2019 World Series of Poker

Event #84: The Closer - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
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

Vasilyev Keeps His Foot on the Gas

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Vladimir Vasilyev raised to 900 from under-the-gun and was called by a player in middle position. The cutoff-player made it 4,100 to go and both players called.

After both players checked over to the cutoff-player on the {a-Spades}{5-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop, he continued for 2,700. With action back on Vasilyev he check-raised to 6,300, which got a fold from the middle-position player and a call from the cutoff-player. Vasilyev then led out with a bet of 10,500 on the {10-Hearts} turn, took down the pot and added to his stack, which has more than doubled since the start of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Vasilyev us
Vladimir Vasilyev
69,400
69,400
69,400

Tags: Vladimir Vasilyev

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Never See Those Deuces Coming

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

In a three-way pot Royce Kim, first to act in the small blind, checked the {2-Spades}{4-Clubs}{10-Hearts} flop. After the next player to act bet 2,200 and was called, Kim check-raised to 8,000, which got a fold from the bettor and a call from the third player in the hand.

Kim led out for 10,000 on the {a-Diamonds} turn, which was met with an all in shove that Kim immediately called.

All-In Player;{a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Royce Kim; {2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}

The all-in player had turned top pair with the top kicker, but was drawing dead to Kim's flopped set of deuces even before the dealer fanned the {j-Spades} river.

Player Chips Progress
Royce Kim us
Royce Kim
93,000
93,000
93,000

Tags: Royce Kim

Cho Wins His Race

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

After a series of preflop raises Poong Cho was all in and at-risk.

Poong Cho: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Big Blind Player: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}

Cho was slightly behind preflop, but took the lead on the {a-Spades}{10-Clubs}{3-Spades} flop. The {j-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} runout secured Cho's double-up and got him back to above starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Poong Cho us
Poong Cho
29,000
29,000
29,000

Tags: Poong Cho

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Lyons Gets There on the River

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

The board read {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and there was already a sizable amount of chips in the middle of the headsup pot.

The small-blind player led out with a bet of 5,000 on the {4-Spades} river and Pat Lyons made it 15,000 to go. The small-blind player made the call and the gentlemen tabled their hands.

Pat Lyons: {a-Spades}{6-Spades}
Small-Blind Player: {k-Spades}{5-Spades}

The small-blind player had flopped a monster but lost to Lyons' rivered gutshot straight.

Player Chips Progress
Pat Lyons us
Pat Lyons
77,000
77,000
77,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Pat Lyons

The Field Keeps Growing

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

The field has almost tripled since the start of Day 1c. The tournament clock currently says 1033 entries, but with one of the last remaining bracelets of the 2019 WSOP up for grabs and registration open through the dinner break (approximately 6:55 p.m. local time) that number will undoubtedly continue to grow.

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800