2019 World Series of Poker

Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$80,548,600
Entries
8,569
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000

Hoang Makes Hero Call With Tournament Life on the Line

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The board read {10-Clubs}{5-Spades}{4-Spades}{j-Hearts}{4-Hearts}, a pot of about 175,000 was in the middle. Ngon Hoang was facing a decision for his tournament life as big stack Sasha Liu put him to the ultimate test with a river all in bet.

Hoang hemmed and hawed, seemingly very torn over the decision. "Show if I fold?" he asked, to which Liu replied "What?" as if she did not hear the question.

"If you have to think this long...." said Liu, "I have something I can call with" replied Hoang. He thought it over for about 30 more seconds, checked the tournament clock, before spiking his remaining stack forward to indicate a call.

Liu turned over {8-}{8-} and Hoang triumphantly flipped over his {a-Clubs}{10-Spades} for the winning second pair. He jumped up from the table in relief and pumped his fist as his tournament was still alive and now with a substantial stack. Liu took the hit to her stack well, as she still sits with over a million.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sasha Liu us
Sasha Liu
1,050,000
94,000
94,000
Profile photo of Ngon Hoang us
Ngon Hoang
475,000
270,400
270,400

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