Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed | 2019 World Series of Poker

07-15-2019 14:32 UTC-8

Check-Raise from Sternberg, Richards Getting Short

Adam Lamers

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Alan Sternberg opened to 250,000 in the cutoff and Evangelos Kokkalis called on the button. The blinds got out of the way and the flop of was spread across the felt.

Sternberg started with a check and Kokkalis seized the opportunity to toss in a bet of 300,000. Sternberg check-raised to 800,000 and Kokkilas sent his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evangelos Kokkalis	8,300,000 -100,000	-100,000
Alan Sternberg	4,400,000 200,000	200,000

Millard Hale	2,800,000 200,000	200,000

John Richards	1,200,000 -400,000	-400,000

Tags: Alan Sternberg Evangelos Kokkalis

07-15-2019 14:18 UTC-8

Chop It Up

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Jeff McMillan

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Evangelos Kokkalis raised pre-flop. Alan Sternberg called from the big blind.

The flop came , bringing an explosion of action as Kokkalis bet 200,000 and Sternberg raised to 600,000. Kokkalis then three-bet, Sternberg raised all in and Kokkalis called off the rest.

Sternberg

Kokkalis

The turn was the and the river came the and the players chopped it up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evangelos Kokkalis	8,400,000 100,000	100,000
Alan Sternberg	4,200,000 200,000	200,000

Millard Hale	2,600,000 -100,000	-100,000

John Richards	1,600,000 -100,000	-100,000

Tags: Alan Sternberg Evangelos Kokkalis

07-15-2019 14:06 UTC-8

Kokkalis Running Away

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Adam Lamers

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Evangelos Kokkalis raised it up to 250,000 on the button and was called by Millard Hale in the small blind and John Richards in the big blind. The flop fell the blinds checked to Kokkalis who bet 275,000. Hale folded but Richards called.

The turn was the and Richards checked again. Kokkalis fired out a bet of 450,000 this time and Richards finally let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evangelos Kokkalis	8,300,000 900,000	900,000
Alan Sternberg	4,000,000

Millard Hale	2,700,000 -400,000	-400,000

John Richards	1,700,000 -500,000	-500,000

Tags: Evangelos Kokkalis John Richards Millard Hale

07-15-2019 13:59 UTC-8

Sternberg Into Second

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Jeff McMillan

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Evangelos Kokkalis rasied pre-flop and the blinds called.Three players saw a flop of .

After everyone checked, the turn came the . John Richards bet 425,000, Alan Sternberg raised to 2,030,000 and Kokkalis got out of the way as did Richards after a few moments of thought.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evangelos Kokkalis	7,400,000 -300,000	-300,000
Alan Sternberg	4,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Millard Hale	3,100,000

John Richards	2,200,000 -700,000	-700,000

Tags: Alan Sternberg Evangelos Kokkalis John Richards

07-15-2019 13:56 UTC-8

Kokkalis and the Three Short Stacks

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Adam Lamers

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

The action folded to Millard Hale in the small blind who just limped in. John Richards checked his option and the dealer fanned the flop of . Hale led out for 100,000 and Richards quickly called.

The turn was the and Hale checked this time. Richards splashed in a bet of 300,000 and Hale thought for a moment but decided to sling his cards to the muck.

There hasn't been much action since the break with Kokkalis leading the way and the three others battling to stay out of the basement on the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evangelos Kokkalis	7,700,000 300,000	300,000
Millard Hale	3,100,000 -400,000	-400,000

Alan Sternberg	3,000,000 -100,000	-100,000

John Richards	2,900,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: John Richards Millard Hale

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 0

07-15-2019 13:26 UTC-8

First Break of the Day

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Adam Lamers

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

The remaining four players are heading on their first 15-minute break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evangelos Kokkalis	7,400,000 200,000	200,000
Millard Hale	3,500,000 200,000	200,000

Alan Sternberg	3,100,000 500,000	500,000

John Richards	2,700,000 -900,000	-900,000

07-15-2019 13:26 UTC-8

Sternberg Chipping Up

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Jeff McMillan

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Alan Sternberg raised to 240,000 out of the big blind and John Richards called. The flop came , Sternberg bet 200,000 and Richards called. The turn was the , both players checked. The river was the . Sternberg bet 500,000 which Richards folded.

Tags: Alan Sternberg John Richards

07-15-2019 13:18 UTC-8

Sternberg Slows Down Kokkalis

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Adam Lamers

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Alan Sternberg limped in from the small blind and Evangelos Kokkalis made it 240,000 to go from the big blind. Sternberg called and the two players saw a flop of .

Sternberg checked to Kokkalis who continued for 200,000. Sternberg responded with a check-raise to 800,000 and Kokkalis was forced to give up his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evangelos Kokkalis	7,200,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000
John Richards	3,600,000 500,000	500,000
Millard Hale	3,300,000 -500,000	-500,000

Alan Sternberg	2,600,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Tags: Alan Sternberg Evangelos Kokkalis

07-15-2019 13:05 UTC-8

Kokkalis Pulling Away

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Jeff McMillan

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Evangelos Kokkalis raised from the button and John Richards called. The flop came action went check-check. The turn was the . Richards bet 250,000 and was called. The river came the . Richards checked and Kokkalis bet 425,000, which caused Richards to fold quickly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evangelos Kokkalis	8,200,000 400,000	400,000
Millard Hale	3,800,000 200,000	200,000

John Richards	3,100,000 -700,000	-700,000
Alan Sternberg	1,600,000

Tags: Evangelos Kokkalis John Richards