2019 World Series of Poker
Jeff Madsen opened preflop and Michael Holm was the only player to get involved, calling behind. The dealer laid ![]()
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on the flop and Holm called Madsen's continuation bet.
On the
turn, Madsen barreled for 33,000 and Holm moved all in over the top. It was a quick call from Madsen who turned over pocket-kings, the favorite at this point, with Holm holding ![]()
for top pair and a flush draw.
The
river saved Holm, bringing him a flush and preventing him from hitting the rail.
Carlton Tartar opened to 25,000 and TJ Cloutier three-bet to 100,000. Tartar four--bet all in for 217,000 and Cloutier called for around 205,000.
According to Tartar, he held ![]()
and Cloutier held ![]()
with the six-time bracelet winner and two-time Main Event runner-up (1985, 2000) eliminated.
The under-the-gun player opened for 12,000 and was called by the button player. Action was on the small blind player who three-bet jammed for 77,000 and was called by Mark Teltscher from the big blind while the initial raiser and the button player folded.
Mark Teltscher: ![]()
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Opponent: ![]()
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It was a classic race that was in Teltscher's favor until the flop came ![]()
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giving his opponent a flush draw.
The turn brought the
and Teltscher dodged all of his opponent's outs as the river fell the
and Teltscher raked in the pot.
Cards were on their backs in a hand between old rivals Ray Qartomy and Jared Ingles. The latter was all in from the hijack for 163,500, way ahead with ![]()
against ![]()
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board brought a scare for Ingles but the
river was safe for him.
Things had been going swimmingly for Vlastimil Pustina. He had accumulated a big stack and had remained steady during the last couple of levels. That was until he lost a big pot against his friend Clayton Saliba just now.
Pustina and Saliba explained how the chips had changed hands and it all boiled down to a set v set situation. Pustina had flopped a set of deuces and Saliba turned a set of jacks, which was when they went all in. The river was a brick and Saliba is now over the 1 million mark, whilst Pustina is sent back to the drawing board.
Jia Tang got in a dominating spot blind versus blind with ![]()
against a shorter-stacked player, all in for about 90,000 with ![]()
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flop didn't help Tang's opponent, and the
on the turn sealed his fate.
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000