2019 World Series of Poker

Event #81: $1,500 50th Annual Bracelet Winners Only No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
32
Prize
$71,580
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$277,500
Entries
185
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000

Nguyen Four-Bet Shoves on Werthmann

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Tommy Nguyen made it 45,000 in the first position and Thom Werthmann three-bet to 120,000 directly to Nguyen's left. Action returned to Nguyen who briefly scanned Werthmann's stack and then moved all in, covering his opponent's 700,000 or so.

Werthmann tanked for about two minutes and then laid his hand down.

Player Chips Progress
Tommy Nguyen ca
Tommy Nguyen
WSOP 1X Winner
1,940,000 590,000
Thom Werthmann us
Thom Werthmann
WSOP 1X Winner
580,000 -55,000

Tags: Tommy NguyenThom Werthmann

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Pillai vs. Zhang

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Shankar Pillai opened to 45,000 from the button and Haixia Zhang three-bet to 145,000 from the small blind. Pillai called and the flop came {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}.

Zhang led out for 100,000 and Pillai called. The turn was the {4-Spades} and Zhang checked. Pillai put out a bet of 200,000 and Zhang mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai
WSOP 2X Winner
1,420,000 675,000
Haixia Zhang us
Haixia Zhang
WSOP 1X Winner
480,000 -454,000

Tags: Haixia ZhangShankar Pillai

Apter Gives Up on River

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

On the last hand of the level, Brett Apter limped in the small blind, Upeshka De Silva checked and they went to a flop of {j-Clubs}{8-Spades}{a-Clubs}. Apter bet 17,000 and De Silva called.

Apter fired a second barrel, making it 60,000 on the {k-Diamonds} turn. De Silva called again.

The {10-Clubs} hit the felt and Apter paused for over a minute before he checked. De Silva took a little longer and then bet what looked like 218,000. Apter folded within a second.

Player Chips Progress
Brett Apter us
Brett Apter
WSOP 1X Winner
803,000 -257,000
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
WSOP 3X Winner
566,000 220,000

Tags: Brett ApterUpeshka De Silva

Klatt Gets a Dub

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Andreas Klatt raised all in under the gun and action folded to Michael Gagliano who matched the 259,000-wager from the big blind.

Klatt tabled a premium hand, the {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}.

"That's not good for me," Gagliano observed, rolling over {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}.

The {4-Clubs}{a-Spades}{2-Spades}{6-Spades}{4-Hearts} board left the kicker the deciding factor and Klatt doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Gagliano us
Michael Gagliano
WSOP 1X Winner
1,525,000 -150,000
Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
542,000 139,000

Tags: Michael GaglianoAndreas Klatt

Cord Garcia Eliminated in 11th Place ($4,402)

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Cord Garcia
Cord Garcia

Cord Garcia was all in for 405,000 and was called by Tommy Nguyen.

Garcia: {q-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Nguyen: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

The dealer put out a flop of {k-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{7-Spades} and Nguyen paired his king to take a commanding lead. Garcia picked up a gut-shot straight draw, but couldn't get there after the {2-Hearts} and {4-Spades} hit the felt, sending him to the rail in 11th place for $4,402.

Player Chips Progress
Tommy Nguyen ca
Tommy Nguyen
WSOP 1X Winner
1,350,000 200,000
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
Busted

Tags: Cord GarciaTommy Nguyen

James Mackey Eliminated in 12th Place ($4,402)

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
James Mackey
James Mackey

James Mackey shoved for about 17 bigs from the button and Brett Apter peeled a strong hand in the small blind. Apter reshoved and Upeshka De Silva folded in the big, giving a green light to the showdown.

Mackey: {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Apter: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}

Mackey had a worse hand but both of his cards were live. Nonetheless, he couldn't catch any piece of the board as the dealer spread out the {5-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{7-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} on the felt.

Mackey wished the table good luck before picking up a payout slip for his 12th-place finish.

Player Chips Progress
Brett Apter us
Brett Apter
WSOP 1X Winner
1,060,000 430,000
James Mackey us
James Mackey
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: James MackeyBrett ApterUpeshka De Silva

De Silva's Turn to Double

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

James Mackey made it 35,000 on the button and Upeshka De Silva jammed his 161,000 from the big blind. Mackey got the count confirmed and then called, despite indicating that he wasn't happy about the situation.

Mackey had {k-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and he had live cards against {a-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}, but the {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} flop didn't give him an inch.

The turn was, however, the {2-Spades}. Mackey needed another one but the {9-Diamonds} river stayed with De Silva.

"Ooof, that deuce," De Silva laughed.

Player Chips Progress
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
WSOP 3X Winner
346,000 86,000
James Mackey us
James Mackey
WSOP 1X Winner
328,000 -222,000

Tags: James MackeyUpeshka De Silva

Mackey Doubles Through Garcia

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Cord Garcia opened to 40,000 from the hijack and James Mackey shoved all in for 262,000 from the button. Garcia called.

Mackey: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}
Garcia: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}

It was a flip, with Mackey being the player at risk but ahead. The board ran out {j-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Mackey held on to double through.

Player Chips Progress
James Mackey us
James Mackey
WSOP 1X Winner
550,000 325,000
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
410,000 -330,000

Tags: Cord GarciaJames Mackey