2019 World Series of Poker

Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$80,548,600
Entries
8,569
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000

Dewitt Continues Surge

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

A large amount of chips of nearly 1,000,000 was brewing in the pot and Jeffrey Dewitt had made a bet of 500,000 on a board that read {5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{9-Clubs}. Nick Rampone, who had doubled up Dewitt earlier, was considering the bet. He thought for several minutes and said it was ok if anybody called the clock on him, but none of his table-mates thought that was necessary and told him to take his time.

Eventually Rampone folded to give Dewitt yet another boon to his stack to continue his momentum early on Day 5.

Player Chips Progress
Jeffrey Dewitt us
Jeffrey Dewitt
2,750,000
950,000
950,000
Nick Rampone us
Nick Rampone
950,000
-391,000
-391,000

Tags: Jeffrey DewittNick Rampone

Siegal's Chips Vanish

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Jeff Siegal has not been in his seat throughout Day 5 and was eventually forced all in from the big blind. Dario Sammartino raised and Kristofer Kneale called from the small blind but check-folded the {q-Hearts}{4-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop to a bet by Sammartino as Siegal was officially eliminated.

When the cards went in the air, Kneale mentioned that Siegal was very sick. His now empty seat was taken by Richard Seymour, a man with three Super Bowl championship rings and a chip stack in rude health.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Seymour us
Richard Seymour
3,600,000
33,000
33,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
2,900,000
598,000
598,000
Jeff Siegal us
Jeff Siegal
Busted

Tags: Dario SammartinoJeff SiegalKristofer KnealeRichard Seymour

Mental Game Series: Todd “DanDruff” Witteles on Right Track in Life and 2019 WSOP Main Event

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Todd Witteles
Todd Witteles

If there’s ever been a poker player who tells it like it is, that player is Todd “DanDruff” Witteles. Not only does he host Poker Fraud Alert where he sheds light on any shadiness and controversy going on in the poker world, but anyone who follows him on social media knows he’s also opened up about struggles in his personal life.

That includes suffering from severe anxiety and depression, as well as anhedonia – the inability to feel any kind of pleasure. For a while, it took over his life, but things are different.

“I don’t know if I have more pep in my step but I’m very thankful that I came back from what happened to me last year,” Witteles explained. “In August I had the worst month of my life. For a few months after that I was pretty bad too. I developed a chemical disorder in my brain that caused very severe anxiety, depression, and some other very bad psychological issues where I was very messed up.”

He continued: “I could think logically but I could not overrule the way I was feeling. I’d never had those types of problems in my life before, so I wasn’t someone who had dealt with it my whole life. I didn’t know if I’d even come back from it. I knew it was something chemical, there wasn’t something in my life that happened to cause this.”

Fortunately, Witteles was able to overcome those difficulties as highlighted in the linked article below. For now, Witteles is in action today and looking to make the most of his 2019 WSOP Main Event experience.

For the full story check out the feature article on PokerNews here.

Tags: Todd Witteles

Hang Doubles Through Foggin

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Down to his last 172,000, Keith Hang moved all in and Marc Foggin reshoved. John Lombardo in the big blind checked his cards and mucked {2-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} face up with the words "I can't do it."

Keith Hang: {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}
Marc Foggin: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

The board came {q-Spades}{10-Spades}{7-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{8-Clubs} and Hang doubled with his set of tens.

Player Chips Progress
Shyam Srinivasan ca
Shyam Srinivasan
870,000
-90,000
-90,000
John Lombardo au
John Lombardo
600,000
-63,000
-63,000
Keith Hang us
Keith Hang
400,000
108,000
108,000
Marc Foggin gb
Marc Foggin
360,000
-80,000
-80,000

Tags: John LombardoMarc FogginKeith Hang

Katz Eliminated by Auzoux

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Cary Katz
Cary Katz

Cary Katz was seen standing up from his table as the pot was in the process of being shipped to his executioner, Gregoire Auzoux. Auzoux's winning hand of {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} was tabled on a board of {5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{3-Spades}{10-Hearts}{a-Hearts}

According to him and another player at the table, Katz raised and Auzoux three-bet. Katz four-bet all in for not much more and Auzoux called.

Katz had {k-}{k-} and took the bad beat, albeit an unavoidable one when Auzoux spiked his ace on the river to win the pot and send Katz home.

Player Chips Progress
Gregoire Auzoux fr
Gregoire Auzoux
2,170,000
136,000
136,000
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
Busted

Tags: Cary KatzGregoire Auzoux

Brereton Eliminated by Dollins

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

As told to us by Tim Burt, a series of raises between Michael Dollins in early position and Luke Brereton on the button resulted in Brereton all in for abut 850,000 with {q-}{q-}, trailing Dollins' {k-}{k-}.

The board ran out clean for Dollins, ending Brereton's Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Dollins us
Michael Dollins
3,500,000
593,000
593,000
Luke Brereton gb
Luke Brereton
Busted

Tags: Luke BreretonMichael DollinsTim Burt

Quad Queens for Power

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Chad Power
Chad Power

Chad Power made a river bet of 500,000 over to his opponent, Preben Stokkan. The board read {2-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{q-Spades}{q-Clubs} and a pot of about 750,000 was already in the middle. Stokkan deeply considered it before calling.

Power had the hammer as he turned over the {q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and added chips to his stack which is nearing 5 million.

Player Chips Progress
Chad Power us
Chad Power
4,900,000
830,000
830,000
Preben Stokkan no
Preben Stokkan
2,200,000
-600,000
-600,000
Day 3 Chip Leader

Tags: Chad PowerPreben Stokkan

Double Knockout With a Twist for Rand

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Kevin Rand
Kevin Rand

Marc Foggin jammed for the last 344,000 and the action was on John Lombardo on the button, who gave it a lot of consideration. One of the players on the table called the clock on Lombardo, who was given 25 seconds to act and made the call within that time for 60% of his remaining stack.

Kevin Rand in the small blind pushed all in and Lombardo called it off to create a three-way showdown.

Marc Foggin: {k-Spades}{10-Spades}
John Lombardo: {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Kevin Rand: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

Foggin picked up a flush draw on the {6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Spades} flop while Lombardo was drawing very thin. The {9-Spades} turn left Lombardo drawing dead while Foggin suddenly went from worst to best hand and needed to avoid another spade to triple up. However, the {j-Spades} fell on the river and that locked up the double knockout for Rand.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Rand us
Kevin Rand
4,000,000
1,663,000
1,663,000
Marc Foggin gb
Marc Foggin
Busted
John Lombardo au
John Lombardo
Busted

Tags: John LombardoKevin RandMarc Foggin

Quads Again

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Seconds after quad queens had been shown by Chad Power, quads struck again at a nearby table as Dejan Pustoslemsek was raking in a pot with his pocket jacks exposed as the winner on a board that included two jacks. He added the chips to his stack as it appeared that Michael Kapernaros was the one whose stack had been raided.

Player Chips Progress
Dejan Pustoslemsek si
Dejan Pustoslemsek
3,300,000
2,240,000
2,240,000
Michael Kapernaros us
Michael Kapernaros
1,400,000
-328,000
-328,000

Tags: Dejan PustoslemsekMichael Kapernaros

Brar Busted by Mizner

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Jaspal Brar has just been eliminated when all the chips went in when he was sitting in the hijack. Chad Mizner had him only just covered in the big blind.

Jaspal Brar: {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts}
Chad Mizner: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{9-Spades}{8-Spades}{2-Diamonds} for Mizner to hold and eliminate Brar from the Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Chad Mizner us
Chad Mizner
850,000
189,000
189,000
Jaspal Brar ca
Jaspal Brar
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Chad MiznerJaspal Brar