to her opponent who bet 2,000. Bicknell countered with a check-raise to 8,000 and her opponent sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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64,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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57,000
-13,300
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Rainer Kempe Busted
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Rainer Kempe, fresh from the final livestreamed table of the $600 PLO/NLHE Deepstack this afternoon (where he finished 4th for $65,482) has been eliminated from this event, too. This time, despite it being at the tail end of late registration, he does not have the option to flick in another $2,500 for a second shot at this particular bracelet as it's an old-school one-shot freezeout. His final hand, he was all in preflop for around 7,000 with 
, up against . The board brought him a pair of tens on the turn, but unfortunately that made his opponent the nuts: 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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74,500
10,500
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10,500 |
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68,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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65,000
-7,000
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-7,000 |
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47,500
32,500
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32,500 |
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26,000
-2,300
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-2,300 |
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Ivey Hits Up the Reg Desk
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Late registration is almost over with only a few minutes remaining in level eight. For the most part, players have stopped registering for this event unless your name is Phil Ivey. Sitting down with a stack of less than 20 big blinds, Ivey will look to spin up a stack in the last couple levels of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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101,500
-1,500
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-1,500 |
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101,000
76,500
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76,500 |
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89,500
-12,300
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-12,300 |
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82,000 | |
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79,000
-1,800
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-1,800 |
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59,500
18,500
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18,500 |
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50,500
9,500
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9,500 |
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42,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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15,000 | |
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