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

07-02-2019 14:50 UTC-8

Assorted Counts

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Johnson	10,250,000 9,230,000	9,230,000
Yi Ma	9,200,000 8,090,000	8,090,000
Joseph Weinberger	8,810,000 6,410,000	6,410,000
Andres Korn	6,800,000 300,000	300,000

Jeremy Saderne	6,750,000 950,000	950,000

Fadi Barakeh	5,150,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Jamila von Perger	4,000,000 75,000	75,000
Michael Noor	3,375,000 375,000	375,000
Atrayon Trevino	3,260,000 210,000	210,000

Level: 30

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

07-02-2019 14:56 UTC-8

Li Eliminated by Hernandez

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Ming Li and Lazaro Hernandez had tangled several times throughout the day and eventually, Li would lose a flip to bow out.

Down to 965,000, Li was all in with the and Hernandez tabled the . The board gave Hernandez a full house and Li headed to the payouts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lazaro Hernandez	5,100,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Ming Li	Busted

Tags: Lazaro Hernandez Ming Li

07-02-2019 15:00 UTC-8

Kumar Doubles Through Hernandez

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Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Jasthi Kumar had gotten short and got it in recently with against Lazaro Hernandez. The good hand held for Kumar and he netted a much-needed double whilst Hernandez is still on around 20 big blinds after that hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lazaro Hernandez	3,375,000 525,000	525,000
Jasthi Kumar	3,120,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Jasthi Kumar Lazaro Hernandez

07-02-2019 15:06 UTC-8

"Let's Have a Snus on That"

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Everybody had their phones out to take a picture of a three-way showdown that saw Eduardo Arias on the button, Kennie Eriksson in the small blind and Matthew Boddorf clash. Boddorf had raised to 350,000 and called both jams to create the following showdown:

Eduardo Arias:
Matthew Boddorf:
Kennie Eriksson:

The board came and that sent Arias to the rail.

"Let's have a Snus on that," Swede Eriksson said after the hand was over and pulled out a can of Snus.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Boddorf	6,550,000 5,920,000	5,920,000
Kennie Eriksson	420,000 140,000	140,000
Eduardo Arias	Busted

Tags: Eduardo Arias Kennie Eriksson Matthew Boddorf

07-02-2019 15:13 UTC-8

Villena Eliminated by Young

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Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

William young opened the action preflop and was called by Paulo Villena in the blinds.

On the flop, Villena checked to Young who continued for 400,000. Villena moved all in and Young immediately threw in a chip to signify a call.

William Young:
Paulo Villena:

It was an overpair for Young vs an overcard and a flush draw for Villena at this point. The turn was the , giving Villena six more outs with the double gutshot straight draw. There was a lot to dodge but Young managed to brick on the river, sending his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Young	6,050,000 5,465,000	5,465,000
Paulo Villena	Busted

Tags: Paulo Villena William Young

07-02-2019 15:17 UTC-8

Punjwani Eliminated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

With rising blinds, former big stack Kunal Punjwani found himself all in for around 10 big blinds, 1.6 million, and he was called by Ivan Uzunov.

Kunal Punjwani:
Ivan Uzunov:

Uzunov hit the flop hard, and further improved to a flush on the turn an river run out to send Punjwani to the rail. The Indian bumped fists with fellow countryman Nipun Java and headed to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Uzunov	6,700,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Nipun Java	2,500,000 1,680,000	1,680,000

Kunal Punjwani	Busted

Tags: Ivan Uzunov Kunal Punjwani Nipun Java

07-02-2019 15:22 UTC-8

Merzhvinskii and Vundavalli No More

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Sudhakar Vundavalli ended up second best with against the of Sergei Konovalov on a board of and moments later, Aleksandr Merzhvinskii handed his chips over to Matthew Nugent one table over.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Konovalov	5,125,000 1,375,000	1,375,000
Matthew Nugent	4,600,000 400,000	400,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskii	Busted
Sudhakar Vundavalli	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Merzhvinskii Matthew Nugent Sergei Konovalov Vundavalli

07-02-2019 15:23 UTC-8

Hernandez Puts Pressure on Barakeh

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Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The turn was out with on the board and Fadi Barakeh had checked to Lazaro Hernandez, who bet 775,000. Barakeh went into the tank until Hernandez called the clock and Barakeh made the call.

On the river, Hernandez barreled all in when checked to and this time Barakeh found the fold a little easier. Hernandez is over 6 million now for the first time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lazaro Hernandez	6,200,000 2,825,000	2,825,000
Fadi Barakeh	3,350,000 1,800,000	1,800,000

Tags: Fadi Barakeh Lazaro Hernandez

07-02-2019 15:24 UTC-8

Second Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Fewer than 100 players remain on the second break of the day as the players were sent away from the tables for 15 minutes. The T-5,000 chips are colored up during that time.