Simon Deadman raised to 40,000 from the hijack and Daniel Strelitz three-bet to 160,000 from the small blind. Randall Emmett quickly folded in the big blind and Deadman tanked for a while. In the end, Deadman announced a bet of 1,000,000. Strelitz snap-called with the bigger stack.
Simon Deadman:
Daniel Strelitz:
The flop came with the ace in the window to give Strelitz the higher pair.
The turn was the which didn't change the situation and neither did the on the river for Deadman to lose the flip.
Both stacks were getting counted and the dealer and floor both confirmed Strelitz had 1,106,000 behind while Deadman had around 1,000,000. With all of this confirmed, Deadman said his goodbyes and made his way to the payout desk to collect $17,460 for finishing in 13th place.
Emile Schiff shoved from the hijack for 353,000 and Randall Emmett called on the button. The blinds quickly folded so the cards could go on their backs.
Emile Schiff:
Randall Emmett:
The board ran out for Emmett to hit the flop for a pair of kings and improve to two pair on the turn to eliminate Schiff in 12th place which meant a pay jump for the Jamaican.
Randall Emmett shoved from under the gun for around 360,000 and Maria Ho raised to 650,000 from the big blind. Daniel Strelitz quickly folded his big blind.
Randall Emmett:
Maria Ho:
The flop came for them both to flop a pair but keep Ho ahead with the higher pair.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river to eliminate Emmett in tenth place.
The nine remaining players will be redrawn to the unofficial final table now and the seat draw is to follow.
Hand #6: Michael O'Grady flicked in his last 105,000 from the late position and Shannon Shorr raised to 180,000 from the hijack. The rest of the table folded to let them have at it.
Michael O'Grady:
Shannon Shorr:
The flop came for Shorr to hit a set but give O'Grady some extra outs as any five would give him the wheel to stay alive.
The turn was the to now give O'Grady a pair which didn't really help him at all.
The on the river completed the board and sealed the deal for O'Grady to be eliminated in 9th place for $27,878.
Hand #17: Ali Imsirovic raised to 60,000 from the cutoff and Ognjen Sekularac called on the button. Pauli Ayras shoved all in from the big blind for his remaining stack of close to 500,000. He got a quick call from Imsirovic and Sekularac folded.
Pauli Ayras:
Ali Imsirovic:
The board would use every jack in the deck as it ran out to confirm the Finn's elimination in 8th place.
Hand #31: Arsenii Karmatckii raised to 80,000 from mid-position and Maria Ho three-bet to 225,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Karmatckii who folded.
Hand #32: Daniel Strelitz raised to 80,000 from the hijack and was called by Ognjen Sekularac on the button and Shannon Shorr in the big blind. The flop came , both Shorr and Strelitz checked. Sekularac continued with a bet of 115,000 which only Shorr called. The turn was the , Shorr check-called the 230,000 continuation-bet of Sekularac. They then both checked on the on the river for Shorr to scoop the pot with for top pair.
Hand #33: Sekularac raised to 90,000 from the cutoff and got no callers.
Hand #34: Ali Imsirovic raised to 80,000 from middle position and got no action.
Hand #35: Shorr raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and Maria Ho called in the small blind. Strelitz three-bet to 440,000 in the big blind and Shorr called after contemplating for a while. Ho took her time too, glimpsing at the other stacks at the table before opting to fold.
The flop came for Strelitz to continue with a bet of 400,000. Shorr confirmed the amount of the bet with the dealer and then made the call.
The turn was the , Strelitz took a few seconds and then decided to announce he was all-in, having Shorr covered. Shorr counted out his own stack worth 1,600,000 and then made the call.
Shannon Shorr:
Daniel Strelitz:
The river completed the board with the for Shorr to hold and double up with two pair, leaving Strelitz behind with just below a million.
Hand #45: Shannon Shorr raised to 80,000 from under the gun and Ognjen Sekularac called from the small blind. Maria Mcalpin was in the big blind and paused. She thought for a while before moving all in for her remaining stack of 420,000.
Shorr thought for about ten seconds before deciding to fold, but Sekularac did not as he quickly threw in a call to put Mcalpin at risk.
Maria Mcalpin:
Ognjen Sekularac:
The flop was , missing Mcalpin. The turn did not help either and when the fell on the rive, her tournament was officially over in 7th place for a payday of $48,377.
An elite field of 27 players started play on Day 3 of Event 11: $5,000 No Limit Hold’em. Play began at 2.00 p.m. local time and went on for over six hours to decide who would make up the final six players who will return to play down to a bracelet champion and the winning prize of $442,385.
Shannon Shorr , B]Ali Imsirovic[/B] and Maria Ho are just three stellar names of six terrific poker players who are all looking to add their first bracelet to add to their World Series of Poker resumes today.
Final Table Seat Draw
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Shannon Shorr
United States
6,020,000
151
2
Arsenii Karmatckii
Russia
510,000
13
3
Maria Ho
United States
720,000
18
4
Daniel Strelitz
United States
705,000
18
5
Ali Imsirovic
United States
1,955,000
49
6
Ognjen Sekularac
Serbia
2,000,000
50
Shorr will enter the final day as the overwhelming chip leader with 6,020,000, which is triple any other player’s stack. Shorr surged into a commanding chip lead after winning several big hands, the largest of them being a battle that created a seismic shift of 3,000,000 chips from previous chip leader Daniel Strelitz to be moved across the felt to the stack of Shorr. After some large betting preflop and on the flop, Shorr called Strelitz’s shove on the turn, holding an overpair to the board with pocket jacks which held on against the ace king of Strelitz.
Ho will be making her fifth WSOP final table appearance after having a steady Day 3, remaining constant in the middle ranks of the chip stacks. Her final table appearance was thanks in large to a hero call she made on Day 2 that propelled her to a big stack. In that hand, her entire stack was put to the test by a river shove and she made the correct call with third pair, pocket queens on a board that featured a king, an ace and three to a straight.
Imsirovic has been building big result after big result in the poker world recently and he can now add this second final table appearance of the 2019 World Series to his scorching run. Imsirovic gathered a big stack when he won a critical pre-flop all-in coin flip against Pete Chen when his pocket tens held up against ace-queen.
Joining the three big names will be Arsenii Karmatckii, Daniel Strelitz and Ognjen Sekularac, who will be looking to become the first player representing Serbia to bring home a WSOP bracelet.
The day featured the demise of 21 players whose goal to win a bracelet came up just short. Of those eliminated on Day 3 were Niall Farrell, Jeremy Ausmus and Randall Emmett.
Also to succumb tantalizingly close to the final day was Maria Mcalpin, who made the final table one that featured two women. Her dream to become the first woman to win a bracelet in 2019 ended when her short stack shove could not produce a double up.
Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize (USD)
1
$442,385
2
$273,416
3
$186,050
4
$129,018
5
$91,211
6
$65,764
7
Maria Mcalpin
United States
$48,377
8
Pauli Ayras
Finland
$36,323
9
Michael O'Grady
Australia
$27,878
The final table continues on June 6 at 12 p.m. local time. Play will continue with 21 minutes and 50 seconds remaining in level 24 with blinds at 20,000/40,000/40,000.
The final table will be airing on CBS All Access for viewers in the USA, Canada, and Australia. The rest of the world can watch along on PokerGO from 1.00 p.m. local time. For up to the minute coverage, live hand-by-hand updates will be provided by the on the ground PokerNews live reporting team, until a champion is crowned.