Event #9: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack | 2019 World Series of Poker

2019-06-05 20:59 UTC-7

Dan Kuntzman Eliminated in 2nd Place ($245,881); Jeremy Pekarek Winst $398,281 and First Gold Bracelet

Nível 44 : 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Hand #110: Jeremy Pekarek raised to 36 million and Dan Kuntzman called for 33 million.

Pekarek:
Kuntzman:

Kuntzman was at risk and flipping, needing to hold to stay alive in this heads-up battle. The flop came and Pekarek picked up some outs to counterfeit Kuntzman. The turn was the and Pekarek took the lead, while Kuntzman picked up a flush draw. The river was the and Kuntzman was eliminated in 2nd place.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jeremy Pekarek	184,500,000	45,000,000
Dan Kuntzman	Eliminado

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2019-06-05 19:26 UTC-7

Noomis Jones Eliminated in 5th Place ($102,216)

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Nível 42 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Hand #74: Dan Kuntzman raised to 4,500,000 and small blind Noomis Jones raised all in for 27,500,000. Kuntzman called to put him at risk of elimination.

Kuntzman had raise-called with and Jones jammed with .

The flop was dealt and Kuntzman shot to the lead in the hand. Jones was left drawing to a third jack but he couldn't get there on the turn and river.

Kuntzman is now chip leader with 86,500,000 while Jones was sent to the payout desk to collect his $102,216.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dan Kuntzman	86,500,000	31,000,000
Jeremy Pekarek	47,000,000
Juan Magana	27,000,000	-4,000,000
Benjamin Underwood	23,500,000
Noomis Jones	Eliminado

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2019-06-05 19:17 UTC-7

Paul Jain Eliminated in 7th Place ($59,075)

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Nível 42 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Hand #70: Paul Jain was the short stack of the tournament with just five big blinds and he moved all in from the button. Juan Magana called and they went to showdown.

Paul Jain:
Juan Magana:

The board ran out with the flop and turn and the river card was irrelevant. That particular runout meant that start-of-day chip leader Jain busted out of the tournament in 7th place. He cashed for $59,075.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jeremy Pekarek	47,000,000	-1,000,000
Dan Kuntzman	38,000,000	10,000,000
Juan Magana	31,000,000	10,500,000
Benjamin Underwood	28,500,000
Noomis Jones	26,000,000	14,500,000
Tan Nguyen	13,500,000	-18,500,000
Paul Jain	Eliminado

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2019-06-05 18:35 UTC-7

John Skrovan Eliminated in 8th Place ($45,418)

Nível 41 : 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Hand #61: Nguyen raised to 3.2 million from under the gun and John Skrovan moved all in for 6.4 from early position. Nguyen called.

Skrovan:
Nguyen:

The board ran out and Nguyen paired his king on the river to eliminate Skrovan in 8th place.

All remaining 7 players are now guaranteed a payout of $59,075.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jeremy Pekarek	34,000,000	-4,000,000
Benjamin Underwood	32,300,000	6,000,000
Dan Kuntzman	31,400,000	-3,600,000
Tan Nguyen	31,300,000	15,200,000
Juan Magana	25,800,000
Noomis Jones	17,600,000	-8,200,000
Paul Jain	16,200,000	-5,400,000
John Skrovan	Eliminado

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2019-06-05 17:01 UTC-7

David Elet Eliminated in 9th Place ($35,183)

Nível 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Hand #26: David Elet moved all in for 8 million from early position and Juan Magana called on the button for 7.2 million.

Elet was at risk and behind with , up against Magana's .

The flop came and Elet still needed to improve to stay alive. The turn was the and the river was the , sending Elet home in 9th place.

All remaining 8 players are now guaranteed a payout of $45,418.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Benjamin Underwood	44,700,000	3,300,000
Tan Nguyen	31,400,000	-3,400,000
Noomis Jones	26,500,000	-5,000,000
Paul Jain	22,000,000	-2,900,000
Juan Magana	19,400,000	9,700,000
John Skrovan	16,800,000	2,200,000
Jeremy Pekarek	16,600,000	3,700,000
Dan Kuntzman	11,700,000	-1,000,000
David Elet	Eliminado

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2019-06-05 13:30 UTC-7

The Quest For a Winner in Event #9: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Starts at 3 p.m.

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An extra day was added in Event #9: $600 No-Limit Hold'em because the tournament attracted so many players. A total of 6,151 entries were made in one of the new events held at the 50th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) to generate an impressive prize pool of $3,229,275 and the first-place prize of $398,281. Paul Jain is leading the final nine with 41,700,000 in chips which equates to around 52 big blinds at the start of the day.

Jain is well ahead of the other players as his closest competitor is Jeremey Pekarek with 21,800,000 chips at the start of the day. Pekarek will have 27 big blinds when they continue in level 38: 400,000/800,000 big blind ante 800,000 later today. Jain already improved on his best recorded live cash by securing $35,183 in reaching the final nine. Pekarek, on the other hand, still needs one more pay jump to improve on his best recorded live cash.

Others with a good shot at winning the WSOP gold bracelet include David Elet (21,300,000), Noomis Jones (21,100,000), Juan Magana (19,500,000), Tan Nguyen (18,400,000), and Benjamin Underwood (17,600,000). The two short stacks of the tournament are Dan Kuntzman and John Skrovan. Both bagged the exact same stack of 11,600,000 at the end of Day 2 and they will start the day with 14.5 big blinds.

Final table seat draw

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Paul Jain	United States	41,700,000
2	Tan Nguyen	United States	18,400,000
3	John Skrovan	United States	11,600,000
4	Juan Magana	Mexico	19,500,000
5	Dan Kuntzman	United States	11,600,000
6	Benjamin Underwood	Canada	17,600,000
7	Noomis Jones	United States	21,100,000
8	David Elet	United States	21,300,000
9	Jeremy Pekarek	United States	21,800,000

The tournament will be streamed on CBS All Access/PokerGO. PokerNews will be on the tournament floor to provide tournament updates until one of the contenders is the new owner of a WSOP Bracelet.

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