Event #42: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em / Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-20-2019 14:01 UTC-8

Buttons Folded, Blinds Make the Action

Djinn

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Moschonas folded his button and Raghav Bansal made up the big blind, with a check from Dan Matsuzuki. On the flop of , Bansal led out for the min-bet of 1,000,000, called by Matsuzuki. The turn was checked through, as was the river and Matsuzuki's ace high () beat Bansal's king ().

Another small blind limp followed, Matsuzuki calling but folding immediately to a shove from big blind Moschonas (15,300,000).

Player	Chips	Progress
Raghav Bansal	30,700,000 -2,000,000	-2,000,000
Dan Matsuzuki	24,100,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Aristeidis Moschonas	16,800,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Dan Matsuzuki Raghav Bansal Aristeidis Moschonas

06-20-2019 13:57 UTC-8

Rainer Kempe Eliminated in 4th Place ($65,482)

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Yori Epskamp

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Rainer Kempe raised to 4,500,000, around half his stack, on the button, Ragahavl Bansal three-bet shoved from the big blind and Kempe called all in for 10,900,000 total.

Rainer Kempe:
Raghav Bansal:

"Assoh, assoh, assoh!" the Indian rail [presumably] cheered for an ace. Their champion remained ahead after the flop, reducing the German juggernaut's chances to win the hand. The turn was the , which gave Kempe a flush draw to go with his live cards.

The crowd gathered to see the river brick for Kempe, ending his run in fourth place. The $65,482 cash is just a blip on his astonishing 20M+ in lifetime winnings poker résumé, but a WSOP bracelet will elude him for the time being.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raghav Bansal	32,700,000 13,900,000	13,900,000
Dan Matsuzuki	23,100,000 -500,000	-500,000

Aristeidis Moschonas	16,300,000 -500,000	-500,000
Rainer Kempe	Busted

Tags: Raghav Bansal Rainer Kempe

06-20-2019 13:53 UTC-8

Moschonas Doubles Again - Kempe Drops to Fourth in Chips

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Djinn

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Aris Moschonas sat the next one out, Raghav Bansal moving in on the button for his entire 18,800,000. With the top three stacks within five million chips of each other, this exerted considerable pressure on the other pair. Kempe, after so many big decisions in the heftiest games around presumably immune to pressure, spent some time in the tank before finally laying his hand down.

The next hand, it folded to Rainer Kempe on the small blind, and he played the pressure card of his own, setting still-shortest stacked Aris Moschonas all in. Moschonas made the call with and found himself ahead; Kempe showed .

The flop: . "Queen of nothing!" requested railer Sam Razavi, freshly busted from this event late last night.

The turn and river: - another double for Moschonas, making a good show of his rebuild attempt from one big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aristeidis Moschonas	16,800,000 7,900,000	7,900,000
Rainer Kempe	10,900,000 -9,900,000	-9,900,000

Tags: Aristeidis Moschonas Rainer Kempe

06-20-2019 13:44 UTC-8

Moschonas From A Nub

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Yori Epskamp

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Rainer Kempe raised to 2,000,000 and Aris Moschonas, fresh from a double-up, three-bet shoved for 3,200,000 on the button. Only Kempe called.

Aris Moschonas:
Rainer Kempe:

The flop was and Moschonas remained in the lead. The turn made it a lock, rendering the river a mere formality. Moschonas now has nearly 9 big blinds again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Matsuzuki	23,600,000 -2,500,000	-2,500,000

Rainer Kempe	20,800,000 -3,600,000	-3,600,000
Raghav Bansal	18,800,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Aristeidis Moschonas	8,900,000 5,700,000	5,700,000

Tags: Aristeidis Moschonas Rainer Kempe

06-20-2019 13:43 UTC-8

Moschonas Doubles: Start of a Comeback?

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Djinn

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Raghav Bansal opened to 2,250,000 on the cutoff, called solely by Ali Moschonas in the big blind. The flop of saw the light of day for mere seconds, as Moschonas check-folded sharpish to a 1,000,000 bet from Bansal.

The second hand after the restart, Aris Moschonas shoved from the small blind for just 100,000 more than Bansal already had forcibly commited in the big blind. He was autocalled and at risk for his tournament life:

Bansal:
Moschonas:

The Greek rail went nuts as the board came out to keep Moschonas alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aristeidis Moschonas	3,200,000 -1,200,000	-1,200,000

Tags: Raghav Bansal Aristeidis Moschonas

Level: 39

Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000

Ante: 1,000,000

06-20-2019 13:20 UTC-8

Break

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Level 38 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

The four remaining players have left the room on a 15-minute break.

06-20-2019 13:19 UTC-8

Ashish Ahuja Eliminated in 5th Place ($48,914)

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Yori Epskamp

Level 38 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

In the final hand before the break, Ashish Ahuja raised to 2,500,000 on the button. Dan Matsuzuki three-bet pot to 8,300,000 from the small blind, Rainer Kempe folded, and Ahuja went into the tank.

The other players had already walked off the stage, leaving just the pair to play it out. Matsuzuki sat stoically, arms crossed, while Ahuja had a decision to make for all his chips.

After several minutes, Ahuja decided to four-bet shove all in for 9,800,000 and Matsuzuki quickly called off the extra chips.

Ashish Ahuja:
Dan Matsuzuki:

Ahuja was quite behind from the start but picked up equity on the flop. The on the turn provided even more outs to survive, but the river was a blank and Ahuja was gone in fifth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Matsuzuki	26,100,000 9,800,000	9,800,000

Rainer Kempe	24,400,000 -800,000	-800,000
Raghav Bansal	17,700,000 5,000,000	5,000,000
Aristeidis Moschonas	4,400,000 -100,000	-100,000
Ashish Ahuja	Busted

Tags: Ashish Ahuja Dan Matsuzuki Rainer Kempe

06-20-2019 13:18 UTC-8

Bansal Bets Moschonas Off on Turn

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Djinn

Level 38 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Rainer Kempe raised to 1,900,000 from middle position and won the hand. The next hand, Aris Moschonas raised pot to 2,800,000 from the cutoff, Raghav Bansal opted to see a flop on the button, and the blinds folded. A dry flop of was spread and the Greek continued with 1,000,000. Bansal called in position. The turn brought the and Moschonas now checked. Bansal bet 4,400,000 and Moschonas waved the white flag in defeat.

Tags: Ari Moschonas Raghav Bansal Rainer Kempe

06-20-2019 13:10 UTC-8

Stephen Ma Eliminated in 6th Place ($36,852)

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Djinn

Level 38 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Having finagled outlasting start of day chip leader Adam Lamphere, Stephen Ma's grip on the short stack and the event in general has finally come free. He had just 150,000 chips remaining when he called all-in after a Rainer Kempe preflop open.

Ma:
Kempe:

The board paired Kempe's six, leaving Ma drawing thin, and it ended up reading .

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	25,200,000 7,400,000	7,400,000
Dan Matsuzuki	16,300,000

Raghav Bansal	12,700,000 -5,300,000	-5,300,000
Ashish Ahuja	10,200,000 -800,000	-800,000
Aristeidis Moschonas	4,500,000 -4,100,000	-4,100,000
Stephen Ma	Busted

Tags: Adam Lamphere Rainer Kempe Stephen Ma