Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #81: $1,500 50th Annual Bracelet Winners Only No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$277,500
Entries
185
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Luther Takes Down Masive Pot to Seize Substantial Lead
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
In a battle of early position, Nikita Luther opened under the gun and her neighbor three-bet to 9,200. Luther fired back with a four-bet to 25,000 and she subsequently faced a 54,200-reraise. Luther jammed for an effective 120,000 or so and she got called.
Luther was a favorite heading into the flop with 
versus 
. She faded an ace-high board as the dealer rolled out 
.
Luther tackled her opponent and dragged the 250,000 pot. She is now approaching 400,000 in chips with one more hour left to play on Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
395,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
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Bronshtein Ends Holloway's Tournament Run
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Chad Holloway open-shoved his last 26,100 from early position and he found a caller in Yuval Bronshtein, who peeled a pocket pair in late position.
Holloway had 
and he trailed Bronshtein's 
.
"It wasn't a sweat," Holloway commented the board which failed to improve his inferior pair, and Bronshtein added his stack to his tall piles.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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Ziskin Flips Well
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Alex Ziskin was in the cutoff, reshoving after his right-hand neighbor had moved all in. Ziskin had his opponent covered, and while it was a fair flip, Ziskin's 
held against 
when the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
76,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
|
||
Bohlman Folds to Second Barrel
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Scott Bohlman made it 5,000 in the cutoff and Benny Glaser three-bet to 16,500 on his left.
Bohlman called and the flop came down 
. Bohlman checked, Glaser fired 13,500 and Bohlman called.
The 
appeared on the turn and Bohlman checked again. Glaser sized his second barrel at 26,000 and Bohlman took his time to process his options. He figured out it was time to release his hand and Glaser took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
||
|
150,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
||
Harwood Gets Nice Value
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Benny Glaser opened to 4,500 from the hijack and Loni Harwood three-bet to 13,000 on his left. Glaser matched the price.
The flop fell 
and Glaser let Harwood fire 10,000. He called.
Both players checked the 
turn and the completed the board.
Glaser checked one more time and Harwood bet 27,000. Glaser tried to get some reads from Harwood's face and then he decided to call. Harwood showed 
for two pair and Glaser mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
147,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
100,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
||
Luther's Climb Continues
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Scott Bohlman raised to 4,500 under the gun, Liv Boeree flatted in the cutoff, the small blind overcalled and Nikita Luther squeezed to 28,000 from the big blind. Bohlman called and the other two players folded.
Luther fired a continuation-bet of 18,000 on 
and Bohlman called.
The hit the turn and Luther slowed down, checking. Bohlman cut out a bet of 35,000 and Luther called.
They quickly tapped the felt when the 
appeared on the river, and Luther tabled 
for the top two. Bohlman couldn't beat that and Luther eclipsed the 500,000-mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
502,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
185,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
|
||
Guillen Doubles in a Flip
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Following a limp from early position, Liv Boeree made it 8,000 in the hijack. Angel Guillen reraised to 27,000 on Boeree's left and the action stopped at Scott Bohlman who took some time to figure out his move. He eventually announced he was all in, and it got folded to Guillen who immediately called off for his 78,500.
Bohlman tabled 
and he needed a high board against Guillen's 
. However, the dealer didn't cooperate as the 
missed Bohlman's Big Slick.
"Nice hand," Bohlman said while shipping Guillen the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
104,500
-80,500
|
-80,500 |
|
|
||
Cada Picks Off Friedman
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
With around 70,000 in the pot and the 
on the table, Perry Friedman bet 25,000 from the small blind and Joe Cada tanked in the cutoff. Friedman invested about a half of his remaining chips in the river-bet and Cada eventually tossed in calling chips.
Friedman let Cada know that he was defeated and it looked as if he wanted to muck his hand. Then he realized that he would like to see Cada turn over the best hand, so he flipped the for air.
Cada showed 
for ace-high, raking in a sizeable pot to vault to about 190,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
||
|
25,300
-53,700
|
-53,700 |
|
|
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Last Four Hands
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Players on the seven remaining tables will play four more hands tonight before bagging their advancing stacks.