Event #69: $1,000 Mini Main Event Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker

07-02-2019 11:25 UTC-8

It's The End of The Road For These Players

Matthew Pitt

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The following players have seen their tournament end between 478th and 540th place, each collecting $2,012 for their efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincenti Cham	Busted
Mark Palmatary	Busted
Kwunfai Chu	Busted
Kimberly Frost	Busted
Ronan Monfort	Busted
Robert Sherwood	Busted
Chahn Jung	Busted
Cody Mcgehee	Busted
John Lombardo	Busted
Myung Kil	Busted
Jason Cohen	Busted
Ty Reiman	Busted
David Moses	Busted

Randy Sloane	Busted
Michael Simic	Busted
Jared Kwong	Busted
Michael Selznick	Busted
James Peril	Busted
Edmund Chan	Busted
Brandon Weiss	Busted
Bahar Musa	Busted
David B. Levy	Busted
David Yoe	Busted
Lawrence Ma	Busted
Owen Crowe	Busted

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07-02-2019 11:25 UTC-8

Notables on the Rail

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Among those to bust early on were Dylan Wilkerson, Robert Sherwood, Ronan Monfort, Teunis Kooij and David Moses, all among a constant stream of players heading to the payout desk with more than 50 people waiting in line.

According to Kooij, he had a bad run of cards when running with queens into kings, then tripling up with ace-eight suited only to run ace-king suited into kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Wilkerson	Busted
Robert Sherwood	Busted
Ronan Monfort	Busted
Teunis Kooij	Busted
David Moses	Busted

Tags: David Moses Dylan Wilkerson Robert Sherwood Teunis Kooij

07-02-2019 11:30 UTC-8

Mass Casualties on Table 111

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Three players were eliminated from table 111 as Jasthi Kumar built his stack by a lot and Aleksandr Merzhvinskii arrived.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jasthi Kumar	2,200,000 1,055,000	1,055,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskii	1,500,000 225,000	225,000
David Yoe	Busted
David B. Levy	Busted
Simeon Spadov	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Merzhvinskii Jasthi Kumar

07-02-2019 11:33 UTC-8

Gentry Knocks-Out Opponent to Build

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Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

It was an undeal spot for Ryan Gentry just now, facing a 275,000 all-in in front and looking down to see two ladies in his hands. He raised to 525,000 and though one player looked tempted, they eventually folded and the two players turned their cards face up.

Ryan Gentry:
Opponent:

There was no six on the board and Gentry sends one to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Gentry	1,300,000 770,000	770,000

Tags: Ryan Gentry

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

07-02-2019 11:34 UTC-8

Big Double for Mezei

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Martin Vega departed and Antal Mezei avoided the same fate after he doubled for 815,000 through Marius Meier. It was a classic flip with the for Mezei and the for Meier.

The board came and that cut Meier's stack into more than half.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antal Mezei	1,750,000 845,000	845,000
Marius Meier	500,000 130,000	130,000
Martin Vega	Busted

Tags: Antal Mezei Elia Ahmadian Marius Meier Martin Vega

07-02-2019 11:37 UTC-8

Aces for Deng

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Elia Ahmadian was all in with the and Yi Jack Deng had him covered and in dominating shape, turning over the . The board came and that sent Ahmadian to the payout desk. There's still a line of more than 50 players waiting as the field has already been culled down by more than 100 players in the first level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yi Jack Deng	1,150,000 390,000	390,000
Elia Ahmadian	Busted

Tags: Elia Ahmadian Yi Jack Deng

07-02-2019 11:37 UTC-8

Korn on the Rise

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Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Andres Korn has added 50% to his stack in the first level of play and has just a few elite players in the $2 million-chip club.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andres Korn	2,135,000 710,000	710,000

Tags: Andres Korn

07-02-2019 11:44 UTC-8

Warren Calls It

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Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

All the money went in preflop and Joseph Warren was the player at risk with the best of it, holding an overpair of to Lisa Fong's .

"I never win these, don't worry", said Warren. Though PokerNews can't corroborate whether that statement is true or not, it was certainly the case this time, with the board running out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Lisa Fong	1,095,000 420,000	420,000
Joseph Warren	Busted

Tags: Lisa Fong Joseph Warren

07-02-2019 11:52 UTC-8

Taylor Continues to Climb

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Lula Taylor's stack is growing by the minute as it appears, with different sizings for each tower, that should amount to more than 3.8 million.

Joseph Weinberger knocked out an opponent with ace-king versus ace-jack to boost his stack while Duff Charette, Marvin Karlins and Barry Greenstein were among the latest casualties.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lula Taylor	3,800,000 1,105,000	1,105,000
James Dempsey	1,900,000 950,000	950,000

Michael Caruso	1,500,000 355,000	355,000
Joseph Weinberger	930,000 590,000	590,000
Jeff Madsen	900,000 410,000	410,000

Kyle Bowker	800,000 100,000	100,000

Terry Fairchild Jr	Busted
Barry Greenstein	Busted

Marvin Karlins	Busted
Duff Charette	Busted

Tags: Barry Greenstein Duff Charette Joseph Weinberger Marvin Karlins