Event #45: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-22-2019 12:01 UTC-8

Seidel Chops to Stay Alive After Aces vs Aces

Will Shillibier

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mizrachi	6,800,000

Erik Seidel	1,100,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Erik Seidel Robert Mizrachi

06-22-2019 11:56 UTC-8

Epstein Takes the Lead

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

Matthew Gonzales raised to 400,000 and Alex Epstein three-bet the pot to 1,200,000 from one seat over. Once the action folded back to Gonzales, he spent some time in the think tank and eventually made the call for nearly half of his stack to see the flop. Gonzales checked and Epstein bet 450,000 to force a fold from Gonzales, who dropped to seven big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Epstein	12,900,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Matthew Gonzales	1,400,000 -1,200,000	-1,200,000

Tags: Alex Epstein Matthew Gonzales

06-22-2019 11:51 UTC-8

Seidel on Five Big Blinds; Mizrachi Takes From Epstein

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	12,000,000

Alex Epstein	11,400,000 -300,000	-300,000

Robert Mizrachi	6,800,000 700,000	700,000

James Chen	4,800,000 200,000	200,000

Wasim Korkis	3,200,000 -100,000	-100,000
Matthew Gonzales	2,600,000
Erik Seidel	950,000 -550,000	-550,000

Tags: Alex Epstein Erik Seidel James Chen Robert Mizrachi

06-22-2019 11:43 UTC-8

Epstein Turns a Straight and Gets Paid

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

Erik Seidel opened the action with a raise to 450,000 and he was called two ways by Alex Epstein and Wasim Korkis in the blinds. The flop was checked through and the turn triggered a bet of 550,000 by Epstein. Korkis sent his cards into the muck and Seidel stuck around to see the river.

Epstein made it 1,250,000 to go and Seidel, who had 3,700,000 behind, called after some reflection and was shown the for the ten-high straight to scoop the first big pot of the final table. Epstein also came within two big blinds of Stephen Chidwick at the top of the counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	12,000,000

Alex Epstein	11,700,000 2,700,000	2,700,000

Robert Mizrachi	6,100,000

James Chen	4,600,000

Wasim Korkis	3,300,000 -400,000	-400,000
Matthew Gonzales	2,600,000
Erik Seidel	1,500,000 -2,200,000	-2,200,000

Tags: Alex Epstein Erik Seidel Stephen Chidwick Wasim Korkis

06-22-2019 11:37 UTC-8

Gonzales Takes it on the Turn

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

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,

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	12,000,000 -300,000	-300,000

Alex Epstein	9,000,000 -800,000	-800,000

Robert Mizrachi	6,100,000 600,000	600,000

James Chen	4,600,000 -100,000	-100,000

Erik Seidel	3,700,000

Wasim Korkis	3,700,000
Matthew Gonzales	2,600,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Alex Epstein Matthew Gonzales Robert Mizrachi Stephen Chidwick

06-22-2019 11:28 UTC-8

First Three-Bet by Chen

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

Stephen Chidwick raised to 450,000 from the hijack and Erik Seidel called in the big blind. The flop brought and Seidel checked. Chidwick made it 750,000 to go and Seidel released his cards into the muck.

Alex Epstein then made it 550,000 from the cutoff and James Chen three-bet the pot to 1.75 million in order to force a quick fold from Epstein.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	12,300,000 400,000	400,000

Alex Epstein	9,800,000 -500,000	-500,000

Robert Mizrachi	5,500,000 -25,000	-25,000

James Chen	4,700,000 1,600,000	1,600,000

Erik Seidel	3,700,000 -600,000	-600,000

Wasim Korkis	3,700,000
Matthew Gonzales	2,000,000 -300,000	-300,000

Tags: Alex Epstein Erik Seidel James Chen Stephen Chidwick

06-22-2019 11:20 UTC-8

Gonzales Doubles Through Chidwick

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	11,900,000 -1,075,000	-1,075,000

Matthew Gonzales	2,300,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Tags: Matthew Gonzales Stephen Chidwick

06-22-2019 11:15 UTC-8

Seidel Takes First Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

Alex Epstein raised to 500,000 in the hijack and was called by Wasim Korkis in the cutoff and Erik Seidel on the button. The flop came and all three players checked through to the turn. Action checked to Seidel and his bet of 800,000 won the pot right there.