Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 1a | 2019 World Series of Poker

07-03-2019 19:03 UTC-8

Abugazal's Ace-Ten is Good

Geoff Fisk

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Adi Abugazal, on the cutoff, faced a 7,000 bet from Joshua Zucchet in early position. With the board reading , Abugazal made the call.

The river brought the , Zucchet checked, and Abugazal made his own 7,000 bet. Zucchet called, mucking when Abugazal showed for a turned two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adi Abugazal	95,000 95,000	95,000
Joshua Zucchet	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Joshua Zucchet Adi Abugazal

07-03-2019 19:03 UTC-8

Boeree Busted By Her Boyfriend

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Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Igor Kurganov may be sleeping on the couch tonight after he just eliminated his girlfriend Liv Boeree from Day 1a of the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event.

The poker couple, who won the 2017 WSOP $10,000 Tag Team event for a pair of gold bracelets, was seated at opposite ends of the same table when Brian Altman raised to 1,000 from middle position. Boeree was short and three-bet all in for 2,400 from the cutoff. When action reached Kurganov in the big blind, he opted for a raise to 5,000 even, which drove Altman from the hand.

Kurganov:
Boeree:

"Come on," Boeree said with a smile after the flop gave her a flush draw.

"Let me do it," Kurganov replied. "I'll never get the chance ever again."

Neither the turn nor river helped Boeree and she walked around the table to give her beloved a hug before departing the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	30,000 4,000	4,000

Liv Boeree	Busted

07-03-2019 19:02 UTC-8

More Chip Counts from Amazon Orange

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Hill Kerby

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin MacPhee	89,500 2,500	2,500

Jared Hamby	84,500 5,500	5,500

Dylan Wilkerson	68,500 11,000	11,000
Kami Hudson	62,000 1,500	1,500
Hristivoje Pavlovic	60,000 37,000	37,000

Danny Illingworth	58,500 500	500
Heidi May	57,500 16,000	16,000

Chase Bianchi	52,000 6,000	6,000

Aaron Steury	50,300 14,700	14,700

Igor Yaroshevskyy	18,000 7,000	7,000
Bryan Piccioli	17,100 11,900	11,900

07-03-2019 19:01 UTC-8

Chip Counts from Amazon Tan

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Mickey Doft

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua King	224,000 6,000	6,000
Joey Weissman	105,000 11,500	11,500

Anna Antimony	93,000 35,000	35,000
Alex Bolotin	93,000

Tony Dunst	84,000 33,000	33,000

Joe Tehan	84,000 32,000	32,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	69,000 2,000	2,000

Jared Bleznick	66,000 4,000	4,000

Jarod Einsohn	63,000 5,000	5,000
James Hughes	59,000 15,000	15,000
Adrian Garduno	57,000 1,000	1,000
Bryn Kenney	52,500

Jeffrey Platt	52,000 14,500	14,500
Jake Schwartz	49,000 30,000	30,000
Kevin Gerhart	46,000 9,000	9,000

Steve Zolotow	43,000

Dan Santoro	35,000 14,500	14,500
Joe Serock	18,000 7,000	7,000

07-03-2019 19:01 UTC-8

Haneberg Folds Queens Pre-Flop

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Jeff McMillan

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Larry Smart raised from middle position. It folded around to Andre Haneberg who three-bet out of the big blind to 11,500. Smart then moved all in for about 42,000 more. Haneberg looked uncomfortable immediately and thought about it for a while before folding face up to the astonishment of a few of the players at the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Smart	53,000 53,000	53,000
Andre Haneberg	38,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Andre Haneberg Larry Smart

07-03-2019 19:00 UTC-8

Simunic Loses on Outer Feature

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Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

At the Amazon outer feature table, after a raise from Marius Pospiech, Josip Simunic three-bet to 3,800 from the small blind with and Pospiech called in position with .

The flop was and Simunic continued for 3,500, which Pospiech called. The turn was the , improving Pospiech to two pair, and Simunic now bet 8,000. Pospiech once again called.

On the river, Simunic bet 10,000, Pospiech shoved all in for 23,900, and Simunic threw it into the muck with some disgust after half a minute.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Macdonnell	140,300 140,300	140,300
Stephen Chidwick	72,200 25,200	25,200

Marius Pospiech	65,300 65,300	65,300
Brandon Shack-Harris	49,100 1,800	1,800

Josip Simunic	17,000 48,800	48,800

Tags: Josip Simunic Marius Pospiech

07-03-2019 18:59 UTC-8

Charania Back Below Starting Stack

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Brandon Temple

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Mohsin Charania raised to 900 from under the gun, and was called by the button and big blind.

Action checked to the turn of a board, where Charania bet 1,200. The button raised to 3,800, and both the big blind and Charania quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohsin Charania	59,600 8,400	8,400

Tags: Mohsin Charania

07-03-2019 18:51 UTC-8

Abitboul's Flush Nets a Big Double

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Brandon Temple

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

There was around 10,000 in the pot and a board on the felt, when a raising war between Roee Abitboul in the cutoff and the button resulted in Abitboul getting his last 48,400 in the middle and his opponent calling.

Abitboul tabled for the nut flush, and his opponent shook his head and showed his ; both players had flopped a pair, then went runner-runner for a flush, but Abitboul's nut flush earned him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roee Abitboul	106,800

Tags: Roee Abitboul

07-03-2019 18:49 UTC-8

More Amazon Orange Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alec Torelli	136,000 7,000	7,000

Michael Ruane	72,300 16,800	16,800
Mo Chen	69,500 10,300	10,300
Barny Boatman	62,500

Mike Del Vecchio	60,500 2,500	2,500
Aaron Messmer	58,500 15,500	15,500
Simon Deadman	56,800 9,600	9,600
Justin Bonomo	49,000 11,000	11,000

Morten Mortensen	39,700 12,300	12,300
Mark Gerecke	10,300 84,700	84,700

07-03-2019 18:48 UTC-8

Turyansky Eliminates Boudreau on a Cooler

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Geoff Fisk

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Alex Turyansky put out a bet for 6,000 from the big blind, with the board showing . Kevin Boudreau, with about 12,000 chips remaining on the button, went into the tank. Boudreau thought it over for a bit before going all in over the top, getting the call from Turyansky.