2019 World Series of Poker
Melvin Acosta raised to 900 from under the gun, and Leonard Boclair three-bet to 2,700 from the hijack. George Hemphill called in the cutoff, and Acosta came along as well.
Action checked to Hemphill on the ![]()
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flop, and he bet 2,400, leaving himself a single 25k chip behind. Acosta quickly folded, but Boclair spent a minute in the tank before deciding to release his hand.
Action folded around to Eric Kurtzman in the small blind who raised to 1,200. Marco Savoni was in the big blind and three-bet to 2,800. Kurtzman called and the flop came ![]()
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. Kurtzman checked and Savoni continued for 5,200. Kurtzman called.
The turn was
and Kurtzman checked again. Savoni thought for around two minutes, counting his stack and figuring out how much to commit before announcing a bet of 10,000. Kurtzman proceeded to let his hand go and Savoni took down the pot.
Michael Monicatti had built his stack up to just over 80,000 but he was about to find even more chips on the back of a heater. Monicatti got all of the chips in the middle with an opponent who was at risk for around 40,000. Monicatti turned over ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Monicatti's aces held on to eliminate his opponent. Monicatti was up from his seat and clapped his hands as he just pulled in a big pot.
He barely got back in his chair before the next hand was dealt. Monicatti raised it up in middle position and was called by Xianjun Yin in the cutoff. The flop came ![]()
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and after a bet and a couple of raises, Yin found himself all in for a little over 30,000.
Monicatti was up from his seat again with ![]()
laid out in front of him. Yin had plenty of outs with ![]()
and Monicatti was cheering for his hand to hold up. The turn was the
and the river brought the
as Monicatti claimed another victim.
The action folded around to a player in the hijack who raised to 700, Bob Nolen called on the button and the blinds got out of the way,
The flop came ![]()
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, the player in the hijack tossed in a 1,000 chip and Nolen called. The turn was the
and the hijack check-folded to Nolen's bet of 2,000, awarding Nolen the pot.
From middle position, Ben Myers opened to 1,200 and found a caller from the small blind.
The flop landed ![]()
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and after the small blind checked, Myers bet 1,400. The small blind called, and both players checked through the
on the turn.
The river fell the
and the small blind led out for 2,500 and Myers snap-called. The small blind tabled his ![]()
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to collect the pot.
Michael Minetti has had a productive start to the day, chipping up over the first three hours and he shows no signs of slowing down. The 2010 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Seniors Championship runner up, was in a hand against Scott Parish just now with the ![]()
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flop already out. Minetti had check-raised Parish's 5,000 bet to 12,500 and Parish went into the tank before laying it down.
David Kahan opened to 700 and Cherish Andrews on the button three-bet to 1,800, which Kahan called. On the ![]()
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flop, Kahan checked and called a bet of 1,500 before the
turn was checked through. On the
river, Kahan checked and folded when facing a bet of 2,000 by Andrews, waving his ![]()
in the air.
Andrews raked in the pot and Kahan added "one day I will win a hand against you," to which Andrews replied with a "maybe."
One hand later, Kahan raised to 700 and Andrews called in the cutoff, as did the button and small blind. "I surrender," Kahan joked and the ![]()
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flop was checked to Andrews, who bet 1,500 and was called by the small blind only. No betting action took place on the
turn and Andrews called a bet of 2,000 on the
river.
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While Kahan may not have won a pot against Andrews yet, he has already almost doubled his stack.