$25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller (Event #45)

Robert Mizrachi opened the action with a raise to 525,000 in the cutoff and found resistance in Stephen Chidwick, who three-bet to 1,300,000 on the button. That shut down all further action and the pot was sent to Chidwick.

In the next hand, Alex Epstein limped the small blind and James Chen checked from the big blind to see the     flop free of charge. Epstein checked and Chen made it 300,000 to go, which Epstein called.

On the   turn, the action went check, check, and the   river completed the board. Epstein placed a bet of 350,000 and Chen surrendered.

Stephen Chidwick	12,700,000	800,000
Alex Epstein	10,800,000	300,000
Robert Mizrachi	7,000,000	-500,000
James Chen	7,000,000	-500,000
Matthew Gonzales	4,300,000	-400,000

Robert Mizrachi limped the small blind and Stephen Chidwick raised the pot to 750,000 out of the big blind, which Mizrachi called. On the     flop, Mizrachi opted to check and faced a continuation bet worth 500,000 by Chidwick. Mizrachi called and the   appeared on the turn, which went check, check.

After the   river, Mizrachi made it 1,350,000 to go and Chidwick released his cards into the muck.

Stephen Chidwick	11,900,000	1,600,000
Robert Mizrachi	7,500,000	1,000,000

Alex Epstein raised to 650,000 in the cutoff and picked up a call by James Chen in the big blind. The flop brought     and both players checked to the   turn. Chen checked once more and Epstein bet 650,000, which Chen called.

On the   river, both checked again and the cards were briefly shown as Chen raked in the pot.

Alex Epstein	8,000,000	-1,300,000
James Chen	6,200,000	1,400,000

Erik Seidel raised pot to 700,000. Robert Mizrachi three-bet to 1,300,000 from the cutoff. The blinds both folded and Seidel got the rest of his chips in.

Erik Seidel:     
Robert Mizrachi:     

The flop was     with both players still holding aces. The turn was the   giving Seidel a gutshot and the river was the   and the two chopped it up

Robert Mizrachi	6,800,000	0
Erik Seidel	1,100,000	150,000

James Chen min-raised to 400,000 from under the gun and Erik Seidel called out of the big blind to see a flop of    . A check by Seidel was followed by a bet of 450,000 of Chen and Seidel folded to be left with five and a half big blinds.

Alex Epstein then raised to 550,000 in the cutoff and scooped the blinds. Epstein remained active and raised to 550,000 once more, but this time Robert Mizrachi stuck around from the big blind. The flop brought     and both players checked to the   turn. No betting action followed and the   river saw Mizrachi lead for 650,000.

Stephen Chidwick	12,000,000	0
Alex Epstein	11,400,000	-300,000
Robert Mizrachi	6,800,000	700,000
James Chen	4,800,000	200,000
Wasim Korkis	3,200,000	-100,000
Matthew Gonzales	2,600,000	0
Erik Seidel	950,000	-550,000

Robert Mizrachi min-raised the button to 400,000 and Stephen Chidwick came along from the small blind to see a    . Chidwick checked his option and Mizrachi continued for 525,000. Chidwick gave it some consideration and elected to fold.

Matthew Gonzales had to forfeit his big blind in that hand and raised to 600,000 from the small blind the next hand, which Alex Epstein called. On a flop of    , Gonzales led for 200,000 and Epstein called to see the   appear on the turn. A second barrel by Gonzales for 300,000 followed and Epstein quickly let go,

Stephen Chidwick	12,000,000	-300,000
Alex Epstein	9,000,000	-800,000
Robert Mizrachi	6,100,000	600,000
James Chen	4,600,000	-100,000
Erik Seidel	3,700,000	0
Wasim Korkis	3,700,000	0
Matthew Gonzales	2,600,000	600,000

In the second hand of the day, Matthew Gonzales raised the pot to 700,000 first to act and called all in for 1,100,000 when Stephen Chidwick in the big blind put him to the test.

Matthew Gonzales:     
Stephen Chidwick:     

Gonzales flopped top set on     and Chidwick had a gutshot. Neither the   turn nor the   river changed anything and Gonzales doubled to 11 big blinds.

Stephen Chidwick	11,900,000	-1,075,000
Matthew Gonzales	2,300,000	1,200,000

At 12 p.m. local time, the final seven players out of a record-breaking field of 278 entries will take their seats on the main stage of the Amazon room and determine a champion in Event #45: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller. The most-prestigious Omaha event of the year once again set a new attendance record for the fifth year running and the lion's share of the $6,602,500 prize pool is still up for grabs.

Two seven-figure paydays are on the line and the biggest top prize of the 2019 World Series of Poker so far will be awarded, as today's eventual winner at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino will receive $1,618,417 and the highly-prized gold bracelet.

British poker professional Stephen Chidwick is in prime position to claim his maiden WSOP bracelet, having amassed more than $2.2 million in WSOP cashes across 52 results. Chidwick enters the final day of his very first WSOP event of the summer with a stack of 12,975,000 good for a massive lead over almost all of his remaining opponents.

He is followed by Alex Epstein with 10,800,000, who only has one WSOP result to his name so far and kicked off the summer in Las Vegas with a victory in Event #8: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em. Robert Mizrachi will be railed by his family at the final table and will aim for his fifth bracelet to once again 'get even' with brother Michael Mizrachi. Robert Mizrachi starts third in chips with 5,525,000.

Another familiar face on the international poker circuit is Erik Seidel. The eight-time WSOP champion scored two late double ups on Day 3 to secure his seat for the final showdown and will return to 2,950,000, good enough for 15 big blinds when the action resumes.

Wasim "Wes" Korkis (4,225,000), James Chen (3,100,000) and Matthew Gonzales (1,100,000) will seek their first WSOP bracelet and the bragging rights that come along with it. Korkis is primarily known as a cash game player and entered his first major PLO tournament. Chen also has plenty of experience at mixed games and high stakes cash games, and Gonzales reached his second final table of the summer after finishing 7th in Event #29: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship.

Event #45: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Final Table

The final table is set to resume at 12 noon local time on the main feature stage, also commonly referred to as the 'Thunderdome', with blinds of 100,000/200,000 and the PokerNews team will provide all the action from start to finish. You can also follow the live stream with hole cards displayed on CBS All Access.

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