2019 World Series of Poker

There was a big three-way all in pre-flop after Byron Kaverman shoved pre-flop for 490,000, Sam Grafton re-shoved from the small blind and Bonomo called all in from the big blind.

Byron Kaverman:
Sam Grafton:
Justin Bonomo:

Grafton was poised to knock out two players with both Kaverman and Bonomo holding each other's outs. The board ran out and Grafton chipped up to almost seven million chips.

On a flop both Steven Miranda and Mikael Thuritz checked and the turn was the . Miranda bet 160,000 and Thuritz called.

The river was the and Miranda checked. Thuritz bet 360,000 and Miranda swiftly called.

Thuritz showed for a single pair but Miranda had him beat with for two pair.

Dominik Nitsche shipped all in for 610,000 from the hijack and James Chen gave it some thought from the cutoff. Chen eyed up the size of the all in and then made the call.

Dominik Nitsche:
James Chen:

The flop of gave Chen an extra out despite Nitsche flopping a pair. The on the turn gave Chen even more outs but the paired the board on the river and Nitsche secured a double up.

Johannes Becker opened to 125,000 from under the gun and Igor Kurganov stuck in a three-bet on his left. The action folded back to Becker who four-bet shoved all in and Kurganov snapped him off.

Igor Kurganov:
Johannes Becker:

The flop fell giving both players a pair, Kurganov with the higher of the two. The and runout could not help Becker and he was eliminated. The final 24 players will now redraw for seats at the final three tables.

We caught up to a pot with over 2.5 million in the middle on a river. Thomas Boivin checked to Christoph Vogelsang who used a time extension before announcing a bet of 1,300,000.

Boivin used a time extension and folded, with Vogelsang moving up above five million in chips.

Daniel Negreanu opened to 110,000 in early position and Thomas Boivin stuck in a three-bet to 300,000 from the cutoff. Bryn Kenney slid out a four-bet to 635,000 from the small blind which got Negreanu to fold. Boivin just called and the two players saw a flop of .

Both players checked and the landed on the turn. Kenney led out for 345,000 this time and Boivin called to see the on the river. Kenney checked this time and Boivin reached back for a bet of 1,255,000, leaving just 5,000 behind.

Kenney used up two of his time extension before making the call. Boivin tabled for a set of aces and Kenney released his cards.

Ali Imsirovic was all in for around 700,000 against Nick Schulman.

Ali Imsirovic:
Nick Schulman:

There was no help for Imsirovic on the runout as he missed the chop opportunity and was eliminated from the tournament.

Igor Kurganov opened and Mikita Badziakouski three-bet from the big blind. Kurganov four-bet shoved and Badziakouski called.

Igor Kurganov:
Mikita Badziakouski:

Badziakouski flopped a straight draw on the but the runout favoured Kurganov and he sent the Belarussian to the rail.