2019 World Series of Poker

Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 1c
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$80,548,600
Entries
8,569
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000

Nano Eliminates Feiz Midway Through First Level

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

There was around 50,000 in the pot when Hamid Feiz and Tzenato Nano arrived at the river on the {5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{6-Spades} board.

Feiz checked from the small blind and Nano, who was on the button, moved all in for 48,000. He had Feiz covered by about 3,000 and Feiz thought about his decision.

Then he said, "I call."

Nano flipped over {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for a turned straight and Feiz had only {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}.

"He's got me covered?" Feiz asked and, unfortunately for him, the dealer confirmed his elimination.

"Nice hand," Feiz said while standing up. "Rebuy!" he added before walking away from the table.

"I wish I could tip you," Nano told the dealer while dragging the massive pot.

Player Chips Progress
Tzenato Nano gb
Tzenato Nano
145,000
145,000
145,000
Hamid Feiz us
Hamid Feiz
Busted

Tags: Hamid FeizTzenato Nano

Rough Start For Bangar

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Sandeep Bangar bet 3,000 from the small blind facing a {4-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{a-Spades} board, and Raad Farida raised to 11,000. Bangar got an anguished look on his face, and he counted up his remaining 31,900 in chips before eventually declaring, "Call."

Farida tabled {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for a full house, and Bangar mucked, already down half of his initial starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Raad Farida us
Raad Farida
71,000
71,000
71,000
Sandeep Bangar us
Sandeep Bangar
23,900
23,900
23,900

Tags: Raad FaridaSandeep Bangar

Peters Shows the Goods

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Picking up the action on the turn with around 7,000 in the middle and the board reading {a-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}, the action was on David Peters on the button. Peters tossed in a bet of 4,700 and Jacob Snider check-called from the cutoff.

The river was the {2-Hearts} and Snider checked again. Peters reached back for a bet of 17,000 and Snider went into the tank. After a couple of minutes, Snider splashed in a call. Peters rolled over {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs} for the nut flush and Snider slid his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
81,200
21,200
21,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Jacob Snider us
Jacob Snider
28,000
28,000
28,000

Tags: David PetersJacob Snider

Hagstrom Wins on the River Against Parmann

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Jonas Hagstrom raised the button to 500 and Julian Parmann called in the small blind, as did the big blind.

The flop landed {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{3-Hearts} and action checked through to the {q-Spades} on the turn.

Hagstrom bet 1,200 and only Parmann called as the river fell the {8-Clubs}.

Parmann checked, Hagstrom bet 2,100, and Parmann folded.

Player Chips Progress
Julian Parmann us
Julian Parmann
67,100
7,100
7,100
Jonas Hagstrom se
Jonas Hagstrom
56,100
-3,900
-3,900

Tags: Jonas HagstromJulian Parmann

Ivey Busted by Chang

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante
Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey's 2019 Main Event run is over in Level 1, as the 10-time bracelet winner was just sent to the rail in the bowling alley overflow room. Ivey was already below 25,000 chips at the start of the hand, and those remaining chips went to Jeffrey Chang in the aftermath of a three-way pot.

Chang opened to 500 in early position, Hirotaka Nakanishi three-bet on his immediate left, and Ivey cold called the three-bet from the button. Chang came along, and the flop came {9-Hearts}{7-Spades}{10-Spades}.

Chang checked, Nakanishi bet 1,600 and Ivey called. Chang then put in the check-raise to 6,500, Nakanishi called, and Ivey went all in over the top for his last 17,500.

Chang shoved the rest of his stack, and Nakanishi got out of the way.

Jeffrey Chang: {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Phil Ivey: {a-Spades}{4-Spades}

Chang was a 67% favorite with top two against Ivey's nut flush draw, and when the {j-Clubs} and {3-Hearts} completed the board, Ivey was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Jeffrey Chang us
Jeffrey Chang
83,500
83,500
83,500
Hirotaka Nakanishi jp
Hirotaka Nakanishi
66,000
66,000
66,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
Busted
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Hirotaka NakanishiJeffrey ChangPhil Ivey

Konnikova Off to a Flying Start

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante
Maria Konnikova (from a previous event)
Maria Konnikova (from a previous event)

Maria Konnikova is flying, having more than doubled her stack already. With only an hour of play under her belt, she took down another small pot at showdown with {a-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} on an ace-high board, leaving her opponent to muck his hand.

"It can go really quickly" she joked to PokerNews as she added the lastest chips to her stack.

Player Chips Progress
Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
137,500
77,500
77,500
PokerStars

Tags: Maria Konnikova

Player Disqualified from the Main Event

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante
Brasilia poker room
Brasilia poker room

Over at 2015 World Champion Joe McKeehen's table in the Brasilia Red section, George Belianin has been disqualified in the 2019 WSOP Main Event after not even one hour of play on Day 1c.

According to several players at the table, after winning a small pot, the #5 seat George Belianin reached out to his left-hand neighbor's stack as well and scooped up his entire stack in the process to add it to his. Allegedly, Belianin did so with a smile on his face.

Belianin subsequently got disqualified for stealing another person's chips at the table and will not be active in the 2019 Main Event anymore. It was the Vice President of the World Series of Poker Jack Effel who came over and escorted Belianin out of the tournament area. His chips will be taken out of play, while his buy-in stays in the prize pool.

Effel later spoke with PokerNews and weighed in on the decision:

“Here’s the thing, you’re playing the Main Event you can’t touch other player’s chips. The chips that you have in front of you are the ones that belong to you, you shouldn’t be touching chips that don’t belong to you. Plain and simple. Discussing beyond what was seen at the table, everybody saw the exact same thing – he took the chips that were next to him, they didn’t belong to him and you can’t do that when you’re playing the Main Event.”

When asked if Belianin was also 86ed from all Caesars properties Effel added the following: “I’m not going to speak on security concerns, but obviously if you break the rules and take chips you’re not going to be allowed to play in the tournament and you can face all consequences as a result of being disqualified from the tournament per our rules.”

Another player at the table, Tom Peterson, also gave a first-hand account of what transpired:

“The guy came in and sat down at Seat 6. The dealer told him to get in Seat 5. He didn’t speak a lot of English, he was from another country because he had a passport,” Peterson explained when asked to recount what happened. “He said, ‘I want to play. Deal.’ The dealer said, ‘No you need to move.’ …He finally moves, plays a couple of hands, plays them well, loses both of them. Then like in the seventh hand he wins the pot: 1,600 in the pot - one black chip, one pink chip, one yellow chip. The dealer pushes it to him and he just grabs the other pile and puts it right into his without hesitation. The floor came over and they DQed him.”

Chan Bombarded by Cannon's Shove

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Two time main event champion and poker legend Johnny Chan was involved in a three way pot going to the flop which came {2-Clubs}{3-Spades}{6-Hearts}. Chan checked under the gun as did the player in middle position. Michael Cannon bet 5,000 from the button which Chan called and the third player folded.

The turn was the {9-Diamonds}. Chan checked and Cannon fired again with a bet of 11,000. Chan thought for a moment and called. The river came the {4-Diamonds}. Chan checked again and Cannon fired the largest artillery possible as he moved all in.

Chan went deep into the tank, a huge decision this early in the tournament. He got a count of Cannon's stack which was 38,900, which would be for about 90% of Chan's stack. Chan counted out what he would have left and stared down his opponent. He mumbled something about a bluff and released his cards after about two minutes, electing to live to fight another day.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Cannon us
Michael Cannon
77,000
77,000
77,000
Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
42,000
42,000
42,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Johnny ChanMichael Cannon