The first wave of eliminations has seen over two dozen players tumble out of contention.
2019 World Series of Poker
Niveau: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Bounty players are on a 15-minute color-up break.
David Tovar was faced with an all in bet from Kevin Andriamahefa with a board showing ![]()
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. Tovar got a confirmation from the dealer of 116,500, Tovar tossed in his bounty chip for the call.
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Tovar made a great call as Andriamahefa missed his broadway draw and he exited the playing field.
In a three-bet pot, Edgardo Rosario fired for 45,000 from the big blind on a ![]()
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flop, and Shahar Levi called from middle position.
The turn came
, and Rosario went all-in for his remaining 182,500, sending Levi deep into the tank. Levi wondered out loud about the possibility of Rosario having the same hand that he held. After a couple of minutes, Levi finally made the call.
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Levi saw that he was dominated, and the river brought no help, falling
to secure the double for Rosario.
Phil Ivey opened under the gun to 12,000 and action folded around to Rong Xu who moved all in for 40,500 on the button. The small blind folded and after getting the count from the dealer, Scott Shannon called from the big blind. Action was back to Ivey who jammed over the top for 298,000 and that was too much for Shannon as mucked his hand.
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After seeing his opponents table their hands, Shannon announced he folded pocket jacks, and then the flop came ![]()
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The turn came the
and Ivey had one more card to go before he added a bounty chip to his collection.
Hu stood up getting ready to exit the tournament field but the dealer then peeled the
on the river and Xu took his seat and collected his piot.
There was three-way action after the flop of ![]()
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and Brian Potashnik checked his option from the small blind to
Walter Fisher who bet 20,000 from the big. Action was on Baitai Li who three-bet to 60,000 on the button, Potashnik got out of the way while Fisher called.
Fisher check-called the 60,000 bet from Li after the
came on the turn and both players checked the
on the river.
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Fisher missed his open-ended straight draw and Li scooped the pot with two-pair.
The 10-time bracelet winner, Phil Ivey looks to be building a nice stack with around 275,000 after starting the day with only 12 big blinds.