Event #81: $1,500 50th Annual Bracelet Winners Only No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker

07-10-2019 22:21 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Jan_Kores

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
James Mackey	123,000 36,000	36,000

Jeremy Wien	108,000 7,400	7,400

Nikita Luther	105,000 7,000	7,000

Liv Boeree	104,000 22,000	22,000

Angel Guillen	100,000

Anatolii Zyrin	95,000

Perry Friedman	87,300 -10,500	-10,500

Benny Glaser	73,000 15,000	15,000

Tyler Groth	57,500 -29,500	-29,500

Vitaly Lunkin	57,000 17,500	17,500

Julien Martini	56,500 -91,500	-91,500

Asi Moshe	56,000 -60,000	-60,000

Chad Holloway	44,500 -10,500	-10,500

Jessica Dawley	26,500 -23,500	-23,500

Joe Cada	23,000

Ylon Schwartz	21,000 -17,500	-17,500

Konstantin Puchkov	Busted

07-10-2019 22:24 UTC-7

Gagliano on the Rise

Jan_Kores

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On the turn reading , Michael Gagliano fired 3,500 into 4,900 and Arkadiy Tsinis called from the button.

They saw the complete the board and Gagliano bet another 8,500. Tsinis studied the situation for a while and then folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Gagliano	205,000 95,000	95,000

Arkadiy Tsinis	155,000 51,000	51,000

Tags: Michael Gagliano Arkadiy Tsinis

07-10-2019 22:35 UTC-7

Luther Shoves on Turn

Jan_Kores

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Nikita Luther had three-bet from the hijack and called a cold four-bet from a player directly to her left.

Luther check-called 15,000 on the flop and the hit the felt. With around 70,000 in the middle, Luther opted to shove her 70,700. She let her opponent think for a few minutes and then called a clock.

The other player let the countdown run all the way to zero and his hand was declared dead and the juicy pot was shipped to Luther.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Luther	140,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Nikita Luther

07-10-2019 22:51 UTC-7

Kim Calls Down Martini

Jan_Kores

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Julien Martini three-bet to 7,000 over Jiyoung Kim's 2,300-raise from early position. Kim called and they went to the flop. Kim checked, Martini bet 4,000, and Kim called.

The hit the turn and Kim check-called another 12,000.

Martini fired one more shell on the river, making it 14,000. Kim called again and Martini showed . Kim turned up and claimed the pot, vaulting over 220,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiyoung Kim	225,000 225,000	225,000

Julien Martini	37,000 -19,500	-19,500

Tags: Jiyoung Kim Julien Martini

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

07-10-2019 22:53 UTC-7

Some More Chip Counts

Jan_Kores

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Courtney Kennedy	125,000
Bob Slezak	99,000 42,500	42,500

Humberto Brenes	96,000 1,000	1,000

Foster Hays	77,000

Joshua Tieman	72,000

Carol Fuchs	69,000 19,000	19,000

Michael Mizrachi	67,000 24,000	24,000

Marcel Vonk	59,000

Denis Timofeev	52,500 -42,500	-42,500
Chris Vitch	49,500
Joe Cada	36,000 13,000	13,000

Ryan Leng	28,000

Kevin MacPhee	Busted

John Esposito	Busted

07-10-2019 23:05 UTC-7

Leng Gets It in... Good?

Jan_Kores

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ryan Leng was in early position and he and Angel Guillen (button) went to the flop for 9,000 apiece.

Leng had only 4,400 when the hit the felt, and he led out 2,000. Guillen put him at risk and Leng called off, having flopped the nuts with .

Guillen still had a chance to win the pot with , but the and runout missed his outs.

"Now it's gonna read like I got it in good," Leng laughed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angel Guillen	145,000 45,000	45,000

Ryan Leng	30,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Angel Guillen Ryan Leng

07-10-2019 23:20 UTC-7

Pillai Rivers Flush to Eliminate Martin

Jan_Kores

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jesse Martin and Shankar Pillai created an 18,600 chip pot preflop and the dealer spread out on the table.

Martin bet 5,000 out of the small blind and Pillai raised all in from the middle position. Martin took less than a minute before he placed in his remaining 33,000.

He was ahead with , hoping to fade clubs as Pillai tabled .

The turn was safe for Martin but the river ended his tournament while Pillai soared to 168,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shankar Pillai	168,000 168,000	168,000

Jesse Martin	Busted

Tags: Jesse Martin Shankar Pillai

07-10-2019 23:23 UTC-7

Highlights from 2019 World Series of Poker: Week 6

4projectmayhem

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

07-10-2019 23:27 UTC-7

Du Shows Trips

Jan_Kores

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Four players made it to the and Michael Mizrachi bet 4,000 in position. Chad Holloway and Blair Hinkle gave up but Mizrachi's neighbor Yue Du called from the hijack.