Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #79: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,811,700
Entries
671
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Darie Eliminates One
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
After losing the previous hand Vlad Darie was right back in action on the very next hand and eliminated a player.
A middle-position player raised it to 1,600 and got called by Darie from the cutoff. In the next seat over the button-player then shoved his last 3,900 in chips, and after the original raiser made the call Darie put out a stack of orange 5,000 chips, which got a fold from the original raiser.
All-in Player: 
Vlad Darie: 
The 
flop put Darie in the lead, and the 
runout gave Darie the full house and eliminated his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
99,500 | 99,500 |
Tavares Defends and Wins
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Action folded around to Vlad Darie on the button and he made it 1,600 to go. The small-blind player folded but Fernando Tavares defended from his big blind.
After both players checked through to the turn on a board of 
, Tavares led out for 2,000 and Darie made the call. Both players then checked the 
river and Tavares took down the pot after he tabled 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,500 | 63,500 |
Zinno Takes From Piccioli
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
The board read 
and there was about 23,000 in the middle already. Bryan Piccioli checked to Anthony Zinno from the under-the-gun position and Zinno thought about it on the button.
He eventually checked behind and Piccioli announced ''ace-king'' but he mucked his hand when Zinno showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 | |
|
53,000 | 33,000 |
Chip Counts
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 85,000 |
|
43,000 | 38,000 |
|
38,000 | 38,000 |
|
30,000 | 10,000 |
|
29,000 | 29,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
9,000 | 9,000 |
|
8,600 | 8,600 |
|
7,000 | 7,000 |
|
Busted |
Event #79: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Photos
Photos by Antonio Abrego
Ruzicka Eliminated
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Vojtech Ruzicka was down to his last 6,000 and it folded to him in the small blind. He dropped it all in the middle and the player in the big blind called quickly.
Vojtech Ruzicka: 
Big blind: 
The board ran out 
and Ruzicka wasn't able to hit and he was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Break Time Again
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
The players have been sent on their third 15-minute break of the day.
A Whole Lot of Nothing
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Preflop action folded to Roman Valerstein in the cutoff and he raised it to 1,400. The player on the button then three-bet to 4,200, and after both blinds folded Valerstein made it 11,600 to go, which got a call from the button-player.
Both players then checked through to the river on a board that read 
, and after Valerstein tabled 
for king-jack-high the button-player mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
102,000 | 102,000 |