2019 World Series of Poker

Event #8: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
$296,227
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,071,600
Entries
114
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
20,000

Rene van Krevelen Eliminated in 5th Place ($67,566)

Level 21 : 0/0, 20,000 ante
Rene van Krevelen
Rene van Krevelen

Hand #98: Thai Ha called in early position and Chance Kornuth called as well. Rene van Krevelen put his last 170,000 in the middle. Alex Epstein and Anson Tsang folded but Ha called. Kornuth three-bet to 1,480,000 to isolate and Ha folded.

Chance Kornuth: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Rene van Krevelen: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran out {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{j-Hearts} and Van Krevelen busted out in 5th place banking $67,566. Stacks are pretty close right now and it's anyone's game.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Epstein us
Alex Epstein
WSOP 1X Winner
2,000,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
2,000,000 200,000
Anson Tsang hk
Anson Tsang
WSOP 3X Winner
1,600,000 200,000
Thai Ha vn
Thai Ha
WSOP 1X Winner
1,300,000 -200,000
Rene van Krevelen nl
Rene van Krevelen
Busted

Tags: Alex EpsteinAnson TsangChance KornuthRene van KrevelenThai Ha

Hand #97: Tsang Moves All In

Level 21 : 0/0, 20,000 ante

Hand #97: Anson Tsang called under the gun and Thai Ha called from the next seat. Chance Kornuth raised to 200,000 from the hijack and short stack Rene van Krevelen folded in the cutoff. Alex Epstein folded on the button and it was back on Tsang. He shoved 1,400,000 to the middle and that made Ha and Kornuth fold.

Tags: Alex EpsteinAnson TsangChance KornuthRene van KrevelenThai Ha

Level: 21

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 20,000

Hand #96: Van Krevelen Doubles Up Before Break

Level 20 : 0/0, 15,000 ante
Rene van Krevelen
Rene van Krevelen

Hand #96: Thai Ha limped, as did Chance Kornuth before Rene van Krevelen moved all in for 65,000. Ha then re-raised to 300,000 and Kornuth folded.

Thai Ha: {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}
Rene van Krevelen: {q-Spades}{7-Clubs}

Van Krevelen would need some help to crack the aces of Ha and the flop was {j-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{7-Clubs} giving the Dutchman trip sevens. The turn was the {9-Hearts} and the {8-Spades} secured Van Krevelen a small double.

Players are going on a 15-minute break.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Epstein us
Alex Epstein
WSOP 1X Winner
2,000,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
1,800,000
Thai Ha vn
Thai Ha
WSOP 1X Winner
1,500,000 -100,000
Anson Tsang hk
Anson Tsang
WSOP 3X Winner
1,400,000
Rene van Krevelen nl
Rene van Krevelen
190,000 125,000

Tags: Chance KornuthRene van KrevelenThai Ha

Hands #94-95: Ha Doubles Up to Leave Van Krevelen Short

Level 20 : 0/0, 15,000 ante
Thai Ha
Thai Ha

Hand #93: Chance Kornuth and Alex Epstein both limped, with Anson Tsang checked his button. The flop was {10-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and the three all checked. The turn was the {8-Diamonds} and again all three checked.

The river was the {6-Clubs} and Kornuth decided enough was enough and put some chips in the middle, betting 40,000. Epstein called and Tsang folded. Epstein showed {7-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for a straight and took down the pot.

Hand #94: Kornuth raised to 120,000 and won the pot.

Hand #95 Rene van Krevelen moved all in for 833,000. It folded to Thai Ha in the cutoff who moved all in for 753,000.

Thai Ha: {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Rene van Krevelen: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The flop was {9-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{7-Clubs} with Ha still ahead. The turn was the {8-Diamonds} meaning Van Krevelen would need an ace or a king if he was to avoid being left with less than 100,000 in chips. The river was the {9-Spades} and Ha doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Epstein us
Alex Epstein
WSOP 1X Winner
2,000,000 100,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
1,800,000
Thai Ha vn
Thai Ha
WSOP 1X Winner
1,600,000 787,000
Anson Tsang hk
Anson Tsang
WSOP 3X Winner
1,400,000
Rene van Krevelen nl
Rene van Krevelen
65,000 -798,000

Tags: Alex EpsteinAnson TsangChance KornuthRene van KrevelenThai Ha

Hand #90-92: Epstein Doubles Up

Level 20 : 0/0, 15,000 ante
Alex Epstein
Alex Epstein

Hand #90: Rene van Krevelen called under the gun and so did Alex Epstein, and Anson Tsang. Chance Kornuth checked on his button.

The flop fell {a-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Van Krevelen and Epstein checked. Tsang bet 85,000 and Kornuth was all in for 1,280,000. They all folded and the pot was pushed to Kornuth.

Hand #91: Epstein called from under the gun and so did Tsang, Thai Ha, and Kornuth. Van Krevelen checked and they went five-way to the {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}{8-Spades} flop.

It checked to Kornuth who bet 60,000 and Van Krevelen folded. Epstein raised to 225,000 but he saw Tsang three-bet to 1,470,000. Epstein called for his tournament life.

Anson Tsang: {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}
Alex Epstein: {k-Clubs}{j-Spades}

The board ran out with the {6-Diamonds} turn and the {j-Clubs} river. Epstein rivered a better full house to double up.

Hand #92: Tsang called under the gun. Ha called from the next seat and Kornuth called from the hijack. Epstein checked on the button.

The flop was dealt {q-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Tsang and Ha checked to Kornuth. He bet 85,000 and that made Epstein and Tsang fold. Ha called.

The turn was the {8-Hearts} and Ha check-called another bet from Kornuth that was sized 225,000 this time after he tanked for about a minute.

The river was the {q-Spades} and Ha checked for the third time in a row. Kornuth bet 425,000 on the river and put the pressure on Ha who had to make a serious decision in the pot that grew to 1,180,000. Ha got out of the way after he tanked some more.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Epstein us
Alex Epstein
WSOP 1X Winner
1,900,000 978,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
1,800,000 495,000
Anson Tsang hk
Anson Tsang
WSOP 3X Winner
1,400,000 -1,060,000
Rene van Krevelen nl
Rene van Krevelen
863,000 -75,000
Thai Ha vn
Thai Ha
WSOP 1X Winner
813,000 -372,000

Tags: Alex EpsteinAnson TsangChance KornuthRene van KrevelenThai Ha

Hands #85-89: Van Krevelen Dodges Outs to Double Up

Level 20 : 0/0, 15,000 ante
Rene van Krevelen
Rene van Krevelen

Hand #85: Rene van Krevelen moved all in for 529,000 and the remaining players all folded.

Hand #86: Anson Tsang raised to 135,000 and Van Krevelen defended his button. The flop came {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and Tsang continued for 130,000. Van Krevelen folded.

Hand #87: Tsang raised to 150,000 and Alex Epstein called on the button. The flop was {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{8-Spades} and Tsang bet 135,000. Epstein called and the turn brought the {a-Clubs}, pairing the board. Tsang bet 280,000 and Epstein folded.

Hand #88: Chance Kornuth limped and Tsang checked the button, but folded to a 30,000 bet on the {8-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{7-Clubs} flop.

Hand #89: Rene van Krevelen moved all in for 439,000 and Alex Epstein three-bet all in for 1,360,000. The remaining players all folded.

Rene van Krevelen: {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Alex Epstein: {j-Spades}{10-Spades}

The flop came {k-Spades}{q-Spades}{9-Hearts} giving Epstein the nut straight and an open-ended straight flush draw. The turn was the {j-Clubs} giving Van Krevelen a bigger straight.

The river was the {7-Clubs} and Van Krevelen doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Anson Tsang hk
Anson Tsang
WSOP 3X Winner
2,460,000 375,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
1,305,000
Thai Ha vn
Thai Ha
WSOP 1X Winner
1,185,000 -90,000
Rene van Krevelen nl
Rene van Krevelen
938,000 514,000
Alex Epstein us
Alex Epstein
WSOP 1X Winner
922,000 -1,118,000

Tags: Alex EpsteinAnson TsangChance KornuthRene van Krevelen

Hand #84: Another Double for Ha

Level 20 : 0/0, 15,000 ante

Hand #84: Chance Kornuth and Anson Tsang limped, with Thai Ha checking his button. The flop was {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{q-Hearts} and the trio all checked. The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and Kornuth bet 100,000 and Ha was the only caller.

The river was the {8-Spades} and Ha checked and Kornuth used a time extension before betting enough to put Ha all in. Ha agonized before calling with {k-Spades}{q-Spades} for a full house. Kornuth showed {a-Spades}{9-Clubs} and Ha doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
1,305,000 -645,000
Thai Ha vn
Thai Ha
WSOP 1X Winner
1,275,000 953,000

Tags: Anson TsangChance KornuthThai Ha

Hands #79-83: Double Up for Ha

Level 20 : 0/0, 15,000 ante
Thai Ha
Thai Ha

Hand #79: Chance Kornuth called from middle position and Rene van Krevelen pushed his last 424,000 in the middle from the hijack. Everyone else folded and it was up to Kornuth who peeked at his cards again. Kornuth folded and van Krevelen chipped up a bit, leaving Thai Ha as the tournament short stack.

Hand #80: Alex Epstein raised to 125,000 from the hijack and Ha sat on the button with just 307,000 behind. He pushed all in and Epstein called.

Thai Ha: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Alex Epstein: {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{q-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Ha doubled up. Van Krevelen is now the short stack.

Hand #81: Van Krevelen put his last 499,000 in the middle from the under-the-gun position and the other players all folded so the Dutchman picked up the pot.

Hand #82: Kornuth raised to 115,000 and the other players folded.

Hand #83: Kornuth called 15,000 from early position and Epstein called from the cutoff. Anson Tsang checked on the button.

The flop was dealt {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and it checked to Tsang on the button who bet 50,000. Kornuth folded but Epstein called.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds} and Epstein checked again. Tsang continued to show aggression with a bet of 150,000 and Epstein called again.

The {10-Spades} river completed the board and Epstein and Tsang checked both this time. One player showed {k-}{9-} while the other showed {k-}{7-} and they chopped the pot.

Tags: Alex EpsteinAnson TsangRene van KrevelenThai HaChance Kornuth

Level: 20

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 15,000