2019 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
$371,203
Event Info
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$2,676,408
Entries
3,759
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000

Stamatakos Gets Right to Work After Dinner

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player on the button went all in, the small blind called, and George Stamatakos also called on the big blind. The small blind player had her two opponents covered.

Button: {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Small Blind: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Stamatakos: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}

Stamatakos had a 27 percent chance of coming away with the win in this three-way race, and he did just that on the {10-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{4-Spades}{a-Hearts} runout. The {a-Hearts} on the river gave him the come-from-behind win, and he's now back in business with 127,000 chips. The player on button was eliminated just as Level 13 began.

Player Chips Progress
George Stamatakos
George Stamatakos
127,000

Tags: George Stamatakos

Lien Hits Runner Runner to Eliminate 'The Master'

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Men Nguyen
Men Nguyen

Bradley Lien limped in from under the gun as did the button player. Men 'The Master' Nguyen called from the small blind and Yingxin Chen checked his option from the big.

Both Nguyen and Chen checked the {3-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop to Lien who bet 3,000. The button player folded and as did Chen after Nguyen three-bet to 9,000. Action was back on Lien who put Nguyen all in for his remaining 18,000, Nguyen called.

Men Nguyen: {2-Hearts}{3-Clubs}
Bradley Lien: {k-Hearts}{j-Spades}

Nguyen was in great shape as he flopped trip threes but the {10-Hearts} on the turn gave Lien a king-high flush draw.

The dealer then put the {7-Hearts} on the river and Lien hit runner-runner to eliminate "The Master' from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Yingxin Chen us
Yingxin Chen
155,000
-25,000
-25,000
Bradley Lien us
Bradley Lien
65,000
65,000
65,000
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
Busted
WSOP 7X Winner

Tags: Bradley LienMen NguyenYingxin Chen

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Hellmuth Chips Up

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth now has the tablet face down, and it appears the 15-time WSOP bracelet winner has busted out of the $1,000 WSOP.com ONLINE Double Stack.

He's now fully focused on the business at hand in front of him, and he's up to 75,000 chips in the $800 Deepstack. Hellmuth opened for 5,000 from the cutoff on a recent hand, and got a call from the big blind.

The flop came {3-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{q-Spades}, and Hellmuth fired a 6,500 continuation bet and got the fold.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
75,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Hobbs Dodges The Flush

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

There was two-way action headed to the flop between Brian Hobbs from middle position and Eric Smith from the small blind.

Smith fired out 10,000 after a flop of {a-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{5-Clubs}, Hobbs called.

The turn brought the {8-Spades} and Smith bet 16,000. Hobbs counted his chips and three-bet to 36,000, Smith called.

Both players checked the {j-Spades} river and tabled their hands.

Smith ({k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}) had a busted flush and paired his jack but that wasn't good enough as Hobbs' {a-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flopped two-pair.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Hobbs us
Brian Hobbs
180,000
180,000
180,000
Eric Smith us
Eric Smith
42,000
42,000
42,000

Tags: Brian HobbsEric Smith

Sigua Doubles Up

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action folded around to the button player who raised to 9,000 and Rellie Sigua moved all in from the big blind for 26,000, his opponent called.

Rellie Sigua: {a-Spades}{6-Spades}
Opponnet: {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

Sigua was dominated and the rainbow flop of {8-Spades}{q-Clubs}{j-Hearts} was no help with his opponent pairing his queen.

The {j-Spades} on the turn gave Sigua a flush draw that he needed to hit on the river to stay alive.

The dealer would put the {k-Spades} on the river and Sigua doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Rellie Sigua us
Rellie Sigua
55,000

Tags: Rellie Sigua

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Chip Counts

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
445,000
445,000
445,000
Michel Bouskila au
Michel Bouskila
340,000
340,000
340,000
Brad Garrett us
Brad Garrett
200,000
141,800
141,800
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
180,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
162,500
123,500
123,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
Asi Moshe il
Asi Moshe
147,500
147,500
147,500
WSOP 4X Winner
Timothy McDermott us
Timothy McDermott
105,000
105,000
105,000
Chris Ferguson us
Chris Ferguson
84,500
84,500
84,500
WSOP 6X Winner
George Stamatakos
George Stamatakos
62,000
-65,000
-65,000
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
60,000
60,000
60,000
Vanessa Kade ca
Vanessa Kade
60,000
11,500
11,500