Event #3: BIG 50 - $500 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1c | 2019 World Series of Poker

2019-06-01 08:21 UTC-7

Day 1c of Event #3 - BIG 50 $500 No Limit Hold'em Set to Kick Off at 10 a.m. as Day is Sold Out

Welcome to Day 1c of Event #3: BIG 50 - $500 No-Limit Hold'em! So far, two massive opening flights have kicked off this special anniversary tournament, and with all the initial seats sold out for today's 1c flight, this flight also looks to be one of massive proportions.

Yesterday, Alexander Kartveli managed to bag a healthy 892,000 in chips as one of the top stacks in the Day 1b flight. That is slightly less than the 932,000 chips that Cosimo Bisogno bagged on Day 1a. Other notables that filled a bag for Day 2b include Jordan Bane (685,000), Michael Anton (622,000) WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hui (414,000), 2017 WSOP Player of the Year Chris Ferguson (345,000), Jake Schwartz (257,000) and Jamie Kerstetter (115,000).

Cards will be in the air for Day 1c at 10 a.m. local time. The $500 buy-in gets you 50,000 chips and today's current schedule is to play 12 levels of 50-minute duration, though this may be amended, as yesterday's flight played 13 levels instead of 12. There will be 20-minute breaks every two levels with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 8 (Approximately 5:40 p.m.). Players are allowed to reenter this event once per flight, and late registration and re-entry are open until the start of Level 11 (around 8:55 p.m.).

Players who navigate the field today will return on Monday, June 3rd at 10 a.m. for their Day 2c flight, giving players a day off in between flights. Anyone unfortunate enough to bust today's flight has one final chance to advance, with tomorrow's Day 1d flight kicking off at 10 a.m. as well. That flight will likely sell out as well, so if you haven't already registered, now's the time to do so!

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2019-06-01 11:00 UTC-7

Hesp is Here to Play Poker

Nível 2 : 100/300, 300 ante

John Hesp is seated in the Amazon room, and he says he's ready to play some big pots.

The 2017 Main Event fourth-place finisher is siting on 48,000 chips, but he shared that he's not waiting around for premium hands, and that we can expect him to mix it up in plenty of pots throughout the day.

The player to his immediate left is keeping a detailed notebook of every hand, and Hesp is happily giving him as much information as possible. One hand saw Hesp fold his small blind face up, showing and giving the "notebook" player a walk on the big blind.

"I'll give you information for free," said a smiling Hesp.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
John Hesp	48,000	48,000

Tags: John Hesp

2019-06-01 11:44 UTC-7

Shak Getting in the Mix

Nível 2 : 100/300, 300 ante

Dan Shak took down a couple of pots right before the first break of the day.

The first pot saw Shak raise to 900 from the hijack and get a call from the cutoff. The action checked all the way through on all three streets on a board, and Shak showed to take down the pot with a pair of aces.

In the very next hand, the player to Shak's immediate left bet 800 and Shak three-bet to 4000. The action folded back around to the original raiser, and after thinking it over for a minute the player folded, showing .

"It would have been a race!" said Shak, who told the table he had pocket jacks.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dan Shak	60,000	60,000

Tags: Dan Shak

2019-06-01 12:36 UTC-7

Controversial Double Elimination

Nível 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

John Hesp and 2004 Main Event Champion Greg Raymer are both seated at Amazon Orange #514, where the floor was called over to mediate a controversial huge pot.

Three players went all-in preflop, and it was Paul Cavell's up against and . The board showed , but players at the table felt that a dealer mistake had been made and the wasn't the correct turn card.

After several minutes of sorting out the situation, the floor ruled that the and another burned card be shuffled back into the deck, and the turn and river were re-dealt. Those cards came out as the , and Cavell's aces held up.

"Never seen anything quite like that," Hesp said.

Cavell is sitting on a 124,400 stack after scooping the big pot, which left Raymer wishing he had played his hand instead of folding.

"I folded a [mediocre] hand that would have won," Raymer said. "You'd be asking me how many chips I was sitting on and it would be 170,000."

Raymer arrived late and just sat down, as this hand was just his sixth hand of the day so far. He joked that Cavell's stack now looked like "Fofty million."

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Paul Cavell	124,400	124,400
John Hesp	64,000	16,000
Greg Raymer	50,000	50,000

Tags: Greg Raymer John Hesp

2019-06-01 13:37 UTC-7

Friedman's Out a Buck

Nível 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Adam Friedman with last year's $10,000 Dealer's Choice bracelet

"Didn't you win a bracelet last year?" a player at the table asked two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Adam Friedman.

Friedman replied, "Yeah."

"Gimme a dollar so I can tip the waitress." A bemused Friedman reached into his pocket and tossed the gentleman a dollar, to the delight of his tablemates.

A few hands later, after an early position raise, Sal Busacca three-bet to 4,500 in middle position, and the benefactor of Friedman's generosity four-bet to 10,000 next to act. Action folded back to Busacca, who called.

Busacca bet 11,500 on the flop, then snap-called when his opponent jammed for 30,000.

Opponent:
Sal Busacca:

A cooler flop left Busacca's opponent drawing to a lone out, that wouldn't materialize on the turn or river.

"I got nobody to pick on me now! And I'm out the dollar!" Friedman said with a chuckle.

"You're welcome," Busacca told Friedman.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sal Busacca	110,000
Adam Friedman	55,000	6,500

Tags: Adam Friedman Sal Busacca

2019-06-01 15:19 UTC-7

Cherry Doubles Through Friedman

Nível 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There was already 50,000 in the middle and a board on the felt, when Oklahoma's Aaron Cherry checked from under the gun, and Adam Friedman moved all in to put Cherry at risk for his last 28,700.

"You flop a flush? I know you don't have the nut flush, I have the ace of diamonds." Cherry told Friedman.

He tanked for about two minutes before finally stacking up his chips and pushing them in the pot to call.

"If you have a straight, you're good." Friedman told Cherry. Cherry turned over for the straight, and Friedman shook his head.

"I wasn't bluffing," Friedman said while mucking his hand, and he paid off just over half of his remaining stack to Cherry.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Aaron Cherry	107,400
Adam Friedman	26,800	-28,200

Tags: Aaron Cherry Adam Friedman

2019-06-01 16:33 UTC-7

Canseco Continues to Climb

Nível 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco faced an 1200-chip open and a call from two early position players, and three-bet to 5000 on the button. The under the gun player called and went heads-up to the flop against Canseco.

The flop came , and the under the gun player checked. Canseco put in a continuation bet for 10,000 and got a call, bringing the on the turn.

The under the gun player checked again, and Canseco fired another 10,000 and got called. The river came the and both players checked, and Canseco showed to drag a 54,200 pot.

"I was afraid of the flush," Canseco said of his check back on the river. The former baseball star has now amassed a 167,000 chip stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jose Canseco	167,000	167,000

Tags: Jose Canseco

2019-06-01 16:46 UTC-7

Heimiller Sits on a Short Stack

Nível 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Dan Heimiller sits with 30,000 chips, sandwiched between two of the bigger stacks in the Miranda Room. Raymond Taylor is on Heimiller's left with 227,300, and Richard Fifield is on his right with 180,000.

Fifield added to his stack, winning a pot from the cutoff against the big blind. Fifield opened for 3,100 and the big blind called, bringing the on the flop. Fifield continued for 4,300 after a big blind check and got the fold.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Raymond Taylor	227,300	134,600
Richard Fifield	180,000	180,000
Dan Heimiller	30,000	2,200

Tags: Dan Heimiller Raymond Taylor Richard Fifield

2019-06-01 17:43 UTC-7

Matakis Gets Aggressive From The Blinds

Nível 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

A player limped in early position, and the cutoff raised to 5,200. Ian Matakis, who was listed as one of our Five American Circuit Players to Watch at this year's WSOP three-bet to 19,500 in the small blind. Only the cutoff called.

Matakis announced a bet of 14,600 on a flop, and his opponent quickly folded.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ian Matakis	160,000	-6,000

Tags: Ian Matakis

2019-06-01 18:28 UTC-7

"Chainsaw" Gets Buzzed by the River

Nível 9 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler had a 5k chip in front of him from under the gun, and Joe Crabb three-bet shoved for 19,000 in the big blind. Kessler made the call.

Joe Crabb:
Allen Kessler:

Kessler's nines held on the flop, but the turn added a flush draw to Crabb's overcards. Kessler was left shaking his head after the fell on the river, and Crabb doubled up.

"So hard to win an all-in! Like, every single one of 'em. It's crazy!" Kessler said while Crabb stacked up his newfound chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Allen Kessler	91,000	50,000
Joe Crabb	41,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Joe Crabb