2019 World Series of Poker
Following a raise to 1,100 in middle position, Jiachen Gong called in the hijack, as did WPT Champions Club member Justin Young in the cutoff.
From the small blind, Robert Lee three-bet to 6,200, and after the original raiser folded, Gong called, and Young folded.
The flop landed ![]()
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and Lee announced he was all in for 22,300.
Gong went into the tank for several minutes before eventually deciding upon a fold.
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, Shane Douglas bet 12,000 into a pot of aready more than 40,000. He was put to the test however as his bet was met with a raise all in by Daniel Melten. Melton had Douglas covered so it would be a decision for his main event life.
After stewing it over for several moments, Douglas folded ![]()
face up and Melten had no interest in showing his hand as he quickly gave his cards to the dealer and pulled in the pot.
At the ESPN feature table, Alex Keating just sat down with a stack of 60,000 and got involved right away. He was seated in hijack against Matthew Doyle on the button, with the board reading ![]()
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. Keating bet 3,000 with ![]()
, Doyle raised to 10,000 with ![]()
and Keating called after some thought.
The river
completed Doyle's straight and Keating check-called another bet of 10,000 after glossing it over for a minute. Doyle showed him the bad news and Keating was left with a little over half his stack right off the bat.
"Nice hand bro," Keating added.
There was around 2,600 in the pot on a board of ![]()
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and Steve Watts was on the button in a heads up pot against a player in the big blind. His opponent checked to him and he bet 1,100. He was then check-raised to 3,000 and called relatively quickly.
The river brought
and the big blind bet 3,500. Watts called again quickly.
"I play the board," his opponent exclaimed as he tabled ![]()
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Watts showed ![]()
for a full house and took down the pot
Mark Stevens bet 2,000 on a ![]()
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board from under the gun, and the cutoff raised to 4,000. Stevens came back with a three-bet to 11,000, and the cutoff called.
Stevens bet 11,000 on the
river, and his opponent folded, saying, "Not my river," as he did.
Action folded to Steven Daoud on the button, and he raised to 1,100. Abhinav Iyer in the small blind called, and the flop landed ![]()
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Iyer checked and Daoud continued for 1,100. Iyer check-raised to 3,900, and Daoud paused momentarily, and then tossed in a green 25,000-denomination chip while announcing a bet of 11,500.
In response, Iyer announced he was all in for 43,500 total, and after a few minutes of deliberation, Daoud mucked.
After a difficult start to the day, Sergi Reixach was left very short. Fortunately for him, he is back in the running after tripling in a hand at the end of the last level. Christopher Barrett, who is sat on his table confirmed that Reixach managed to crack aces in a hand that saw him move back to a little above starting stack.