Wednesday, July 10, 2019 12:02 AM Local Time
Graham Leads River on Katz
Cary Katz raised to 41,000 from under the gun and action folded back to Luke Graham who defended his big blind.
The flop fell and Graham checked. Katz made a continuation-bet of 39,000 and Graham called. The turn came and Graham checked once more to Katz, who continued again for 50,000. Graham flinched slightly as he picked up chips and then proceeded to call.
The river came and Graham led out for 100,000.
"Gahhh!" said Katz. "Terrible card!" he continued as he leaned back in his chair for a moment. He then leaned forward and used his hand to push the cards to the center of the table, one at a time to fold and give up the pot.
| Luke Graham | 1,760,000 | 764,000  |
| Cary Katz | 427,000 | 322,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:58 PM Local Time
Chip Counts from Tables 504-511
| Caleb Furth | 2,800,000 | 120,000 |
| Robin Hegele | 2,790,000 | 1,050,000 |
| Michael Niwinski | 1,800,000 | 65,000 |
| Mario Navarro | 1,730,000 | -445,000  |
| Michael Lech | 1,680,000 | 602,000 |
| Max Silver | 1,085,000 | 5,000 |
| Jon Turner | 1,030,000 | 220,000 |
| Bart Lybaert | 920,000 | -350,000 |
| Ralph Perry | 720,000 | 495,000 |
| Brent Roberts | 385,000 | -455,000 |
| Meikat Siu | 0 | -630,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:54 PM Local Time
Bellande Still Calls and Busts
Jean-Robert Bellande raised to 45,000 from the middle position and action folded to Dario Marinelli in the big blind who three-bet to 82,000. Bellande four-bet to 240,000 and Marinelli called.
The flop came with one diamond and two hearts, Marinelli bet 85,000 and Bellande made the call.
The turn was the , Marinelli continued with a bet of 125,000 and Bellande called again.
The river completed the board with the , Marinelli shoved and Bellande contemplated his options.
Bellande got up from his chair, started packing his stuff up: "Well, I guess this is it. I guess you have a set of queens, but I have to call cause I have aces..." And then made the call for his last 500,000 or so with to see he was right as Marinelli held indeed for the set to eliminate him.
| Dario Marinelli | 3,250,000 | 1,040,000 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 0 | -1,700,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:54 PM Local Time
Romaine Eliminates a Player
William Romaine called a shove from an opponent holding with Romaine holding .
"Right in the window," said someone at the table when a nine appeared, but there was an ace right behind it on a runout and Romaine sent his opponent to the rail.
| William Romaine | 2,320,000 | 450,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:43 PM Local Time
A Few More Updated Chip Counts
| Corey Burbick | 2,340,000 | 1,590,000 |
| Greg Himmelbrand | 1,820,000 | 715,000 |
| Eric Froehlich | 1,180,000 | -60,000 |
| Matt Stout | 1,050,000 | 308,000 |
| Brad Albrinck | 1,000,000 | 378,000 |
| Nick Rampone | 800,000 | 7,000 |
| Will Berry | 510,000 | 40,000 |
| Eric Stocz | 345,000 | 220,000 |
| James Mackey | 260,000 | -965,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:38 PM Local Time
"ElkY" Showered by Aydin's Big Slick
Bertrand Grospellier shoved all in from middle position for his last 75,000 and action folded around to Eran Aydin who wasted no time announcing a call.
Bertrand Grospellier:
Eran Aydin:
Aydin was in great shape to knock the short-stacked "ElkY" out of the 2019 Main Event. The board ran out , having Grospellier drawing dead by the turn as Aydin added his newly acquired chips to his stack.
| Eran Aydin | 490,000 | 0 |
| Bertrand Grospellier | 0 | 0 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:37 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts in Amazon Orange
| Timothy Su | 3,290,000 | 90,000 |
| Oliver Bithell | 3,065,000 | 795,000 |
| Sasha Liu | 1,240,000 | -53,000 |
| Jacqueline Burkhart | 1,235,000 | -75,000 |
| Max Silver | 1,080,000 | 530,000 |
| Todd Brunson | 750,000 | -42,000 |
| Daniel Neilson | 660,000 | -40,000 |
| Olivier Busquet | 590,000 | 30,000 |
| Vlastimil Pustina | 425,000 | -128,000 |
| Anthony Spinella | 410,000 | 10,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:36 PM Local Time
Campanello Eliminated by Cai
The player in mid-position raised to 40,000 and Bryan Campanello shoved on the button. Zhen Cai asked for a count in the small blind and the dealer confirmed Campanello had 263,000 behind. Cai called and the initial raiser folded.
Bryan Campanello:
Zhen Cai:
The board ran out for Cai to flop a set while Campanello found a pair of aces. The Day 1a chip leader even improved to two pair on the river, but it wasn't good enough to keep him alive in the Main Event.
| Zhen Cai | 3,080,000 | 80,000 |
| Bryan Campanello | 0 | -605,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:35 PM Local Time
Chip Counts From Tables 513-518
| Julian Milliard-Feral | 4,100,000 | 520,000 |
| Tobias Duthweiler | 3,080,000 | -120,000 |
| Jake Daniels | 2,940,000 | -110,000 |
| Adedapo Ajayi | 2,700,000 | -200,000 |
| Jiwoon Kim | 1,940,000 | 515,000 |
| Dmitry Yurasov | 1,755,000 | 515,000 |
| James Mackey | 1,225,000 | -65,000 |
| Yuliyan Kolev | 1,215,000 | -430,000 |
| Alex Livingston | 1,211,000 | 123,000 |
| Greg Himmelbrand | 1,105,000 | -75,000 |
| Andrey Pateychuk | 830,000 | -70,000 |
| Daniel Colpoys | 800,000 | -300,000 |
| Nick Rampone | 793,000 | 43,000 |
| Todd Brunson | 792,000 | -185,000 |
| Adam Friedman | 557,000 | -303,000 |
| Maxim Lykov | 535,000 | -445,000 |
| Timothy Flanders | 0 | -920,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:33 PM Local Time
Wynkoop Emerges as New Chip Leader
Christopher Wynkoop just knocked out Thomas Drinkwater with against after getting it in on a flop.
The board bricked and Drinkwater was eliminated, with Wynkoop now amassing a stack well over four million.
"New chip leader," said tablemate Jean-Robert Bellande. "Chip leader alert!"
"You have like 1% of the chips in play," someone said. "But it feels like heaps now!"
Actually, it's nearer 0.8% of the chips in play but is still good enough for the presumed chip leader in the tournament.
| Christopher Wynkoop | 4,300,000 | 3,559,000 |
| Timothy Su | 3,200,000 | -1,950,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:32 PM Local Time
A Few Chip Counts from Around the Room
| Brian Yoon | 3,700,000 | 1,400,000 |
| Mukul Pahuja | 2,000,000 | 350,000 |
| Alex Dovzhenko | 970,000 | 604,000 |
| Timothy Burt | 950,000 | -200,000 |
| Jon Turner | 810,000 | -20,000 |
| Tony Sinishtaj | 750,000 | -700,000 |
| Aaron Johnson (MN) | 625,000 | 537,000 |
| Scott Bohlman | 570,000 | -165,000 |
| Olivier Busquet | 560,000 | 160,000 |
| Chance Kornuth | 440,000 | -70,000 |
| Victor Figueroa | 430,000 | -520,000 |
| Anthony Spinella | 400,000 | 335,000 |
| Sean Shah | 320,000 | -340,000 |
| Jason Brin | 260,000 | -380,000 |
| John Holley | 160,000 | -55,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:30 PM Local Time
Some Amazon Orange Chip Counts
| Preben Stokkan | 2,241,000 | -159,000 |
| Jeff Madsen | 1,189,000 | 189,000 |
| John Lombardo | 1,140,000 | 90,000 |
| Quan Zhou | 1,100,000 | -465,000 |
| Ricky Guan | 695,000 | -305,000 |
| Will Berry | 470,000 | 200,000 |
| Michael Kane | 451,000 | -62,000 |
| Jay Farber | 395,000 | 90,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:29 PM Local Time
Overpair Holds for Parkes
In a three-bet pot, Thomas Parkes was heads-up with Joseph Cheong heading to the flop of . Parkes checked from the big blind and Cheong quickly checked it back from the cutoff.
The turn brought the and Parkes fired out a bet of 235,000 into a pot of around 450,000. Cheong called and the completed the board. Both players knuckled the table again and Parkes turned over to scoop the pot.
| Thomas Parkes | 3,770,000 | 250,000 |
| Joseph Cheong | 1,840,000 | -450,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:20 PM Local Time
Chip Counts from Tables 519-522
| Jeremy Pekarek | 2,025,000 | 515,000 |
| Todd Witteles | 1,460,000 | 10,000 |
| Matt Glantz | 1,260,000 | 75,000 |
| Eric Froehlich | 1,240,000 | 75,000 |
| Enrico Rudelitz | 1,135,000 | -245,000 |
| Romain Lewis | 860,000 | 630,000 |
| Christopher Sly | 815,000 | 420,000 |
| Matt Stout | 742,000 | 207,000 |
| Rayan Chamas | 609,000 | -160,000 |
| Allen Kessler | 435,000 | -95,000 |
| Mark Teltscher | 410,000 | -270,000 |
| Tom Cannuli | 340,000 | -600,000 |
| Qing Lu | 0 | 0 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:14 PM Local Time
451st - 477th Place Finishers
These players took home $30,780 for their showings in the Main Event.
| Carlton Tartar | 0 | -384,000 |
| Charles Sewell | 0 | -1,019,000 |
| Chenxu Zhang | 0 | -835,000 |
| Vladislav Donchev | 0 | -223,000 |
| Qui Nguyen | 0 | 0 |
| Jeffrey Hart | 0 | -158,000 |
| Daniel Lee | 0 | -470,000 |
| Donald Schiavone | 0 | -465,000 |
| Igor Merda | 0 | 0 |
| Manuel Mutke | 0 | -301,000 |
| Simon Deadman | 0 | -1,020,000 |
| Erik Cajelais | 0 | -1,290,000 |
| John Hewitt | 0 | -1,510,000 |
| Christopher Wolfe | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Liedtke | 0 | -239,000 |
| Barny Boatman | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolai Sears | 0 | -444,000 |
| Qing Lu | 0 | -815,000 |
| Todd Vincent | 0 | 0 |
| Michael VanderWoude | 0 | -350,000 |
| David Cabrera Polop | 0 | -780,000 |
| George Petten | 0 | -640,000 |
| Richard Anthony | 0 | -175,000 |
| Joseph Wertz | 0 | -249,000 |
| Hugo Pingray | 0 | -435,000 |
| Ayman Qutami | 0 | -739,000 |
| Michael Schmidt | 0 | -247,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 11:09 PM Local Time
Level 20 started
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 10:52 PM Local Time
Final Break of Day 4
There are just 450 players remaining at the end of level 19 and they are in the midst of their final 20-minute break of the day. Another two-hour session at the tables remains with upcoming blinds of 10,000-20,000 with a big blind ante of 20,000.
A new WSOP Main Event champion will be crowned as Qui Nguyen's run came to an end. His elimination and other recent highlights from the tables can be found below.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 10:51 PM Local Time
Merda Among Recent Casualties
Mitchell Johnson raised and Igor Merda jammed from one seat over, Michael Pearson then reshoved and that forced out Johnson.
The classic flip with the for Merda and the of Pearson was all but over when the appeared right in the window and Merda was drawing dead on a blank turn.
| Mihai Manole | 3,150,000 | 60,000 |
| Brian Yoon | 2,300,000 | 400,000 |
| Chad Power | 1,750,000 | 50,000 |
| Michael Pearson | 1,450,000 | 350,000 |
| Sergei Petrushevskii | 1,000,000 | -80,000 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 950,000 | 510,000 |
| Daniel Neilson | 700,000 | -200,000 |
| Allen Kessler | 530,000 | -290,000 |
| Carl Cajuste | 400,000 | -130,000 |
| Igor Merda | 0 | -550,000 |
| Ricardo Graells De Dios | 0 | 0 |
| Eoghan O'Dea | 0 | 0 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 10:50 PM Local Time
Cloutier Doubles Through Bohlman
Eric Cloutier open-shipped all in for 484,000 in the hijack and Scott Bohlman called on the button. The big blind gave it some thought but eventually decided to let the two players battle it out themselves.
Eric Cloutier:
Scott Bohlman:
It was a coin flip and Cloutier maintained his lead on the flop. The on the turn changed nothing and the on the river ensured Cloutier of a double up.
| Eric Cloutier | 985,000 | 663,000 |
| Scott Bohlman | 735,000 | -300,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 10:49 PM Local Time
Hall Soars Up After Three-Way All In
Sara Hall was spotted all in for just over half a million in chips and Christopher Wolfe was at risk for fewer chips, while a third player in the hand had them both covered and tabled the .
Wolfe was all in with the and Hall had the best of it with the .
The board came and Hall nearly tripled up.
Sara Hall| Sara Hall | 1,400,000 | 754,000 |
| Christopher Wolfe | 0 | -570,000 |