Level 16
: 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
The final nineteen players are off on a one-hour dinner break. When they return, they'll play two more 100-minute levels before bagging and tagging for the evening.
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$3,552,000
Entries
74
Level
27
Limits
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 74
Filter
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Level: 17
Limit Flop / Draw: 15,000/30,000
Stud Games: 7,000 (ante), 10,000 (bring-in), 30,000 (completion)
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 8,000/16,000/24,000 ante
Level 17
: 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw
Bryce Yockey opened from the cutoff on the first hand back from the dinner break. Jared Bleznick was in the big blind and three-bet all in. Yockey called.
Bleznick took two and Yockey one on the first draw. Both players drew one on the second draw. On the final draw, both players took one again.
"I started with this," Yockey said, tabling 
.
"You're a big favorite," Bleznick said.
"I can't be that big of a favorite," said Yockey as he turned over 
to make a ninety-seven. "Well, now, I am."
Bleznick tabled 
, needing a seven, eight, or nine to survive. He looked at his final card.
"Good game," he said, turning over 
. "Good luck, guys."
With Bleznick's elimination, there are now 18 players remaining on three full tables of six. Players are now six eliminations away from making the money in this prestigious event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
|
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Level 17
: 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
| Seat | Table 403 | Country | Table 407 | Country | Table 411 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | Dan Cates | United States | Phil Ivey | United States |
| 2 | Adam Friedman | United States | Chris Klodnicki | United States | Shaun Deeb | United States |
| 3 | Prahlad Friedman | United States | Josh Arieh | United States | Lyle Berman | United States |
| 4 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | Chris Vitch | United States | Timofey Kuznetsov | Russian Federation |
| 5 | Bryce Yockey | United States | John Esposito | United States | David Oppenheim | United States |
| 6 | Phillip Hui | United States | Isaac Haxton | United States | Andrew Brown | United States |
Level 17
: 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
No-Limit Hold'em
Josh Arieh opened for 44,000 from the cutoff, and Isaac Haxton defended his big blind.
The flop came 
, and Haxton check-raised Arieh's 30,000 continuation bet to 75,000. Arieh called, bringing the 
on the turn.
Haxton led out for 110,000, and Arieh called. The river fell 
, and Haxton took a couple of minutes before putting his remaining 144,000 in the pot. Arieh called, showing 
for a turned gutshot straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,140,000
608,000
|
608,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
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Level 17
: 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw
Andrew Brown raised from under the gun and was three-bet by Shaun Deeb who was on the button. Action folded back around and Brown called. Both players drew two and Brown checked. Deeb made a continuation-bet and Brown put in a check-raise. Deeb called.
On the second draw, both players stood pat. Brown fired and Deeb called and both players stood pat again on the final draw. On the river, Brown checked. Deeb bet and Brown went into the tank for around 90 seconds before looking him up.
Deeb tabled 
and took down the pot with his eight-perfect.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,320,000
388,000
|
388,000 |
|
||
|
812,000
369,000
|
369,000 |
|
||
Level 17
: 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Stud
Josh Arieh: 
/ 
Chris Vitch: / 
Arieh bet fourth street, Chris Vitch called, and Dan Cates folded his 
board. Vitch bet when he made an open pair of queens on fifth street, and Arieh tank-folded.
At Table 403 at the same time, Prahlad Friedman bet fifth and sixth streets against Dario Sammartino with the following boards:
Prahlad Friedman: / 
Dario Sammartino: / 
Sammartino called on fifth street, but folded on sixth street.
"Saved you 120,000," Adam Friedman told him in reference to the board double-pairing for Prahlad Friedman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,600,000
154,000
|
154,000 |
|
1,450,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
|
||
|
730,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
|
||
Level 17
: 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Stud
Adam Friedman: / 
/
Phillip Hui: / 
/ (folded on seventh)
The was the bring in and Adam Friedman completed his ace. Hui called with his eight and the two proceeded heads up.
Friedman bet every street and Hui called him down until seventh street, when he went into the tank for over a minute before eventually folding his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
980,000
740,000
|
740,000 |
|
||
|
540,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
||
Level 17
: 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Stud
Chris Vitch: /
/
Chris Klodnicki: /
/
With an ace on the board for both players and a sizable pot up for grabs, Chris Vitch put in a bet on seventh street, sending Chris Klodnicki into the tank. Klodnicki eventually called, and Vitch turned over for trip deuces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,880,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
835,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
||
Level 17
: 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Omaha Hi-Lo
John Esposito raised from the cutoff, and was called by Dan Cates on the button, Chris Klodnicki in the small blind, and Josh Arieh in the big blind.
Action checked to Esposito on a 
flop, and he bet. Cates and Klodnicki called, while Arieh folded.
Klodnicki checked the turn, and Esposito bet again. Cates called, and Klodnicki folded.
Esposito bet one final time on the river, and Cates called again.
"That hurt my hand," Esposito said before showing 
for nines and eights and a low. Cates tabled 
for a flush and a worse low, and the two chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000 | |
|
|
||
|
960,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
|
750,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
740,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
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