Roman Korenev Leads Final 16 to Day 5 of The Marathon
Day 4 of Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em is in the books at the 2019 World Series of Poker. The 1,083-player field had already dwindled down to the final 52 players but after another six 100-minute levels they are down to 16 players. Roman Korenev from Russia is leading the pack with 3,125,000 but he is closely followed by Yicheng Xu (3,045,000) and Dong Sheng Peng (2,930,000) from China. The remaining players are all guaranteed $16,970 but if they survive one more elimination they will be guaranteed $21,208. Of course, all the players are eyeing that top prize of $477,401.
Day 4 Action
The day started with 52 players still in action but it didn't take too long for the first player to exit the tournament. Mario Navarro pushed his last four big blinds to the middle holding ace-seven suited. Paul Hizer had king-queen off-suit and managed to hit a flush to eliminate Navarro. He was the 52nd place finisher and took home $8,075.
Other players that failed to make Day 5 include Joseph Cheong (49th - $8,075), Anatoly Filatov (46th - $8,075), WSOP bracelet winners Ryan Leng (40th - $9,504) and Mohsin Charania (38th - $9,504), and Day 2 chip leader David Coleman (27th - $13,780). Chris Grigorian, also known as ''The Armenian Express'', had a good start of the day but he had to settle for 24th place. Grigorian ran his pocket jacks into the pocket queens of Peng and he took home $13,780.
WSOP Bracelet winner Preston Lee and Johan Guilbert tangled in one particular hand where Guilbert fired on all streets. Lee called with his pocket sevens on a board with two overcards and an underpair. The entire table got up on their feet and verbally admired Lee's hero call. Lee survived the day with just 640,000 while Guilbert Only has 370,000. Other players that are still in include Joe Curcio (2,710,000), Sergio Fernandez (1,615,000), Gustavo Darosamuniz (745,000), and Daniel Park (300,000).
They will continue Friday on Level 25 with the blinds at 20,000 and 40,000 and a big blind ante of 40,000. The remaining 16 players have an average stack of 44 big blinds and there will be plenty of room to play with the levels still being 100 minutes long.
The plan is to play down to the final six players and PokerNews will be there to provide live coverage.
Day 5 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon 2 | 1 | Joe Curcio | United States | 2,710,000 | 68 |
| Amazon 2 | 2 | Johan Guilbert | France | 370,000 | 9 |
| Amazon 2 | 3 | Sergio Fernandez | Spain | 1,615,000 | 40 |
| Amazon 2 | 4 | Vladimir Revniaga | United States | 2,795,000 | 70 |
| Amazon 2 | 5 | Dong Sheng Peng | China | 2,930,000 | 73 |
| Amazon 2 | 6 | Jared Koppel | United States | 1,870,000 | 47 |
| Amazon 2 | 7 | Joseph Liberta | United States | 1,340,000 | 34 |
| Amazon 2 | 8 | Matt Russell | United States | 2,850,000 | 71 |
| Amazon 3 | 1 | Preston Lee | United States | 640,000 | 16 |
| Amazon 3 | 2 | Gustavo Darosamuniz | Brazil | 745,000 | 19 |
| Amazon 3 | 3 | Yicheng Xu | China | 3,045,000 | 76 |
| Amazon 3 | 5 | Roman Korenev | Russia | 3,125,000 | 78 |
| Amazon 3 | 6 | Francis Anderson | United States | 1,215,000 | 30 |
| Amazon 3 | 7 | Daniel Park | United States | 300,000 | 8 |
| Amazon 3 | 8 | Peter Hong | United States | 1,660,000 | 42 |
| Amazon 3 | 9 | Timothy Miles | United States | 1,180,000 | 30 |
and Alexandrov was sent home in 17th place.
. Curcio led out for 75,000 from the hijack and Ma shipped all in for around 350,000 on the button. Curcio instantly called and the cards were tabled.
on the river sealed the deal.
and Xu took a strong lead with a set of nines. The 
on the turn left Martino drawing dead but Xu made quads when the 
completed the board for good measure.
and the pot was pushed to chipleader Korenev.
changed nothing. The 
and 
runout was also no help to Grigorian who headed to the payout desk.
and Poling picked up a flush draw to go with his live ace. The turn was the 
and Martino checked to Guilbert again. He put a bet ten-times as big in the middle when he pushed 205,000 forward. Lee thought about it for a long while before calling. Martino folded and he let them continue heads-up. 
was dealt on the river and Guilbert wanted to see how much Lee had behind. It was 385,000 and Guilbert tanked for about four minutes. He then announced all in and he let out an exaggerated sigh when Lee didn't snap call. 
for the winning hand. 
