2019 World Series of Poker
Within quick succession, Denise Pratt, Tomasz Kozub, Davidi Kitai and David Jackson all headed to the payout desk as the field has been trimmed down to fewer than 620 players remaining.
Eoghan O'Dea raised the button and Allen Kessler defended out of the big blind to see a flop of ![]()
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. Kessler ended up all in for 287,000 and once the cards were tabled, he said "you really have a set there on the button? That's a ridiculous hand."
Allen Kessler: ![]()
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Eoghan O'Dea: ![]()
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turn was a blank, however, the
river improved Kessler as one player at the table pointed out "and you have a straight."
These players collected $22,190 for their Main Event showings.
Over on the main feature table, Stephen Rose made it 26,000 to go from late position and Hugo Pingray called in the cutoff, as did Miguel Seoane Iglesias in the small blind. The flop came ![]()
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and action checked to Rose, who continued for 55,000. Pingray folded and Seoane check-raised to see Rose call all in for 232,000.
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Miguel Seoane Iglesias: ![]()
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The
turn and the
river were both blanks and Rose was eliminated in 614th place.
Over in the gold section, the cards of Richard Martell were already in the muck as Carl Shaw dragged in the pot. Shaw's ![]()
ended up as the winner on a board of ![]()
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as he made a king-high straight.
According to both Kelly Minkin and Alex Livingston, the two of them got into an all-in preflop situation resulting in Minkin doubling up.
As Minkin recalled, Livingston had opened from the hijack to 28,000 and Minkin shoved from the big blind for 112,000.
Livingston took the recap from there, stating he called with ![]()
. Minkin had ![]()
and found herself in prime position for the double.
The board ran out ![]()
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, giving Livingston a pair of nines on the turn before Minkin filled up to a pair of aces, ending with the best hand en route to the double up.
Up on the main feature table, Gilad Gutkin got his last 397,000 chips in with ![]()
against Allen Cunningham's ![]()
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The flop ![]()
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gave Gutkin trip kings and a lifeline to remain in the Main Event. The turn was the
but the river
gave both players Broadway and they chopped it up.
A player raised in middle position to 30,000 and Michael Lech moved all-in in the cutoff, the action folded back around to the original raiser who asked for a count. After finding out it was 272,000 they made the call.
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Lech had him dominated and he avoided a seven when the board ran out ![]()
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giving him the double up.