2019 World Series of Poker

Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 2c
Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♥k♣
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$80,548,600
Total Entries
8,569
Places Paid
1,286
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Players Left 1 / 8,569
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Affleck Calls it Off on the River

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Matt Affleck
Matt Affleck

Matt Affleck and Blair Hinkle were involved in another pot together with 13,000 in the middle and a flop that looked like {j-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. Hinkle checked to Affleck and he bet 4,500. Hinkle went for the old fashioned check-raise and he put 11,000 in the middle. Affleck called.

The turn was the {9-Spades} and both players opted for a check and the {q-Diamonds} river completed the board. Hinkle now fired a bet of 19,000 and Affleck took his time to think it through. He had just 30,000 behind and this call would be for most of his chips.

He ended up calling and Hinkle showed {a-Clubs}{j-Spades} but he couldn't beat the {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts} of Affleck.

Tags: Blair HinkleMatt Affleck

Sigurjonsson Spikes a Two Outer Against Tosoc

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Ryan Tosoc
Ryan Tosoc

The board came down {9-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{a-Spades}{j-Hearts} and Gudmundur Sigurjonsson, who had his opponent Ryan Tosoc well covered, moved all in.

Sigurjonsson saw Tosoc snap-call for his last 40,000, and the cards went on their backs.

Sigurjonsson tabled {q-Clubs}{q-Spades} but had fallen behind to a set on the flop as Tosoc revealed {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}.

With just one card left to come, Sigurjonsson was drawing to a two outer. The dealer burned and turned with the {q-Hearts} hitting the river.

The whole table gasped in shock as Sigurjonsson hit a higher set, and WSOP bracelet winner Tosoc was cruelly eliminated.

Sigurjonsson, still in shock, took in the pot and moved up to 320,000.

Tags: Gudmundur Sigurjonsson

Deveau Versus Zarate: Round Two

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Round One between Daniel Deveau and Ivan Zarate occurred during Level 7 when Deveau hit a set of aces on the river to get there against Zarate's set of kings. Several hours later, Zarate has chipped back up and the two decided to conduct a smaller, yet still meaningful second dance.

Deveau opened from the hijack to 4,300 and Zarate defended his big blind. The flop was {3-Clubs}{5-Spades}{6-Spades} and Zarate check-called Deveau's continuation-bet of 5,400.

"Fighting!" said a player at the table with a chuckle.

"Fighting! Round Two!" added Zarate with a jovial laugh.

The turn came {a-Diamonds} and Zarate check-called another barrel of 8,000 from Deveau. The river then fell {10-Spades} and Zarate fired 28,500 into the pot.

Deveau remarked in a suspicious manner about whether or not Zarate was bluffing. Eventually, he folded, asking Zarate if he had eight high.

"Close," Zarate said, lifting up his cards. Both cards were stacked one on top of the other so that only his {5-Hearts} was visible.

"And...?" Deveau begged. Zarate mucked. "C'mon!" Deveau joked.

"I might have been bluffing you with the best hand," Zarate said, smiling.

"You probably were," said Deveau.

Tags: Daniel DeveauIvan Zarate

Lamb Gets a Jam Through

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ben Lamb has been biding his time most of the day, rarely playing any big pots in the corner of the room. Finally, he stuck all his chips in after an open to 5,000 from middle position and a cutoff call. Lamb was on the button with 49,300 and the two-time WSOP Main Event final tablist got it through when the opener mucked quickly and cutoff tank-folded.

Tags: Ben Lamb

Limping with Aces...What Could Go Wrong?

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

In a five-way limped pot, the dealer fanned the flop of {j-Spades}{9-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and you couldn't find a more action flop for the cards that were dealt. In a matter of minutes, four players got all of their chips in the middle.

Michael Forca: {a-Spades}{4-Spades}
Alexander Kostritsyn: {q-Spades}{10-Spades}
Button: {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Under-the-gun: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}

All four players had a legitimate reason for getting their chips in the middle but it was the aces that were drawing nearly dead. The turn was the {6-Hearts} which changed nothing but the {3-Spades} on the river gave Forca the nut flush. Forca was all in for 72,100 and nearly earned a full quadruple up.

Tags: Alexander KostritsynMichael Forca

Mroczkowski Takes Pot From Heimiller

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A later position player opened for 5,000 and Dan Heimiller three-bet to 15,000 from the small blind.

Action was on Edward Mroczkowski who took down the pot after four-betting to 30,000 from the big blind.

Tags: Dan HeimillerEdward Mroczkowski

Hinkle Turns a Straight to Double

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Blair Hinkle
Blair Hinkle

Blair Hinkle called a raise to 4,500 and the big blind also came along to see the {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop, on which the big blind checked and the initial raiser continued for 9,000. Two calls later the {7-Hearts} appeared on the turn and the big blind check-folded to a bet of 15,000 and the shove of Hinkle for 34,600.

Hinkle's shove was called by {a-Spades}{j-Clubs} and he turned over {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for the straight, the {q-Spades} river was no threat.

Tags: Blair Hinkle

Assorted Chip Counts From Amazon Purple

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Dang Gives Hansen a Tough Decision

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

In a heads up pot before the flop, Trong Dang was all in from middle position and action was on Gus Hansen in the small blind. There was already around 53,000 that had been raked in, likely at the request of Hansen, and Dang's remaining chips were out in front of him.

Hansen asked how much it was to call and the dealer began to cut his stack and count it. After the dealer got to the 80,000-mark, Hansen had seen enough of Dang's ballpark figure of around 95,000 remaining and told the dealer it was fine to stop.

"Sorry guys," Hansen remarked a bit later. Around two minutes had passed and Hansen had yet to make a decision. It took almost another two minutes before Hansen decided to let go of his hand.

On the following hand, Dang chipped up a bit more after raising preflop, getting two callers, and taking the pot down eventually on the turn with a second barrel.

Tags: Gus HansenTrong Dang

Spurlin Among Casualties

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jordan Spurlin was just spotted on his way out of the tournament area. His cards were already in the muck and his opponent had flopped top pair with {a-Hearts}{3-Spades} to send Spurlin to the rail.

Tags: Jordan Spurlin