2019 World Series of Poker

Event #80: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$304,793
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,687,500
Entries
1,250
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000

Turgeman Rises Over 300,000

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

The player under-the-gun limped, a player to his left limped, Shalom "Papi" Turgeman over-limped and the cutoff raised to 3,300, the under-the-gun player and Turgeman both called while the third limper mucked.

The flop came {j-Hearts}{7-Spades}{2-Hearts} the player first to act checked and Turgeman fired out a bet of 10,000 which the cutoff called and the third player in the hand folded.

The {2-Spades} fell on the turn and Turgeman instantly fired 25,000 into the middle. His opponent counted his chips before saying, "do you always just have it?" and folded showing two of his four cards {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}.

Turgeman did him a favor and showed his hand as well, {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Shalom Turgeman il
Shalom Turgeman
308,500

Tags: Shalom Turgeman

Fitoussi Picks One Up

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

On a board of {q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Clubs} there was three players in the hand and roughly 4,000 already brewed in the pot. The small blind checked, the player next to act bet out 1,600 and Bruno Fitoussi called on the button while the player behind him folded.

The turn was the {8-Clubs} the action checked to Fitoussi who bet out 4,200 and his opponent wasted no time throwing the cards in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
48,700 -13,500

Tags: Bruno Fitoussi

Mcknight Four-Bets Little Preflop

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

The action folded around to Jonathan Little who limped in the small blind, Ryan Mcknight used his option to raise to 1,700. After a short pause, Little three-bet to 5,100 and Mcknight didn't take long before announcing all-in and Little snap-mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
39,000 -900
Ryan Mcknight us
Ryan Mcknight
30,100

Tags: Jonathan LittleRyan Mcknight

Kessler Doubles; Eliminates Third Player

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Showing up on the flop of {j-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{3-Spades} and all three players were all in and Allen Kessler was the middle stack of the three.

Allen Kessler: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Opponent 1: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}
Opponent 2: {k-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

Kessler was behind as one of his opponents flopped top two, but the {a-Spades} fell on the turn giving him top set, and the board completed with the {4-Spades} on the river to double him up while busting the short stacked player,

Player Chips Progress
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
34,200 11,200

Tags: Allen Kessler

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Williams Shoves River

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
David Williams
David Williams

Pot-Limit Omaha

On a flop of {10-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{6-Spades} the action was checked to David Williams who bet the whole pot of 1,600, the player who was in the small blind called and the player next to act made it 6,000 which Willams called and the third player folded.

The turn was the {4-Hearts} and William's opponent fired out a bet of 15,200 which Williams called again.

The river was the {9-Clubs} and after being checked to Williams moved all-in for 35,400. His opponent thought it over for some time before letting his hand go. Williams showed {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts} and mucked his other two cards.

Player Chips Progress
David Williams us
David Williams
WSOP 1X Winner
81,000 14,600

Tags: David Williams

Conrad Takes One from Cajelais

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Chris Conrad raised in early position to 900 and Erik Cajelais three-bet next to act to 2,500. The action folded back around to Conrad who made the call.

The dealer spread a flop of {7-Spades}{5-Clubs}{3-Spades}, Conrad checked and Cajelais fired out 2,800 which Conrad called quickly.

The turn got checked through on the {9-Hearts} turn and on the {5-Hearts} river. Conrad tabled {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for two pairs, sevens and fives and Cajelais mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Conrad us
Chris Conrad
33,700 33,700
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
WSOP 1X Winner
18,400 18,400

Tags: Chris ConradErik Cajelais

Some Current Chip Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Iaron Lightbourne gb
Iaron Lightbourne
76,600 -9,000
Scott Eskenazi us
Scott Eskenazi
69,200 -5,400
David Williams us
David Williams
WSOP 1X Winner
66,400 -2,100
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
62,200 62,200
Everett Carlton us
Everett Carlton
60,000 24,000
Brandon Wilt us
Brandon Wilt
50,600 6,200
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
WSOP 2X Winner
35,500 20,700
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
WSOP 2X Winner
32,400 32,400
Colten Yamagishi ca
Colten Yamagishi
31,200 -11,400
Rania Nasreddine us
Rania Nasreddine
31,000 -2,700
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
WSOP 4X Winner
30,400 30,400
Aladin Reskallah fr
Aladin Reskallah
Winamax
29,900 3,000
Jordan Polk us
Jordan Polk
WSOP 1X Winner
26,300 1,300
Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
25,000 7,900
Jaspal Brar ca
Jaspal Brar
WSOP 1X Winner
23,500 23,500
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
23,000 -8,000
Vincent Lam ca
Vincent Lam
11,800 -4,100

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400