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2019 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
Day: 2
Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$2,676,408
Total Entries
3,759
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Left 1 / 3,759
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Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
John Rice told PokerNews about the details of a hand that happened before the dinner break, which brought the WSOP first-timer Rice up to 4.5 million.
Rice defended his big blind against a small blind min-raise, and the flop came 
. The small blind min bet for 200,000, and Rice raised to 400,000, and got the call.
The 
came on the turn, Rice checked and the small blind shoved for 1,400,000. Rice called.
John Rice: 
Small Blind: 
With just a gutshot possibility to save him, the river 
brought no help to the small blind. Rice, who began the day as one of the chip leaders, is still in the hunt at Level 29.
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Gregory Demaret min-raised for 200,000 from the cutoff, and Mike Chang called. The flop and turn came out 
, and the action checked through on both streets.
The river fell 
, and Demaret put out a bet for 250,000, which Chang called. Demaret nodded in acknowledgement that Chang had the best hand, which turned out to be just bottom pair with 
. Demaret missed everything with 
.
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Three-way all in action after Ahmed Taleb open-jammed for 1,635,000 from late position, action folded to Joao Barrosovalli who three-bet jammed over the top from the small blind and Patrick Shepherd moved all his chips in the middle from the small blind.
Ahmed Taleb 
Joao Barrosovalli: 
Patrick Shepherd: 
Taleb was way behind his opponents until the flop came 
and he flopped trip threes.
The turn brought the 
and Taleb needed to dodge an ace or a king to triple up.
The 
fell on the river and Taleb cracked aces and kings sending Shepherd out the door.
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
The following players were recently eliminated in Event #53: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack. Among them were Dutch Boyd and Day 1 chip leader Kenneth Johnson.
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Sharavan Chhabria bet 200,000 on the turn with the board showing 
, and Matthew Volosevich called.
The river came the 
, and Chhabria raised the stakes with a 575,000 bet, more than half of Volosevich's remaining stack. Volosevich thought it over for a bit before throwing in a calling chip, and mucked when Chhabria turned over 
.
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Clint Robertson open-jammed from early position for 850,000 and Jacob Snider called from the big blind.
Jacob Snider: 
Clint Robertson: 
Robertson had live cards and was able to pair his queen on the 
flop along with a flush draw.
The turn paired the board with the and Robertson had one card left before he doubled up.
Unfortunately the dealer peeled off the and Robertson was eliminated from the tournament.
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Phil Hellmuth's deep run in Event #53: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack has come to an end. Hellmuth was down to just 230,000 in chips when a player raised to 170,000 and Ryan Moss called. Hellmuth called as well, leaving himself with 60,000 behind.
The flop was 
and the initial raiser checked. Moss bet 300,000, Hellmuth called all in, and the other player folded. Hellmuth held 
but needed help to defeat his opponent's 
. Neither the turn nor river brought help and the fifteen-time bracelet winner begrudgingly headed for the rail. It was his 145th WSOP cash overall and 7th cash of the summer.
