Event #79: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker

07-10-2019 01:12 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauren Roberts	Busted
Martin Jacobson	Busted
Leo Fernandez	Busted
Daniel Strelitz	Busted
Sam Grafton	Busted
Niall Farrell	Busted
Esther Taylor	Busted

Defending Champion Veiga Takes From Bicknell

Milko van Winden

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Diogo Veiga won this exact tournament this year when it was one of the few events that featured the big blind ante. This year all no limit hold'em events do.

Veiga now raised to 2,500 from the hijack and Kristen Bicknell three-bet from the button to 7,000. Veiga called after both players in the blinds have folded.

The flop fell and both checked this time. They also did that on the turn but it was Veiga with an 11,500 bet when the was dealt on the river.

Bicknell thought about it for a moment but she decided to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc-André Ladouceur	133,000	133,000
Kristen Bicknell	131,000	47,000
Will Givens	100,000	100,000
Diogo Veiga	51,000	51,000

Tags: Diogo Veiga Kristen Bicknell

07-10-2019 01:09 UTC-7

Where Did Volpe's Chips Go?

Webjoker

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

In the previous level, Paul Volpe sat at the table but the problem was that his chips were nowhere to be found.

"I was afraid I put them in my pocket, but I can't find them anywhere," Volpe said upon discovering his chips were gone.

Volpe's neighbor just won a big pot the hand before and the general consensus at the table was that he accidentally took Volpe's chips as well when he raked in the pot.

The floor was called and Volpe was told that it would take a long time to look up the security cam footage, and that an determining an exact amount was most likely not even possible.

Volpe only knew he had "a little under 20,000." Volpe and his neighbor eventually agreed on the number 18,500 and no cameras were checked.

The next hand was played with 18,500 in front of Volpe and he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	18,500	18,500

Tags: Paul Volpe

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

07-10-2019 01:00 UTC-7

Zinno Triples Up

LoriPersinger

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

After the player in the cutoff raised, Anthony Zinno shoved his last remaining chips from the button. The small-blind player folded and the big-blind player, who had slightly more than Zinno, then four-bet shoved. The original raiser had both players covered and made the call, which created a side pot.

Anthony Zinno:
Big-Blind Player:
Original Raiser;

It looked like it was going to be a double-knockout on the board, but then the dealer fanned the on the river, which sent the main pot and some much-needed chips to Zinno. The original raised scooped the side pot with ace-king high and eliminated the big-blind player.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Zinno	13,000	-40,000

Tags: Anthony Zinno

07-10-2019 00:38 UTC-7

101 Places Paid, $380,090 for the Winner

Milko van Winden

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Place	Prize (USD)	Place	Prize (USD)	Place	Prize (USD)
1	$380,090	8	$33,032	37-45	$7,457
2	$234,882	9	$25,278	46-54	$6,508
3	$162,575	10-12	$19,690	55-63	$5,796
4	$114,347	13-15	$15,618	64-72	$5,270
5	$81,749	16-18	$12,618	73-81	$4,895
6	$59,421	19-27	$10,387	82-90	$4,645
7	$43,925	28-36	$8,715	91-101	$4,506

07-10-2019 00:32 UTC-7

Twito Scoops a Big One

LoriPersinger

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was picked up on the turn on a board reading with a large stack of chips in the middle of a headsup pot.

Liron Twito, first to act from his big blind, slid out a stack of 5,000 chips that totaled 45,000 and was enough to put his opponent all in if he made the call. After tanking for over a minute the player made the call.

Liron Twito:
All-in Player:

Twito was ahead, but had to fade outs that would give his opponent the winning hand with a flush, trips or two pair. The river wasn't one of those outs and the all-in player was sent to the rail late on Day 1, while a substantial pot was shipped to Twito and sent him to the top of the leaderboard.