2019 World Series of Poker
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, a pot of about 175,000 was in the middle. Ngon Hoang was facing a decision for his tournament life as big stack Sasha Liu put him to the ultimate test with a river all in bet.
Hoang hemmed and hawed, seemingly very torn over the decision. "Show if I fold?" he asked, to which Liu replied "What?" as if she did not hear the question.
"If you have to think this long...." said Liu, "I have something I can call with" replied Hoang. He thought it over for about 30 more seconds, checked the tournament clock, before spiking his remaining stack forward to indicate a call.
Liu turned over ![]()
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for the winning second pair. He jumped up from the table in relief and pumped his fist as his tournament was still alive and now with a substantial stack. Liu took the hit to her stack well, as she still sits with over a million.
Former English Premier League footballer Jimmy Kebe has lost a huge chunk of his chips of late and was spotted shaking his head after losing another pot.
He called 12,500 on the ![]()
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flop before folding to a further bet of 25,000 on the
river.
He sits on 128,000 which is currently less than half the tournament average.
Mike McDonald defended his big blind from a 10,000 open and check-called 18,000 on a ![]()
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flop.
The turn was the
and both players checked. McDonald checked the
river and his opponent bet 24,000. McDonald folded.
Eric Baldwin raised to 11,000 from mid-position and was called by the player on the button and Max Steinberg in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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, Steinberg checked and Baldwin continued with a bet of 12,000. The player on the button took a few seconds to fold and so did Steinberg in the end.
Action on the table folded around to Dan Heimiller who opened for 14,000 on the button. Action was on the big blind player who took a few minutes, counted out his chips and made the call.
The flop came ![]()
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and the big blind player checked his option to Heimiller who instantly moved all in.
The big blind player looked down at his hand once more before tossing them into the muck and Heimiller showed the ![]()
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Konstantin Puchkov opened in middle position, Jeff Madsen called to his left and Mike Holm made up the difference from the blinds, taking the trio to a flop.
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flop, it was checked all round. On the
turn, Puchkov checked again and Madsen bet 18,500 into the pot. Holm folded immediately but Puchkov needed a few seconds to decide what to do. He gave it up and Madsen took the chips.