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board and Matt Stout bet 11,000 into a 16,000 pot. Carsten Hansen thought about it before raising it up for a total of 30,000. Stout thought for around one minute before opting to fold. Matt Stout is down on the day so far but that pot has put Hansen up with the best of them as players get ready to take another break.
2019 World Series of Poker
2015 WSOP Colossus champion Cord Garcia, who just recently took his seat in today's Day 1b flight, raised to 1,300 from the cutoff, and was faced with a three-bet to 3,300 by a player in the big blind.
"I gotta make a stand...I bought you alcohol, and you three-bet me?" Garcia said with a grin as he called.
The big blind bet 1,000 on the ![]()
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flop, and Garcia called.
On the
turn, the big blind bet 1,000 again, saying, "I'm just one-betting ya...I'm a nice guy."
"I'm gonna make it seventy-five," Garcia quipped back, raising. The big blind quickly called and said, "Check in the dark."
Garcia bet 11,000 after the
fell on the river, and the big blind said, "You got me on the river," and folded his ![]()
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for air and said, "Gotta gamble, boys!" as he raked in the pot.
Barstool Sports' Adam Smith was eliminated just prior to break.
Smith was down to roughly 4,000 and was all in holding ![]()
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No help fell for Smith, and he was sent to the rail.
Anthony Zinno has found himself a seat in Amazon Tan, while John Duthie can be found in Amazon Gold.
Christian Christner raised to 700 from the hijack and the player in the big blind called.
The flop landed ![]()
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and the big big blind checked to Christner who continued for 500.
The big blind called, and then both players checked the
on the turn. The river fell the
, and the big blind led out for 2,000 and Christner folded.
Players have been sent on their second 20-minute break. What started with a field of around 900 entries at noon has since almost doubled with more than 1,700 players in action. When they return, action will resume in Level 3. Here’s a look at some recent highlights from the tables:
- Kings for Qutami Against Garg
- Back-to-Back Knockouts for Monicatti
- Gomez Done in by Kings
- Lhote Cracks Howe's Aces and Sends Him to the Rail
- Hesp in the House

Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Joseph Young had 8,000 in front of him from the small blind on a ![]()
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board, and was faced with an all-in shove from Daniel Lascell for 37,000. Young tanked for a few minutes before calling.
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Both players had turned straights, but Lascell's king-high straight earned him the double when the
river failed to provide Young a king for a chop.