WSOP 2019 Updates

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From WSOP.com;


Day 2d has come to a close and with 2,925,000 in chips, Zachary Ackley has claimed the overnight chip lead. Dennis Brinn is hot on his heels with 2,745,000 in chips, and Rick Trigg (2,695,000), Wilburn Hutcheson (2,620,000), Albert Bragg (2,500,000), and David Frenkel (2,450,000) round out the top 5. Bracelet winner Anthony Reategui also found himself high up the leaderboard with 2,355,000 in chips.

The day started with 2,110 returning players; by the time the last hand was completed that number was whittled down to 553 players, who will be joining the remaining players that survived the other three flights. It appears that 1,594 out of the record-breaking field of 28,371 players have made it to the third day.

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[Doobs]

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Didn't you promise some news on Trigg the other day? 

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Didn't you promise some news on Trigg the other day? 

Certainly did, promised & delivered, except I posted it on the wrong thread. Don't ask.



http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=68465.msg2255927#msg2255927

[Karabiner]

I believe that as well as flushes beating full-houses in short-deck poker, three-of-a-kind beats straights.

I played a lot of what was known as stripped-deck five-card stud in my early poker days in which the sixes were also removed. One of my earliest games in which I was a most welcome regular was at The Mint Casino in Kilburn High Road which was situated above a Wimpey Bar and had a dealer known as "Chinese Willy", the one and only Willy Tann.

In those games flushes did beat full-houses, but straights beat three-of-a-kind so those few who understood the odds spent all of their time going for obscure straights which were clearly(now!) overpriced as they are now correctly ranked below threes.

[Karabiner]

Tikay has led me astray onto the wrong thread - perhaps a mod would be kind enough to move my post above on short-deck poker to the WSOP updates thread.

TIA

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Tikay has led me astray onto the wrong thread - perhaps a mod would be kind enough to move my post above on short-deck poker to the WSOP updates thread.

TIA

Sorted, apologies.

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Event 3 - $500 Big 50 NLH, 5 Days, Day 2D in play


The final split day and at the end of it we have 1597 players out of 28371 entries (including re-entries etc.) still in play.

From Day 2D, 551 made it through with the big stack belonging to Zachary Ackley ahead of Dennis Brinn, but we have a British player in third in the shape of Richard Trigg.

Other Brits through include Craig Beardsworth, Nickolay Ponomarev, Prabhat Kumar Ranjan, Dragos Trofimov, Fraser MacIntyre and Daniel Wendorf.

Big names are thin on the ground in this group, but there is one last year's ME FT there, Alex Lynskey.

Now all the groups get together and it will be a lot easier following the tournament from Day 3 onwards.


Event 8 - $10K Short Deck NLH, Day 3 of 3, 114 entries


The first ever Short Deck event went to Alex Epstein as the champion. His main game is PLO, but decided to play this as a game of higher variance.

Thai Ha finished second, having to come from behind by doubling up 5 times during the FT with Anson Tsang from Hong Kong third and Day 2 chip leader Chance Kornuth fourth.

Epstein collected nearly $300K and of course a gold WSOP bracelet.


Event 9 - $600 NLH Deepstack, Day 2 of 2, 6151 entries


As I predicted, this has had to run into a third day, as 9 players are still involved despite playing until almost 4am.

Seven Americans, 1 Canadian and 1 Mexican so it's an all North-American FT, headed by Paul Jain from Jeremy Pekarek and David Elet.

923 got paid, Calin Trif the last GB survivor in 76th for $4205, just outlasting Jamie Geraghty (82nd for $3554). Some other GB cashers - Robert Cowen, Andrew Hills, Daniel Heald, Pamela Pease and David Stones.

Some others who cashed - Daniel Negreanu (got to get a Daniel mention in), Joe Cada, Ylon Schwartz and Phillip ****.


Event 10 - $1500 Dealers Choice, Day 2 of 3, 470 entrants


21 players bagged chips at the end of Day 2, and we have a British leader, 3-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser. Glaser moved to the chip lead on the very last hand of the night as he hero-called Frankie O'Dell in a hand of Limit Hold'Em with just King high, being proved right when O'Dell showed ten high.

John Cernuto, John Monnette, Robert Mizrachi and Josh Arieh are among the other 20 players left in, but unfortunately no other British players after Mel Judah went out in 36th ($3299)


Event 11 - $5K NLH, Day 1 of 4, 343 entrants so far


The field bulged from 343 to 400 with some Day 2 late reg,and they've been reduced to 27 after another ten levels. All 27 of them are guaranteed nearly $12K but there's $442K waiting for the overall winner.

One of the late entries was Finn Pauli Ayras who bagged "around 1 million" at the end of the night, with regular WSOP cashers Ognjen Sekuralac (20 cashes) and Daniel Strelitz (38) in second and third.

Some bracelet winners in contention include Maria Ho, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Jeremy Ausmus & Niall Farrell, plus a second Brit in Simon Deadman.


Event 12 - $1000 NLH Super Turbo Bounty, 1 Day Event, 2452 entries


Done and dusted within 27 20-minute levels to the favour of Daniel Park. Down to a "Chip and a chair" with five left, he was automatically all-in with an ante plus one chip for a blind, he got through that and prospered from then on to win $226K.

Canadian Erik Cajelais too second and Jennifer Dennis, who looks in all the pictures like she was having a blast all day, third for just over $102K.

Gerald Ringe was top Uk player in 57th for $3354 while the other cashers from this country were David Winter, Ludo Geilich, Andrew Wilson, Jacobo Roth, Sergi Reixach, Barny Boatman and Ariel Shefer.

All these dollar amounts exclude any money won in bounties ($300 per player eliminated)


Event 13 - $1500 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw, Day 1 of 3, 296 entries


A slow start with only "a few dozen" players seated, but as late reg progressed more turned up, eventually enough to make it a record field for this event and contributing to a first prize of $96,278.

Steve Tabb took the day 1 leader, with 63 players making it through but only 45 are to be paid.

Two former winners of this event remain (Ryan D'Angelo and reigning title holder Daniel Ospina) plus Daniel Negreanu (whoops, two Daniel mentions), Chris Ferguson (booo) and Ryan Riess, plus just the one Brit - Cody Wagner.


To start today

Event 14 - $1500 HORSE, 4 Day Event

Event 15 - $10K Heads-up NLH, 4 Day Event

Event 16 - $1500 6-max NLH, 3 Day Event

[Marky147]

Go on, Trigg!

Percy wants a kids Lambo

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I'm 2 Updates behind as I've been MIA for 36 hours.

I'll get them up to date now & then it should be BAU.

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Sorry this is a bit late, didn't get home from work until after 7!

Event 3 - $500 Big 50 NLH, 5 Days, Day 3 of 5


At the end of Day 3, the 28000 odd have become just 126, headed by Venezuela's Amer Torbey who has what would normally be a massive 32 million in chips, that will soon be dwarved as players get 9 and even a 10 figure stack.

David Rasmussen is second and 2018 bracelet winner Diogo Veiga is third.

There isn't a lot of big names in the chip counts, this is a $500 tourney after all, but lurking in 15th spot is 5-time bracelet winner Allen Cunningham

It wasn't a good day for the Brits - Prabhat Kumar Ranjan snuck into the field in 121st place and four spots above him is Edward Slack, allegedly from Pertasgure, GB. Pertasgure is actually in Guatemala, Hendon Mob have two Edward Slacks listed, one from Scotland and the other from Guatemala, there's even a chance they could be one and the same but who knows?


Event 9 - $600 NLH Deepstack, Day 3 of 2, 6151 entries


Extended into a third day, this one took six more hours of play before Jeremy Pekarek won the bracelet and more than tripled his entire poker career earnings with a prize of $398K.

Contrasted with the rest of the event, heads up was short and sweet as it took Pekarek just two hands to dispatch Dan Kuntzman and Mexico's Juan Magana.


Event 10 - $1500 Dealers Choice, Day 2 of 3, 470 entrants


After a gap of 12 years, Scott Clements has won his third bracelet. He has previously won bracelets in PLO and Omaha Hi/Lo, picking the latter for his last 13 choices during heads-up play with Tim McDermott.

McDermott mixed it up a little more (although with a preference with No Limit 2-7 Single Draw) but it was in the field of NLH that the bracelet was decided as the victor's K10 held up against K2. It was never in doubt after a flop of 10-K-10!

Last British player Benny Glaser made the FT, but was eliminated in 5th spot for a smidgin under $19K.


Event 11 - $5K NLH, Day 3 of 4, 400 entrants

We're down to a FT of 6, and unusally for a big-money tournament, they're all still looking for a first bracelet.

Some like Maria Ho (I incorrectly credited her with a bracelet yesterday), Shannon Storr and Daniel Strelits have come close before. Ali Imsirovic as mentioned already is one of the hottest players of the last 12 months, Ognjen Sekularac is looking for the first ever win for Serbia and Arsenii Karmatckii (love those two double i's) has over a million career earnings but has never been better than 10th at the WSOP.

Last UK player standing was Simon Deadman, who bowed out in 13th for $17K.


Event 13 - $1500 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw, Day 1 of 3, 296 entries


Down to a FT here too, 4 Americans plus one from Israel and one from Germany.

Jerry Wong has a ME FT to his credit but has never finished in the Top 3, he's got a great chance here lying second to Ajay Chabra. Steve Tabb lies third, guaranteed an improvement on last year when he finsihed 10th in this very event.

Cody Wagner from Warrington was the last UK player, he made the cash but was knocked out in 33rd for $2780.


Event 14 - $1500 HORSE, Day 1 of 4, 751 entries


Must resist horse puns. Must resist horse puns. Must resist... no, can't be doing that.

Front runner at the end of Day 1 is Mark Castagnini who galloped to the head of the field during the last couple of hours of play, with Jean Gaspard (winner of the 10K Dealers choice in 2016, so well versed in mixed games) second and Canadian Clayyon Mozdzen third.

Some other prominent figures covered up midfield waiting for a chance to open up include Chris Klodnicki, David "ODB" Baker, Chris Tryba and Andre Akkari, while Bart Lybaert, Calvin Anderson and Ian Johns are being held up near the back.

Mel Judah is top Brit, but only in 158th with David Tarbet and Paresh Doshi his only two compatriots of the 291 making Day 2.


Event 15 - $10K Heads-up NLH, Day 1 of 4, 112 entrants


After three rounds of play, the Heads-up is down to a Sweet Sixteen with probably the best known heads-up player John Smith headlining the field.

2015 winner Keith Lehr is still there too as are Brian Rast, Kristen Bicknell, Ole Schemion and Cord Garcia. Most of them have been kept apart in the draw, but the Bicknell-Rast tie could be the big draw. Smith has to face Jimmy Dambrosio whose only cash in this was making the last 32 in 2009.

There is one British player left in, Simon Burns who will face Lehr in the last 16.


Event 16 - $1500 6-max NLH, Day 1 of 3, 1832 entrants


Close to the money after Day 1, with 272 to be paid and 289 players still in contention.

The chip leader is Britain's Richard Hasnip who has already cashed in Event 9. He's had a few nice cashes over the last 18 months (best of them £48K for winning a £550 deepstack at DTD in Nottingham, but this is a major step up.

It's an international leader board, as the top eight include players from the US, France, Singapre, Israel, China and Germany as well as the UK.

Some well known pros making Day 2 include David Benyamine, Jeff Madsen and Shaun Deeb, trying to repeat as WSOP Player of the Year.

There's half a dozen other Brits too including Elliott Peterman, Daniel Wendorf and Ben Farrell (there seems to be a disproportionate number of UK poker players called Ben)


To start today

Event 17 - $1500 NLH Shootout, 3 Day Event

Event 18 - $10K, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, 4 Day Event

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Event 3 - $500 Big 50 NLH, 5 Days, Day 4 of 5


Getting down to the business end, with 7 players challenging for the $1.15million prize and the fold bracelet (having already bagged at least £182K)

The chip leader is Femi Fashakin who is recording his very first WSOP cash. He leads Paul Cullen (1 WSOP cash back in 2015) and Adrian Curry (no WSOP cashes) in an inexperienced (in WSOP terms at least) top 3 spots

Curry was the one who knocked-out 5-time bracelet winner Allen Cunningham down in 47th spot.


Event 11 - $5K NLH, Day 4 of 4, 400 entrants


We were bound to have a bracelet virgin take the prize, and it was Daniel Strelitz who the fates determined would be the one breaking his duck.

He beat Shannon Storr in a heads-up match which was practically level at the start, but soon took control and finished him off when a pair of tens held up.

Strelitz gets $442K, Storr $273K and Serbian Ognjen Sekularac $186K for third.


Event 13 - $1500 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw, Day 3 of 3, 296 entries


It's a bracelet for Israel in the guise of Yuval Bronshtein who took a title at his 10th FT.

Asaf Chabra held a 2:1 chip lead a the start of heads-up, and at one point Bronshtein was all-in for his tournament life, but he survived and then flourished sufficiently to at first take the lead and then dominate.

Former November Niner Jerry Wong finished third.


Event 14 - $1500 HORSE, Day 2 of 4, 751 entries

Down to 28 runners with two Jasons in the top 2 positions. Jason Acosta leads Jason Stockfish, with a significant gap between those two and Russian Sergey Altbregin in third.

A couple of the well-known names I picked out yesterday are still there - Chris Klodnicki & Andrew Akkari

No Brits made it to Day 3, in fact none even managed a min-cash.

Down near the bottom of the pack we've got a classic sports car (Ferrari) and a tractor (David Brown). Both of them will need to do a lot of overtaking to make the FT.


Event 15 - $10K Heads-up NLH, Day 1 of 4, 112 entrants

Sixteen were first sorted in to eight, and then to a final four.

Those four will be, in alphabetical order, Cord Garcia, Keith Lehr, Sean Swingruber and Ben Yu. All but Swingruber have one previous bracelet to their credit. Swingruber will play Garcia in the first SF, while fairly obviously Yu & Lehr will meet in the second.

From that you will be able to see we've lost the last Brit (Simon Burns) and the favourite John Smith


Event 16 - $1500 6-max NLH, Day 2 of 3, 1832 entrants

21 left in the 6-max, with a French player in the lead - Romain Nussmann who ended Day 1 with over 200BB, ahead of Ong Dingxiang from Singapore and Pierce McKellar (US) the only others with over 100BB.

Day 1 chip leader Richard Hasnip continues to fly the Union Jack but is now settled in midfield, guaranteed at least $16K but still with eyes on the first prize of $407K.


Event 17 - $1500 NLH Shootout, Day 1 of 3, 917 entrants

100 tables of 9 or 10 all played down to a finish with the winners all guaranteed a min-cash of $5279, but you don't get a prize ladder until you win your Day 2 table as well when you will get at least $15K, a place on the 10-handed FT and a chance to play for $238K.

Chip leader isn't really a worthwhile concept at this stage although stacks do vary slightly so I'll restrict myself to noting a few names through.

These include a couple of ME winners (Joe Cada & Qui Nguyen), a couple of well known female players (Loni Harwood & Jen Tilly) and several Brits or at least players with United Kingdom beside their names (Florian Duta, Jonathan Proudfoot (these two will share a Day 2 table), Yiannis Liperis, Dragos Trofimov and Brandon Shiels)

We've also got a pair of twins through - 2017 ME runner-up Daniel Ott will share table 410 with his brother Dillon.


Event 18 - $10K, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Day 1 of 4, 173 entrants so far

90 players remain, but late reg (like all the other 10K "Championship" events) is open until hours into Day 2. There is a chance that the record field for this event (212) could be matched or broken.

Of the 90, the biggest Day 1 stack belongs to Yarron Bendor who has form in this event (3rd in 2017). David Benyamine (1 bracelet) and Shaun Deeb (4 bracelets and 2018 Player of the Year) are his nearest challengers.

Still in - Perry Friedman, Mike Matusow, Ben Lamb, Brandon Shack-Harris and 2018 winner Paul Volpe.

Benny Glaser and Tim Flanders are both inside the Top 30, while Richard Ashby is shown as with 1 chip which usually means there was a misunderstanding somewhere along the bagging process.


To start today

Event 19 - $1500 Millionaire Maker, 5 Day Event, 2 starting flights Fri/Sat

Event 20 - $1500 Seven Card Stud, 4 Day Event

[Marky147]

Back in business!

Did your man manage to get someone from the Venetian to whip him up an ITIN?

Any sticky buns?

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Back in business!

Did your man manage to get someone from the Venetian to whip him up an ITIN?

Any sticky buns?

Not seen him yet, will be hooking up tonight, so I'll see where it's t then.

Sticky buns? I'm easing myself in at the mo, barely had a minute to breathe so far, but I got started last night.



 

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[Marky147]

Is that from the deli, as opposed to the 'All American Grill'?

Look almost like proper chips, too.