Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$2,676,408
Entries
3,759
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
The following players were recently eliminated in Event #53: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack. Among them were Dutch Boyd and Day 1 chip leader Kenneth Johnson.
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Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Three-way all in action after Ahmed Taleb open-jammed for 1,635,000 from late position, action folded to Joao Barrosovalli who three-bet jammed over the top from the small blind and Patrick Shepherd moved all his chips in the middle from the small blind.
Ahmed Taleb 
Joao Barrosovalli: 
Patrick Shepherd: 
Taleb was way behind his opponents until the flop came 
and he flopped trip threes.
The turn brought the 
and Taleb needed to dodge an ace or a king to triple up.
The 
fell on the river and Taleb cracked aces and kings sending Shepherd out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,905,000
3,205,000
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3,205,000 |
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2,100,000
-1,300,000
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-1,300,000 |
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Busted |
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Gregory Demaret min-raised for 200,000 from the cutoff, and Mike Chang called. The flop and turn came out 
, and the action checked through on both streets.
The river fell 
, and Demaret put out a bet for 250,000, which Chang called. Demaret nodded in acknowledgement that Chang had the best hand, which turned out to be just bottom pair with 
. Demaret missed everything with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,100,000
2,100,000
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2,100,000 |
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1,725,000
-975,000
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-975,000 |
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
John Rice told PokerNews about the details of a hand that happened before the dinner break, which brought the WSOP first-timer Rice up to 4.5 million.
Rice defended his big blind against a small blind min-raise, and the flop came 
. The small blind min bet for 200,000, and Rice raised to 400,000, and got the call.
The 
came on the turn, Rice checked and the small blind shoved for 1,400,000. Rice called.
John Rice: 
Small Blind: 
With just a gutshot possibility to save him, the river 
brought no help to the small blind. Rice, who began the day as one of the chip leaders, is still in the hunt at Level 29.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,500,000
3,362,000
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3,362,000 |
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Players are now off to a 60-minute dinner break.
Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Jeffery Tahler opened for 255,000 from the small blind, his opponent three-bet all in from the big, Tahler called for less.
Jeffery Tahler: 
Opponent: 
Tahler had his opponent crushed and nothing changed as the board ran out 
and Tahler doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,680,000
4,361,000
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4,361,000 |
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Ahmed Taleb: 
Paul Huff: 
Board: 
The details leading up to the river are unclear, but Ahmed Taleb led the whole way through this runout, chipping up to 4,200,000 and ending the day for Paul Huff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,200,000
-705,000
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-705,000 |
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Busted |