Event #83: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker

07-12-2019 16:30 UTC-7

Grafton Knocks Out Two

Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

There was a big three-way all in pre-flop after Byron Kaverman shoved pre-flop for 490,000, Sam Grafton re-shoved from the small blind and Bonomo called all in from the big blind.

Byron Kaverman:
Sam Grafton:
Justin Bonomo:

Grafton was poised to knock out two players with both Kaverman and Bonomo holding each other's outs. The board ran out and Grafton chipped up to almost seven million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	6,900,000	3,390,000
Byron Kaverman	Busted
Justin Bonomo	Busted

Tags: Byron Kaverman Justin Bonomo Sam Grafton

07-12-2019 16:28 UTC-7

Miranda Traps Thuritz

Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

On a flop both Steven Miranda and Mikael Thuritz checked and the turn was the . Miranda bet 160,000 and Thuritz called.

The river was the and Miranda checked. Thuritz bet 360,000 and Miranda swiftly called.

Thuritz showed for a single pair but Miranda had him beat with for two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Miranda	2,800,000	380,000
Mikael Thuritz	535,000	-725,000

Tags: Mikael Thuritz Steven Miranda

07-12-2019 16:25 UTC-7

Nitsche Doubles Through Chen

Adam Lamers

Level 17 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Dominik Nitsche shipped all in for 610,000 from the hijack and James Chen gave it some thought from the cutoff. Chen eyed up the size of the all in and then made the call.

Dominik Nitsche:
James Chen:

The flop of gave Chen an extra out despite Nitsche flopping a pair. The on the turn gave Chen even more outs but the paired the board on the river and Nitsche secured a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	4,500,000	-20,000
Dominik Nitsche	1,310,000	720,000

Tags: Dominik Nitsche James Chen

07-12-2019 16:16 UTC-7

Table 401	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Mikael Thuritz	Sweden	1,260,000	21
2	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	2,680,000	45
3	Brandon Adams	United States	3,700,000	62
4	Bryn Kenney	United States	760,000	13
5	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	1,150,000	19
6	Steven Miranda	United States	2,420,000	40
7	Nick Schulman	United States	2,400,000	40
8	Stefan Schillhabel	Germany	2,500,000	42

Table 402	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Steffen Sontheimer	Germany	2,5100,00	42
2	Kensaku Takagi	Japan	645,000	11
3	Alex Foxen	United States	3,500,000	58
4	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	590,000	10
5	James Chen	Taiwan	4,520,000	75
6	Keith Tilston	United States	2,780,000	46
7	Christoph Vogelsang	Germany	5,420,000	90
8	Igor Kurganov	Russia	6,550,000	109

Table 406	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Orpen Kisacikoglu	Turkey	940,000	16
2	Byron Kaverman	United States	650,000	11
3	Sam Grafton	United Kingdom	3,510,000	59
4	Justin Bonomo	United States	2,400,000	40
5	Thomas Boivin	Belgium	3,050,000	51
6	Kainalu McCue-Unciano	United States	1,150,000	19
7	Sergi Reixach	Spain	1,800,000	30
8	Danny Tang	Hong Kong	1,100,000	18

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	6,550,000	-100,000
Christoph Vogelsang	5,420,000	-80,000
James Chen	4,520,000	200,000
Brandon Adams	3,700,000	900,000
Sam Grafton	3,510,000	260,000
Alex Foxen	3,500,000	-300,000
Thomas Boivin	3,050,000	350,000
Keith Tilston	2,780,000	130,000
Jeremy Ausmus	2,680,000	980,000
Steffen Sontheimer	2,510,000	-140,000
Stefan Schillhabel	2,500,000	1,525,000
Steven Miranda	2,420,000	120,000
Nick Schulman	2,400,000	-300,000
Justin Bonomo	2,400,000	-400,000
Sergi Reixach	1,800,000	500,000
Mikael Thuritz	1,260,000	160,000
Daniel Negreanu	1,150,000	150,000
Kainalu McCue-Unciano	1,150,000	50,000
Danny Tang	1,100,000	175,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	940,000	-560,000
Bryn Kenney	760,000	10,000
Byron Kaverman	650,000	50,000
Kensaku Takagi	645,000	-1,155,000
Dominik Nitsche	590,000	-160,000

Becker Runs Into Kurganov's Big Slick

Adam Lamers

Level 17 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Johannes Becker opened to 125,000 from under the gun and Igor Kurganov stuck in a three-bet on his left. The action folded back to Becker who four-bet shoved all in and Kurganov snapped him off.

Igor Kurganov:
Johannes Becker:

The flop fell giving both players a pair, Kurganov with the higher of the two. The and runout could not help Becker and he was eliminated. The final 24 players will now redraw for seats at the final three tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	6,650,000	1,150,000
Johannes Becker	Busted

Tags: Igor Kurganov Johannes Becker

07-12-2019 16:03 UTC-7

Vogelsang Forces Boivin Out

Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

We caught up to a pot with over 2.5 million in the middle on a river. Thomas Boivin checked to Christoph Vogelsang who used a time extension before announcing a bet of 1,300,000.

Boivin used a time extension and folded, with Vogelsang moving up above five million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christoph Vogelsang	5,500,000	1,600,000
Alex Foxen	3,800,000	300,000
Thomas Boivin	2,700,000	-1,900,000
Kainalu McCue-Unciano	1,100,000	-225,000
Daniel Negreanu	1,000,000	-250,000
Danny Tang	925,000	-175,000
Bryn Kenney	750,000	-10,000

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang Thomas Boivin

Level: 17

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

07-12-2019 15:59 UTC-7

Boivin Scores Huge Pot with a Set of Aces

Adam Lamers

Level 16 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu opened to 110,000 in early position and Thomas Boivin stuck in a three-bet to 300,000 from the cutoff. Bryn Kenney slid out a four-bet to 635,000 from the small blind which got Negreanu to fold. Boivin just called and the two players saw a flop of .

Both players checked and the landed on the turn. Kenney led out for 345,000 this time and Boivin called to see the on the river. Kenney checked this time and Boivin reached back for a bet of 1,255,000, leaving just 5,000 behind.

Kenney used up two of his time extension before making the call. Boivin tabled for a set of aces and Kenney released his cards.