Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Dia 1c | 2019 World Series of Poker

2019-07-05 15:19 UTC-7

Another DQ; Player Moons Opponent, Throws Shoe

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Nível 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Over at table #317 in the Pavilion Yellow section, a massive incident occurred just before the break involving a player that subsequently got DQ'd from the tournament. According to the table, the player went all in blind before flipping over his hand, revealing the .

In seat one, Patrick Eskandar contemplating his decision holding , a favorite with information about the exposed hand, although there was still another player behind him who had limped. Eskandar opted to fold.

"I'm all-in blind! Look, I'm blind everybody" the all-in player yelled as he covered his eyes and turned around. He then lowered his pants and mooned the table. While Eskandar was still considering his decision, the all-in player then took off his shoes and threw them around, with one of them actually hitting Eskandar as he was in the tank.

Shortly after, the player in question got DQ'd from the tournament, allegedly splashed his chips across the felt, and was escorted off the premise.

2019-07-05 13:54 UTC-7

Cada Bluffs Nearly Everything Off

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Nível 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Joe Cada at the 2018 Main Event final table

2009 Main Event champion and four-time bracelet winner Joe Cada, who just missed out on his fifth bracelet last night in Event #70: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed, was active in a hand against Yoshiya Agata with action already on the river. The board was reading and Agata had a bet of 7,000 in front of him. Cada check-raised all in, putting Agata to the test for his entire stack of 48,100.

After thinking for several minutes, Agata called it off with . Cada showed for a pair turned into a bluff, tapped the table, put his gold headphones on and made his way out of Pavilion White.

The dealer and several players at the table quickly urged Cada to get back; he had, in fact, Agata covered by 5,800 and is still alive in the 2019 Main Event. After finishing 5th in the Main Event last year, he has his work cut out for him if he's to make a similar run this time around.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Yoshiya Agata	115,000 115,000	115,000
Joe Cada	5,800 -54,200	-54,200

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2019-07-05 13:11 UTC-7

Player Disqualified from the Main Event

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Nível 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Over at 2015 World Champion Joe McKeehen's table in the Brasilia Red section, George Belianin has been disqualified in the 2019 WSOP Main Event after not even one hour of play on Day 1c.

According to several players at the table, after winning a small pot, the #5 seat George Belianin reached out to his left-hand neighbor's stack as well and scooped up his entire stack in the process to add it to his. Allegedly, Belianin did so with a smile on his face.

Belianin subsequently got disqualified for stealing another person's chips at the table and will not be active in the 2019 Main Event anymore. It was the Vice President of the World Series of Poker Jack Effel who came over and escorted Belianin out of the tournament area. His chips will be taken out of play, while his buy-in stays in the prize pool.

Effel later spoke with PokerNews and weighed in on the decision:

“Here’s the thing, you’re playing the Main Event you can’t touch other player’s chips. The chips that you have in front of you are the ones that belong to you, you shouldn’t be touching chips that don’t belong to you. Plain and simple. Discussing beyond what was seen at the table, everybody saw the exact same thing – he took the chips that were next to him, they didn’t belong to him and you can’t do that when you’re playing the Main Event.”

When asked if Belianin was also 86ed from all Caesars properties Effel added the following: “I’m not going to speak on security concerns, but obviously if you break the rules and take chips you’re not going to be allowed to play in the tournament and you can face all consequences as a result of being disqualified from the tournament per our rules.”

Another player at the table, Tom Peterson, also gave a first-hand account of what transpired:

“The guy came in and sat down at Seat 6. The dealer told him to get in Seat 5. He didn’t speak a lot of English, he was from another country because he had a passport,” Peterson explained when asked to recount what happened. “He said, ‘I want to play. Deal.’ The dealer said, ‘No you need to move.’ …He finally moves, plays a couple of hands, plays them well, loses both of them. Then like in the seventh hand he wins the pot: 1,600 in the pot - one black chip, one pink chip, one yellow chip. The dealer pushes it to him and he just grabs the other pile and puts it right into his without hesitation. The floor came over and they DQed him.”

2019-07-05 13:09 UTC-7

Ivey Busted by Chang

Nível 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Phil Ivey's 2019 Main Event run is over in Level 1, as the 10-time bracelet winner was just sent to the rail in the bowling alley overflow room. Ivey was already below 25,000 chips at the start of the hand, and those remaining chips went to Jeffrey Chang in the aftermath of a three-way pot.

Chang opened to 500 in early position, Hirotaka Nakanishi three-bet on his immediate left, and Ivey cold called the three-bet from the button. Chang came along, and the flop came .

Chang checked, Nakanishi bet 1,600 and Ivey called. Chang then put in the check-raise to 6,500, Nakanishi called, and Ivey went all in over the top for his last 17,500.

Chang shoved the rest of his stack, and Nakanishi got out of the way.

Jeffrey Chang:
Phil Ivey:

Chang was a 67% favorite with top two against Ivey's nut flush draw, and when the and completed the board, Ivey was eliminated.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jeffrey Chang	83,500 83,500	83,500
Hirotaka Nakanishi	66,000 66,000	66,000
Phil Ivey	Eliminado

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2019-07-05 11:08 UTC-7

One of the Biggest Days of the Summer Lies Ahead; Time for Day 1c of the Main Event!

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John Cynn pictured celebrating his Main Event win in 2018

With the Independence Day festivities wrapped up, everyone's full focus will be on poker again as Day 1c of the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event kicks off at 12 noon today. A total of 3,248 entries have been made across the first two starting days and following tradition, the final starting day will provide the biggest field of them all. 2019 will certainly be no exception to that rule as every table in the building is being prepared to house the players.

Last year, the single-day record in the World Series of Poker Main Event got shattered with no fewer than 4,571 players showing up for Day 1c. This number is certainly up to be challenged today, as the queues at the registration line in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino have been packed over the last few days. It seems no one wants to miss out on the Main Event this year, and while yesterday's field was relatively small due to Independence Day, there's a buzz going around the room that the 8,000-player mark will be eclipsed for the first time since 2006.

Here's what the numbers look like so far.

Starting Day	Entrants in 2017	Entrants in 2018	Entrants in 2019
Day 1a	795	925	1,334
Day 1b	2,164	2,378	1,914
Day 1c	4,262	4,571	TBD*

* - can register at start of Day 2ab and Day 2c as well

Day 1c will see defending champion John Cynn take his seat to try and become the first player since Johnny Chan to win the Main Event in back-to-back years. "The Master" himself will likely also be one of the former Main Event champs taking a seat in the 4,000+ player field today.

Cards will be in the air at 12 noon and players start with 60,000 in chips. Levels are 120 minutes long throughout the event, with a 20-minute break after every level for players to clear their heads. The dinner break will be 85 minutes long and is held after level 4, which is around 9 p.m. local time. The day is expected to wrap up around 12:30 a.m.

New this year is late registration being open up until the starts of Day 2ab and Day 2c. Therefore, it could very well be that those anticipating 15-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth's great entrance will have to wait just a little bit longer. Hellmuth darted off to Machu Picchu during the height of summer, and given his preference for late starts, he'll likely be among those opting for the latest of registrations.

2019 WSOP Main Event Day 1c Blind Structure

Level	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
1	120 minutes	100	200	200
	20-minute break
2	120 minutes	200	300	300
	20-minute break
3	120 minutes	200	400	400
	20-minute break
4	120 minutes	300	500	500
	85-minute dinner break
5	120 minutes	300	600	600

Players who survive today will return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Sunday, July 7, to play another five levels on Day 2c. The full structure for this event can be found here ^(PDF).

PokerNews will have an all-star team present on the floor, bringing live updates from the Amazon, Brasilia, Pavilion, and Miranda poker rooms, as well as any other table in the building housing Main Event players. There will be a live broadcast on ESPN from 5.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. Make sure to check back regularly and don't miss anything as the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event rolls on!

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