2019 World Series of Poker
John Lyons moved all in for 500,000 from the button and chip lead Lu Chen looked him up in the big blind.
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"No diamonds," said Lyons, but the flop did bring a four for Chen as the full board came ![]()
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and he was eliminated.
Michael Vik open-jammed for 190,000 from middle position and Brian Horwitz called from the small blind.
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Vik was behind and wasn't able to pair on the ![]()
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flop but he did pick up outs for a gutterball.
Horwitz was able to pair his ace with the
turn, however, Vik picked up the flush draw as well.
Unfortunately Vik was unable to get there as the river fell a brick with the
and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
The remaining players are going on a 60-minute dinner break with a field of 45 players remaining.
According to the schedule, when they return they will play down to a final table of six.
Hand #1: Action folded around to Renji Mao in the small blind who raised and Ben Yu called for his remaining 70,000 from the big blind.
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Yu was able to double up after pairing his king on the river as the board ran out ![]()
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Hand #2: Ben Yu Open-jammed for 140,000 from the small blind and was called by the big blind player.
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Yu was able to pair his eight on the flop and that was good enough to win the hand as the board ran out ![]()
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As PokerNews was writing up both Yu's Double up hands he was seen walking to the payout desk and is eliminated from the tournament.
Colman Roy held ![]()
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Unfortunately for Roy, the board came ![]()
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and Junior's pair was enough to eliminate him.
As the cards were being dealt, Mark Osborne was given the
which flashed up on the table. He was dealt a replacement card and moved all in for somewhere in the region of 100,000. Tournament chip leader Taylor Carroll called.
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Osborne clarified that he had been dealt the queen first so hadn't missed out on aces, but it didn't matter as the ![]()
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flop gave him the lead. The turn
and river
doubled him up.