Event #72: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker

07-03-2019 19:08 UTC-8

Table	Seat	Player	Country
418	1	Joshua Griffith	United States
418	2	Oleg Chebotarev	Russia
418	3	Louis Hillman	United States
418	4	James Obst	Australia
418	5	Jerry Robinson	United States
418	6	Eracles Panayiotou	United States
418	7	Andrew Brown	United States
418	8	Josh Arieh	United States
418	9	John Racener	United States

419	1	Eli Elezra	United States
419	2	Robert Como	United States
419	3	Antanas "Tony G" Guoga	Lithuania
419	4	Kevin Song	United States
419	5	John Monnette	United States
419	6	Phil Hui	United States
419	7	Bryce Landier	United States
419	8	Anson Tsang	Hong Kong
419	9	Raul Paez	Spain

427	1	Qinghai Pan	United States
427	2	Tommy Hang	United States
427	3	Anthony Marsico	United States
427	4	Dan Shak	United States
427	5	Sam Snead	United States
427	6	Mike Lancaster	United States
427	7	Matthew Schreiber	United States
427	8	Kyle Ray	United States
427	9	Juha Helppi	Finland

Nguyen No More

Shirley Ang

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Anh Van Nguyen has just been eliminated by James Obst while Phil Hui was also in the hand with Obst picking up the sidepot.

Anh Van Nguyen:
Phil Hui:
James Obst:

The board read for Obst to have flopped a pair of kings.

Over on the other tables, Eric Wasserson, Philip Cordano, and Robert Mizrachi were also eliminated to bring the field down to 27 players who will be redrawn onto the final three tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	153,000 -112,000	-112,000

Phil Hui	112,000 -146,000	-146,000
Eric Wasserson	Busted

Anh Van Nguyen	Busted
Robert Mizrachi	Busted

Philip Cordano	Busted

Tags: Anh Van Nguyen Eric Wasserson James Obst Phil Hui Philip Cordano Robert Mizrachi Van Nguyen

07-03-2019 18:53 UTC-8

Helppi Gets a Fold from Shak

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Juha Helppi raised in the cutoff and only Dan Shak called in the big blind.

The flop came and Shak check-called Helppi's continuation bet. The same action happened on the turn.

The completed the board and Shak checked once more before facing another bet from Helppi. Shak folded, showing while Helppi revealed for a straight on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juha Helppi	305,000 5,000	5,000

Dan Shak	187,000 67,000	67,000

Tags: Juha Helppi Dan Shak

07-03-2019 18:49 UTC-8

Landier More Than Doubles Again

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Shirley Ang

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Mike Lancaster raised from the hijack and Matthew Schreiber three-bet from the button. Anthony Marsico four-bet in the small blind and Bryce Landier five-bet in the big blind. Lancaster folded and both Schreiber and Marsico called.

The flop came , Marsico checked, Landier bet, Schreiber raised, Marsico folded while Landier went all-in for his last 24,000 which Schreiber called.

Bryce Landier:
Matthew Schreiber:

Landier was ahead with the pocket pair of kings but Schreiber had a gutshot to a straight.

The turn was the which didn't change things and neither did the on the river as Landier managed to more than double up again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Schreiber	332,000 62,000	62,000

Anthony Marsico	180,000 -35,000	-35,000
Bryce Landier	180,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Anthony Marsico Bryce Landier Matthew Schreiber Mike Lancaster

07-03-2019 18:39 UTC-8

Elezra Takes from Arieh

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Josh Arieh raised in the cutoff and Eli Elezra decided to call in the small blind.

A flop fell and Elezra check-called Arieh's bet. The same action happened on the turn.

A came on the river and Elezra tabled after they both checked for a pair of kings. Arieh tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Elezra	520,000 155,000	155,000

Josh Arieh	401,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Eli Elezra Josh Arieh

07-03-2019 18:30 UTC-8

Song Chipping Up

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Eracles Panayiotou limped and Anson Tsang raised in the cutoff, called by Kevin Song and Panayiotou.

The flop went and Song bet after two checks. Panayiotou folded but Tsang raised. Song made the call.

The turn was the and Tsang check-called a bet from Song. The same action happened on the and Song revealed for two pair, which was enough to make Tsang muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Song	405,000 155,000	155,000

Eracles Panayiotou	395,000 -48,000	-48,000
Anson Tsang	160,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Eracles Panayiotou Anson Tsang Kevin Song

07-03-2019 18:18 UTC-8

Prize Pool Details Confirmed

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Shirley Ang

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

There were 118 entries in total, creating a prize pool of $1,109,200. The winner will walk away with $306,622 and the gold WSOP bracelet. There will be 18 players cashing for at least $15,128.

This is what they are all playing for:

Place	Prize (USD)
1	$306,622
2	$189,505
3	$133,718
4	$96,272
5	$70,750
6	$53,095
7	$40,709
8	$31,902
9	$25,566
10-12	$20,963
13-15	$17,596
16-18	$15,128

07-03-2019 18:17 UTC-8

Aces for Helppi

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Juha Helppi raised and Jerry Robinson three-bet from one seat over. It folded back to Helppi who made the call.

Both players checked through the board . The river fell a and Helppi bet. Robinson tanked for a minute and ended up calling but only to see in Helppi's hand and mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juha Helppi	300,000 134,000	134,000

Jerry Robinson	155,000 -79,000	-79,000

Tags: Juha Helppi Jerry Robinson

07-03-2019 18:09 UTC-8

Table #419 Chip Counts

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Schreiber	270,000 -3,000	-3,000

James Obst	265,000 160,000	160,000

Phil Hui	258,000 58,000	58,000
Tommy Hang	240,000 -40,000	-40,000
Anthony Marsico	215,000
Mike Lancaster	155,000 -18,000	-18,000

Bryce Landier	40,000 19,000	19,000
Anh Van Nguyen	36,000 -21,000	-21,000

Level: 14

Limits: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 0