Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Foxwoods
$3,250 High Roller
Day: 2
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Shortly After Scott Efron was eliminated in 6th place, Paul Snead was next to hit the rail.
He got it all in preflop with 
and was called by Andrew Lauer who had the 
.
The flop came 
. The turn was the 
to open a straight draw and the straight would come home for Lauer as the 
came off on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
710,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
590,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
345,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
105,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Dave Stefanski raised to 17,000 from the hijack, he was three-bet by James Frangoulidis from the cutoff to 43,000. It folded back around to Stefanski who called.
The flop came 
. Frangoulidis bet 32,000 after a check and Stefanski called. The turn was the 
. Stefanski checked again and Frangoulidis moved two stacks of chips out for a bet of 72,000. Stefanski folded after a few moments and flashed an ace to his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
610,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
372,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Lauren Monosson held 
suited and shoved all in preflop.
She ran into the pocket kings of Dave Stefanski and was eliminated when the board ran out cleanly for the kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
555,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
469,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
301,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
|
160,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
|
116,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
|
91,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
|
30,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
It is time for the second 15-minute break of the day.
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Action was picked up on the river of a board that read 
. Dave Stefanski bet about 45,000 into a pot of around the same size. Paul Snead thought for about ten seconds before calling with some trepidation.
Stefanski showed the hammer with the 
, while Snead turned over the 
for a lesser flush.
Several players at the table complimented Snead on only calling rather than even considering a raise and hence losing the minimum.
"I just knew he had it" said Snead as he saw more of his stack cut away to continue his downward trajectory.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
490,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
135,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Paul Snead raised to 15,000 under the gun, James Frangoulidis called from the cutoff. Out of the small blind, Andrew Lauer three-bet to 53,000.
Snead thought it over for a while and confirmed the count before folding. Frangoulidis also folded after a few moments and Lauer added a nice chunk to his stack with the preflop aggression.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
465,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
|
328,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
180,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000