2019 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9x5x4x3x2x
Prize
$1,099,311
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$3,552,000
Entries
74
Level Info
Level
27
Limits
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
0

Friedman Picks Up Much Needed Chips

Level 17 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Razz

Adam Friedman: {x-}{x-}/{3-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}/{x-}
Talal Shakerchi: {x-}{x-}/{7-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{a-Spades}{q-Spades}/{x-}

Adam Friedman bet fourth street and got the call from Talal Shakerchi. Shakerchi then took the betting lead on each of the final three streets, getting called by Friedman all the way down.

The final call put Friedman down to his last 12,000 chips, but he dragged the pot with {9-}{8-}{2-} for a nine-low. Shakerchi's {10-}{8-}{4-} was good for a ten-low, but not good enough to win this pot.

Player Chips Progress
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
1,470,000 -30,000
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
WSOP 5X Winner
540,000

Tags: Adam FriedmanTalal Shakerchi

A Hand and Chip Counts from Table 411

Level 17 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Action was five ways to the flop with at least 300,000 in the pot. Timofey Kuznetsov checked from the small blind, as did David Oppenheimer from the big blind and Andrew Brown, who was under the gun. Phil Ivey bet from the hijack and Lyle Berman folded on the button. Kuznetsov and Oppenheimer also folded while Brown called.

With action heads up, the turn came {10-Spades} and Brown checked. Ivey bet again and Brown quickly folded as Ivey took down what was a five-way pot on the flop with no showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
3,820,000 -100,000
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim
Poker Hall of Famer
2,311,000 -469,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
1,380,000 -90,000
Timofey Kuznetsov ru
Timofey Kuznetsov
951,000 7,000
Andrew Brown us
Andrew Brown
780,000 5,000
Lyle Berman us
Lyle Berman
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
700,000 -215,000

Arieh Leaves Klodnicki Short

Level 17 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Razz

Chris Klodnicki: {x-}{x-} / {3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Josh Arieh: {x-}{x-} / {5-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}

Chris Klodnicki bet fourth street, and Josh Arieh called. Arieh took the lead on fifth street and bet, and Klodnicki called. Arieh bet again on sixth street, and a frustrated Klodnicki took a minute to count up his stack, looking at the boards, before finally mucking his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
WSOP 6X Winner
2,400,000 400,000
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
205,000 -535,000

Tags: Chris KlodnickiJosh Arieh

Friedman Finds Fold on River

Level 17 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Talal Shakerchi opened from the cutoff and received calls from Dario Sammartino on the button and Adam Friedman in the small blind. The three saw a flop of {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Friedman checked to Shakerchi, who made a continuation-bet. Sammartino called and Friedman check-raised. Both Shakerchi and Sammartino called.

The turn came {2-Spades} and Friedman bet. Shakerchi and Sammartino called again. The river was {9-Diamonds} and Friedman bet. Shakerchi put in a raise and Sammartino folded.

Friedman was seemingly in agony as he looked at his hand and dropped a few expletives in the middle of his verbalized thought process. He talked about the strength of his hand and what possibilities could show up in Shakerchi's.

Eventually, he decided to make the hero fold, doing so face up and tabling {a-Spades}{k-}{j-Spades}{3-} for the missed nut low draw and trip jacks with an ace kicker. He asked Shakerchi to show one time. Shakerchi thought about it and decided to show one card, the case {j-Hearts}.

"That should show you all you needed to know," he said as he raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
1,517,000 436,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
655,000 -75,000
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
WSOP 5X Winner
260,000 -280,000

Tags: Adam FriedmanDario SammartinoTalal Shakerchi

Deeb Quarters Brown

Level 17 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb

Omaha Hi-Lo

Shaun Deeb raised from the cutoff, and Andrew Brown called in the big blind.

Brown check-raised a bet from Deeb on the {9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} flop, and Deeb called.

Brown bet on the {7-Spades} turn, and Deeb raised. Brown called, then check-called one final bet on the {5-Clubs} river.

"Ace-three is the only part you can win," Deeb told Brown before tabling {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} for the nut flush and the second nut low.

"Ace-three is the only part I can win? Well, I guess I get a quarter," Brown said, showing {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} for the third nut flush and the same low.

Player Chips Progress
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
1,470,000 150,000
Andrew Brown us
Andrew Brown
775,000 -37,000

Tags: Andrew BrownShaun Deeb

Ivey Approaching Four Million

Level 17 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Stud

After dragging a massive pot at the expense of Lyle Berman, Phil Ivey has an excellent chance of being the first player to hit the 4-million chip mark in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.

The hand against Berman went all seven streets, with Ivey rolling over a club flush to take it down.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
3,920,000 750,000

Tags: Lyle BermanPhil Ivey

Cates and Esposito Chop One Up

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 {9-Spades}{5-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} flop, and he bet. Cates and Klodnicki called, while Arieh folded.

Klodnicki checked the {8-Hearts} turn, and Esposito bet again. Cates called, and Klodnicki folded.

Esposito bet one final time on the {9-Hearts} river, and Cates called again.

"That hurt my hand," Esposito said before showing {8-Spades}{5-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades} for nines and eights and a low. Cates tabled {k-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} for a flush and a worse low, and the two chopped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
WSOP 6X Winner
2,000,000
Dan Cates us
Dan Cates
WSOP 2X Winner
960,000 60,000
John Esposito us
John Esposito
WSOP 1X Winner
750,000 152,000
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
740,000 -95,000

Tags: Chris KlodnickiDan CatesJohn EspositoJosh Arieh