2019 World Series of Poker
"Players, you have one hour left at blinds of 300-500. Dealers, please shuffle up and deal," floor staff announced and the cards are back in the air. Another three hours of poker action remain for tonight.
Half of level four has been completed and the players were sent on a 90-minute dinner break, the action is set to resume at 9.30 p.m. local time. The second half of the level, as well as one further level, remain until bagging and tagging. Below are some highlights of the last level and the day so far.
Highlights of level four:
- Vornicu Eliminated by Zhu
- Chen Pulls Off a Big Bluff on Alexander
- Ott Eliminated by Mossey
- "The Chess Master" Coolers an Opponent To Send Him Home
- Seiver Cracks Kim's Aces
Besides Dan Ott, fellow 2017 WSOP Main Event finalist Bryan Piccioli was eliminated on Day 1a and fan favorite John Hesp also ran out of chips earlier today.
Highlights of Day 1b so far:
- Hesp Eliminated by Carroll
- Back-to-Back Knockouts for Monicatti
- Lhote Cracks Howe's Aces and Sends Him to the Rail
- Aces Versus Kings First Hand for de Laat
- WSOP Rookie: Ben Myers Playing Main Event After Qualifying in Florida Poker League

The action folded around to Greg Merson who raised to 1,200 in the cutoff, the button folded, small blind came along and Vanessa Kade called from the big blind.
All three players checked on the flop of ![]()
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to see the
on the turn. The small blind checked once again, Kade bet out 2,500 and both opponents made the call.
The river was the
, the small blind checked and Kade fired again, this time for 5,500. Merson mucked fast, and the player who was in the small blind thought about it for a few moments before surrendering the pot.
Kevin Buck opened in late position and faced a 5,500 three-bet from Chen An Lin who was sat in the small blind. He called and they saw a ![]()
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flop. Both players checked to the
turn. Lin checked again and Buck made it 4,000, which Lin called and the last card out was the
. Both players checked once more and they flipped their cards over.
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Buck's pocket nines were good against Lin's busted flush draw and he took a decent pot right before players get ready to go for dinner.
Sam Snead had Daniel Johnson at risk in a classic flip with ![]()
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and rivered a set on the ![]()
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board. The same card however also gave Johnson the nut flush and he doubled.
Tou Xiong has taken over the lead on the table.
Paul Volpe led out for 15,000 from the small blind facing an ![]()
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board, and his opponent in the hijack called.
The
hit the river, and Volpe bet 35,000. His opponent tanked for two minutes, apologizing to the table at one point, before deciding on a fold.