Level: 12
Limit Flop / Draw: 5,000/10,000
Stud Games: 2,000 (ante), 3,000 (bring-in), 10,000 (completion)
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,500/5,000/7,500 ante
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$3,552,000
Entries
74
Level
27
Limits
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
0
Wasserson Takes from Bleznick
Level 12
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
No-Limit Hold'em
Eric Wasserson raised to 13,000 from the cutoff and Jared Bleznick called from the big blind.
They checked to the turn of an 
board where Wasserson bet 10,000. Bleznick check-called.
The river was the 
and Bleznick check-called 25,000.
Wasserson tabled 
for a pair of aces, Bleznick mucked and Wasserson won the pot.
Shortly after, we were informed that Brian Hastings picked up aces and doubled for roughly 200,000 through Bleznick, who had ace-queen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
706,000
-234,000
|
-234,000 |
|
400,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
||
|
300,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
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Friedman Makes an Eight
Level 12
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw
Prahlad Friedman raised in the small blind, Phil Ivey three-bet in the big and Friedman called.
Friedman took one, Ivey two, Friedman bet and Ivey called.
Both pitched one and checked the betting round before repeating the same draw.
Friedman bet and Ivey looked him up but Friedman had him beat with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
721,500
-23,500
|
-23,500 |
|
||
|
545,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
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Lousy Pair No Good
Level 12
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Stud Hi-Lo
Adam Friedman: 
/ 
/
Lyle Berman: / 
/
The bring in was 
and Adam Friedman completed with his seven. Lyle Berman called and the two continued heads up.
Friedman check-called a bet from Berman on fourth street. He proceeded to check-call another bet on fifth street. After the bet, Berman had too many chips in front of him and Friedman informed him of such.
"You only need forty (thousand)," Friedman said.
"I like my hand that much!" said Berman.
"I bet you do. Go ahead, then," continued Friedman as he checked sixth street. Berman fired again and Friedman called. Friedman checked in the dark on seventh street as Berman verbally went through his thought process of trying to figure out what Friedman could have. He debated between two pair and a flush draw as there was no opportunity for Friedman to have the low.
Eventually, Berman tossed in another bet and Friedman quickly called.
"One lousy pair of eights," Berman said as he showed 
.
"No good," Friedman retorted, turning over 
for two pair and taking down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
663,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
|
585,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
|
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Vitch Clips Dwan
Level 12
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Stud Hi-Lo
Tom Dwan had three wheel cards out and he called a bet from Chris Vitch on sixth street. Dwan checked the river and Vitch fired again. Dwan took around two minutes to process the situation and then he placed in the calling chips.
"Kings-up," Vitch announced, showing kings and queens. Dwan mucked and the hand cost him a quarter of his stack.
Vitch: 
/ 
Dwan: / 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,290,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
155,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Baker Picks Off Friedman
Level 12
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw
Action folded to David "ODB" Baker on the button and he raised. "I'm on a heater," he said as Adam Friedman called from the small blind. David Benyamine folded, adding, "I'm on a cooler."
"This is very rare you're going to see me do this," Friedman said.
"What, draw three?" Baker asked. He was correct as Friedman tossed three. Baker took two.
After the draw, Friedman check-called Baker's continuation bet. Second draws went two and pat. Friedman then checked and Baker frired again. Friedman put in a check-raise and Baker called.
Both players stood pat on the final draw and Friedman bet out afterward. Baker quickly called him.
"You got it," Friedman said as he sat there, not turning over his cards. Baker tabled 
and Friedman mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
577,000
334,000
|
334,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
527,000
-58,000
|
-58,000 |
|
|
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Monnette Bets Out Cates
Level 12
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Stud
Three players came to fourth street where Dan Cates bet and John Monnette and Shaun Deeb called.
Cates bet again on fifth, Monnette raised and Deeb folded. Cates called.
Both players' boards paired on sixth and Monnette fired with eights, earning a call from Cates with sevens.
Monnette bet one more time on the river but Cates snap-folded.
Monnette: /
Cates: / 
Deeb: / 
- fold on fifth
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
815,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
||
|
247,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
|
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Benyamine Closing on a Million Chips
Level 12
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw
David "ODB" Baker opened action, raising from the cutoff. David Benyamine three-bet from the small blind. Dario Sammartino called out of the big blind, as did Baker. On the first draw, Benyamine and Sammartino took one card and Baker two.
After the draw, Benyamine and Sammartino checked and Baker bet. Benyamine put in a check-raise and Sammartino and Baker both called.
Benyamine stood pat on the second draw and both Sammartino and Baker drew one. Benyamine then fired and both players called. Final draws again went pat, one, one and Benyamine fired the river.
Sammartino called, while Baker folded 
face up, having missed a wheel draw.
Benyamine tabled and Sammartino mucked as the dealer announced Benyamine's seventy-six, bringing him just shy of the one-million chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
995,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
507,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
|
||
|
205,000
-201,000
|
-201,000 |
|
|
||
Mercier Over Hui
Level 12
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Razz
Jason Mercier: / 
/
Phil Hui: / 
/
Jason Mercier was the bring in, Phil Hui completed and Mercier called.
Mercier bet on fourth, Hui called, then Mercier check-called a bet from Hui on fifth. Hui bet on sixth with the better board, Mercier called, then Hui check-called a bet from Mercier on seventh.
Mercier tabled 
for an eight-seven, Hui mucked and Mercier won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
790,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
680,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Esposito Eliminates Wang
Level 12
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw
Short-stacked Yong Wang raised on the button and John Esposito called in the big blind.
Esposito pitched three and Wang needed one. Esposito led out and Wang called.
Both drew one and Esposito bet, putting Wang at risk. Wang called for his last 11,000.
Esposito stood pat and Wang thought for a while, contemplating whether to break his hand. Then he decided to pat.
Esposito opened and Wang mucked his hand. The dealer flipped the cards to comply with the all-in rule and it became apparent that Wang's last hand in the PPC was 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
715,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |