Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #84: The Closer - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,780,000
Entries
2,800
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Left 1 / 2,800
Filter
(1)
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
As preflop action folded around to Lee Markholt in the small blind, the big-blind player asked, "Can I get a walk?" and Markholt tossed in calling chips.
After the big-blind player checked his option, the dealer fanned 
on the flop, Marholt bet out 300, which got a fold from the big-blind player. Markholt tabled 
as he scooped in the pot and added to his chipstack, which has more than doubled since the start of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
A player raised it 700 and [Removed:244] made the call. In the next seat over Carlos Chang three-bet to 2,800, which got a fold from the original raiser.
With action back on Lehner he four-bet shoved, Chang made the call and both players tabled their hands.
[Removed:244]: 
Carlos Chang: 
The board ran out 
, which gave both players the same top two pair and resulted in a chopped pot that with each player scooping 600 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
![Profile photo of [Removed:244]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
16,400
16,400
|
16,400 |
|
||
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,300
27,300
|
27,300 |
|
|
||
|
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
33,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
32,600
32,600
|
32,600 |
|
30,000
3,900
|
3,900 |
|
||
|
26,800
1,800
|
1,800 |
|
|
||
|
26,500
26,500
|
26,500 |
|
||
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
23,500
23,500
|
23,500 |
|
|
||
|
20,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
18,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
14,200
800
|
800 |
|
||
|
|
14,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
Action picked up on the turn on a board of 
in a three-way pot and 7,600 in the middle.
James Morris put out a bet of 5,000 and the next player to act moved all in. The third player in the hand asked for a count, and folded after the dealer confirmed a total of 8,100. Morris made the call and the players tabled their hands.
All-in Player: 
James Morris: 
The completed the board and sent the player to the rail just before the first break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
In a heads-up pot, Kentaro Ihara moved all in from the button after the small-blind player checked the 
flop. The small-blind player snap-called and the players tabled their hands.
Kentaro Ihara: 
Small-Blind Player: 
It was an action flop, with Ihara flopping the straight and the small-blind player flopping top two pair. To avoid being eliminated, Ihara had to fade another queen or jack, which he did on the turn and river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
The players have just been sent on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
These players took their seats after the first break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
