Event #79: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker

07-10-2019 18:15 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Meddi Ferrah	Busted
Kevin Ayow	Busted
Massimo Mosele	Busted
Kami Hudson	Busted
Pete Chan	Busted
Benjamin Underwood	Busted
Ronald Paolucci	Busted
Markus Prinz	Busted
James Hundt	Busted
Paraskevas Tsokaridis	Busted

Mermelstein Doubles Through Bonomo

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Aaron McBride

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The completed board was down and there was around 60,000 in the middle.

Aaron Mermelstein had checked from the small blind and saw Justin Bonomo bet 200,000 from the hijack.

"I don't think I can fold this," said Mermelstein, sat with 160,000 behind.

Mermelstein went back into deep thought for close to 90 seconds but then called.

Bonomo revealed for a flush, but was behind against Mermelstein's nut flush with .

Mermelstein received the full double and Bonomo was left with 240,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Mermelstein	398,000 228,000	228,000
Justin Bonomo	240,000 180,000	180,000

Tags: Aaron Mermelstein Justin Bonomo

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

07-10-2019 17:44 UTC-8

Break

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Aaron McBride

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The players are now on a 15-minute break.

07-10-2019 17:42 UTC-8

Polychronopoulos Wins With a Three-Bet

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Milko van Winden

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

It folded to David Gonzalez on the button and he raised to 10,000. Small blind Athanasios Polychronopoulos three-bet to 33,000 and the player in the big blind got out of the way.

Gonzalez ended up folding and Polychronopoulos won the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	140,000 90,000	90,000

David Gonzalez	110,000 42,500	42,500

Tags: Athanasios Polychronopoulos David Gonzalez

07-10-2019 17:29 UTC-8

Givens Shoves the Turn

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Aaron McBride

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Will Givens at the 2019 Event #59 Final Table

The flop fell , and with 130,000 in the pot, Andres Gonzalez checked from middle position.

Will Givens bet 25,000 from the cutoff and Gonzalez called.

Gonzalez checked again after he saw the hit the turn, and Givens moved all in for 90,000.

Gonzalez snap-folded and Givens took the pot to move up to 300,000.

The two players discussed their hands just moments later, with Givens saying he held pocket kings, and Gonzalez replying he held pocket queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andres Gonzalez	320,000 35,000	35,000
Will Givens	300,000 192,000	192,000

Tags: Andres Gonzalez Will Givens

07-10-2019 17:24 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario De La Puente	Busted
Marc MacDonnell	Busted
Justin Young	Busted
Mate Mecs	Busted
Nicholas Stowell	Busted
Jeremy Ausmus	Busted

Javier Gomez	Busted
Michael Finstein	Busted
Ian Steinman	Busted

Dalton Brinker	Busted
Dan Zack	Busted
Raminder Singh	Busted
Robert Layne	Busted
Rainer Kempe	Busted

Aleksei Istomin	Busted
Peter Vitantonio	Busted
Duncan McCallum	Busted
Asher Conniff	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	420,000 235,000	235,000

A.J. Allee	370,000 22,500	22,500
Vlad Darie	280,000 40,000	40,000

Kristen Bicknell	230,000

David Weinstein	180,000 13,000	13,000
Aaron Mermelstein	170,000 26,000	26,000

Mackoff Doubles Through Bedell

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Milko van Winden

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Ivan Deyra opened the action with a raise to 8,000 from early position and cutoff Tom Bedell three-bet to 17,000. Jonas Mackoff sat in the big blind and he cold four-bet to 51,000. Deyra folded but Bedell stuck around.

The flop fell and Mackoff led out with a bet of 35,000. Bedell immediately pushed all in and Mackoff quickly called.