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
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
$565,346
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,780,000
Entries
2,800
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000

Sexton Triples Up

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Mike Sexton
Mike Sexton

Action picked up on the river on a board reading {5-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{3-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}.

Poker Hall of Fame member Mike Sexton was part of a three-way all in and had just tripled up, thanks to a great runout and the other two players having pretty much the same hand.

Mike Sexton: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
First Opponent: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Second Opponent: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}

The two players chopped the small side pot, but the first opponent was left short because he barely had Sexton covered in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
158,500
96,200
96,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Mike Sexton

Some Updated Chip Counts at the Last Break

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Roman Korenev ru
Roman Korenev
660,000
660,000
660,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
355,000
354,275
354,275
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
335,000
226,000
226,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
StakeKings
Subaru Takeshita jp
Subaru Takeshita
312,000
107,000
107,000
[Removed:174] lt
[Removed:174]
260,000
177,500
177,500
Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
238,000
213,000
213,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Chris Ferguson us
Chris Ferguson
235,000
141,800
141,800
WSOP 6X Winner
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
190,000
44,000
44,000
Everett Carlton us
Everett Carlton
145,000
68,000
68,000
David Peters us
David Peters
119,000
78,000
78,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
StakeKings
Alan Sternberg us
Alan Sternberg
71,500
46,500
46,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Allyn Shulman us
Allyn Shulman
44,500
-86,900
-86,900
WSOP 1X Winner

Final Break

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

As the money bubble approaches the players have been sent on their last 20-minute break of the day.

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Markholt Eliminated Close to the Money Bubble

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action picked up on the turn on a board that read {a-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{j-Spades} in a headsup pot.

David Goodman, first to act put out a stack of 5,000 chips. Lee Markholt would be all in if he made the call, which he did.

Lee Markholt: {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
David Goodman: {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Markholt didn't catch a king on the river and was eliminated a few spots shy of the money.

Player Chips Progress
David Goodman us
David Goodman
330,000
330,000
330,000
Lee Markholt us
Lee Markholt
Busted

Tags: David GoodmanLee Markholt

Peters Sends Bicknell Into the Tank

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action picked up on a board of {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{10-Spades} in a headsup pot with a sizable amount of chips already in the middle. Kristen Bicknell, first to act, checked over to David Peters who then went all in, which sent Bicknell deep into the tank. She tanked for well over three minutes before she released her hand.

Player Chips Progress
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
235,000
-100,000
-100,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
StakeKings
David Peters us
David Peters
232,000
113,000
113,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
StakeKings

Tags: David PetersKristen Bicknell

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Guilbert Bubbles in Brutal Fashion

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The money bubble lasted just one hand. Bustout action replayed by players at the table.

After preflop action folded around to Johan Guilbert in the small blind he shoved all in and was immediately called by Brian Croak in the big blind. It was a bad time for a blind versus blind cooler. The board runout was of no help to Gilbert and he was eliminated on the money bubble.

Yohan Gilbert: {j-}{j-}
Brian Croak: {k-}{k-}

Player Chips Progress
Brian Croak us
Brian Croak
290,000
290,000
290,000
Johan Guilbert fr
Johan Guilbert
Busted

Tags: Brian CroakJohan Guilbert

Dropping Like Flies

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Since the money bubble burst the bustouts have come at a frantic pace. 15 players have already made their way to the payout desk.