Only around half the tables are in use at the moment in Amazon Tan but already there are a host of notable names in the field, including bracelet winners Kevin Gerhart, Max Steinberg and Joey Weissman.
2019 World Series of Poker
There was over 9,000 in the pot in a blind-versus-blind battle on a board reading ![]()
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. Mo Chen had checked and action was back on him after his opponent put in a bet of 5,000. Chen check-raised to 12,000 and his opponent tossed in chips to call.
After calling, Chen's opponent turned over ![]()
for a straight. Chen tabled ![]()
for a rivered full house and took down the sizeable pot.
On the following hand, a player raised from the cutoff to 500 and Chen called on the button. The flop came ![]()
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and the original raiser made a continuation-bet of 800. Chen called and the two proceeded to check the turn
and river
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At showdown, Chen's opponent announced he had no pair while Chen tabled ![]()
and took down a second consecutive pot with pocket eights.
Table 442 in the purple section of the Amazon Room is tucked in the corner, and while the players there have been chatting and having a jovial time, things got a bit more serious when 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event Qui Nguyen took his seat in the tournament.
It was three years ago that Nguyen topped a 6,737-player field to win the Main Event for just over $8 million.
"I just enjoy playing with a professional player," said an excited Richard Lester seated two to Nguyen's left.
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Two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Elio Fox checked a ![]()
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board from the big blind, and his opponent on the button bet 1,200 into a pot of around 1,500.
Fox woke up with a check-raise to 5,200, sending his opponent into the tank. After a minute, he slowly slid his cards to the dealer, shipping the pot to Fox.
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On the turn the board read ![]()
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, after a check James Church bet 2,200 which was called by 2013 Main Event runner up Jay Farber.
The river was the
. Farber checked and Church checked back. Farber hopefully turned over ![]()
but that was only second best to the ![]()
wheel of Church. Farber waved his hand as if to say 'go ahead, take the pot' as it was pushed towards Church.
Matthew Maccaroni checked from early position against an opponent on the hijack, and the opponent checked back with the board showing ![]()
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. The river brought the
, Maccaroni bet 1,800 and the opponent immediately folded.
"The river was not as kind to me," said the opponent, as Maccaroni raked in the pot and chipped up to 74,000.
A player in the hijack opened to 600 and received calls from Alec Torelli on the button as well as both players in the blinds. The four players saw a flop of ![]()
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and action checked to Torelli, who bet 1,200. Only the big blind called as action went heads up to the turn
. The big blind led out for 2,200 and Torelli called.
The river was
and the big blind led again for 3,300. Torelli looked him up.
The big blind tabled ![]()
for ace high and Torelli showed ![]()
and took down the pot with his pair of nines.
