2019 World Series of Poker

Event #5: 50th Annual High Roller - $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$1,484,085
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,280,000
Entries
110
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000

Imsirovic Continues His Slide

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

It has not been a good day for Ali Imsirovic, who has lost around half of the chips he started the day with.

In his latest outing, Johannes Becker bet 60,000 on a {q-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop and Imsirovic raised in position to 130,000. Becker called.

The pair checked the {5-Hearts} turn and Becker bet 215,000 on the {6-Hearts} river.

Imsirovic counted out the chips to call, before using a time extension. He eventually folded.

Player Chips Progress
Johannes Becker de
Johannes Becker
800,000
230,000
230,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ali Imsirovic ba
Ali Imsirovic
750,000
-350,000
-350,000
Day 1 Chip Leader

Tags: Ali ImsirovicJohannes Becker

Yurasov Over Two Million

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
2,080,000
1,080,000
1,080,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
1,250,000
580,000
580,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Tobias Ziegler de
Tobias Ziegler
1,100,000
164,000
164,000
David Einhorn us
David Einhorn
1,000,000
553,000
553,000
Elias Talvitie fi
Elias Talvitie
850,000
-17,000
-17,000
Thomas Boivin be
Thomas Boivin
750,000
286,000
286,000
Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
670,000
-24,000
-24,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
400,000
-240,000
-240,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
120,000
-489,000
-489,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner
Winamax

Aces for Lewis in a Massive Pot

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The action folded to Barry Hutter on the button who opted to just limp in. Toby Lewis raised to 56,000 in the small blind and Isaac Haxton three-bet shoved all in for 156,000 in the big blind. Hutter then re-jammed all in and Lewis quickly called off his stack of 283,000.

Toby Lewis: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}
Barry Hutter: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Isaac Haxton: {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}

Lewis was in a prime position to collect a healthy pot with the best hand in poker. The board ran out {9-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{4-Spades}{j-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Lewis' pocket aces held on to eliminate Haxton and double through Hutter.

Player Chips Progress
Barry Hutter us
Barry Hutter
1,550,000
-30,000
-30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
725,000
625,000
625,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Toby LewisIsaac HaxtonBarry Hutter

Miracle Flop for Kornuth

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Chance Kornuth
Chance Kornuth

The action folded to Chance Kornuth who raised it up on the button. Igor Kurganov three-bet to 126,000 in the big blind and Kornuth called to see a flop of {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}.

Kurganov just ripped all in for around 400,000 and Kornuth wasted little time before making the call. Kornuth instantly tabled {k-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and Kurganov was drawing slim with {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}.

The {j-Spades} paired the board on the turn which gave Kurganov some outs but the {5-Hearts} on the river was not meant to be as Kornuth collected a chip-leading pot.

Player Chips Progress
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
1,660,000
661,000
661,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
Busted

Tags: Chance KornuthIgor Kurganov

Hellmuth Joins the Field

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

15-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth has joined the $50,000 Annual High Roller field midway through the second level of the day. He joins a table featuring overnight chip leader Ali Imsirovic, along with Eric Wasserson, Johannes Becker, Chance Kornuth and Chris Moore.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
300,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Kempe's Big Slick is No Good

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Elias Talvitie opened to 25,000 from under the gun and Sean Winter called from the hijack. Rainer Kempe slid out a three-bet of around 300,000 for nearly his entire stack. Talvitie quickly folded but Winter announced all in which Kempe instantly called.

Sean Winter: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Rainer Kempe: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}

In a classic coin flip, the flop came {j-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} which left Kempe grasping at straws. The {9-Clubs} on the turn and the {2-Clubs} on the river changed nothing and Kempe was forced to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
1,280,000
305,000
305,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
Busted

Tags: Elias TalvitieRainer KempeSean Winter

Lewis Under Ten Big Blinds

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

On a {5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{10-Clubs} board, Eric Wasserson checked to Toby Lewis who bet 55,000. Wasserson then check-raised all in for 139,000 and Lewis called.

Wasserson showed {j-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for a rivered flush and Lewis was forced to turn over {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}.

Left with 43,000, he moved all in from early position. It folded around to Erik Seidel in the big blind who smiled as he contemplated his decision. Eventually, he called.

Erik Seidel: {9-Clubs}{2-Spades}
Toby Lewis: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}

Lewis eventually held on the {a-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{k-Hearts} runout despite Seidel turning a flush draw. The table laughed as Lewis raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
450,000
-150,000
-150,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Eric Wasserson us
Eric Wasserson
430,000
137,000
137,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
100,000
-42,000
-42,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Eric WassersonErik SeidelToby Lewis

Hallaert Can't Dodge the River

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Kenney Hallaert was looking to make a comeback for the ages after being down to just 2,000 chips and he was all in again for 63,000 in early position. Ali Imsirovic three-bet on the button which forced out both of the blinds.

Ali Imsirovic: {a-Clubs}{8-Hearts}
Kenny Hallaert: {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}

The flop came {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{5-Clubs} and Hallaert's pair of fours were still in the lead. The {6-Spades} on the turn was also safe but the river brought the {8-Spades} which connected with Imsirovic.

Player Chips Progress
Ali Imsirovic ba
Ali Imsirovic
1,250,000
100,000
100,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
Busted

Tags: Kenny HallaertAli Imsirovic

Level: 10

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Clark Doubles Through Loeser

Level 9 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Tobias Ziegler opened to 22,000 from the cutoff and Manig Loeser flat-called on the button. Zach Clark was in the small blind and pushed all in for around 140,000. Ziegler folded and Loeser quickly called to put Clark at risk.

Zach Clark: {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Manig Loeser: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}

It was a coin flip that saw Clark take the lead on the {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{7-Spades} flop. The {4-Clubs} and {4-Diamonds} runout was no help to Loeser but the double up hardly put a dent in his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
1,410,000
498,000
498,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Zach Clark us
Zach Clark
310,000
86,000
86,000

Tags: Manig LoeserTobias ZieglerZach Clark