WSOP: Asi Moshe Earns Third Bracelet with $1,500 NLHE Bounty Win
So far at the 2019 World Series of Poker, only two countries have picked up more than one bracelet and while American players account for 32 wins, Israel picked up their third win of the summer on Friday as Asi Moshe won the third bracelet of his career. The Friday schedule also included two big buy-in high profile events getting closer to a champion.
Asi Moshe Wins $1,500 NLHE Bounty for Bracelet #3
Asi Moshe topped the 1,807-player field in the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Bounty event to win a career-best $253,933 and the third bracelet of his career. Moshe picked up the final bounty by beating Damjan Radanov heads-up.
Moshe was emotional after his win as he spoke about the difficulties of being a poker pro and a family man.
“This summer has been very difficult for me. My daughter is now two and a half years old, and my wife… I love them both very much. Coming here for the whole summer is not easy for me and not easy for them. So [the win] really makes it worth it. It’s really special to me,” Moshe said. “This is really for them. This summer I’m not here for myself. I like the fame, I like the money, I like being here, it’s all true. But this time I’m here for my family, not just myself.”
Moshe’s first two bracelets came in 2014 and 2018.
Final Table Payouts
- Asi Moshe – $ 253,933
- Damjan Radanov – $156,875
- Tonio Roder – $113,360
- Patrick Truong – $82,764
- Vitalijs Zavorotnijs – $61,085
- Andrew Hills – $45,521
- Timothy Stephens – $34,300
- Harrison Gimbel – $26,125
- Bastian Fischer – $20,115
Stephen Chidwick Leads $25K PLO High Roller Final Table
Stephen Chidwick doesn’t play a lot of WSOP events. The Englishman prefers to ply his trade elsewhere during the summer, so when he makes an appearance at the Rio to play something, it’s almost newsworthy itself. Chidwick is making the most of his 2019 WSOP debut and now leads the final seven players in the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller.
Chidwick, along with 2019 bracelet winner Alex Epstein, were the only two players to finish with more than 10,000,000 chips at the end of Day 3. Chidwick bagged 12,975,000, while Epstein has 10,800,000.
Robert Mizrachi and Erik Seidel are the only other bracelet winners among the final seven.
Dan Smith, Justin Bonomo, Ryan Laplante, Niklas Astedt, Paul Volpe, and Ben Tollerene were among the 32 players who started Day 3 with chips but couldn’t finish.
The final table resumes at Noon PT.
Top 10 Chip Counts
Stephen Chidwick – 12,975,000
Alex Epstein – 10,800,000
Robert Mizrachi – 5,525,000
Wasim Korkis – 4,225,000
James Chen – 3,100,000
Erik Seidel – 2,950,000
Matthew Gonzales – 1,100,000
Tu Dao Leads Ladies Event Heading into Final Day
Just 43 players remain in the $1,000 Ladies Event and Canada’s Tu Dao has the biggest stack with just one day left to play. Dao finished Day 2 with 968,000 and has a six-figure lead over anybody else in the field.
There’s still a number of notable names still chasing down the bracelet and $167,308 first place prize including Lexy Gavin, Vanessa Kade, 888poker ambassador Ana Marquez, Jackie Glazer, Kathy Liebert and Katie Lindsay.
Day 1 chip leader Jennifer Lopez also managed to make to Day 3.
Action resumes at Noon and will play down to a winner.
Top 10 Chip Counts
- Tu Dao – 968,000
- Nancy Matson – 856,000
- Veronica Brill – 853,000
- Alexis Gavin – 830,000
- Vanessa Kade – 787,000
- Meikat Siu – 779,000
- Stephanie Hubbard – 773,000
- Jiyoung Kim – 750,000
- Barbara Blechinger – 645,000
- Ana Marquez – 615,000
Ari Engel Among $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Leaders
Despite all of the success Ari Engel has enjoyed in his career, a WSOP bracelet eluded him so far. That could all change though as Engel finished Day 2 of the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em event with the sixth-best stack out of 26 players.
Baitai Li held down the chip lead for most of the day Friday and will enter Day 3 with that lead thanks to his 1,686,000 stack. Engel has less than half of that after bagging 815,000.
Other notables still in include Josh Arieh, Barny Boatman, David ‘Bakes’ Baker, Kenny Hallaert, Kristen Bicknell, Ian Steinman, and Anatoly Filatov.
The final 26 players return at 1 PM PT and will play until six players remain.
Top 10 Chip Counts
- Baitai Li – 1,686,000
- Michael Finstein – 1,411,000
- Ryan Olisar – 1,396,000
- Pablo Melogno – 978,000
- Josh Arieh – 954,000
- Ari Engel – 815,000
- Barny Boatman – 722,000
- David ‘Bakes’ Baker – 688,000
- Pedro Marques – 546,000
- Kenny Hallaert – 526,000
George Wolff Leads $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Final Nine
Portland, Oregon’s George Wolff has just eight players standing between himself and the first gold bracelet win of his career after finishing Day 2 of the $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw event with the chip lead. But h has some elite competition chasing him down.
Wolff finished Day 2 with 1,380,000 and only Luke Schwartz was able to end with more than 1,000,000 in chips. Schwartz finished with 1,310,000.
Mark Gregorich, Brian Hastings, former #1-ranked PocketFiver Calvin Anderson, Daniel Ospina, Mike Gorodinsky, and Rich Zhu all moved on to Day 2.
Action resumes at 2 PM PT.
Top 10 Chip Counts
- George Wolff – 1,380,000
- Lukas Schwartz – 1,310,000
- Mark Gregorich – 794,000
- Brian Hastings – 528,000
- Calvin Anderson – 519,000
- Daniel Ospina – 507,000
- Johannes Becker – 399,000
- Mike Gorodinsky – 364,000
- Yueqi Zhu – 197,000
Monster Field for Monster Stack Day 1A
Another event aimed at the recreational player put up big numbers. The $1,500 Monster Stack kicked off on Friday and 2,428 players, 182 more than Day 1A last summer, packed the tables.
Just 1,124 players advanced to Day 2 with Conor Beresford finishing on top of the chip counts. Amnon Filippi, Pierre Neuville, and Dmitry Yurasov also bagged up top 10 stacks. Valentin Vornicu, Scott Vener, Daniel Strelitz, Alex Foxen, and Alex Lynskey all moved on to Day 2.
The event, which has no re-entry, has another start flight on Sunday beginning at 11 AM.
Top 10 Chip Counts
- Conor Beresford – 724,400
- Amnon Filippi – 645,000
- Mark Johnson – 561,000
- Alisson Piekazewicz – 465,800
- Daniel Lefebvre – 448,300
- Dean Hutchison – 443,000
- Pierre Neuville – 442,500
- Jonathan Kramer – 394,500
- Dmitry Yurasov – 365,000
- Ghattas Kortas – 356,500
Shaun Deeb in Contention in $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo
Shaun Deeb really wants to win a second consecutive WSOP Player of the Year award. With a runner-up finish already under his belt, Deeb sits almost 600 POY points behind current leader Upeshka De Silva. On Friday, Deeb took a giant step towards closing that gap by finishing Day 1 of the $2,600 Omaha Hi-Lo/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo event second in chips out of 128 survivors.
The only player to bag more than Deeb – just 1,000 more – was Russian Andrey Zaichenko. The top three players are actually separated by just 1,500 chips. Other notables moving on to Day 2 include Phillip Hui, Tom Schneider, Dzmitry Urbanovich, Michael Mizrachi, Yuval Bronshtein, Jeff Lisandro, Simon Mattsson, and Alex Foxen.
Deeb would need to win to pass De Silva for the POY lead while a runner-up finish would leave him just 100 points behind.
The event drew 401 runners to create a $902,250 prize pool.
Top 10 Chip Counts
- Andrey Zaichenko – 135,700
- Shaun Deeb – 134,700
- Tom Schneider – 134,200
- Nickolai Orlov – 122,400
- Roland Israelashvili – 117,700
- Phillip Hui – 115,000
- Matt Vengrin – 114,300
- Alex Livingston – 100,000
- Jay Hong – 98,800
- Eli Elezra – US 87,300
