Tuesday, June 25, 2019 12:16 AM Local Time
Rollercoaster Day of Action on Day 3 of Event #50: Monster Stack - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Ends with Several Large Stacks and Plenty of Contenders
A wild roller coaster day of action in Event #50: Monster Stack - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em saw the field of hopefuls reduced from 457 down to less than 50 as Day 3 ended. The remaining players fought through a tough field to bag their chips and retain the goal of winning the first place prize of $1,008,850.
Bagging the chip lead at the end of the night and was Vincent Chauve. The Frenchman ended the night with a whopping 22,000,000 to lead all remaining players in the field. He amassed a large portion of his stack when his set of threes cracked the aces of Malvin Tan, who himself was a large stack at the time, to launch his stack to above the 15 million mark, which he would steadily increase before the end of play.
Also among the biggest stacks were; Bryan Kim (17,725,000), Anthony Kazgandjian (15,700,000), Ramiro Petrone (13,900,000) and Andre Haneberg (12,725,000).
Well known players who still remain include Ukrainian Igor Yaroshevskyy who bagged 7,350,000, Bart Hanson who will take a sizeable stack of 11,650,000 into tomorrow, Kevin Roster who has 3,475,000 and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Hughes with a stack of 8,500,000.
End of Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts
Place | Player | Country | Chips |
1 | Vincent Chauve | France | 22,000,000 |
2 | Bryan Kim | United States | 17,725,000 |
3 | Anthony Kazgandjian | France | 15,700,000 |
4 | Ramiro Petrone | Argentina | 13,900,000 |
5 | Andrew Haneberg | Germany | 12,725,000 |
6 | Jonathan Seltzer | United States | 12,125,000 |
7 | Randall Hernandez | Costa Rica | 11,975,000 |
8 | Bart Hanson | United States | 11,650,000 |
9 | Benjamin Ector | United States | 11,465,000 |
10 | Willaim Lorring | United States | 9,400,000 |
Start of day chip leader, Kainalu McCue-Unciano took one of the wildest rides of the day on the Monster Stack roller coaster. He started the day strong and hit a peak around dinner break when seemingly every chip was migrating to his stack after he eliminated multiple players in large pots in a short period of time to swell his stack to above the 16 million mark. This huge number of chips was worth 250 big blinds at the time and was a stack that would have ended the day in the top five in chips. Instead, his day plummeted from that peak, slowly at first, then dropped like a stone in the last level of the day as his Day 3 ride ended with a stack of merely 3,750,000.
But he and the other remaining players still have chips and a chance, something that the many players who were eliminated on the day can no longer say. Among those eliminated early in the day were Pierre Neuville, Mike Shin, Joe Cada, Jonathan Levy and Yves Rolland. Others were eliminated late as the day came to a close including, Sean Yu, Iaron Lightbourne and Scott Vetter.
The surviving 49 players will return Tuesday, June 25 at noon local time to battle down to the final six. Play will resume at Level 22 with blinds at 10,000 and 20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante,
This prestigious WSOP bracelet will be covered in its entirety by PokerNews live reporting team, so make sure to check in for the penultimate day of Monster Stack Action!
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 12:16 AM Local Time
Seat Draw Day 4 Event #50: Monster Stack - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
Amazon | 406 | 1 | Kevin Roster | United States | 3,475,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 406 | 2 | Andre Haneberg | Austria | 12,725,000 | 64 |
Amazon | 406 | 3 | Anthony Kazgandjian | France | 15,700,000 | 79 |
Amazon | 406 | 4 | Christopher Mitchell | United States | 4,750,000 | 24 |
Amazon | 406 | 5 | Aleksei Istomin | Russia | 3,825,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 406 | 6 | Gregory Fishberg | United States | 5,075,000 | 25 |
Amazon | 406 | 7 | Bart Hanson | United States | 11,650,000 | 58 |
Amazon | 406 | 9 | Carlos Guerrero | United States | 2,050,000 | 10 |
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Amazon | 407 | 1 | Elias Zeilah | United States | 2,350,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 407 | 2 | Matthew Frank Sesso | United States | 6,975,000 | 35 |
Amazon | 407 | 3 | Alessandro Manciocchi | Italy | 2,905,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 407 | 4 | Tom Koral | United States | 3,450,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 407 | 6 | Elliott Peterman | United Kingdom | 4,975,000 | 25 |
Amazon | 407 | 7 | Dale Isobe | United States | 3,400,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 407 | 8 | Ramiro Petrone | Argentina | 13,900,000 | 70 |
Amazon | 407 | 9 | Willaim Lorring | United States | 9,400,000 | 47 |
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Amazon | 408 | 1 | Jonathan Seltzer | United States | 12,125,000 | 61 |
Amazon | 408 | 2 | Andrew Moreno | United States | 1,250,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 408 | 3 | Jordan Helstern | United States | 2,575,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 408 | 5 | Gergely Kulcsar | United States | 6,725,000 | 34 |
Amazon | 408 | 6 | Nicholas Kallenbach | United States | 3,825,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 408 | 7 | Juan Sanchez | United Kingdom | 2,475,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 408 | 8 | Peter Park | United States | 2,850,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 408 | 9 | Igor Merda | United States | 1,375,000 | 7 |
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Amazon | 409 | 1 | Paraskevas Tsokaridis | Greece | 3,925,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 409 | 2 | Rudy Cadenas | United States | 1,400,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 409 | 3 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 7,350,000 | 37 |
Amazon | 409 | 4 | Kainalu McCue-Unciano | United States | 3,750,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 409 | 5 | Allan Berger | Canada | 3,150,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 409 | 6 | Timothy Little | United States | 2,775,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 409 | 7 | Southisak Seunsom | United States | 1,500,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 409 | 9 | Bryan Kim | United States | 17,725,000 | 89 |
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Amazon | 410 | 1 | Javier Zarco | Spain | 4,375,000 | 22 |
Amazon | 410 | 3 | Guy Taylor | United Kingdom | 7,600,000 | 38 |
Amazon | 410 | 4 | Andrea Bracken | United States | 3,800,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 410 | 5 | Noah Lauck | United States | 4,200,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 410 | 6 | Adrien Allain | France | 8,050,000 | 40 |
Amazon | 410 | 7 | Michael Mccray | United States | 2,700,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 410 | 8 | Benjamin Ector | United States | 11,465,000 | 57 |
Amazon | 410 | 9 | Gregory Katayama | Canada | 7,650,000 | 38 |
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Amazon | 411 | 1 | John Humphries | United States | 3,800,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 411 | 2 | Naor Slobodskoy | Israel | 4,000,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 411 | 3 | Ryan Hughes | United States | 8,500,000 | 43 |
Amazon | 411 | 4 | Randall Hernandez | Costa Rica | 11,975,000 | 60 |
Amazon | 411 | 5 | Pablo Giron | Mexico | 8,225,000 | 41 |
Amazon | 411 | 6 | Matthew Dozier | United States | 5,950,000 | 30 |
Amazon | 411 | 7 | Robert Mcveigh | United States | 5,675,000 | 28 |
Amazon | 411 | 8 | Jeffrey Dewitt | United States | 2,800,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 411 | 9 | Vincent Chauve | France | 22,000,000 | 110 |
Monday, June 24, 2019 11:13 PM Local Time
End-of-Day Chip Counts
Vincent Chauve | 22,000,000 | 7,300,000 |
Bryan Kim | 17,725,000 | 5,525,000 |
Anthony Kazgandjian | 15,700,000 | 1,200,000 |
Ramiro Petrone | 13,900,000 | 6,000,000 |
Andre Haneberg | 12,725,000 | 225,000 |
Jonathan Seltzer | 12,125,000 | -125,000 |
Randall Hernandez | 11,975,000 | -925,000 |
Bart Hanson | 11,650,000 | 15,000 |
Benjamin Ector | 11,465,000 | 965,000 |
Willaim Lorring | 9,400,000 | 8,676,000 |
Ryan Hughes | 8,500,000 | 2,750,000 |
Pablo Giron | 8,225,000 | 1,425,000 |
Adrien Allain | 8,050,000 | 0 |
Gregory Katayama | 7,650,000 | -100,000 |
Guy Taylor | 7,600,000 | 1,100,000 |
Igor Yaroshevskyy | 7,350,000 | 250,000 |
Matthew Frank Sesso | 6,975,000 | -1,625,000 |
Gergely Kulcsar | 6,725,000 | 4,886,000 |
Matthew Dozier | 5,950,000 | 2,965,000 |
Robert Mcveigh | 5,675,000 | 475,000 |
Gregory Fishberg | 5,075,000 | 1,375,000 |
Elliott Peterman | 4,975,000 | 1,475,000 |
Christopher Mitchell | 4,750,000 | 2,650,000 |
Javier Zarco | 4,375,000 | 1,475,000 |
Noah Lauck | 4,200,000 | 3,632,000 |
Naor Slobodskoy | 4,000,000 | 800,000 |
Paraskevas Tsokaridis | 3,925,000 | 3,060,000 |
Aleksei Istomin | 3,825,000 | 1,225,000 |
Nicholas Kallenbach | 3,825,000 | -1,375,000 |
John Humphries | 3,800,000 | -1,100,000 |
Andrea Bracken | 3,800,000 | 2,300,000 |
Kainalu McCue-Unciano | 3,750,000 | 0 |
Kevin Roster | 3,475,000 | -325,000 |
Tom Koral | 3,450,000 | -100,000 |
Dale Isobe | 3,400,000 | 2,000,000 |
Allan Berger | 3,150,000 | 600,000 |
Alessandro Manciocchi | 2,905,000 | 1,880,000 |
Peter Park | 2,850,000 | -1,500,000 |
Jeffrey Dewitt | 2,800,000 | 1,150,000 |
Timothy Little | 2,775,000 | 2,012,000 |
Michael Mccray | 2,700,000 | 2,210,000 |
Jordan Helstern | 2,575,000 | 545,000 |
Juan Sanchez | 2,475,000 | -3,125,000 |
Elias Zeilah | 2,350,000 | -2,050,000 |
Carlos Guerrero | 2,050,000 | 1,716,000 |
Southisak Seunsom | 1,500,000 | -30,000 |
Rudy Cadenas | 1,400,000 | -150,000 |
Igor Merda | 1,375,000 | -1,075,000 |
Andrew Moreno | 1,250,000 | -1,950,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2019 11:13 PM Local Time
Seltzer Wounds Former Chip Monster
On the penultimate hand of the night the board read Jonathan Seltzer made a bet of 450,000 which was called by Kainalu McCue-Unciano. The river came the . Seltzer bet 900,000 after a check.
McCue-Unciano went deep into the tank. Thinking through the hand as the other tables were bagging chips. He held the 900,000 in his hand almost going back on forth with it clearly unsure of what to do. After several minutes he tossed them in for the call. Setlzer showed the for top two pair and McCue-Unciano instantly mucked in frustration. His once massive chip lead now reduced to a short stack.
Jonathan Seltzer | 12,250,000 | 7,150,000 |
Kainalu McCue-Unciano | 3,750,000 | -7,550,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2019 11:00 PM Local Time
Seunsom Doubles on the Last Hand of the Night
Action folded around to Tom Koral in the cutoff and he raised it up to 350,000, Southisak Seunsom shoved all in from the next seat and Koral made the call.
Southisak Seunsom:
Tom Koral:
The board ran out , which gave Seunsom the double-up on the last hand of the evening and assured that he would return to play on Day 4.
Tom Koral | 3,550,000 | 2,050,000 |
Southisak Seunsom | 1,530,000 | 1,530,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2019 10:48 PM Local Time
Three More Hands
The clock has been stopped and it has just been announced that the dealers will deal three more hands and then the remaining players will bag and tag for the night.
Monday, June 24, 2019 10:44 PM Local Time
Giron Bets With Both Hands
Pablo Giron raised it to 350,000 from the under-the-gun position, and when action folded around to Anthony Kazgandjian on the button, he three-bet to 1,150,000.
With action back on Giron, he used two hands to push forward almost two full stacks of 100,000 chips, which prompted Kazgandjian to ask for a count. Once the dealer confirmed 3,250,000 total, Kazgandjian folded his hand and Giron tabled .
Anthony Kazgandjian | 13,350,000 | -1,150,000 |
Pablo Giron | 8,200,000 | 1,400,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2019 10:44 PM Local Time
Tensions Rising
The weight of the ever climbing payouts is getting real to the just under 50 players still remaining with about 15 minutes left in the day as there have been several spats over amount of time being taken, chip stacking and more, often times with the floor being called to attempt to calm the waters.
Monday, June 24, 2019 10:20 PM Local Time
Giron Eliminates Audrain
Christopher Audrain moved all in for his remaining stack of close to 2,000,000 and he was called by the player directly to his left. Next, to act, Pablo Giron moved all in over the top. After getting a count and thinking it over the player who made the initial call elected to fold to the bigger shove.
Audrain held against the of Giron. The board provided a little sweat when it teased hearts as it ran out but ultimately it was not enough to save Audrain.
Pablo Giron | 6,800,000 | 3,700,000 |
Christopher Audrain | 0 | -2,475,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2019 10:04 PM Local Time
Lorring Boats Opponent Out of Tournament
On a flop that read , William Lorring bet about 700,000 into two opponents. The first opponent moved all in while Nicholas Kallenbach thought about it for a while before electing to fold. Lorring immediately called the all in and the cards were turned on their backs.
Lorring had a set with while his opponent had a big draw with . The turn dealt a blow to Lorring as it came the . It was not a fatal blow however as the rolled off on the river to fill up Lorring's set to a boat and ship him the critical pot and eliminate his opponent.
William Lorring | 9,500,000 | 4,300,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2019 9:56 PM Local Time
Level 31 started
Level: 31
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Monday, June 24, 2019 9:55 PM Local Time
Hernandez Wins Massive Pot in Three-Way All-in
Action picked up on the flop on a board reading , and three players are all in, with Randall Hernandez having the biggest stack.
Randall Hernadez:
Ronald Minnis:
Robert McGreevy-Iler:
Minnis had already realized that he was drawing dead with his nine-high flush to the nutflush of Hernandez, but McGreevy-Iler still held out hope that the board would pair and give him a winning fullhouse, which it didn't on the turn or river, and Hernandez scored the double knockout and scooped the massive pot late on Day 3.
Randall Hernandez | 12,900,000 | 6,900,000 |
Ronald Minnis | 0 | -1,200,000 |
Robert Mcgreevy-Iler | 0 | -3,050,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2019 9:39 PM Local Time
Katayama Climbs
A player was sending all of his chips over to the stack of Gregory Katayama as his fell victim to the aces of Katayama when the board ran out clean.
Gregory Katayama | 7,750,000 | 2,050,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2019 9:27 PM Local Time
Kallenbach Sends Robbins to the Rail
Gregory Robbins shoved his last 880,000 chips from middle position, and when it folded around to Nicholas Kallenbach in the small blind, he made the call.
Gregory Robbins:
Nicholas Kallenbach:
The board ran out , which put an end to Robbins' tournament run late on Day 3.
Nicholas Kallenbach | 5,200,000 | 600,000 |
Gregory Robbins | 0 | -1,006,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2019 9:18 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
Anthony Kazgandjian | 14,500,000 | 6,150,000 |
Gene Raman | 13,700,000 | 12,455,000 |
Andre Haneberg | 12,500,000 | 9,750,000 |
Kainalu McCue-Unciano | 11,300,000 | -6,500,000 |
Benjamin Ector | 10,500,000 | 6,100,000 |
Matthew Frank Sesso | 8,600,000 | 3,840,000 |
Guy Taylor | 6,500,000 | 650,000 |
Randall Hernandez | 6,000,000 | 1,650,000 |
Gregory Katayama | 5,700,000 | 5,174,000 |
William Lorring | 5,200,000 | |
Elias Zeilah | 4,400,000 | 4,053,000 |
Kevin Roster | 3,800,000 | 150,000 |
Alan Cramer | 3,550,000 | 2,396,000 |
Yonatan Basin | 3,300,000 | 3,300,000 |
Andrew Moreno | 3,200,000 | -400,000 |
Aleksei Istomin | 2,600,000 | 2,063,000 |
Christopher Mitchell | 2,100,000 | 1,520,000 |
Nika Futterman | 1,850,000 | -70,000 |
Andrea Bracken | 1,500,000 | 450,000 |
Tom Koral | 1,500,000 | 500,000 |
Peter Cho | 1,400,000 | -239,000 |
Ronald Minnis | 1,200,000 | -101,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2019 9:15 PM Local Time
West Defends Her Blind
Guy Taylor raised it up to 177,000 from middle position, and when action folded around to Lilach West in her big blind, she shoved all in. Taylor asked for a count and once the dealer confirmed 1,200,000 total, Taylor opted for the fold, which sent some much-needed extra chips to West's short stack.
Guy Taylor | 5,850,000 | 550,000 |
Lilach West | 1,500,000 | 485,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2019 8:56 PM Local Time
Level 30 started
Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Monday, June 24, 2019 8:42 PM Local Time
Final Break of the Day
The remaining players have just been sent on their final break of the day.
Monday, June 24, 2019 8:41 PM Local Time
Chauve Shears Tan's Aces
A huge mound of chips was being transitioned between players at a table as it appeared that Vincent Chauve's had cracked the of previous big stack Malvin Tan on a board that read .
According to a bystander the pot was 8,580,000 in total to create a seismic shift in dynamics.
Vincent Chauve | 14,700,000 | 13,382,000 |
Malvin Tan | 2,300,000 | -4,500,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2019 8:37 PM Local Time
Menard Misses
Action folded around to Jeremy Menard on the button and he raised it to 275,000. After Robert McVeigh folded his small blind, Adrien Allain, who had a much bigger stack, three-bet shoved from his big blind, which sent Menard into the tank. Menard eventually made the call and the players tabled their hands.
Jeremy Menard:
Adrien Allain:
Menard was ahead until the dealer spread the flop, which gave Allain the second-nutflush. However, Menard wasn't drawing completely dead and could still hit the nutflush if another diamond came, which it didn't on the turn or river and he was sent to the rail late on Day 3.
Adrien Allain | 8,050,000 | 5,950,000 |
Robert Mcveigh | 5,200,000 | 2,750,000 |
Jeremy Menard | 0 | -1,050,000 |