Event #37: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-18-2019 19:45 UTC-8

Hands #36-40: Hallay in Action

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Level 36 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Hand #36: Axel Hallay raised to 1,000,000 on the button and Robert Mitchell defended the big blind. The flop was and Mitchell decided to lead out for 1,200,000. Hallay raised to 3,500,000 and Mitchell folded.

Hand #37: Hallay raised to 1,200,000 from the cutoff and Benjamin Underwood defended from a 12 big blind stack. The flop was and went check/check. The turn got checked as well. The river was the and Underwood bet 1,200,000. Hallay gave it up.

Hand #38: Mitchell raised to 1,000,000 on the button and Marco Bognanni bought a flop from the big blind. The dealer spread out and Bognanni check-called 800,000 from Mitchell. The turn and saw both players check.

The river was the and again two checks. Bognanni's high hand was good enough to win.

Hand #39: Bognanni completed the small blind and Hallay checked. On the flop Bognanni check-called 500,000 from Hallay. The turn paired the board with the and brought two checks. Another pair on the river brought two more checks, and Bognanni revealed a deceptively played to win.

Hand #40: Mitchell made it 1,200,000 from under the gun and Francois Evard called the big blind. The flop saw two checks. Turn , two more checks. River , another two checks. Mitchell won it with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mitchell	37,100,000 -2,900,000	-2,900,000
Axel Hallay	35,600,000
Marco Bognanni	20,500,000 3,600,000	3,600,000
Francois Evard	12,000,000 -2,000,000	-2,000,000
Benjamin Underwood	7,300,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Tags: Axel Hallay Benjamin Underwood Francois Evard Marco Bognanni Robert Mitchell

06-18-2019 19:38 UTC-8

Hands #31-35: Mitchell the Most Active

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Level 36 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Hand #31: Robert Mitchell got a walk.

Hand #32: After action folded around to Mitchell in his small blind, he raised it to 1.6 million and took Benjamin Underwood's blind and ante.

Hand #33: Mitchell raised to 1.1 million and Bognanni defended his blind. Both players checked through to the river on a , and after Bognanni checked a third time Mitchell put out a bet of 700,000. Bognanni thought it out for about 30 seconds before he made the call but then mucked when Mitchell showed down for the winner.

Hand #34: It was Axel Hallay's turn to get a walk.

Hand #35: Bognanni called from the button, Hallay called from his small blind and Evard checked his option in the big blind. After the players checked the flop, Hallay then led out for 1.1 million on the turn, getting folds from Evard and Bognanni.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mitchell	40,000,000 3,800,000	3,800,000
Axel Hallay	35,600,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Marco Bognanni	16,900,000 -3,000,000	-3,000,000
Francois Evard	14,000,000 -1,200,000	-1,200,000
Benjamin Underwood	6,100,000 -1,200,000	-1,200,000

Tags: Axel Hallay Benjamin Underwood Francois Evard Marco Bognanni Robert Mitchell

06-18-2019 19:18 UTC-8

Hands #25-30: Underwood Shoves Twice

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Level 36 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Hand #25: Benjamin Underwood shoved all in for 6,050,000 from the cutoff and got it though.

Hand #26: Marco Bognanni raised to 1,200,000 from under the gun and won the hand.

Hand #27: Francois Evard limped the button, Robert Mitchell completed the small blind and Underwood checked. The flop saw three checks. Turn was the and after two checks, Evard bet 650,000. It was enough to take it down.

Hand #28: Underwood shoved for 6,300,000 in the small blind and Bognanni folded the big blind.

Hand #29: Bognanni made it 1,600,000 in the small blind to take it down.

Hand #30: Mitchell raised to 1,100,000 first to act and Evard came in from the big blind. The flop was and saw two checks. The turn brought the and Evard check-folded to an 800,000 bet from Mitchell.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mitchell	36,200,000 400,000	400,000
Axel Hallay	33,800,000 -1,500,000	-1,500,000
Marco Bognanni	19,900,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Francois Evard	15,200,000 -1,400,000	-1,400,000
Benjamin Underwood	7,300,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Tags: Benjamin Underwood Francois Evard Marco Bognanni Robert Mitchell

06-18-2019 19:13 UTC-8

Hands #20-24: Starting to Mix It Up a Little

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Level 36 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Hand #20: Robert Mitchell raised to 1.1 million and was called by Francois Evard from his big blind. After both players checked through to the turn on a board of , Evard then bet out 925,000 and Mitchell folded.

Hand #21: Benjamin Underwood shoved all in and everyone folded.

Hand #22: Axel Hallay raised it up to 1 million and took down the blinds and ante.

Hand #23: Underwood went all in again and once again no one called.

Hand #24: Mitchell raised to 1.1 million and was called by Marco Bognanni from his small blind. After Bognanni check-called the 800,000 bet from Mitchell on the flop, both players checked the turn. Bognanni then checked the river, and after Mitchell bet 1.2 million, Bognanni tank-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mitchell	35,800,000 500,000	500,000
Axel Hallay	35,300,000
Marco Bognanni	18,700,000 -2,900,000	-2,900,000
Francois Evard	16,600,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Benjamin Underwood	6,100,000 1,300,000	1,300,000

Tags: Axel Hallay Benjamin Underwood Francois Evard Marco Bognanni Robert Mitchell

Level: 36

Blinds: 250,000/500,000

Ante: 500,000

06-18-2019 18:55 UTC-8

Hands #15-19: Mitchell Squeezes, Hallay Barrels

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Level 35 : 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Hand #15: Axel Hallay limped in from the small blind and Francois Evard checked. The flop came down where Hallay bet 400,000 and Evard took twenty seconds before folding.

The blinds moved up to 250,000/500,000 after this hand.

Hand #16: Hallay raised to 1,000,000 on the button and won the hand.

Hand #17: Marco Bognanni raised to 1,200,000 from under the gun and Evard called on the button. Robert Mitchell three-bet to 4,500,000 from the small blind, which got rid of both Bognanni and Evard.

Hand #18: Hallay raised to 1,000,000 from under the gun and Bognanni called from the big blind. Both of them checked the flop in succession.

The turn brought the and two more checks followed. The river was the and once again, two checks. Bognanni won it with for a straight.

Hand #19: Bognanni limped in from the small blind, Hallay bumped it to 1,800,000 in the big blind and the Italian peeled a flop. It came and Bognanni checked. Hallay kept the aggression up with a bet of 2,000,000 which Bognanni called.

The turn was the and Bognanni checked a second time. Hallay now bet 4,000,000 and Bognanni finally waved the white flag.

Player	Chips	Progress
Axel Hallay	35,300,000 4,000,000	4,000,000
Robert Mitchell	35,300,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Marco Bognanni	21,600,000 -5,900,000	-5,900,000
Francois Evard	15,500,000 -2,200,000	-2,200,000
Benjamin Underwood	4,800,000 -1,300,000	-1,300,000

Tags: Axel Hallay Francois Evard Marco Bognanni Robert Mitchell

06-18-2019 18:53 UTC-8

Kamel Mokhammad Eliminated in 6th Place ($56,019)

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Level 35 : 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Hand #14: A short-stacked Kamel Mokhammad moved all in for his last remaining chips and was called by Robert Mitchell.

Kamel Mokhammad:
Robert Mitchell:

Mokhammad had two live cards and got some additional outs by the turn on the board, but unfortunately the river was not one of them and he was the first player eliminated from the live-streamed final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mitchell	32,900,000 7,200,000	7,200,000
Axel Hallay	31,300,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Marco Bognanni	27,500,000 800,000	800,000
Francois Evard	17,700,000 -1,600,000	-1,600,000
Benjamin Underwood	6,100,000 -1,400,000	-1,400,000
Kamel Mokhammad	Busted

Tags: Kamel Mokhammad Robert Mitchell

06-18-2019 18:44 UTC-8

Hands #11-13: Just a Little Action

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Level 35 : 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Hand #11: Robert Mitchell got a walk in his big blind.

Hand #12: Axel Hallay raised to 800,000 and Benjamin Underwood called from his big blind. Underwood then check-folded after Hallay continued for 400,000 on the flop.

Hand #13: Francois Evard raised to 8000,000 and got called by Mitchell and Marco Bognanni from his big blind. After Bognanni checked the flop Evard continued for 725,000 and got a call from Mitchell but Bognanni check-folded. Both players checked the turn, and after Evard checked the river, Mitchell bet 850,000 and took down the pot.

Tags: Axel Hallay Benjamin Underwood Francois Evard Marco Bognanni Robert Mitchell

06-18-2019 18:26 UTC-8

Hands #5-10: Mokhammad Chops the Lesser Hand

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Level 35 : 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Hand #5: Kamel Mokhammad open-shoved from the small blind for 4,530,000. Robert Mitchell looked at his cards and snap-called in the big blind.

Kamel Mokhammad:
Robert Mitchell:

The flop came down to give Mokhammad extra hope with a straight draw. The on the turn added split outs and the river chopped it up.

Hand #6: Francois Evard limped in from the cutoff and Benjamin Underwood checked his option. The flop was and Evard bet 725,000. Underwood called the bet. The turn brought the and both players checked.

Underwood checked the on the river and Evard checked as well. He showed the to win the hand.

Hand #7: Underwood limped in from the small blind and Marco Bognanni checked. Underwood bet 500,000 on the flop and the Italian called. Underwood kept it up with a 725,000-bet on the turn and Bognanni called once more,

The river was the and both players checked. Underwood won it with the .

Hand #8: Underwood made it 850,000 to go on the button and Axel Hallay defended. The flop saw both players check. The turn brought the and once again, no betting action.

Hallay fired for 2,000,000, around pot, on the river and Underwood called after some thought, but he couldn't defeat Hallay's for queens and tens.

Hand #9: Hallay limped the small blind and Evard checked. The flop was and Hallay won it with a bet of 400,000.

Hand #10: Bognanni made it 900,000 from the cutoff and Mokhammad called the big blind. The flop was , where Bognanni took it with a bet of 600,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Axel Hallay	29,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Marco Bognanni	26,700,000 -1,600,000	-1,600,000
Robert Mitchell	25,700,000 -400,000	-400,000
Francois Evard	19,300,000 800,000	800,000
Benjamin Underwood	7,500,000 -2,300,000	-2,300,000
Kamel Mokhammad	3,400,000 -1,100,000	-1,100,000

Tags: Axel Hallay Benjamin Underwood Francois Evard Kamel Mokhammad Marco Bognanni Robert Mitchell

06-18-2019 18:10 UTC-8

Hands #1-4: Evard Doubles Through Mitchell

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Level 35 : 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Hand #1: Marco Bognanni got a walk in his big blind.

Hand #2: Robert Mitchell raised to 850,000 and took down the blinds and antes. He flashed .

Hand #3: Kamel Mokhammad went all in and got no callers.

Hand #4: Mitchell raised to 875,000 and was called by Bognanni, Francois Evard then three-bet shoved. With action back on Mitchell he four-bet shoved and Bognanni folded.

Francois Evard:
Robert Mitchell:

The board ran out , which gave Evard the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Bognanni	28,300,000 -825,000	-825,000
Robert Mitchell	26,100,000 -7,425,000	-7,425,000
Axel Hallay	26,000,000 -2,200,000	-2,200,000
Francois Evard	18,500,000 8,275,000	8,275,000
Benjamin Underwood	9,800,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000
Kamel Mokhammad	4,500,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Francois Evard Kamel Mokhammad Marco Bognanni Robert Mitchell