2019 World Series of Poker
These players pocketed $15,000 for their respective efforts.
Maxime Chilaud raised to 17,000 and called a three-bet to 35,000 to see a flop of ![]()
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, on which he check-raised a bet of 60,000. His opponent called all in for around 200,000 and tabled ![]()
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The
turn gave Chilaud more outs and he got there with the
river to see his opponent bang so hard on the table that the big stack of Abdulrahim Amer in the one seat fell over.
A player in early position raised to 18,000 and was called by Mario Hudson on his direct left. Action then folded around to Eddie Ochana in the cutoff who three-bet to 62,000. The original opener thought for close to two minutes before calling and Hudson took about 30 seconds before deciding to stick around.
The flop fell ![]()
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and action checked to Ochana, who continued for 102,000. The early position player went back into Hollywood mode and after a long pause moved all in for around 435,000. Hudson folded and Ochana called.
Eddie Ochana: ![]()
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Ochana had found his aces in trouble against his opponent's flopped set of jacks. The turn came
and was of no help to Ochana. However, the river
brought him justice as his hand became best again, improving to a set of aces.
The two had similar stacks and Ochana's was counted to be 467,000, a few big blinds more than his opponent who had found a two outer on the river send him to the payout line.
$15,000 payday for each of these finishers.
Scott Ball opened to 20,000 and called a shove from Maxwell Schrack for 61,000.
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Maxwell Schrack: ![]()
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opened up some chop opportunities but the ![]()
runout gave Schrack the pot and he doubled up.
David "ODB" Baker raised to 18,000 from the hijack and Daniel Neilson defended his big blind.
They both checked through the ![]()
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flop to the
on the turn. Neilson quickly checked again and Baker fired another bet of 18,000 over the line for Neilson to fold to.
Mary Sturges had doubled her short stack once more and then ended up all in for 61,000, which prompted a three-bet by Luke Martinelli to force out everyone else at the table.
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Luke Martinelli: ![]()
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The board came ![]()
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and Sturges headed to the payout desk. On the same table, two 888poker qualifiers are in action with Jason James and Mihai Manole.
Cary Katz was seen collecting a double up as his ![]()
was the winner on a board that had run out ![]()
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to get his stack back to 20 big blinds, giving Katz some much-needed breathing room.
The action folded around to Patrick Serda in the hijack who shoved all-in for 53,000 and Harrison Gimbel snap-called in the big blind.
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The flop came ![]()
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giving Gimbel a flush draw with his ace, but then on the turn
it was looking to be a chop, but unfortunately for Serda the
fell on the river giving Gimbel a pair of fours, eliminating Serda from the tournament.