2019 World Series of Poker

Event #83: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Keith Tilston
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$2,792,406
Event Info
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$9,603,000
Entries
99
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000

Tilston Takes From Klein

Level 5 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Bill Klein raised to 9,000 from middle position and Keith Tilston three-bet to 25,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Klein who called.

The dealer spread a flop of {k-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} that was checked through to the {8-Hearts} turn and to the {2-Spades} river. Klein bet 27,000 and Keith called. Klein showed {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} but it wasn't good enough as Tilston revealed {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs} to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Bill Klein us
Bill Klein
594,000 34,000
Keith Tilston us
Keith Tilston
WSOP 1X Winner
560,000 70,000

Tags: Bill KleinKeith Tilston

Koon Wins "Some of the Time"

Level 5 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jason Koon opened to 7,500 and called a three-bet from James Popp out of the small blind.

The flop was {10-Spades}{q-Spades}{2-Spades} and Popp bet 33,000. Koon called and the pair checked the {10-Hearts}{4-Clubs} runout.

"I win some times," said Koon before checking back on the river.

Popp showed {a-Spades}{q-Hearts} for top pair.

"But not this time," said tablemate Dominik Nitsche.

Player Chips Progress
James Popp us
James Popp
675,000 25,000
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
485,000 -75,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Backdoor Flush for Sontheimer

Level 4 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

On a flop reading {k-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{8-Spades}, Ferdinand Putra checked from the big blind along with David Peters under the gun. Steffen Sontheimer bet 7,000 on the button and Putra folded but Peters called.

The turn was the {9-Spades} and was checked through to the {3-Spades} river. Peters checked once more and Sontheimer fired 27,500. Peters called. Sontheimer turned over {k-Spades}{10-Spades} for a backdoor flush and Peters mucked.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
644,000 44,000
Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
620,000 35,000

Tags: David PetersFerdinand PutraSteffen Sontheimer

Seidel Raises the River to Victory

Level 4 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Erik Seidel raised to 7,000 from middle position and Dan Zack called on the button along with James Popp in the small blind and Igor Kurganov in the big blind.

The flop came {8-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and Popp and Kurganov checked. Seidel bet 10,000 and Zack folded. Popp called and Kurganov check-raised to 36,000. Seidel added the remainder to call and Popp let it go.

The turn brought the {8-Diamonds} and Kurganov bet 34,000. Seidel called. The {7-Clubs} filled up the river and Kurganov threw in another bet of 61,000. Seidel raised to 150,000 and Kurganov snap-folded.

Player Chips Progress
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
WSOP 1X Winner
540,000 -120,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
500,000 -25,000

Tags: Dan ZackErik SeidelJames PoppIgor Kurganov

Lim Doubles Through Aldemir

Level 4 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

There was action on a {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{a-Clubs} flop with Mike Lim getting his 384,000 chips in against Koray Aldemir.

"Do you have a set?" Lim asked Aldemir. Aldemir showed {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds} against the set {10-Spades}{10-Clubs} of Lim.

The turn {7-Clubs} improved Lim to a full house before the river brought the {5-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Lim au
Mike Lim
775,000 355,000
James Chen tw
James Chen
WSOP 1X Winner
750,000
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
WSOP 4X Winner
660,000 60,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
650,000 50,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
WSOP 1X Winner
480,000 -95,000
Yusuke Takahashi jp
Yusuke Takahashi
285,000 -25,000
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
180,000 -415,000

Tags: Koray AldemirMike Lim