Wednesday, July 3, 2019 2:43 AM Local Time
Andrew Brown Leads as Solid Turnout Shows Up for $10K Limit
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.
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 2:14 AM Local Time
Seat Draw Day 2 Event #72: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
Amazon | 416 | 2 | Eli Elezra | United States | 255,500 |
Amazon | 416 | 4 | Louis Hillman | United States | 84,500 |
Amazon | 416 | 5 | Jameson Painter | United States | 13,500 |
Amazon | 416 | 6 | James Chen | Taiwan | 226,500 |
Amazon | 416 | 7 | Kyle Ray | United States | 237,500 |
Amazon | 416 | 8 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 130,500 |
Amazon | 416 | 9 | Robert Como | United States | 85,500 |
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Amazon | 417 | 1 | Eracles Panayiotou | United States | 166,000 |
Amazon | 417 | 2 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 219,000 |
Amazon | 417 | 3 | Anh Van Nguyen | Canada | 33,500 |
Amazon | 417 | 4 | Andrew Brown | United States | 337,000 |
Amazon | 417 | 6 | Chi Chong | United States | 67,000 |
Amazon | 417 | 7 | Daniel Demicki | Poland | 138,500 |
Amazon | 417 | 8 | Thomer Pidun | Germany | 39,000 |
Amazon | 417 | 9 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 92,000 |
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Amazon | 418 | 2 | Jerry Robinson | United States | 50,000 |
Amazon | 418 | 3 | Grant Hansen | United States | 131,500 |
Amazon | 418 | 4 | Mark Gregorich | United States | 139,500 |
Amazon | 418 | 5 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 25,500 |
Amazon | 418 | 6 | Joshua Griffith | United States | 67,000 |
Amazon | 418 | 7 | Philip Cordano | United States | 24,500 |
Amazon | 418 | 9 | Sam Snead Sweilem | United States | 176,000 |
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Amazon | 419 | 1 | James Little | United States | 249,500 |
Amazon | 419 | 2 | Terrence Chan | Canada | 63,500 |
Amazon | 419 | 3 | Mike Lancaster | United States | 163,500 |
Amazon | 419 | 4 | Jason Gray | United Kingdom | 74,500 |
Amazon | 419 | 5 | Matthew Schreiber | United States | 105,000 |
Amazon | 419 | 6 | Anthony Marsico | United States | 283,500 |
Amazon | 419 | 7 | Bryce Landier | United States | 134,500 |
Amazon | 419 | 9 | Phillip Hui | United States | 121,000 |
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Amazon | 425 | 1 | Yan Shing "Anson" Tsang | Hong Kong | 142,000 |
Amazon | 425 | 2 | Tommy Hang | United States | 99,000 |
Amazon | 425 | 3 | Oleg Chebotarev | Russia | 172,500 |
Amazon | 425 | 4 | Dan Shak | United States | 73,500 |
Amazon | 425 | 6 | David Mosca | United States | 222,000 |
Amazon | 425 | 7 | Ryan Day | United States | 39,000 |
Amazon | 425 | 8 | Raul Paez | Spain | 87,000 |
Amazon | 425 | 9 | Matt Glantz | United States | 185,500 |
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Amazon | 426 | 1 | Ken Deng | United States | 141,500 |
Amazon | 426 | 2 | Stuart Rutter | United Kingdom | 95,500 |
Amazon | 426 | 3 | Kevin Song | United States | 233,000 |
Amazon | 426 | 4 | Travis Kubota | United States | 47,500 |
Amazon | 426 | 5 | Brandon Wittmeyer | United States | 52,000 |
Amazon | 426 | 8 | John Racener | United States | 80,500 |
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Amazon | 427 | 1 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 215,000 |
Amazon | 427 | 2 | Josh Arieh | United States | 194,500 |
Amazon | 427 | 3 | Richard Pyne (FL) | United States | 31,500 |
Amazon | 427 | 4 | Qinghai Pan | United States | 207,000 |
Amazon | 427 | 5 | Tsugunari Toma | Japan | 18,500 |
Amazon | 427 | 7 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 129,000 |
Amazon | 427 | 8 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 149,500 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 2:05 AM Local Time
End-of-Day Chip Counts
Andrew Brown | 337,000 | 2,000 |
Anthony Marsico | 283,500 | 0 |
Eli Elezra | 255,500 | -49,500 |
James Little | 249,500 | 19,500 |
Kyle Ray | 237,500 | 37,500 |
Kevin Song | 233,000 | -7,000 |
James Chen | 226,500 | 61,500 |
David Mosca | 222,000 | 10,000 |
Robert Mizrachi | 219,000 | 39,000 |
Eric Wasserson | 215,000 | 5,000 |
Qinghai Pan | 207,000 | 12,000 |
Josh Arieh | 194,500 | 94,500 |
Matt Glantz | 185,500 | -8,000 |
Sam Snead | 176,000 | 64,500 |
Oleg Chebotarev | 172,500 | 172,500 |
Eracles Panayiotou | 166,000 | 166,000 |
Mike Lancaster | 163,500 | 163,500 |
Shaun Deeb | 149,500 | 9,500 |
Anson Tsang | 142,000 | -63,000 |
Ken Deng | 141,500 | 10,000 |
Mark Gregorich | 139,500 | -28,500 |
Daniel Demicki | 138,500 | 91,500 |
Bryce Landier | 134,500 | 134,500 |
Grant Hansen | 131,500 | 131,500 |
Juha Helppi | 130,500 | -39,500 |
Andrew Kelsall | 129,000 | 4,000 |
Phillip Hui | 121,000 | 121,000 |
Matthew Schreiber | 105,000 | 105,000 |
Tommy Hang | 99,000 | 39,000 |
Stuart Rutter | 95,500 | 36,000 |
Martin Kabrhel | 92,000 | -76,500 |
Raul Paez | 87,000 | -6,000 |
Robert Como | 85,500 | 85,500 |
Louis Hillman | 84,500 | 84,500 |
John Racener | 80,500 | 45,500 |
Jason Gray | 74,500 | 74,500 |
Dan Shak | 73,500 | 3,500 |
Chi Chong | 67,000 | -67,000 |
Joshua Griffith | 67,000 | 67,000 |
Terrence Chan | 63,500 | -18,500 |
Brandon Wittmeyer | 52,000 | 52,000 |
Jerry Robinson | 50,000 | -146,000 |
Travis Kubota | 47,500 | 47,500 |
Ryan Day | 39,000 | -43,000 |
Thomer Pidun | 39,000 | 39,000 |
Anh Van Nguyen | 33,500 | 33,500 |
Richard Pyne (FL) | 31,500 | 31,500 |
Benny Glaser | 25,500 | -18,500 |
Philip Cordano | 24,500 | 24,500 |
Tsugunari Toma | 18,500 | 18,500 |
Jameson Painter | 13,500 | -66,500 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 1:52 AM Local Time
Deeb Takes This Round from Song
Kevin Song checked in middle position with on the board and Shaun Deeb bet from the cutoff. Song called and the river was a . He checked and Deeb bet. After some thought, Song flicked in a call but couldn't beat .
Kevin Song | 240,000 | -5,000 |
Shaun Deeb | 140,000 | 8,500 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 1:46 AM Local Time
Set of Kings for Mizrachi
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 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 1:41 AM Local Time
Ugly Runout for Deeb's Set
Kevin Song checked in the small blind and Shaun Deeb bet from middle position on a board. Sam Snead folded but Song fired in a raise. Deeb called and Song bet the river. Deeb spun his into the middle in disgust.
Kevin Song | 245,000 | 132,800 |
Shaun Deeb | 131,500 | -66,500 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 1:32 AM Local Time
Kabrhel Gets Some Bottom Pair Value
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 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 1:30 AM Local Time
Elezra Elevating
Eli Elezra three-bet pre-flop and got two callers. The flop came the . Elezra bet, the player behind called and Qinghai Pan raised. Elezra three-bet which caused the third player to fold. After a moment, Pan called.
The turn was the Elezra bet and Pan called. The river was the Elezra fired once more and this time Pan laid it down to the pressure and Elezra stacked even more to his big stack.
Eli Elezra | 305,000 | 65,000 |
Qinghai Pan | 195,000 | -28,500 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 1:24 AM Local Time
Brown Busts Wolansky and Donoghue
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 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 1:15 AM Local Time
The 200,000 Club
Despite just buying in during the last level, Qinghai Pan has rocketed up to one of the leading stacks.
Anthony Marsico | 300,000 | 8,000 |
Andrew Brown | 268,000 | 141,000 |
Eli Elezra | 240,000 | 102,000 |
James Little | 225,000 | -20,000 |
Qinghai Pan | 223,500 | 223,500 |
David Mosca | 212,000 | 5,000 |
Eric Wasserson | 210,000 | 104,000 |
Anson Tsang | 205,000 | 205,000 |
Kyle Ray | 200,000 | -100,000 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 1:15 AM Local Time
Three Big Aces for Shak, But Small Gain
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 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 1:06 AM Local Time
Kabrhel's Opponents Displeased
Martin Kabrhel put in a check-raise from the big blind on and Shaun Deeb, who had bet in the cutoff called. Sam Snead came along from the button and the river was an . Kabrhel bet and Deeb raised. Snead mucked right away but Kabrhel took around 90 seconds to think before flicking in a call.
Deeb opened for a missed straight and Kabrhel showed for the underfull.
"Bluffer!" he shouted with a cackle.
"You took seven minutes to call and you had a full house," Deeb said.
"I should take longer?" Kabrhel asked.
Someone said they'd be putting Kabrhel on a clock for future decisions if he was going to take so long.
"You were getting 19-to-1 and you needed 3-to-1," someone said.
"That's what I was counting!" Kabrhel exclaimed. "You guys are too good."
Shaun Deeb | 198,000 | 70,000 |
Martin Kabrhel | 160,000 | 92,000 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 1:02 AM Local Time
Little Surging Upwards
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 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 1:02 AM Local Time
Level 10 started
Level: 10
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 0
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 1:01 AM Local Time
Glantz Reps Hearts
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 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 12:48 AM Local Time
Witteles Toasted
Todd Witteles bet from the hijack on and was called by both the cutoff and Rob Mizrachi on the button. The turn was a and Witteles shoved for his last 4,000. The cutoff called and Mizrachi raised. The cutoff called to create a side pot but then check-folded on the river.
"You win," Witteles said, flicking in .
Mizrachi had .
Robert Mizrachi | 120,000 | 36,500 |
Todd Witteles | 0 | -19,000 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 12:45 AM Local Time
Chan Eliminates One Opponent, Takes Pot From Other
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 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 12:39 AM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
Kyle Ray | 300,000 | 180,000 |
David Mosca | 207,000 | 47,000 |
Mark Gregorich | 168,000 | 109,000 |
David Olson | 160,000 | 60,000 |
Chi Chong | 134,000 | -41,000 |
Ken Deng | 131,500 | -38,500 |
Andrew Kelsall | 125,000 | 65,000 |
Raul Paez | 93,000 | 29,800 |
Robert Mizrachi | 83,500 | -1,500 |
Jameson Painter | 80,000 | 55,000 |
Kenneth Donoghue | 70,000 | 9,000 |
Stuart Rutter | 59,500 | 18,500 |
Daniel Demicki | 47,000 | 17,500 |
Alex Torry | 22,000 | -40,000 |
Justin Tazelaar | 16,000 | -31,000 |
Moshe Kramer | 6,000 | -71,000 |
Andre Akkari | 0 | -31,000 |
Kyle Kitagawa | 0 | -68,000 |
Sean Yu | 0 | -31,000 |
Katherine Fleck | 0 | -77,200 |
Eric Kurtzman | 0 | -39,000 |
Ali Eslami | 0 | -12,200 |
Yuri Dzivielevski | 0 | -62,000 |
Gregory Back | 0 | -65,000 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 12:36 AM Local Time
Hui Forces out Glaser
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 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 12:26 AM Local Time
Brown Finds a River Fold
Reese Newell checked from the big blind on and Andrew Brown bet in the hijack. Newell raised and Brown called. On the turn, Newell bet and Brown raised. Newell called and checked the river. Brown bet and Newell came out raising.
Brown thought about a minute and folded.
"I don't know you how you had a jack there, but I guess you had a jack," he said moments later.
Andrew Brown | 127,000 | 29,000 |
Reese Newell | 83,000 | -38,000 |