2019 World Series of Poker

Event #8: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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

Bonomo Folds to Sammartino's Shove

Level 5 : 0/0, 500 ante

Dario Sammartino limped in first-to-act, along with Lars Nordkvist from one seat over. Justin Bonomo, in the hijack, raised to 5,000. Sammartino called. Nordkvist folded.

The dealer spread a flop of {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{8-Clubs}. Sammartino checked. Bonomo bet 4,000. Sammartino check-raised to 14,000. Bonomo stuck around with a call.

The turn came the {7-Diamonds}. Sammartino moved all in for 70.000. Bonomo snap-folded.

Player Chips Progress
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
99,000 19,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
WSOP 3X Winner
44,000 -21,000

Tags: Dario SammartinoJustin BonomoLars Nordkvist

Koon Eliminated

Level 5 : 0/0, 500 ante
Jason Koon
Jason Koon

Dan Smith raised to 1,000 from the first position and Jason Koon moved all in for 28,500 from the next position. It folded to Danny Tang on the button who three-bet all in over the top. Smith folded.

"Do you have kings?" asked Koon.

"No," said Tang. "Jacks."

"Woah!" replied Koon. "We're really gambling out here.

Jason Koon: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Danny Tang: {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

The board came {6-Spades}{9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{7-Spades} and Koon was eliminated.

"Wow. That's fucking incredible," said Koon. "That's 0-6, for real."

Player Chips Progress
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
75,000 75,000
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
Busted

Tags: Dan SmithDanny TangJason Koon

Liu Adds-On After Kurtzman Chips Up

Level 5 : 0/0, 500 ante

Eric Kurtzman raised to 3,500 from the first position and got calls all around the five-handed table before Liu Jiaxiu raised all in for 16,900 from the button. Kurtzman re-raised all in and the three other opponents all folded.

Liu Jiaxiu: {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Eric Kurtzman: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}

Kurtzman was ahead and stayed that way on the {j-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{a-Spades}{j-Clubs}{9-Clubs} board. Jiaxiu immediately threw in his add-on chip.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Kurtzman us
Eric Kurtzman
80,000 58,000
Liu Jiaxiu cn
Liu Jiaxiu
30,000

Tags: Eric KurtzmanLiu Jiaxiu

Depa Doubles Through Gonzales

Level 5 : 0/0, 500 ante

Matthew Gonzales bet 10,500 on the {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} board and opponent Jonathan Depa called.

The river was the {a-Hearts} and Gonzales used a time extension before moving all in, covering Depa. Depa used one of his own before calling.

"I had the card," said Gonzales, showing {j-Hearts}{k-Spades}. Depa showed {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for trip aces and doubled his 28,700 stack.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Depa us
Jonathan Depa
92,000 47,000
Matthew Gonzales us
Matthew Gonzales
17,000 -43,000

Tags: Jonathan DepaMatthew Gonzales