Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Jour 6 terminé
Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Jour 6 terminé
Timothy Su said, to be honest, there wasn't much thought behind the pot of the tournament thus far at the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event.
When big blind Sam Greenwood three-bet his cutoff open, Su made a reasonable call with ten-nine suited — that much everyone would understand. After flopping an open-ended straight draw, Su continued to play it standard with a call. When the board paired on the turn, though, he went off-script, shoving over Greenwood's bet.
After the high-stakes legend called it off with aces up, it created the pot that would swing the tournament one way or the other. More than 80 percent of the time, one of the world's finest no-limit players would have the chip lead and north of 100 big blinds in the biggest tournament on the planet. The other 20 percent or so, a little-known software developer with just a few thousand in cashes would rocket above the rest of the competitors and eliminate arguably the most skilled player remaining.
As fate would have it, the latter scenario unfolded. Su made his straight on the river, leaving shocked onlookers both live and online abuzz about the massive inflection point in the tournament.
Su said he was just trying to take advantage of a pay jump and put some pressure on Greenwood, since he thought Greenwood had plenty of bet-folds in his range.
"He had one of the best hands to call it off with," Su said. "The cards determined where the money went."
After they went to Su, he looked to be in the driver's seat to repeat his status as chip leader to end the night. However, by the time the players put chips in bags at 2 a.m. on Friday, his 34,350,000 was only third-best after Nicholas Marchington (39,800,000) and European Poker Tour standout Hossein Ensan (34,500,000).
Like Su, Marchington is a first-timer in the Main Event. An online cash player by trade, Marchington described the atmosphere in the Main Event as "awesome."
"I'm at a loss for words," he said when asked what it means to be leading at this juncture. "I could never have imagined it but here I am.
"The support from home has been great. Obviously at first, a lot of my family wasn't sure about me playing poker for a living. But not only with this score, just the result kind of shows that I made the right decision."
If Marchington can make it through 34 more opponents, he'll have 10 million pieces of evidence. However, much work still remains as his lead is far from safe. The counts have tightened and around 10 players could double through him and immediately assume the lead.
Furthermore, despite the eliminations of Greenwood and the likes of Antonio Esfandiari, Jake Schindler and Alex Foxen on Day 6, some seasoned competitors still remain. Dario Sammartino, Preben Stokkan and Yuri Dzivielevski are some of the most recognizable grinders remaining, and few would blink an eye if any of them became world champion.
Thirty-five remain and only nine will advance to the final table. Day 7 play begins at noon on Friday and promises to be the lengthiest stretch of poker played yet in this most marathon of tournaments. Come back to PokerNews to see who will remain in contention for $10 million.
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
408 | 1 | Mihai Manole | Romania | 9,700,000 | 32 |
408 | 2 | Marcelo Cudos | Argentina | 9,450,000 | 32 |
408 | 3 | Kevin Maahs | United States | 19,550,000 | 65 |
408 | 4 | Zhen Cai | United States | 18,275,000 | 61 |
408 | 5 | Preben Stokkan | Norway | 14,600,000 | 49 |
408 | 6 | -- empty -- | -- | -- | -- |
408 | 7 | Duey Duong | United States | 21,650,000 | 72 |
408 | 8 | Enrico Rudelitz | Germany | 15,800,000 | 53 |
408 | 9 | Michael Niwinski | Canada | 18,900,000 | 63 |
409 | 1 | [Removed:140] | Austria | 13,600,000 | 45 |
409 | 2 | Christopher Barton | United States | 4,350,000 | 15 |
409 | 3 | Austin Lewis | United States | 9,350,000 | 31 |
409 | 4 | Mario Navarro | Spain | 8,150,000 | 27 |
409 | 5 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 19,850,000 | 66 |
409 | 6 | Timothy Su | United States | 34,350,000 | 115 |
409 | 7 | Oliver Bithell | United Kingdom | 8,075,000 | 27 |
409 | 8 | Henry Lu | United States | 25,525,000 | 85 |
409 | 9 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 13,750,000 | 46 |
410 | 1 | Luke Graham | United States | 16,300,000 | 54 |
410 | 2 | Zackary Koerper | United States | 10,075,000 | 34 |
410 | 3 | Milos Skrbic | Serbia | 31,450,000 | 105 |
410 | 4 | Steven Parrott | United States | 1,825,000 | 6 |
410 | 5 | Garry Gates | United States | 25,025,000 | 83 |
410 | 6 | Nicholas Marchington | United Kingdom | 39,800,000 | 133 |
410 | 7 | Alex Livingston | Canada | 2,800,000 | 9 |
410 | 8 | Christopher Ahrens | Germany | 7,275,000 | 24 |
410 | 9 | Thomer Pidun | Germany | 3,625,000 | 12 |
411 | 1 | Paul Dhaliwal | Canada | 6,225,000 | 21 |
411 | 2 | Hossein Ensan | Germany | 34,500,000 | 115 |
411 | 3 | Corey Burbick | United States | 7,250,000 | 24 |
411 | 4 | Hiroki Nawa | Japan | 10,250,000 | 34 |
411 | 5 | Warwick Mirzikinian | Australia | 20,700,000 | 69 |
411 | 6 | Johnathan Dempsey | United States | 6,500,000 | 22 |
411 | 7 | Nicholas Danias | United Kingdom | 11,550,000 | 39 |
411 | 8 | Daniel Charlton | United Kingdom | 9,725,000 | 32 |
411 | 9 | Robert Heidorn | Germany | 7,625,000 | 25 |
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Nick Marchington
|
39,800,000 | |
|
||
Hossein Ensan |
34,500,000
1,750,000
|
1,750,000 |
|
||
Timothy Su |
34,350,000
1,325,000
|
1,325,000 |
|
||
Milos Skrbic |
31,450,000
4,950,000
|
4,950,000 |
Henry Lu |
25,525,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
Garry Gates |
25,025,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
Duey Duong |
21,650,000
675,000
|
675,000 |
Warwick Mirzikinian |
20,700,000
1,525,000
|
1,525,000 |
Dario Sammartino |
19,850,000
725,000
|
725,000 |
|
||
Kevin Maahs |
19,550,000
-5,500,000
|
-5,500,000 |
Michael Niwinski |
18,900,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
Zhen Cai |
18,275,000
3,975,000
|
3,975,000 |
Luke Graham |
16,300,000
6,475,000
|
6,475,000 |
Enrico Rudelitz
|
15,800,000
2,300,000
|
2,300,000 |
Preben Stokkan | 14,600,000 | |
|
||
Yuri Dzivielevski |
13,750,000
-3,150,000
|
-3,150,000 |
|
||
[Removed:140] |
13,600,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Nicholas Danias | 11,550,000 | |
Hiroki Nawa |
10,250,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Zackary Koerper |
10,075,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Daniel Charlton |
9,725,000
1,725,000
|
1,725,000 |
Mihai Manole | 9,700,000 | |
|
||
Marcelo Cudos |
9,450,000
-1,050,000
|
-1,050,000 |
Austin Lewis |
9,350,000
-950,000
|
-950,000 |
Mario Navarro |
8,150,000
1,125,000
|
1,125,000 |
Ryan Yu had been taking his time on the short stack and the clock was called on him for the second time.
In the penultimate hand of the night, he then shoved the button for 3,500,000 and Mihai Manole asked for a count in the small blind before moving all in himself.
Ryan Yu:
Mihai Manole:
The board came and Yu was eliminated in 36th place for $261,430.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Mihai Manole |
9,700,000
2,900,000
|
2,900,000 |
|
||
Ryan Yu | Eliminé |
Yuri Dzivielevski raised to 550,000 from the hijack and Preben Stokkan three-bet to 1,900,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Dzivielevski made the call.
The flop came , Stokkan continued with a bet of 1,400,000 which Dzivielevski called.
The turn brought them the , Stokkan now barreled a bet of 2,700,000 over the line. Dzivielevski contemplated his options for a while but opted to fold in the end.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Yuri Dzivielevski |
16,900,000
-3,100,000
|
-3,100,000 |
|
||
Preben Stokkan |
14,600,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
|
Ian Pelz raised to 600,000 from the hijack, Nicholas Marchington three-bet to 1,500,000 from the cutoff, Pelz four-bet shoved for about 4,950,000 and Marchington called.
Pelz:
Marchington:
The board came down , giving Marchington a set of sevens to eliminate Pelz in 37th place.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Nick Marchington
|
39,800,000
5,100,000
|
5,100,000 |
|
||
Ian Pelz | Eliminé |
The flop read with almost 3,600,000 in the middle already.
Henry Lu bet 1,200,000 from the cutoff which Zackary Koerper called on the button.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Lu now fired a bet of 3,200,000 into the pot for Koerper to fold to.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Henry Lu |
25,150,000
3,650,000
|
3,650,000 |
Zackary Koerper |
9,925,000
-2,725,000
|
-2,725,000 |
Three players headed to the flop of and the action checked around to the on the turn. Steven Parrott from the big blind and Hossein Ensan fired out a bet of 800,000 from under the gun. Duey Duong called on the button along with Parrott.
The paired the board on the river and the action checked to Duong who counted out a bet of 3,400,000. Parrott thought for a minute before making the call and Ensan called much quicker. Duong hesitated to show his hand and Parrott rolled over . Ensan tabled for a straight and was awarded the pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Hossein Ensan |
32,750,000
10,775,000
|
10,775,000 |
|
||
Duey Duong |
20,975,000
-5,025,000
|
-5,025,000 |
Steven Parrott |
1,950,000
-11,450,000
|
-11,450,000 |
The Tournament Director has announced that there will be four more hands remaining on Day 6 of the 2019 WSOP Main Event.