Event #83: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Jour 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker

2019-07-11 21:17 UTC-7

Peters Eliminated by McCue-Unciano

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Niveau 8 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

David Peters opened to 18,000 from the hijack and Kainalu McCue-Unciano three-bet to 60,000 from the small blind. Peters four-bet shoved for about 260,000 and McCue-Unciano snap-called.

David Peters:
Kainalu McCue-Unciano:

The runout was and McCue-Unciano made nines full of sevens to with the pot, eliminating Peters.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kainalu McCue-Unciano	1,200,000 230,000	230,000

David Peters	Eliminé

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2019-07-11 21:05 UTC-7

Chidwick Eliminated

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Niveau 8 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Sergi Reixach opened to 17,000 and Kanialu McCue-Unciano called. Stephen Chidwick had clearly lost a major pot and was down to just 144,000. He three-bet all in and Reixach quickly folded.

McCue-Unciano tanked and eventually called, flipping over .

He was behind the of Chidwick but an ace on a run out gave him the pot and sent Chidwick to the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Steffen Sontheimer	1,100,000 510,000	510,000
Matthias Eibinger	1,075,000 295,000	295,000
Kainalu McCue-Unciano	970,000 320,000	320,000

Matthew Gonzales	440,000 -150,000	-150,000
Sergi Reixach	375,000 -45,000	-45,000
Ferdinand Putra	350,000 -320,000	-320,000
David Peters	275,000 -275,000	-275,000

Stephen Chidwick	Eliminé

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2019-07-11 16:19 UTC-7

Takagi Eliminates Stamm

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Niveau 2 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Kensaku Takagi raised to 4,500 under the gun and David Stamm three-bet to 20,000 from the small blind. Takagi four-bet to 60,000 and Stamm five-bet for 200,000. Takagi took a minute of reflection then responded by moving all in for 609,500 and Stamm called putting at risk about 555,000.

David Stamm:
Kensaku Takagi:

"Just gotta fade," muttered Stam.

The dealer spread a flop of . "No diamonds!" said Stam. But the turn brought the . "I said no diamonds," continued Stamm, and the river filled up the board for Takagi to win the pot with his flush, sending Stamm to the rail.

"This is a cruel game you guys, a very cruel game," commented Stamm while getting ready to leave.

"I worked so hard to be able to play this well and then this happens," he added, before heading to the exit.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kensaku Takagi	1,166,500 566,500	566,500
David Stamm	Eliminé

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2019-07-11 16:10 UTC-7

Grafton's New Poker Face Working Out Well

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Niveau 2 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

"It's my new poker face," Sam Grafton said to his table. "It's to look side like you."

Grafton gestured to fellow Brit Ben Heath.

"Look like I'm close to tears."

"But some players look angry," contributed Orpen Kisacikoglu.

"Yeah," said Grafton. "Like [2019 bracelet winner] Joao Vieira. I'm like, are we going to get in a fight?"

Whatever poker face Grafton has been pulling so far in the $100,000 High Roller, it's been working after he chipped up in an earlier pot against Yusuke Takahashi.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sam Grafton	910,000 110,000	110,000

James Chen	600,000

Michael Addamo	600,000

Koray Aldemir	595,000 595,000	595,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu	590,000 -10,000	-10,000

Ben Heath	575,000 -25,000	-25,000

Ferdinand Putra	550,000 -50,000	-50,000
Yusuke Takahashi	310,000 -140,000	-140,000

Tags: Ben Heath Joao Vieira Orpen Kisacikoglu Sam Grafton Yusuke Takahashi

2019-07-11 10:37 UTC-7

Day 1 of Event #83: $100,000 No-Limit High Roller Gets Underway at 3 p.m.

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Who'll find the cards to match their skills on Day 1?

Welcome to Day 1 of Event #83: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller.

Last year, Nick Petrangelo won the corresponding event, which took place fifth on the schedule. In doing so, Petrangelo outlasted 105 competitors to take home the first-place prize of $2,910,227, defeating Elio Fox heads-up to claim the title while Fox took home $1,798,658 for his second-place finish.

Aymon Hata (3rd place - $1,247,230), Andreas Eiler (4th place - $886,793), Bryn Kenney ($646,927), Stephen Chidwick ($484,551), Jason Koon ($372,894), and Adrian Mateos ($295,066) were the other big names that made the final table.

Some other champions who took a shot at this event included Phil Ivey, Fedor Holz, Jason Mercier, and Ryan Riess, so we can expect to see some stellar names in this year's line-up, with an attractive prize-pool to go with the obvious bragging rights of winning an event of such magnitude.

This is a three-day event and cards will be in the air at 3 p.m. local time with blinds of 1,000/1,000 and a 1,000 ante. Players will start with 600,000 in chips and levels will be of 40 minutes each. There will be a 15-minute break every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break at the completion of Level 6, at approximately 7:15 p.m. Late registration will be available till the start of Day 2.

Day 1 will play twelve levels, while on Day 2 play will resume at 1 p.m. and will conclude once six players remain, with the final table returning on Saturday, July 13, at noon PDT, with the final denouement being live-streamed on a one-hour delay.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as the Live Reporting Team provide you with all the updates from this truly special event.

Tags: Adrian Mateos Bryn Kenney Elio Fox Fedor Holz Jason Koon Jason Mercier Nick Petrangelo Phil Ivey Ryan Riess Stephen Chidwick