$10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship (Event #72)

One of the last $10,000 buy-in events of the 2019 World Series of Poker, Event #72: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship, got started on Tuesday with Day 1. A decent field of 110 ponied up the brick, putting it right in line with last year's 114 entries with registration open until the start of Day 2.

Of that number, a little under half made it through to the next day's play. Andrew Brown is foremost among them, having min-raised his way from 60,000 to 337,000. That puts him a decent amount clear of second-placed Anthony Marsico, who finished with 283,000.

Brown already had one of the top stacks when he found a beautiful spot late in the day, holding kings against two short stacks who opted to get it in with eights and queens. The board ran out clean for Brown and he surged into a lead that he wouldn't give up.

Another player with heaps was Eli Elezra, who finished in third with 255,500. Elezra continues a fantastic series, having already scooped a WSOP bracelet. In fact, he registered late in this event due to a deep run in the $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo, where he finished 11th for $23,664.

James Chen, Robert Mizrachi, Josh Arieh, Shaun Deeb and Phil Hui also punched Day 2 tickets. In contrast, Anthony Zinno, Daniel Negreanu, Dan Zack and freshly minted bracelet winner David "ODB" Baker were some of the players running dry on chips.

Day 2 kicks off with 90-minute levels starting at 4,000/8,000 limits. Come back to PokerNews to see if any stragglers hop in at the buzzer and what happens thereafter.

Robert Mizrachi bet the whole way down on a board that ran out      . James Little called each bet and Mizrachi rolled over the    which took down the pot.

James Little	230,000	5,000
Robert Mizrachi	180,000	88,000

The flop checked around between Martin Kabrhel, Shaun Deeb and Sam Snead, leading to a board of     . Kabrhel bet from the big blind and only Snead, on the button, called. Kabrhel bet the   river and Snead called but couldn't beat   .

Martin Kabrhel	168,500	8,500
Sam Snead	111,500	-124,000

We didn't see when the money went in three ways, but cards were on their backs between Steven Wolansky, Kenneth Donoghue and Andrew Brown. An ace-high board had been dealt out but the latter held on with    against Wolansky's    and Donoghue's   .

Andrew Brown	335,000	67,000
Steven Wolansky	0
Kenneth Donoghue	0	-70,000

On a flop of     Dan Shak bet and was called by his opponent. The turn was the  . Shak lopped some chips into the middle for a bet following a check and got a swift fold from his opponent. He showed that he was smashing the board with the   , and he pulled in the pot, a little bit disappointed that they could not get paid more

Dan Shak

70,000

24,000

James Little called a bet by Robert Mizrachi on board that read      and there was another player already all in in the hand. The river was the  , Mizrachi bet again and Little raised. Mizrachi instantly flung his cards into the muck and the all in player was also defeated as Little turned over the    for the best hand.

A few hands later Little took a pot from Terrence Chan as he forced a fold with a bet on a completed board of      .

James Little	245,000	245,000
Robert Mizrachi	92,000	-28,000

Matt Glantz was big blind and check-raised on a     flop. Louie Hillman, doing the betting from the hijack, reraised and Glantz called. Glantz check-called on the   turn then led the   river. Hillman thought only briefly before giving it up.

Matt Glantz	193,500	-1,500
Louis Hillman [Louie Hillman]	89,000	-43,500

In a three-way pot, one player was all in. The flop came    . Terrence Chan bet and was called by the other player in the hand. The turn was the   Chan bet again and was again called.

The river was the  . Chan bet a third time which folded out the remaining player. Chan revealed    for the winning hand and the all in player discarded his losing hand quickly and walked away from the table.

Terrence Chan

82,000

31,000

On a board that read       Phil Hui made a bet which Benny Glaser had to consider for a while. He stared down Hui and asked if he had tens, trying to get any type of information. Eventually he folded his hand and Hui took down the decent size pot.

Phil Hui	77,000	34,500
Benny Glaser	44,000	12,500