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

Yifrach More Than Doubles

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Gal Yifrach earlier this summer
Gal Yifrach earlier this summer

The floor was called over to the table which already had Gal Yifrach and Andre Akkari seated at it. James Calderaro had just been moved to this table as his old one got broken up. Yifrach claimed that he had seen one of big blind Akkari's cards. The dealer explained the situation to the floor, Yifrach explained again that he saw a red picture card. The floor looked at Akkari's cards and then got another floor person over to confirm the decision; the other floor ruled that play would just continue as is. Akkari looked a bit stumped but play did continue.

Yifrach raised to 8,000 from the late position and was called by the player in the hijack, Allen Nielson in the cutoff, and Akkari himself in the big blind.

The flop came {7-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}, Akkari checked, Yifrach continued with a bet of 15,000. The hijack raised to 35,000 and both Nielson and Akkari folded.

"There I go with the picture cards..." Akkari commented.

Yifrach called to see the {a-Spades} on the turn. Yifrach quickly bet 15,000, his opponent raised to 55,000 and Yifrach responded with a shove of 165,000 which was snap-called.

Gal Yifrach: {a-Hearts}{7-Spades}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

They had both flopped two pair and turned a full house but Yifrach was ahead with the higher full house.

The river completed the board with the {k-Diamonds} as a formality and the bracelet winner got paid the full double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
628,000
78,000
78,000
WSOP 1X Winner
PokerStars.fr
Profile photo of Gal Yifrach us
Gal Yifrach
438,000
326,000
326,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of James Calderaro us
James Calderaro
60,000
-75,000
-75,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Allen NielsonAndre AkkariGal YifrachJames Calderaro

Pope Pops It on Turn

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

In a pot of already more than 300,000, the board read {2-Clubs}{6-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} and Alexander Pope announced all in which forced his opponent Jeremy Stein to make a decision for his tournament life. Stein thought it over but relented to the shove, giving Pope a nice pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alexander Pope ca
Alexander Pope
720,000
75,000
75,000
Profile photo of Denise Pratt us
Denise Pratt
550,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Nicola Bracchi it
Nicola Bracchi
405,000
267,700
267,700
Profile photo of Jeremy Stein us
Jeremy Stein
170,000
-12,000
-12,000

Tags: Alexander PopeJeremy Stein

Updated Chip Counts from Amazon Orange

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
870,000
210,000
210,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
367,000
155,000
155,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
340,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Nicholas Manganaro us
Nicholas Manganaro
299,500
126,500
126,500
Profile photo of Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
258,000
57,000
57,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Torrey Korsog us
Torrey Korsog
230,000
15,300
15,300
Profile photo of Harley Thrower us
Harley Thrower
220,000
-14,000
-14,000
Profile photo of Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
174,500
-500
-500
Profile photo of Damjan Radanov us
Damjan Radanov
150,000
-110,000
-110,000
Profile photo of Pavlin Karakikov bg
Pavlin Karakikov
135,000
19,800
19,800
Profile photo of Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
40,000
-83,500
-83,500
WSOP 2X Winner

Veksler Takes from Sylvia

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Pavlo Veksler opened from an early position and Jesse Sylvia defended his big blind with a call.

The flop came down {7-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and Sylvia checked to Veksler who bet 8,000. Sylvia check-raised to 28,000 and Veksler called.

They continued to the {3-Diamonds} turn and Sylvia checked. Veksler tossed in 36,000 and Sylvia let it go.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pavlo Veksler ua
Pavlo Veksler
730,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
140,000
-65,000
-65,000

Tags: Jesse SylviaPavlo Veksler

Chip Counts from Pavilion

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
980,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
840,000
-260,000
-260,000
Profile photo of Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
745,000
-115,000
-115,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Neil Blumenfield us
Neil Blumenfield
645,000
607,000
607,000
Profile photo of Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
540,000
105,000
105,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
500,000
110,000
110,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Artur Koren at
Artur Koren
390,000
-75,000
-75,000
Profile photo of Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
275,000
-85,000
-85,000
Profile photo of Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
270,000
61,000
61,000
Main Event Champion
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
250,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Steve Zolotow us
Steve Zolotow
250,000
130,800
130,800
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr
230,000
-85,000
-85,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Bruno Politano br
Bruno Politano
170,000
106,200
106,200
Profile photo of John Cynn us
John Cynn
155,000
-115,000
-115,000
Defending Champion
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
139,000
-51,000
-51,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Martin Kozlov au
Martin Kozlov
105,000
51,000
51,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Back ca
Chris Back
95,000
-180,000
-180,000
Profile photo of Tom Hall gb
Tom Hall
Busted
Profile photo of Nick Palma us
Nick Palma
Busted

Brown Takes a Minor Dent

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Rory Brown called an under-the-gun open to 9,000 from Igor Kurganov, only to see the big blind move in for 70,500. Kurganov folded but Brown quickly called with {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}. He was dominated by {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades} and the board ran out {2-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Spades}{8-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}, denting his stack a tad.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rory Brown ie
Rory Brown
610,000
-5,000
-5,000

Tags: Rory Brown

Cheong Doubles Through Schulman In Set Over Set Hand

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Joseph Cheong
Joseph Cheong

A massive hand between bracelet winners Nick Schulman and Joseph Cheong recently played out.

Cheong's chips were being counted out in front of him with the board reading {2-Hearts}{j-Spades}{k-Spades}{a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}. Both players had their cards face up.

Nick Schulman: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Joseph Cheong: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

Cheong sat in middle position while Schulman was in the small blind. Schulman had flopped a set but Cheong caught up on the turn and all the chips ended up in the middle after both players rivered a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
620,000
223,000
223,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
160,000
-108,000
-108,000
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Joseph CheongNick Schulman

Some Purple Chip Counts

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tony Sinishtaj us
Tony Sinishtaj
1,040,000
402,500
402,500
Profile photo of Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
680,000
-19,500
-19,500
Profile photo of Lyudmil Ivanov bg
Lyudmil Ivanov
510,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Reed Hensel us
Reed Hensel
460,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Pim Gieles nl
Pim Gieles
445,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
310,000
188,500
188,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Preben Stokkan no
Preben Stokkan
265,000
172,000
172,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
247,000
147,400
147,400
Profile photo of Tara Cain us
Tara Cain
245,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
240,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Abdelhakim Zoufri nl
Abdelhakim Zoufri
237,000
-69,000
-69,000
Profile photo of Ken Aldridge us
Ken Aldridge
132,000
61,000
61,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Pieter Aerts be
Pieter Aerts
105,000
-98,000
-98,000
Profile photo of Elizabeth Montizanti us
Elizabeth Montizanti
Busted