2019 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 4
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

Welcome To the Jungle

Level 19 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Action folded to Dan Cates who completed his small blind. Phil Ivey checked his option. The flop came {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{4-Spades} and Cates bet the pot for 48,000. Ivey called. The turn came {10-Clubs} and Cates made another pot-sized bet of 144,000. Ivey peeled again and the river came {6-Hearts}.

Cates fired a third pot-sized bet of 432,000 and Ivey tossed his hand into the muck as Cates took down yet another pot, bringing him over the two-million chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
4,200,000
Dan Cates us
Dan Cates
WSOP 2X Winner
2,100,000 400,000

Tags: Dan CatesPhil Ivey

Yockey Snap-Folds on River

Level 19 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Dario Sammartino had made it 60,000 from the cutoff when Bryce Yockey wanted to open the pot for 50,000. Yockey's action was declared a call from the button.

The two players went to the {3-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop where Sammartino checked, Yockey bet 50,000, and Sammartino called.

The {a-Diamonds} turn was checked by both players and the {j-Clubs} landed on the river. Sammartino cut out a bet of 180,000 and Yockey immediately threw his cards away.

Player Chips Progress
Bryce Yockey us
Bryce Yockey
WSOP 1X Winner
2,640,000 140,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
2,240,000 270,000

Tags: Bryce YockeyDario Sammartino

Yockey Takes From Sammartino

Level 19 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Razz

Bryce Yockey: {x-}{x-} / {8-}{2-}{q-}{10-} / {x-}
Andrew Brown: {x-}{x-} / {5-}{5-} - folded on fourth streeet
Dario Sammartino: {x-}{x-} / {9-}{6-}{2-}{7-} / {x-}

Dario Sammartino brought it in with the {9-}, Bryce Yockey called, and Andrew Brown came along as well. Yockey bet fourth street, and only Sammartino called. Both players checked fifth street, and Sammartino bet sixth street, which Yockey called.

Sammartino check-called a bet from Yockey on seventh street, and Yockey tabled {7-}{4-}{3-} for an eighty-seven. Sammartino mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Bryce Yockey us
Bryce Yockey
WSOP 1X Winner
2,500,000 125,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
1,970,000 -345,000
Andrew Brown us
Andrew Brown
660,000 -63,000

Tags: Andrew BrownBryce YockeyDario Sammartino

Shakerchi Getting Short

Level 19 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Razz

Talal Shakerchi: {x-}{x-} / {7-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} - folded on fifth street
Dan Cates: {x-}{x-} / {7-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{8-Spades}

Phil Ivey was the bring in with {k-Hearts}. Shakerchi completed and Cates called. Cates bet fourth and Shakerchi called. He bet again on fifth and Shakerchi folded after pairing his seven.

With the pot, Cates continues his upward trend. Meanwhile, Shakerchi finds himself below a half-million with the least amount of chips in play on the table.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Cates us
Dan Cates
WSOP 2X Winner
1,700,000 200,000
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
443,000 -180,000

Tags: Dan CatesPhil IveyTalal Shakerchi

Brown Scoops Arieh

Level 19 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Andrew Brown
Andrew Brown

Omaha Hi-Lo

Josh Arieh raised from under the gun, and Andrew Brown called in the big blind.

Brown check-called a bet on the {7-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{8-Spades} flop, and check-called another bet on the {3-Diamonds} turn. Both players checked the {7-Hearts} river, and Brown tabled {q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts} for queens up and a low. Arieh nodded, then mucked.

"Like a phoenix, I'm rising!" Brown told the table.

Player Chips Progress
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
WSOP 6X Winner
3,300,000 -464,000
Andrew Brown us
Andrew Brown
723,000 357,000

Tags: Andrew BrownJosh Arieh

Scoop for Sammartino

Level 19 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Dario Sammartino limped from the small blind and Bryce Yockey checked his options. Sammartino check-called bets on the flop and turn of the {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} board and they both checked the river.

Sammartino turned up {8-Hearts}{5-Spades}{4-Spades}{3-Spades} for a pair of eights and a third-nut low and Yockey couldn't beat either.

Player Chips Progress
Bryce Yockey us
Bryce Yockey
WSOP 1X Winner
2,375,000 -264,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
2,315,000 415,000

Tags: Bryce YockeyDario Sammartino

Cates Chipping Up

Level 19 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Dan Cates opened from under the gun and received calls from John Esposito on the button and Shaun Deeb out of the big blind. The flop came {k-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and Deeb checked. Cates bet and Esposito and Deeb both called.

The turn came {j-Spades} and Deeb checked to Cates, who bet again. Esposito folded and Deeb called. The river came {q-Clubs} and Deeb checked. Cates bet again and Deeb thought for around a minute before folding.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
4,200,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
2,200,000 -200,000
Dan Cates us
Dan Cates
WSOP 2X Winner
1,500,000 400,000
Phillip Hui us
Phillip Hui
WSOP 3X Winner
1,300,000
John Esposito us
John Esposito
WSOP 1X Winner
1,300,000 -200,000
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
623,000 -70,000

Tags: Dan CatesJohn EspositoShaun Deeb

Esposito Takes from Ivey

Level 19 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Stud

John Esposito brought in with the {2-Spades} and he called when Phil Ivey completed with the {q-Clubs}.

Ivey hit an ace while Esposito hit a king. Ivey bet, Esposito raised and Ivey called.

Ivey called further bets from Esposito on fifth and sixth where Esposito's board showed a pair of fives.

They checked the river and Esposito took it down with kings up.

Esposito: {k-Spades}{8-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} / {2-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}
Ivey: {x-}{x-}{x-} / {q-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
4,200,000 -300,000
John Esposito us
John Esposito
WSOP 1X Winner
1,500,000 400,000

Tags: John EspositoPhil Ivey

Vitch Falling Back

Level 19 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Stud

Chris Vitch: {x-}{x-} / {10-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
David Oppenheim: {x-}{x-} / {8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} - folded on fourth street
Dario Sammartino: {x-}{x-} / {k-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{a-Clubs}

Josh Arieh brought it in with the {2-Spades}, and Chris Vitch completed. David Oppenheim and Dario Sammartino both called, while Arieh folded. Vitch bet fourth street, Oppenheim folded and Sammartino called. Sammartino bet fifth street, and Vitch folded.

Player Chips Progress
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim
Poker Hall of Famer
1,910,000 -198,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
1,900,000 179,000
Chris Vitch us
Chris Vitch
401,000 -222,000

Tags: Chris VitchDario SammartinoDavid OppenheimJosh Arieh

Cates Takes Down Big Stud Pot

Level 19 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Dan Cates
Dan Cates

Stud

Talal Shakerchi: {x-}{x-} / {2-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{a-Spades}{q-Diamonds} / {x-}
Dan Cates: {x-}{x-} / {5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} / {x-}
Phil Ivey: {x-}{x-} / {k-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{8-Spades}

Phillip Hui was the bring in with {2-Diamonds}. Talal Shakerchi and Dan Cates called. Phil Ivey completed, Hui folded, and Shakerchi and Cates called. Ivey bet fourth street and both players called.

On fifth and sixth streets, action checked to Ivey who kept betting. Shakerchi and Cates both called. All three players checked the river.

Cates tabled {8-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Spades} for eights up and took down the pot, building his stack to over one million after starting the day as the second lowest stack.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
4,500,000 -300,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
2,400,000 -100,000
Phillip Hui us
Phillip Hui
WSOP 3X Winner
1,300,000 -200,000
Dan Cates us
Dan Cates
WSOP 2X Winner
1,100,000 659,000
John Esposito us
John Esposito
WSOP 1X Winner
1,100,000
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
693,000 -80,000

Tags: Dan CatesPhil IveyPhillip HuiTalal Shakerchi