$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty (Event #56)

Jonas Lauck was crowned the winner of Event #56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty after a 15.5-hour long day at the 2019 World Series of Poker. The German professional player ended on top of a 1,867-player field as the winner and he collected $260,335 and some bounties worth $500 each. Robert Bickley had to settle for second place and $160,820 plus bounties.

Plenty of players gave it a shot and the total number of entries rose to 1,867. A lot of familiar faces gave it a shot to win a bracelet in one day but most of them didn't make it. Kalidou Sow, Bryn Kenney, Kenny Hallaert, Dominik Panka, Bart Lybaert, and Ryan Laplante all gave it a shot but failed to make the money in this event. Plenty of others did make the money as there were a total of 281 players that ended up winning a piece of the $1,586,950 prize pool.

Some of the fortunate players include Max Pescatori (191st - $1,617), Daniel Negreanu (155th - $1,762), Kristen Bicknell (129th - $1,945), Bertrand Grospellier (75th - $2,819), and Daniel Strelitz (41st - $5,468). Some players who got a little bit closer to the final table include Benjamin Zamani (26th - $8,163), Connor Drinan (21st - $8,163), and Anton Wigg (15th - $12,745).

Lauck's rail was very loud and active once he reached the final table as chip leader but he wasn't the only one with fans on the rail. Brazil's Fernando Viana finished in third place ($116,426) and both Lauck and Viana's rail sang songs during the final table. Lauck put his head down at one point and covered his ears to help him concentrate. ''The rail was so loud so it was hard to focus. Especially at this stage, you can't make mistakes. It's pretty expensive if you do at this stage. I tried to focus and not listen to the rail.''

The German online grinder once won over $1.5 million in an online poker tournament so it wasn't his biggest cash to date but for sure one that felt special to him. Lauck said the following when asked about this particular achievement: ''I guess one of the biggest [achievements], for sure. It wasn't the biggest cash but the bracelet is a big achievement that I wanted to have. For me, it was a special win because I was once heads-up and I lost. I wanted to have this bracelet and it feels very good.''

Final Table Results

Final Table Action

The final table began at Level 32 with blinds at 100,000/200,000 with an ante of 200,000 ante and Jonas Lauck started the final table as the chip leader. He kept adding to his stack as he was responsible for seven of the eight eliminations at the final table.

Edward Courage was the first casualty of the final table. Courage moved all in for his ten big blinds from mid-position and got snap-called by Aaron Johnson who had aces in the small blind. Johnson improved his hand to a full house and Courage was sent to the rail in ninth place.

A few hands later, Johnson lost a big flip with queens against Robert Bickley's ace-king and was left with twelve big blinds. A couple of hands later, his tournament was over when Jonas Lauck raised under the gun with kings and Johnson three-bet shoved with ace-queen for his last chips. Lauck stayed ahead, ending Johnson's fantastic run in eighth place.

Next out was Arron Woodcock in seventh place. Woodcock only had less than four big blinds left and needed to find a fast double up. He shoved with queen-seven suited under the gun but got snap-called by Lauck who found aces from one seat over. Woodcock flopped an open-ended straight draw but the turn and river bricked and that was it for his tournament's life.

Aaron Pinson was Lauck's next victim. Pinson jammed his last eleven big blinds from the hijack with ace-ten and got called by Lauck from the big blind with eights. Pinson flopped a ten on the flop to take the lead but that didn't last as the river brought an eight and Lauck made a set to win the pot.

Anil Jivani was sent to the payout desk in fifth place when Lauck shoved from the small blind with queen-six and Jivani called, putting at risk his last nines blinds with king-eight. An eight fell on the flop and Jivani was eliminated.

Markus Gonsalves headed to the rail in fourth place when he moved all in for his last seven blinds from the cutoff with seven-five suited and Lauck made the call from the button with king-queen suited. Lauck made kings and tens taking all of Gonsalves' chips.

Gonsalves was joined by Fernando Viana soon after when Viana three-bet shoved with ace-queen from the big blind and Lauck who was the original raiser called with nines. Viana couldn't hit and headed to the rail in third place instead.

The heads-up portion of play only lasted two hands and the tournament ended when Robert Bickley three-bet shoved on the flop with a pair of kings in his hand, and Lauck snap-called as he had flopped an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw with ten-six suited. The turn was safe for Bickley but the river gave Lauck a straight, and a flush as well and Lauck was crowned the champion.

Hand #53: Robert Bickley raised to 1,125,000 from the button and big blind Jonas Lauck folded.

The remaining two players are now on a 20-minute break.

Hand #48: Fernando Viana raised to 1,000,000 from the button and big blind Robert Bickley called from the big blind. The flop fell    . Bickley checked and Viana took it down with a continuation-bet of 700,000.

Hand #49: Jonas Lauck raised to 1,100,000 from the button and he folded when big blind Viana pushed his last 8,000,000 to the middle.

Hand #50: Viana limped from the small blind and Lauck checked in the big blind. The flop came     and Lauck check-folded to a bet of 600,000.

Hand #51: Lauck pushed all in from the small blind for effectively 4,985,000 and big blind Bickley called for his tournament life. Lauck was dominated with    against the    of Bickley.

The board ran out       and Bickley secured a double up.

Jonas Lauck	26,000,000	-5,000,000
Robert Bickley	10,000,000	2,600,000
Fernando Viana	9,500,000	1,500,000

Hand #37: Robert Bickley raised to 850,000 from the cutoff and big blind Jonas Lauck called. The flop was     and both checked. They also checked on the   turn and Lauck fired a bet of 1,900,000 on the   river. Bickley folded.

Hand #38: Lauck raised to 1,300,000 from the small blind and big blind Bickley folded.

Hand #39: Lauck moved all in from the button and both blinds folded.

Hand #40: Lauck moved all in from the cutoff and everyone folded.

Hand #41: Lauck received a walk.

Hand #33: Jonas Lauck moved all in from the small blind and Anil Jivani called from the big blind, putting at risk his last 3,500,000.

Anil Jivani:   
Jonas Lauck:   

Lauck hit a favorable flop of    . The   turn and   river filled up the board and Lauck won the pot, eliminating Jivani in 5th place for $62,901.

Jonas Lauck	28,000,000	8,000,000
Anil Jivani	0	-3,000,000

Hands #26: Jonas Lauck got a walk.

Hand #27: Fernando Viana raised to 600,000 on the cutoff and Markus Gonsalves three-bet shoved from the button. Viana let it go.

Hand #28: Viana raised to 625,000 from the hijack and Aaron Pinson called from the big blind. The flop came     and Pinson checked. Viana fired 500,000 and Pinson folded.

Hand #29: Lauck raised to 625,000 on the cutoff and Robert Bickley called from the big blind. The dealer fanned a flop of     and Bickley checked. Lauck threw in a bet of 725,000 that was enough to claim the pot.

Hand #30: Lauck opened to 700,000 from the hijack and Pinson three-bet shoved for 3,120,000. Lauck folded.

Hand #23: Fernando Viana raised to 650,000 from the under-the-gun position and he was called by Robert Bickley in the big blind. The flop fell    .

Bickley check-raised all in after Viana bet 850,000 and the Brazilian got out of the way.

Hand #24: Aaron Pinson pushed all in from the button and both blinds folded.