Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Dia 2c | 2019 World Series of Poker

2019-07-07 15:18 UTC-7

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Brandon Cantu	340,000 -12,000	-12,000

Bradley Butcher	233,000 -34,800	-34,800
Hon Cheong Lee	134,000 65,500	65,500
Mustapha Kanit	103,000

Jeff Madsen	81,000 -6,900	-6,900

Josh Kay	60,000 -8,400	-8,400
Adrian Mateos	38,000 -6,000	-6,000

Majid Yahyaei	25,000 2,000	2,000
Men Nguyen	Eliminado

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Chad Power	353,000

Bennett Takes One Out

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Nível 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The player in middle position was all in for his last 27,800 against Justin Bennett in the hijack.

Opponent:
Justin Bennett:

The flop came giving the player in middle position the lead with a set of tens. But the turn and river completed the board and Bennett rivered a set of queens to win the pot, sending his opponent to the rail.

"That was scary," muttered Bennett as soon as his opponent left the felt.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Justin Bennett	68,000 -1,100	-1,100

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2019-07-07 15:13 UTC-7

Sigurjonsson Shoves

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Nível 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The board was down and Gudmundur Sigurjonsson was all in from middle position for 70,000 with a pot of around 45,000 out there.

Sigurjonsson's opponent was deep in the tank from the small blind with 25,000 behind him.

Sigurjonsson sat patiently awaiting the answer to his question but after close to two minutes passed, his opponet folded.

"Good fold" said Sigurjonsson.

"I had a set of nine" added Sigurjonsson a minute later as the two players discussed the hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Gudmundur Sigurjonsson	120,000

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2019-07-07 15:13 UTC-7

Oddschecker Competition Winner Chris Dotson Living His Poker Dream

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Nível 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Earlier this summer, 35-year-old Chris Dotson, a boiler operator from New Jersey, won a competition hosted by PokerNews’ sister company, Oddschecker. Today, he’ll live his poker dream of playing in poker’s premier event.

Dotson flew cross country late last week and immediately headed to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino to register for Day 1c of the tournament. While there, he got to meet 2003 WSOP champ Chris Moneymaker and was interviewed by Joey Ingram on PokerNews social media channels. It’s been a whirlwind experience even before he fired the tournament, and believe it or not it almost didn’t happen.

“I saw a tweet from PokerNews mentioning the giveaway, clicked through the article and decided not to bother,” Dotson revealed. “Then a couple of hours later I saw the tweet again, figured what the heck, and filled out the giveaway. I’m sure glad I changed my mind.”

Chris Dotson meeting Chris Moneymaker at the 2019 WSOP

A World of Experience

Dotson grew up with two younger brothers, sons of a father in the Air Force. As such, they moved a lot and lived in locales such as Hawaii, Japan, and New Zealand.

“I moved back to the USA from New Zealand, and the family continued on to Australia, where my mom and youngest brother are still living,” said Dotson. “The old man is retired now, working as a contractor for the Air Force up in Alaska.”

"I guess I first learned to play poker while living in New Zealand, but never really played much until moving back to New Jersey."

For Dotson, he entered the workforce straight out of high school and is on a career trajectory to become an operating engineer. As for his love of poker, the seed was planted half a world away from the bright lights of Las Vegas.

“I guess I first learned to play poker while living in New Zealand, but never really played much until moving back to New Jersey,” said Dotson, who also revealed he’s a big fan of video games, board games, and escape rooms. “I then started playing tournaments in my local poker league and would play a bit online. That’s when I started taking things more seriously and progressed to taking trips to Atlantic City to play in the local casinos.”

Eyes on Vegas

Dotson first visited Las Vegas for the WSOP back in the mid-2000s, though back then it was just as a fan and to meet friends from the Full Contact Poker (FCP) forums. It wasn’t until 2014 that he fired a trio of bracelet events, all no-limit hold’em at the $1,000, $1,500, and $2,500 price points. Until today, those marked the biggest buy-ins he’s ever played.

“I’ve never played the Main Event,” he said. “It has always been a dream. This will be my first time, I’m so excited.”

When asked about his proudest poker accomplishment to date, Dotson thought for a bit before answering.

“Not really sure what my proudest accomplishment would be,” he said. “I would probably say finishing runner-up in the poker league end-of-year finals, but no one remembers second place.”

Dotson often roots for the Indianapolis Colts, Miami Heat, and Team USA, and when it comes to poker he has some favorites.

“This is a hard question to answer, I certainly have a bunch of players I could pick as a favorite,” he responded when asked about his favorite poker player. “Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, but if I had to choose one it would probably be John Racener.”

Dotson survived the Day 1c flight and is still in action here on Day 2c.

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2019-07-07 15:12 UTC-7

Baranowski More Than Doubles

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Nível 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

An open raise by Garrett Garvin resulted in a three-bet to 6,600 and Dean Baranowski called from one seat over. Leon Tsoukernik pushed all in from the small blind and Garvin quickly folded. The three-bettor reluctantly folded and Baranowski called all in.

Dean Baranowski:
Leon Tsoukernik:

The flop gave Tsoukernik top set, but Barakowski had outs with the spades and two queens. Baranowski turned the and the river was a blank.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Leon Tsoukernik	88,000 -79,200	-79,200
Dean Baranowski	65,000 3,000	3,000

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2019-07-07 15:09 UTC-7

Johansen Lets Arieh Bet for Him

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Nível 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Marius Johansen opened from the hijack to 2,400 and was three-bet to 5,300 by Josh Arieh, who was on the button. Johansen called and the flop came . Johansen checked and Arieh continued for 3,500. Johansen confirmed the amount and tossed in chips to call.

The turn was and Johansen checked. Arieh fired again for 8,000 and Johansen made the call. The river came and Johansen checked once more. Arieh emptied the clip, firing a third barrel for 11,000 and Johansen made the call.

Arieh tabled quickly before turning it over and mucking it upon seeing Johansen show , good for the flush and the pot as he nears the quarter-million mark in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Marius Johansen	239,800 149,800	149,800
Josh Arieh	80,300 5,500	5,500

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2019-07-07 15:08 UTC-7

Loeser Loses Out

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Nível 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A raise to 2,300 came in from the player under the gun, and the player in the hijack called and when the action folded to Manig Loeser in the small blind he three-bet to 11,500.

The initial raiser called before the hijack folded, and the flop fell .

Both players checked, and Loeser bet 18,000 when the was revealed on the turn.

Loeser's opponent called, and after the fell on the river, both players checked to a showdown.

Loeser tabled but lost out to .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Cody Brinn	350,000 82,100	82,100
Jack Salter	235,000 115,000	115,000
Takashi Ogura	200,000 84,000	84,000
Preben Stokkan	140,000 96,000	96,000

Jeff Sluzinski	87,000 27,000	27,000

Tom Middleton	40,000 -9,000	-9,000

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2019-07-07 15:07 UTC-7

Hartman Eliminated

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Nível 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Craig Hartman was all in with against the of Uri Kadosh.

The flop gave Kadosh a pair of kings and the only served to improve him to two pair.

Hartman needed an eight on the river, but it was only a measly and he was sent to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Uri Kadosh	265,000 45,000	45,000
Craig Hartman	Eliminado

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2019-07-07 15:03 UTC-7

Holz Eliminated by Nguyen

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Nível 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a four-way flop of , Fedor Holz ended up all in for fewer than 25 big blinds and Hai Nguyen pushed for 29,000 to force out the other two players.

Fedor Holz:
Hai Nguyen:

The turn and river brought no help and Holz was eliminated.

"What did you have in the other hand?" he asked Tabari Miller, who replied "I had a set of fours." Holz mentioned he had kings, in a hand which presumably cost him a lot of chips, and headed to the rail.