Level: 18
Limits: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 0
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #77: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day: 2
Kevin Erickson Eliminated in 13th Place ($6,748)
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
On the first hand, the flop read 
and Tu Dao checked before calling a bet from Kevin Erickson. The turn fell a 
and this time Dao check-raised. Erickson tanked for a minute and called.
The river showed a 
and Erickson led out with a bet. Dao called, revealing 
for ace-high and took down the pot as Erickson tabled 
for a lower kicker. Erickson was left with only 15,000 after that hand.
The hand after, Joshua Griffith raised under the gun and Erickson pushed his last chips in the middle from the small blind to call and the players tabled their cards:
Kevin Erickson: 
Joshua Griffith: 
"I have a diamond!" said Griffith jokingly. "Oh you have a diamond, but I have a heart!" replied Erickson, which made the table laugh.
Erickson had the best starting hand but the board brought 
, giving trips to Griffith to eliminate Erickson in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000 | -40,000 |
|
Busted |
Alwani on a "Heater"
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Rehan Alwani keeps winning pots and is in a much better spot now. The latest chips were thanks to a pot he won against Kevin Erickson. Alwani called 8,000 and Tao Du raised it up to 16,000. Kevin Erikson was in the small blind and he raised again, making it 32,000 to go. Both opponents called and they were three-handed as 
landed on the flop.
Erickson lead for 8,000 and Alwani called but Dao passed. The turn saw another bet and Alwani called for 16,000. The river was a 
and Alwani called another 16,000 and turned over for top pair, which had Erickson's 
beat.
The very next hand Alwani got to showdown for a smaller pot with pocket-aces to scoop yet again. "Heater!" quipped Dao as he collected another pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 | 105,000 |
|
|
83,000 | -157,000 |
Alwani Back From the Dead
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Rehan Alwani was in very bad shape at the start of the hand and he got the last of it in with after raising preflop. The board was 
and with one bet left and put his chips in. He was called by Joshua Griffith who had flopped top pair with 
. The turn gave Alwani straight outs and the on the river gave him a pair of kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | -60,000 |
Alwani Grabs Chips from Griffith
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
The flop showed 
when Joshua Griffith checked before calling a bet from Rehan Alwani situated on the button.
Griffith check-called again on the 
turn and river and mucked his hand when Alwani showed for the flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
530,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
170,000 | 20,000 |
Charles Tucker Eliminated in 14th Place ($6,748)
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Charles Tucker raised in cutoff and Joshua Griffith three-bet on the button. It came back to Tucker who called.
The flop came down 
and both players checked to see a 
fall on the turn. Tucker led out with a bet and Griffith raised it. Tucker three-bet with a few chips left behind and Griffith pushed him all. Tucker completed and they tabled their cards:
Charles Tucker: 
Joshua Griffith: 
Tucker had a pair of tens while Griffith flopped the nut flush and Tucker made his way to the exit after the river bricked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
490,000 | 110,000 |
|
Busted |
O'Hara on the Up
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Ian O'Hara has just won another big pot. He put 8,000 in from under the gun and the Oleg Chebotarev upped it to 16,000 on the cutoff. Chad Eveslage raised again to 24,000, before O'Hara four-bet to 32,000, which both players called.
The flop came 
and both players checked to Eveslage, who made it 8,000 to continue. O'Hara was the only one to call and they went heads up to the turn. It fell the and O'Hara check-called 16,000 this time. On the 
river, Eveslage bet another 16,000 when checked to and O'Hara made a quick call.
Ian O'Hara: 
Chad Eveslage:
O'Hara was the only player to make a pair and he continues his upwards trend.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
510,000 | 105,000 |
|
435,000 | -55,000 |
Alinat Doubles Through Shiu
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Alain Alinat and Millie Shiu got it all in on a 
board, with one card to come.
Alain Alinat:
Millie Shiu:
Shiu needed a ten, ace or four to improve to a better two pair and eliminate Alinat but the river bricked a . Alinat got the double and is up to 11 big blinds now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000 | |
|
88,000 |
Suchanek Doubles Through O'Hara
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Jan Suchanek raised and Ian O'Hara called on the button. The flop came 
and Suchanek check-called a bet from O'Hara.
Things heated up when the turn brought the . Suchanek bet and O'Hara raised it. Suchanek pushed all in for a remaining stack worth 36,000 and O'Hara called.
Jan Suchanek: 
Ian O'Hara:
O'Hara held a pair of nines while Suchanek had two pair and doubled up after the river fell a .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
405,000 | -95,000 |
|
190,000 | 100,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000 | 360,000 |
|
|
490,000 | -142,000 |
|
460,000 | 103,000 |
|
|
380,000 | -25,000 |
|
|
360,000 | 10,000 |
|
340,000 | 85,000 |
|
220,000 | 27,000 |
|
205,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
150,000 | -117,000 |
|
110,000 | |
|
|
90,000 | -170,000 |
|
|
76,000 | -99,000 |
|
|
68,000 | -77,000 |