Hand #100: Robert Heidorn raised to 1,800,000 from the cutoff and Timothy Su called from the big blind.
They checked to the river of a board where Su bet enough to cover Heidorn's remaining stack of 16,400,000. Heidorn folded.
Hand #101: Hossein Ensan raised to 1,600,000 from the cutoff, Timothy Su three-bet to 6,800,000 from the small blind and Ensan called.
The flop was , Su continued for 6,000,000 and Ensan called.
The turn was the , both checked, the river was the and Su bet 16,000,000. Ensan raised to 45,000,000 after about one minute, sending Su into the tank for a good five minutes before he called.
Ensan tabled for tens full of sevens, Su mucked and Ensan won the gigantic pot.
Hand #97: Kevin Maahs raised to 1,600,000 from the cutoff and Zhen Cai called in the big blind. The flop came , Cai check-folded to the 2,000,000 continuation-bet of Maahs.
Hand #98: Milos Skrbic raised to 1,600,000 from under the gun and Dario Sammartino called in the big blind. The flop came , Sammartino check-called the 1,600,000 continuation-bet of Skrbic. The turn was the , both players checked to see the complete the board. Sammartino bet 4,000,000 and Skrbic took some time to consider his options before making the call but mucked when Sammartino tabled .
Hand #99: Nick Marchington raised to 1,600,000 from the hijack and Skrbic called in the big blind. The flop came , Skrbic check-folded to the 1,200,000 continuation-bet of Marchington.
Hand #100: Marchington raised to 1,600,000 from under the gun and Cai three-bet to 4,500,000 from the cutoff. Sammartino four-bet to 10,500,000 from the button. The blinds folded and so did Marchington. Cai took some time to consider his options and then decided to five-bet shove for 27,100,000 in total. Sammartino asked for a count and then folded.
Hand #101: Alex Livingston raised to 1,800,000 from under the gun and Skrbic three-bet from the button to 23,000,000. Maahs called in the small blind for 15,500,000 and Livingston folded.
Kevin Maahs:
Milos Skrbic:
The board ran out for Maahs to hold with the rockets to double up.
Hand #102: Dario Sammartino raised to 1.7 million second to act. Nick Marchington stuffed it in from the small blind for 22.2 million. Sammartino called fairly quickly but his was behind .
The flop was dealt but then a long pause occurred. Sammartino was discussing things with a group of tournament directors. It seems an incorrect shove amount may have been announced, and everyone's still figuring out what will happen next.
Finally, a and a were dealt out after it was determined the bet and call will stand.
Main Feature Hand #112: Lu made it 1,800,000 to go from the cutoff and Garry Gates three-bet to 7,000,000 in the small blind. Lu called and the flop brought . Gates continued for 4,500,000 and Lu stuck around to create a pot of nearly 25 million. After the turn, Gates slowed down and checked, then faced a bet of 7,800,000 by Lu.
Gates spent a long time in the think tank and raised it up to give Lu the option to call all in or fold. Lu was also in the tank and counted his remaining chips. He then took off his sunglasses and glanced over at Gates, who stared at a fixed point at the table.
Lu spent nearly five minutes in the tank himself and called all in for 33,600,000 while both rails jumped to their feet as the cards were tabled.
Henry Lu:
Garry Gates:
The river sent Lu to the rail and the Thunderdome was filled with "GARRY GARRY GARRY" chants as the field was reduced to the final 10. Lu will take home $800,000 for his efforts and all remaining players now combine to one table.
Back in the day, Garry Gates was grinding poker in the low-limit cash game trenches in Las Vegas, trying to convert his passion for poker into something sustainable. He admitted it was harder than it seemed, but kept at it until he met someone who would change the trajectory of his life.
According to a post written by Gates on the PokerStars blog, he met a man named Gary Wise in Las Vegas - a feature poker writer for ESPN. That got him into the door of poker media and he ran the PokerNews live reporting team that covered the World Series of Poker back in 2008, the same media company now covering his deep Main Event run.
More than ten years back, Gates took a job as a consultant for the PokerStars Live Events team, which then led to Senior Consultant of Player Affairs for PokerStars Live, the position he still holds. All of his experience in the poker world has led to this moment — everyone in the industry rallying behind a man who has given so much to the poker community through his work.
I'm not a big believer in karma but my god after so many years of putting up with every single high roller diva in… https://t.co/FTVpnjV3gf
— Mike McDonald (@MikeMcDonald89)
Gates doesn't play much, but the $10,000 WSOP Main Event is something he fires almost every year. This marks his fourth cash in the Main Event, with his deepest run before this coming in 2011 where he finished in 173rd place for $47,107.
This week, all hearts and good vibes are behind Gates as he sits on the other side of the felt, eyeing the $10 million first-place prize and a shot at the 50th annual WSOP Main Event bracelet. The rail behind Gates in the 'mothership' in Amazon is completely full, with bellowing cheers coming every time Gates ships a pot.
"Garry Gates is one of the most incredible, loving, loyal people that we've ever known and he has done so much for other people in poker, so to watch him do this and make history is just incredible," said Kristy Arnett from Gates' rail. "You can tell how much he has done for people in poker by the support he's gotten."
Andrew Moreno also weighed in, talking about Gates' character and heart when it comes to poker. "He's an extremely powerful, motivated individual. While he's not a professional - he's a recreational player - I'm not surprised in the least to see him here, because he believes in himself."
Moreno continued: "To me, you can look at someone's rail and it says a lot about who you are in the world. It's no surprise to me that we can barely hold all of his friends here."
How He Got Here
Day
End-of-Day Chip Count
Rank
1c
57,800
2,291/3,647
2c
283,300
282/1,793
3
348,000
586/1,084
4
1,085,000
208/354
5
4,990,000
45/106
6
24,025,000
6/35
Key Hands
On Day 6, Gates found himself all in for his tournament life during Level 31: 125,000-250,000 with a 250,000 big blind ante. According to the live reporting on PokerNews.com, Robert Heidorn raised to 550,000 from middle position and Gates three-bet to 2,100,000 from the big blind. Heidorn thought for a moment before deciding to move all in. Gates called for his stack worth 11,350,000 after tanking for about a minute.
Gates tabled , needing to improve against Heidorn's . It was looking grim for Gates, but the board ran out to pair his ace on the river and give him a huge double to stay alive.
On Day 7, Gates found himself on the other side of the aforementioned showdown in another pivotal pot. During Level 34: 250,000-500,000 with a 500,000 big blind ante, Gates raised to 1,200,000 from the hijack. Hossein Ensan three-bet to 3,750,000 from the small blind and then Gates four-bet to 10,000,000. Ensan five-bet an amount that covered Gates' 23,500,000 stack and Gates called with pocket kings as Ensan tabled ace-king.
The board ran out and Gates held for yet another huge double. This propelled Gates into the top five stacks, putting him in prime position to make the final table.
What to Watch For
Gates has been working in the industry for over 10 years, with playing experience that extends well beyond that. He has around $250,000 in live earnings, so Gates is no stranger to playing under pressure. On top of this, Gates' rail is full of some of the best players in the world, so expect some solid play and a very deep run in this Main Event.
His relaxed demeanor and massive rail is going to make all of the difference in this tournament. With the entire industry behind him, he'll be tough to beat.
Main Feature Hand #129: Robert Heidorn pushed all in for 9,100,000 from middle position and Alex Livingston shoved for 26,200,000 on the button to isolate successfully.
Robert Heidorn:
Alex Livingston:
The flop gave Livingston a set, while the turn provided outs for a miracle straight escape. However, the river came a blank and Heidorn ended up as the final table bubble-boy.
Heidorn took home $800,000 for his efforts and the final nine players bagged and tagged their chips for the night.
They will return on Sunday, July 14th, 2019, to play from nine to six. All chip counts and a recap of today's action is to follow.
Les survivants du Main Event WSOP 2019 à 10.000$ l'entrée touchent au but. Ils ont bien mérité une journée de repos.
Assurés de remporter 1 million de dollars après 7 journées de poker de plus de 12 heures, ils reviendront pour tenter de glaner un premier prix de 10 millions et le titre le plus prestigieux du poker à partir de la nuit de dimanche à lundi.
Les 9 finalistes s'affronteront au Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino avec une finale découpée en trois soirées, à suivre en direct sur ESPN ou via le reportage intégral de PokerNews.
Quatre Américains, Quatre Européens et Un Canadien sont encore en lice pour le tournoi principal des World Series Of Poker qui a rassemblé 8569 entrants ! Parmi les finalistes, un vainqueur EPT avec un chiplead monstrueux (Ensan), un professionnel italien avec plus de 8 millions de dollars de gains (Sammartino), un amateur venu de l'informatique qui a éliminé une légende sur un semi-bluff transformé en badbeat (Su) ou encore un membre de l'industrie poker (Gates)... les profils sont très divers.
Ces finalistes ne se ressemblent en rien, ils ont tous gagné le droit de partager leur passion sur l'ultime table du Big One... et de tenter de gagner 10 millions de dollars !
La Finale
Siège
Joueur
Pays
Chipcount
Blindes
1
Hossein Ensan
Germany
177,000,000
177
2
Nick Marchington
United Kingdom
20,100,000
20
3
Dario Sammartino
Italy
33,400,000
33
4
Kevin Maahs
United States
43,000,000
43
5
Timothy Su
United States
20,200,000
20
6
Zhen Cai
United States
60,600,000
61
7
Garry Gates
United States
99,300,000
99
8
Milos Skrbic
Serbia
23,400,000
23
9
Alex Livingston
Canada
37,800,000
38
Il reste 91 minutes dans le Level 37 (500,000/1,000,000 - big blind ante).
Joueur régulier du circuit European Poker Tour, Hossein Ensan est le favori pour le trophée avec ses 177 blindes. Avec 2,6 millions de dollars de gains, l'Allemand pourra profiter de son expérience, lui qui a déjà remporté l'EPT Prague. Il avait commencé le Jour 7 en deuxième position.
Ensan a le double de jetons de Garry Gates (99.3 millions), son plus proche poursuivant, et donc près d'un tiers des jetons en circulation. Le chipleader a joué deux pots énormes au Jour 7, il a déjoué le 3-barrels bluff de Nick Marchington qui avait check-raise au flop. Ensuite, le patron du tournoi a frappé un brelan dans un pot 3-bet contre Timothy Su. Ensan a check-back le tournant avant de se faire payer une mise à 45 millions de jetons à la rivière !
"Ca marche (la manière dont je joue, ndlr). Ca marche super bien. Que puis-je dire d'autre ?" a confié celui qui est position idéale pour se hisser dans le Top 3 et viser le titre.
Encouragé par un gros rail, Gates a reçu les encouragements de nombreuses stars du jeu sur Twitter lors de son deep-run. Ancien de PokerNews, il aide PokerStars à gérer ses événements Live et le service VIP depuis. Son aventure prouve une fois de plus que tout est possible sur le plus beau tournoi du monde. "J'adore que les gens soient avec moi dans mon coin. C'est énorme, cela veut dire beaucoup. J'ai reçu des textos de la part d'Erik Seidel, John Juanda, Jason Koon... Des gens avec qui je travaille dans le poker depuis toujours. Chaque collègue m'a envoyé des encouragements, beaucoup de gens de l'industrie aussi. [...] C'est spécial, vraiment très, très spécial", a commenté celui qui signe sa 4e place payée sur le Main Event.
Les 47 000$ glanés sur l'édition 2011 paraissent subitement bien petits en comparaison du million qui va suivre. Et pourquoi pas plus, beaucoup plus ?!
Le duo Ensan - Gates a fait l'écart et c'est Zhen Cai qui complète le podium avec 60.6 millions de jetons. Les "shorts" ont pourtant encore de la profondeur et tout le monde compte bien profiter de la structure ultra-profonde du tournoi. Chipleader à l'entame de la journée disputée dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi, Marchington et Timothy Su ont 20 blindes pour défendre leurs chances.
Les finalistes n'ont probablement pas très envie que le spécialiste high-roller Dario Sammartino retrouve de l'élan. L'Italien a une trentaine de blindes et deviendrait un adversaire encore plus redoutable s'il venait à doubler. Sammartino reprendra en 6e position après avoir perdu un coup controversé à 11 left.
Le Transalpin a ouvert un pot avec et s'est pris le tapis de Marchington en réponse. La croupière a annoncé un mauvais montant et Sammartino a payé, avant de réaliser qu'il y avait plus 30 blindes que 20 chez son adversaire. Dura Lex Sed Lex, Sammartino a du payer le montant total malgré ses protestations.
Après avoir qualifiée la main de "sick", Sammartino ne s'est pas désunit et il peut encore entrer dans la légende du jeu par la grande porte.
Pour finir de se calmer, et profiter du bonheur d'accéder à cette finale, il aura une journée de break. Les finalistes reviendront à partir de 3h30 du matin dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi. Le but du jeu sera de tomber de 9 à 6 joueurs... et il n'y aura normalement pas de pause du jeu.
"Dans le poker, il faut savoir jouer. Mais cela ne suffit pas, il faut aussi de la chance. En Table Finale, il te faut plus de réussite qu'un bon poker... avec des bonnes cartes et un bon run, tu peux gagner", a conclu Hossein Ensan prudent. Confiant en ses capacités, l'Allemand sait très bien que ses adversaires peuvent revenir de derrière.
Ne manquez pas de suivre l'action, il n'y aura qu'un survivant mercredi 16 juillet !