2019 World Series of Poker

Event #84: The Closer - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
$565,346
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,780,000
Total Entries
2,800
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Left 1 / 2,800
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Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Buchanan Gives a Few Chips to Chang

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Carlos Chang raised to 8,000 and was called by Shawn Buchanan from his big blind.

After both players checked the {k-Spades}{j-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop and Buchanan checked again on the {3-Clubs} turn, Chang tossed out 8,000 and got a check-fold from Buchanan.

Tags: Carlos ChangShawn Buchanan

Big Slick Does the Trick

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

After Franco Spitale moved all in from early position, a middle-position player with a larger chipstack moved all in behind, which got folds from the remaining players.

Franco Spitale: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Opponent: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

The {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} flop was a good one for Spitale, and the {4-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} runout secured his double-up.

Tags: Franco Spitale

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Parekh Doubles Up

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mike Parekh moved all in and was called.

Mike Parekh: {a-Diamonds}{8-Spades}
Opponent: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

Parekh was behind and saw that he would need to hit an eight or have a very specific runout to stay alive. He got the perfect runout on the {6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} board, turning the nutflush to stay alive on Day 1a.

Tags: Mike Parekh

Ryan Riess Eliminated

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Ryan Riess
Ryan Riess

After Ryan Riess shoved his last 30,000 into the middle, action folded around to Christopher Fisher on the button, he three-bet shoved and the remaining players got out of the way.

Ryan Riess: {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}
Christopher Fisher: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}, which was no help to Riess, and the 2013 WSOP Main Event champion was eliminated.

Tags: Christopher FisherRyan Riess

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Konnikova Scoops a Small One

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Maria Konnikova raised it to 6,000 from the button and the big-blind player called. After the big-blind player checked the {a-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{j-Spades} flop Maria continued for 7,000, which resulted in a check-fold from her opponent.

Siegal Doubles Up

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A short-stacked Jeff Siegal moved remaining chips into the middle and was called by the big-blind player who was sitting on a sizable chipstack.

Jeff Siegal: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Big-Blind Player: {7-Spades}{5-Spades}

The board ran out {j-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{9-Spades}{k-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, and Siegal's ace-high was good enough to secure his double-up and send him some much-needed chips.

Tags: Jeff Siegal