2019 World Series of Poker

Event #62: $10,000 Razz Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10x8x5x2xax
Prize
$301,421
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,090,400
Entries
116
Level Info
Level
25
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
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Yori Epskamp
Yori Epskamp
Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

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Chip Counts

Mickey Doft
Mickey Doft
Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Valentin Vornicu us
Valentin Vornicu 		112,000 -6,000
Matt Grapenthien us
Matt Grapenthien
WSOP 1X Winner
86,000 6,000
Denis Strebkov ru
Denis Strebkov
WSOP 2X Winner
85,000
Jay Kwon us
Jay Kwon
WSOP 1X Winner
76,000 22,000
David Bach us
David Bach
WSOP 3X Winner
72,000 23,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
69,000 -8,000
Sean Yu us
Sean Yu 		67,000 -2,000
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
66,000 -4,000
David Singer us
David Singer 		65,000 5,000
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
WSOP 2X Winner
64,000
Stuart Rutter gb
Stuart Rutter 		64,000 11,000
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
WSOP 1X Winner
54,000 -4,000
Owais Ahmed us
Owais Ahmed
WSOP 1X Winner
45,000 -15,000
Yuebin Guo us
Yuebin Guo 		42,000 -11,000
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker 		37,000 -19,000

Kessler Gets There

Mickey Doft
Mickey Doft
Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Allen Kessler: {x-}{x-} / {6-}{6-}{8-}{8-} / {x-}
Opponent: {x-}{x-} / {5-}{3-}{10-}{k-} / {x-}

Picking up the action on fifth street, Allen Kesller called a bet from his opponent and he did the same on sixth street. Both checked on seventh and Kessler showed {2-}{5-}{7-} for an eight-seven. His opponent mucked and Kessler won the pot.

Had he lost the pot, Kessler would have been down to about 2,000.

Player Chips Progress
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler 		15,000 300

Tags: Allen Kessler

Level: 4

Limits: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

Kessler Missing

Mickey Doft
Mickey Doft
Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Allen Kessler: {x-}{x-} / {5-}{3-}{7-}{10-} / {x-}
Yuebin Guo: {x-}{x-} / {6-}{j-}{a-}{9-} / {x-}

Picking up the action on sixth street, Allen Kessler bet with the better board and Yuebin Guo called.

Both checked on seventh.

"You got it," said Kessler.

Guo showed {3-}{4-}{j-} for a nine-six.

"I've missed every river today," said Kessler as he mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Yuebin Guo us
Yuebin Guo 		53,000 8,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler 		14,700 -40,300

Tags: Allen KesslerYuebin Guo

Vornicu at Just About Double the Starting Stack

Mickey Doft
Mickey Doft
Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Valentin Vornicu: {x-}{x-} / {8-}{2-}{a-}{4-}
Stuart Rutter: {x-}{x-} / {a-}{8-}{k-}{10-} - fold

Picking up the action on fourth street, Stuart Rutter bet with the slightly better board and Valentin Vornicu called.

Vornicu took the on-board lead and bet on fifth, Rutter called, Vornicu bet on sixth and Rutter folded.

Player Chips Progress
Valentin Vornicu us
Valentin Vornicu 		118,000 50,000
Stuart Rutter gb
Stuart Rutter 		53,000 -5,500

Tags: Valentin VornicuStuart Rutter

A Few More Updated Chip Counts

Mickey Doft
Mickey Doft
Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jean Gaspard us
Jean Gaspard
WSOP 1X Winner
82,000 22,000
Andrey Zaichenko ru
Andrey Zaichenko
WSOP 1X Winner
77,000 17,000
Kevin Gerhart us
Kevin Gerhart
WSOP 4X Winner
72,000 12,000
Mikhail Semin ru
Mikhail Semin
GGPoker
65,000 5,000
Mark Gregorich us
Mark Gregorich 		64,000 4,000
Harry Eisenberg us
Harry Eisenberg 		62,000 2,000
Perry Friedman us
Perry Friedman
WSOP 1X Winner
62,000 18,100
Tim Marsters au
Tim Marsters 		59,000 -1,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
WSOP 1X Winner
PokerStars.fr
58,000 -2,000
Shirley Rosario us
Shirley Rosario 		56,000 -4,000
Brandon Shack-Harris us
Brandon Shack-Harris
WSOP 2X Winner
56,000 -4,000
Max Kruse de
Max Kruse
WSOP 1X Winner
54,000 -6,000
Jyri Merivirta fi
Jyri Merivirta 		54,000 -14,000
Frankie O'Dell us
Frankie O'Dell
WSOP 3X Winner
43,000 -17,000
Andres Korn ar
Andres Korn
WSOP 1X Winner
40,500
Eric Wasserson us
Eric Wasserson 		40,000 -5,000
Adam Owen gb
Adam Owen 		35,500 -24,500

Ross Off to Good Start

Mickey Doft
Mickey Doft
Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Mike Ross
Mike Ross

Brandon Shack-Harris: {x-}{x-} / {2-}{j-} - fold
Mike Ross: {x-}{x-} / {a-}{8-}{5-}{7-} / {x-}
Jennifer Tilly: {x-}{x-} / {8-}{7-}{a-}{9-} / {x-}

Brandon Shack-Harris, Mike Ross and Jennifer Tilly each put in two bets on third street.

Ross had the best board the rest of the way and bet up until seventh street. Shack-Harris ducked out on fourth, while Tilly stuck around until seventh where both she and Ross checked.

Ross tabled {3-}{5-}{7-} for an eight-seven, Tilly mucked and Ross won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Ross us
Mike Ross 		91,000 31,000
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
WSOP 1X Winner
52,000 -8,000

Tags: Jennifer TillyMike Ross

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