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

Guay Flops a House

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

A completed board of {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{k-Spades} was spread across the felt with Nicholas Marchington and David Guay heads-up in the pot. Marchington led out for 525,000 into a pot of around 800,000.

Guay slid out a raise to 1,880,000 and Marchington went into the tank for a couple of minutes before making the call. Guay turned over {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} for a full house and Marchington mucked his cards.

Player Chips Progress
David Guay ca
David Guay
WSOP 1X Winner
9,900,000 1,900,000
Nick Marchington gb
Nick Marchington
Day 6 Chip Leader
7,100,000 -3,735,000

Tags: David GuayNicholas Marchington

Daniel Kirsch Eliminated in 100th Place ($59,295)

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Daniel Kirsch
Daniel Kirsch

Antonio Esfandiari raised from early position, Daniel Kirsch three-bet shoved from the small blind for his remaining 400,000-ish and Esfandiari called with {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, leading Kirsch's {a-}{7-}.

The board ran out clean for Esfandiari, ending Kirsch's run in 100th place.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
WSOP 3X Winner
5,200,000 500,000
Daniel Kirsch ca
Daniel Kirsch
Busted

Tags: Antonio EsfandiariDaniel Kirsch

Level: 27

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

Karakikov Doubles Through Duthweiler

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Tobias Duthweiler opened for 160,000 from the hijack and Pavlin Karakikov just called from the big blind to see a {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} flop.

Karakikov checked, Duthweiler bet 140,000, and Karakikov check-raised all in for 960,000. Duthweiler wasted little time in making the call and the hands were turned up.

Karakikov: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Duthweiler: {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

Karakikov had flopped top set but Duthweiler had a pair with a straight draw. The {2-Diamonds} turn gave Duthweiler an added flush draw but he missed when the {6-Clubs} bricked the river.

Player Chips Progress
Pavlin Karakikov bg
Pavlin Karakikov
2,300,000 410,000
Tobias Duthweiler de
Tobias Duthweiler
1,900,000 -3,500,000

Tags: Pavlin KarakiovTobias Duthweiler

Su Gets a Check-Raise Paid

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

On a completed board of {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{5-Spades}{5-Hearts}, small blind Timothy Su checked and Alex Livingston bet 425,000 into about 900,000. Su came out with a check-raise to 1.55 million and Livingston thought about a minute then slid in a call.

Su showed {9-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for trips and took it down.

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Su us
Timothy Su
Day 5 Chip Leader
18,780,000 2,280,000
Alex Livingston ca
Alex Livingston
3,100,000 -835,000

Tags: Alex LivingstonTimothy Su

Carl Shaw Eliminated in 101st Place ($59,295)

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Carl Shaw
Carl Shaw

Johnathan Dempsey raised to 160,000 on the button and Carl Shaw three-bet to 700,000. Dempsey was in the think tank and moved all in, Shaw called it off for his last 1,600,000.

Carl Shaw: {j-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Johnathan Dempsey: {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

The board came {q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{7-Spades} and Shaw was sent to the rail in 101st place.

Player Chips Progress
Johnathan Dempsey us
Johnathan Dempsey
7,200,000 1,780,000
Carl Shaw gb
Carl Shaw
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Carl ShawJohnathan Dempsey

Dzivielevski Takes From Rand

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Yuri Dzivielevski defended out of the blinds and check-called a bet of 205,000 by Kevin Rand on the {k-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} flop. They checked the {a-Hearts} turn and Dzivielevski bet the {q-Clubs} river for 875,000. Rand raised to 2,100,000 and Dzivielevski called.

Rand announced an eight and tabled the {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}, while Dzivielevski had a straight with the {j-Spades}{8-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski
WSOP 4X Winner
6,300,000 2,770,000
Kevin Rand us
Kevin Rand
3,800,000 -3,330,000

Tags: Kevin RandYuri Dzivielevski

A$1.5 Million GTD Main Event at The Star Sydney Champs in 2019

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The Star Sydney Champs returns to Sydney, Australia, with an expanded schedule promising 25 days of world-class poker.

Headlining the series is the A$3,000 ($2,800 + $200) Main Event with an impressive A$1.5 Million GTD! The series also includes an additional 16 side events, including brand new events Crazy Pineapple and The Sydney Champs NLH Cup. There’s something for everyone, with events ranging from A$330 ($300+$30) to the A$20,000 ($19,000 + $1,000) High Rollers, set to attract the southern hemisphere’s poker elite.

The Star Sydney Champs runs from 11 July to 5 August 2019.

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Vegemite Sandwich for Hachem

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Action folded to Australian Daniel Hachem in the small blind, and he limped in.

Robert Heidorn elected to raise from the big blind to 300,000.

Hachem thought for a few moments, then splashed out a three-bet to 1,200,000.

"1.2?" asked Heidorn before he took about 30 seconds before folding.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
8,800,000 400,000
Daniel Hachem au
Daniel Hachem
7,100,000 335,000

Tags: Daniel HachemRobert Heidorn

Lu Looking Up

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The flop read {j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{a-Spades}, Henry Lu checked his big blind and Michael Kapernaros bet 230,000 from the cutoff. Gabe Patgorski folded his button and Lu made the call.

They both checked through the {9-Clubs} on the turn to the {a-Hearts} on the river. Lu bet 300,000 and Kapernaros called after contemplating for a while but mucked when Lu tabled {a-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} for trip aces.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Kapernaros us
Michael Kapernaros
4,660,000 -1,340,000
Henry Lu us
Henry Lu
3,400,000 2,275,000

Tags: Gabe PatgorskiHenry LuMichael Kapernaros