Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #9: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
Day: 1
Updated Chip Counts
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000 | |
|
170,000 | 66,000 |
|
|
120,000 | 27,400 |
|
110,000 | 27,900 |
Bicknell in the Hunt
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Tournament crusher and Global Poker Index No. 11-ranked player Kristen Bicknell is in the mix, with a 67,000 stack as of Level 7.
Bicknell avoided trouble in a hand where she opened to 1,200 from early position, got a call from the player on her left, and a player in middle position went all in for his last 14,000. Bicknell and the other player folded, and Bicknell preserved her stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000 | 67,000 |
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Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
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Parvis Eliminates a Player
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
A player in early position had shoved all in for 6,800 and the button made the call. Matthew Parvis, the former editor in chief of PokerNews, in the small blind shoved all in but there appeared to be some sort of misunderstanding about the situation.
While waiting for the floor to show the player on the button mucked his hand and play resumed without needing the floors assistance.
Matthew Parvis: 
Opponent: 
The board ran 
; Parvis took down the pot and now sits with 63,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000 | 63,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Harach Hands Out Double Elimination
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
Jesse Kertland went all in preflop from the cutoff for his last 8,800, Anthony Harach shoved his remaining 23,000 from the cutoff, and a short-stacked player on the big blind also called.
Jesse Kertland: 
Anthony Harach: 
Big Blind: 
Harach had the lead going into the flop, and hit his set on the turn of a 
board to seal the double elimination. Kertland, who made the final table of Event #1: $500 Casino Employees Event, is out early in the $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000 | 47,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000 | |
|
|
104,000 | 79,000 |
|
|
82,100 | 5,100 |
|
|
73,800 | 9,600 |
|
|
73,000 | 12,500 |
|
|
63,500 | -9,500 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Olmstead Picks Up Aces Early
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Taylor Olmstead sat down at his new table in the Brasilia Room, and he picked up a pretty nice pair of hole cards for his first playable hand.
With the board showing 
, Olmstead in middle position put out a bet of 5000 into a 14,000 pot. The cutoff player tanked for a couple of minutes before throwing in a 5000 chip for the call, and Olmstead turned over 
. Olmstead is up to 42,000 after taking down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
42,000 | 42,000 |