Keith Sexton had to place the bring in with his and he bet 7,000. Jason Stockfish completed to 25,000 with the and it was on Sexton again when the others got out of the way. Sexton put his last couple of thousand in there and Stockfish called.
Jason Acosta raised to 60,000 with only 35,000 behind and big blind Gary Kosakowski called.
The flop was dealt and Kosakowski bet 30,000. Acosta put his last 35,000 in the middle and Kosakowski called to put the start-of-day chip leader at risk of elimination.
The turn and river were the and and the pot was pushed to Kosakowski.
Danny Woolard: / /
Murilo Souza: / /
Chris Klodnicki: / (folded on fifth street)
Normally players tend to bring in when they have the lowest card but Danny Woolard put in a complete bet of 30,000. Murilo Souza raised to 60,000 and he saw his neighbor Chris Klodnicki put in a third bet. Woolard was all-in for a little under three bets and Souza called.
Souza managed to get a couple of extra bets out of Klodnicki before he folded on fifth street.
Woolard showed and he needed to hit on sixth or seventh. Souza showed and he had a flush draw and a pair of sevens.
Woolard bricked on sixth but he hit the on the river for a higher pair then Souza. The Brazilian then hit the on the river to go to two pair and he won the pot.
Joseph Aronesty has just been eliminated from the tournament in a stud hand. Aronesty got it in early and he drew to a seven-card hand that resulted in him having just a pair of sixes.
Aronesty's hand ended up as and Gary Kosakowski had a better hand.
Kosakowski took down the pot while Aronesty had to settle for seventh and $25,181. Aronesty finished in 5th place in Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better earlier this series and he misses out on the bracelet yet again.
Alex Dovzhenko completed and was instantly raised by Gary Kosakowski who pushed in two bets. Dovzhenko called and Kosakowski fired on every street until eventually, Dovzhenko called his remaining chips all in on seventh and the players turned over their hands.
Kosakowski turned over for a lone pair of aces, Dovzhenko stood up and mucked his hand, showing for just a pair of dimes, as he walked to the payout desk.
Jason Stockfish had to place the bring in worth 20,000 with the and Murilo Souza completed the bet of 50,000. Chris Klodnicki put in two bets and Stockfish folded his face card. Souza stuck around.
The continued with a flurry of betting until all of Klodnicki's chips were in the middle.
Klodnicki ended up with for a ninety-eight but Souza had for an eighty-six.
Jason Stockfish opened from the button, Gary Kosakowski defended his big blind and the dealer spread out on the flop. Stockfish fired in a bet, Kosakowski elected to call and the peeled off on the turn.
Stockfish checked to Kosakowski who then pushed in a bet and Stockfish check-raised him all in. Kosakowski called, tabling for king-high with some low draws.
Stockfish turned over , giving him the only pair thus far. The dealer flipped over a on the river, failing to improve Kosakowski enough to take down any part of the pot as he was eliminated by Stockfish.
It took about 13 hours of play at the 50th Annual World Series of Poker to get heads-up in Event #14: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. They played heads-up for quite a while but the tournament director and players agreed to halt play after 13 hours and continue tomorrow. Jason Stockfish and Murilo Souza will continue June 8th at noon. Stockfish holds on to the chip lead with 4,095,000 in chips and Souza has 3,425,000.
Stockfish is still in the running for his first bracelet after finishing second three times already. Two of those runner-up finishes are in mixed game events and Stockfish takes the chip lead to the fourth day of play.
For Souza, it's his first WSOP cash and final table. It's a rare feat to win a bracelet in your first WSOP cash, but Souza has that chance on Day 4.
Results so far
Place
Player
Country
Prize (USD)
1
$207,003
2
$127,932
3
Gary Kosakowski
United States
$89,730
4
Phillip Hui
United States
$63,860
5
Chris Klodnicki
United States
$46,127
6
Alex Dovzhenko
Ukraine
$33,822
7
Joseph Aronesty
United States
$25,181
8
Danny Woolard
United States
$19,040
Final Day Action
The day started with 28 players remaining out of the 751 total in the tournament. They were all battling for the first-place prize of $207,003 and of course the coveted WSOP Gold Bracelet. Plenty of familiar faces started the day like Andre Akkari (26th - $4,997), twelve-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Valentin Vornicu (19th - $5,990), and Ashish Gupta (11th - $11,415) but most of them didn't make it to the final table.
Bradley Smith managed to finish third in this event last year and he was well on his way to repeating that feat. Unfortunately for Smith, he was eventually eliminated in 18th place. He did cash for $5,990 this year though, making it back-to-back cashes in this event at the WSOP.
Another impressive performance was Joseph Aronesty and his final table appearance. Aronesty finished in fifth in Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better where he cashed for $50,646. He won about half of that in this event when he finally was eliminated from the tournament in 7th place. Aronesty busted out in a stud hand so he managed to fade the pain of busting in Omaha hi-lo hands in both tournaments.
Others that made the final table but didn't win the bracelet include Alex Dovzhenko (6th - $33,822), Chris Klodnicki (5th - $46,127), and Phillip Hui (4th $63,680). Gary Kosakowski was the last to miss the heads-up when he busted out in 3rd place, cashing for $89,730. It was Kosakowski's first final table appearance since 2014 and his second WSOP final table in general.
They will continue tomorrow with 30 minutes left in level 31. Souza will have the button, and they have four hands of Omaha hi-lo left. They will continue at noon local time.
PokerNews will be there to report on the remainder of the heads-up match.