Kristen Bicknell topped 51 poker players to win the $25K No-Limit Hold ’em even at the 2019 Poker Masters for $408,000. She rallied from a massive deficit to outlast Chance Kornuth, who has three runner-up finishes in the series.

Kornuth is 0-3 in heads-up matches at the Poker Masters this past week. He lost to Isaac Baron in the $10K hold ’em event, CardsChat ambassador Ryan Laplante in the $ 10,000 pot-limit Omaha, and now  Bicknell in the sixth event of the series.

Although he’s come up just short of first place three times, Chance is running away with the overall series lead. The winner receives a coveted Purple Jacket. Last year’s Poker Masters champion, Ali Imsirovic, ended up third behind Kornuth on Sunday.

Bicknell Becomes First Female Poker Masters Champion

With her title on Sunday, good for $408,000, Bicknell becomes the first woman to win a Poker Masters event. The winners of the initial 17 events in the series, which is now in its third year, were all male.

Bicknell is arguably the top female player in the game today. She was named GPI Female Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019, and is well on her way to winning that award for the third straight year.

Kornuth seemed poised to ship his first Poker Masters event after a pair of near misses last week. He entered Sunday’s final table with a massive chip lead. The Chip Leader Coaching founder had more than half the chips in play when the final table of six began.

By the time three-handed play began, he had a 6-1 edge over both Kristen Bicknell and Imsirovic. The blinds were so large that his opponents were basically in a shove or fold situation, and Kornuth was unfortunate to run into better hands, doubling both players up in succession.

During heads-up play, Kristen Bicknell was at more than a 2-1 disadvantage. The blinds were so big that she was forced to shove or fold most hands. With the blinds at 100,000/200,000 and a 200,000 big blind ante, she moved all-in for nine big blinds with pocket sixes, and won a race against Q-9 to double-up into the chip lead.

Moments later, she was the beneficiary of a fortunate river card. All the chips were in the middle – totaling 4.1 million – before the flop, with Kornuth out in front with pocket nines against pocket eights.

The board ran out 5-4-7-A-6, giving Kristen Bicknell a winning straight to finish off the $25,000 Poker Masters event. Kornuth can’t catch a break during heads-up play. He does have 630 points for the series, however, putting him well out in front of the five players, including Bicknell, who are tied for second place with 300.

2019 Poker Masters Event #6: $25K No NLH Results

Kornuth entered Event #7, $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha on Sunday. With 10 players out of 34 remaining at the time of publishing, he had one of the biggest stacks. Perhaps, another runner-up finish is in store for the poker coach?

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The 2019 Poker Masters kicked off this week and also the initial event is in guides. Winning Occasion # 1: $10,000 No Limit Hold ’em was Isaac Baron. Baron topped the area of 97 entrances to take home $223,100.

To win the title, Baron covered a final table that included Jeremy Ausmus, Sam Soverel, and also Scott Blumstein, and also he defeated Opportunity Kornuth in heads-up play. Kornuth gained $164,900 for his runner-up finish.

2019 Poker Master Event #1: $10,000 NLHE Final Table Results

Baron entered the final table of eight with the chip lead and it was Pennsylvania poker pro Thai Ha to bust first in eighth place. Ha went out at the hands of Ausmus when his Ah9h lost to Ausmus’ 8s7s in all-in preflop action.

Dan Shak was next to bust, and it was Baron who sent him packing. Ausmus had opened to 120,000 holding the AsTc with the blinds at 30,000-60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante, and Baron reraised to 330,000 with pocket fives. Shak, who was on a severe short stack, then called all in for 75,000 with the KhJd. Ausmus folded, and it was off to the races for Baron and Shak. No help came for Shak and he was out in seventh place.

Although Soverel busted Blumstein in sixth place, he was the next one to bust, and it was once again Baron doing the deed. Baron’s AsAc held up against Soverel’s 8d8c and Soverel was out fifth.

After Ausmus was knocked out in fourth and Ralph Wong in third, both at the hands of Baron, it was time for the heads-up match between Baron and Kornuth. Entering the duel, Baron had 8.415 million in chips to Kornuth’s 1.29 million.

The two wasted no time getting the money in, as Baron shoved with the 5c3c against Kornuth and his stack of 10 big blinds. Kornuth looked at the Ah9h and made the call. Unfortunately for Kornuth, the board ran out Th3d2dQdKc to give Baron the victory.

With the win, Baron took the early lead in the race for the overall Poker Masters title with 300 points. The player to earn the most points over the course of the series will be crowned Poker Masters champion and receive a $100,000 bonus plus the trophy purple jacket.

Partypoker professional Bertrand Grospellier, aka “ElkY,” came out successful at the Giant last table on Monday. The French poker star who formerly represented PokerStars won the last of 104 gold WSOP bracelets in 2019.

“ElkY” also helped fellow PokerStars Team Pro member Daniel Negreanu win WSOP Player of the Year. “Kid Poker” needed Shaun Deeb to finish outside the top five in the €550 Colossus to secure his third POY title. Grospellier busted him early on the final day in 11th place.

Partypoker Ambassador Takes Home WSOP Gold

All eyes were on Deeb on Monday. Could he make it right into the leading five in the Colossus and take the POY title from Negreanu? The answer, as we have actually already stated, is no. He was the initial elimination of the last 2019 WSOP Europe session, and also took home EUR13,564.

As soon as Deeb exited King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, the emphasis resorted to Partypoker pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, the greatest remaining celebrity and one of the leading players in the video game.

“ElkY” was at one point on Monday down to just eight big blinds. But a couple of fortunate double-ups later and he was back in contention.

“Once I won the two all-ins it put me into the lead and I had a good run after that and I am really happy with the result,” the Partypoker ambassador said in his post-game interview.

By the time “ElkY” was heads-up for the arm band, he had regarding a 1.5-1 chip advantage over Avraham Dyan. He never gave up that lead as well as completed his challenger off with pocket 10’s all-in pre-flop against A-10. The board ran out 7-4-2-3-4, excellent for Grospellier.

WSOP Europe Colossus Final Table Results

1. Bertrand Grospellier (France) €190,375
2. Avraham Dyan (Israel) €117,630
3. Marian Kubis (Slovakia) €86,172
4. Mick Heder (Denmark) €63,670
5. Dieter Becker (Germany) €47,452
6. Christoph Peper (Germany) €35,674
7. Sergii Karpov (Ukraine) €27,057
8. Alessandro Pezzoli (Italy) €20,703
9. Francesco Candelari (Italy) €15,984

” ElkY” took home his second occupation arm band. The Partypoker pro’s last one came in 2011 in Las Vegas in the $10,000 7 Card Stud Championship for $331,639. He now has approximately $14 million in live competition cash money. As well as with that said, the 2019 Globe Collection of Casino poker period has actually formally involved an end. Congratulations to all 104 bracelet victors and Daniel Negreanu, the Player of the Year. We’ll see you all once more following summer in Las Vegas.

Poker Hall of Famer Bobby Baldwin has been named Chief Executive Officer of Drew Las Vegas, a future casino on the Strip. The 1978 WSOP Main Event champ served in a comparable role for MGM’s CityCenter amusement facility, additionally on the Strip.

Baldwin is an unusual titan in both poker and the corporate world. He’s invested the majority of his grown-up life playing high-stakes poker as well as representing major gambling establishment brand names as an executive. The 69-year-old left MGM Resorts last year. Numerous guessed that he was forced out.

Bobby Baldwin won the 1978 WSOP Main Event and after that three extra bracelets during the 1970’s. Ever since, he has actually sculpted a specific niche as a high-stakes poker cash video game professional. He’s so much of a casino poker celeb that the famous Bellagio poker room– Bobby’s Space– was called after him.

However those in the gambling globe outside of the online poker area recognize him a lot more as a successful exec at many Las Vegas casinos, consisting of Aria, Mirage, and also Golden Nugget. The former poker globe champ currently takes over as Chief Executive Officer of Drew Las Vegas, a future casino on the north end of the Strip.

Drew Las Vegas is unfinished, huge resort formerly named the Fontainbleau, previously occupied by the Algiers Hotel. The building was partly integrated in 2007 but was stopped because of financial factors in 2009. Since then, the glossy blue building has actually stood there vacant. In 2015, nevertheless, the new proprietors– Witkoff Group and Marriott International– announced plans to complete construction and at some point open the hotel as well as casino site.

The new proprietors have hired Bobby Baldwin to act as the hotel’s first CEO as well as vice chairman. Witkoff CEO Steve Witkoff called the former online poker champ a “transformational leader who has unmatched experience.”

Drew Las Vegas, 67-story hotel, is expected to open in 2022. Obviously, that’s assuming all goes to plan. The hotel is called after Witkoff’s son, Andrew Witkoff, who died of an OxyContin overdose in 2011.

The north end of the Strip is presently going through a face-lift. In recent years, renowned gambling enterprises on that portion of the Strip such as the Riviera have been knocked down. The old Sahara, which ended up being SLS previously this years, is currently the Sahara once more. As well as, together with the Drew, an additional online casino– Resorts World– is being constructed.

Las Vegas is frequently altering.

Tomas Ribeiro from Portugal claimed the title in Event #11: €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha of the 2019 WSOP Europe. The poker pro topped a field of 271 total entries to become the 5th Portuguese player in history to win a WSOP gold bracelet.The four previous champions from Portugal were Joao Vieira, Jonathan Aguiar, Francisco António da Costa Santos and Diogo Veiga.

“Actually it’s my first trophy ever,” said Ribiero, who focuses primarily on cash games. “I won three tournaments, but they didn’t have trophies and winning my first ever trophy at a WSOP event, it’s totally overwhelming.”

The final day began with Tobias Peters leading the remaining eight players, while Ribeiro sat in fifth chip position. The first player to hit the rail was German Christopher Frank. He got all-in with a double suited rundown, but his 8Diamond Suit7Spade Suit6Spade Suit4Diamond Suit could not overcome the AHeart SuitKDiamond Suit10Diamond Suit5Heart Suit of Marc Palatzky, who flopped trip aces and held from there. Frank earned $12,833 USD as the eighth-place finisher.

Leonid Yanovski also lost a key preflop showdown against Palatzky. Yanovsky got all-in preflop with AClub SuitKDiamond Suit10Club Suit9Club Suit, and Palatzky looked him up holding ADiamond SuitQDiamond Suit9Diamond Suit6Spade Suit. The flop came down 9Spade Suit6Heart Suit6Club Suit and Palatzky hit a full house right off the bat. The 2Club Suit left Yanovski drawing dead. He took home $16,824 USD for making it down to the final seven.

The reigning champion of this event Anson Tsang put in a valiant effort at defending his title, but in the end fell just short when his ASpade SuitKDiamond Suit9Diamond Suit3Club Suit couldn’t beat out the KSpade SuitQDiamond Suit10Club Suit7Spade Suit on the surging Palatzky, who flopped a pair of tens and ended up with queens full by the river. Tsang earned $22,516 USD for his sixth-place showing in this event.

Palatzky scored his fourth knockout of the day, with Ilyaz Dosikov getting all-in on a 8Spade Suit4Heart Suit2Diamond Suit flop with 9Diamond Suit8Club Suit7Spade Suit4Spade Suit for top two pair. Palatzky had AHeart SuitADiamond SuitQClub Suit7Heart Suit for the overpair and a backdoor flush draw. The KClub Suit on the turn and KHeart Suit on the river gave Palatzky the superior two pair to secure the pot. Dosikov had to settle for $30,741 as the fifth-place finisher.

Palatzky began four-handed play as the runaway leader, but Ribeiro managed to win some key pots against him to fight back into contention. Ribeiro closed the gap even further by eliminating start-of-day leader Tobias Peters. All the chips got in preflop with Peters holding KDiamond SuitQHeart SuitJSpade Suit9Diamond Suit and Ribeiro the AClub SuitKSpade SuitQDiamond Suit9Club Suit. Ribeiro flopped an ace and held from there to send Peters home in fourth place ($42,825 USD).

That knockout gave Ribeiro the lead, and from there he took control of the table. He won several medium pots from Palatzky, further extending his advantage. Despite his red-hot start to the final table, Palatzky fell to the bottom of the leaderboard during three-handed action. He ended up getting his last chips in preflop with KClub Suit7Heart Suit5Heart Suit3Club Suit against the QSpade Suit7Diamond Suit4Club Suit2Diamond Suit of Ribeiro. The ASpade SuitAClub Suit8Diamond Suit4Diamond SuitJSpade Suit runout secured the pot for Ribeiro. Palatzky was awarded $60,814 USD for his third-place showing.

Ribeiro took nearly a 5:1 chip lead into heads up play with Omar Eljach. The Swede fought his way back into the match for a bit, but was still well behind when the final cards were dealt. He got his last 14 or so big blinds in preflop with AHeart SuitKHeart SuitJSpade Suit6Spade Suit. Ribeiro held the KClub SuitQSpade SuitQDiamond Suit10Spade Suit. The board came down 6Diamond Suit4Heart Suit4Club SuitJDiamond Suit9Spade Suit and Ribeiro’s queens were good enough to lock up the pot and the title. Eljach took home $88,013 USD as the runner-up finisher.

2019 WSOPE Event #11: €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results:

Asi Moshe has become the 50th player in WSOP history to win four or more gold bracelets. The Israeli poker pro joined this illustrious group by topping a field of 279 entries to secure the title in the 2019 WSOP Europe €1,650 no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha mixed event. Moshe earned $108,186 USD as the champion of this event, managing to emerge victorious despite not having much experience playing PLO in a live setting.

“It’s really crazy, especially considering I don’t really play Omaha, just a little bit online but just the way I pick up the cards feels really weird,” Moshe told WSOP reporters. “But poker tournaments are poker tournaments, it still worked out. I looked at the ICM and I got many chips so everything worked out but I’m not an Omaha player for sure.”

Moshe entered the final table of this event as the chip leader with nine remaining. The first player to hit the rail was six-time WSOP bracelet winner Chris Ferguson (9th – $7,651 USD). He and Quan Zhou (8th – $9,836 USD) both fell to Harout Ghazarian in the early going.

Dragos Trofimov got his last chips in wiith pocket aces, but his AHeart SuitADiamond SuitQClub SuitJHeart Suit could not beat out the QDiamond Suit8Diamond Suit7Heart Suit5Heart Suit of Kristoffer Rasmussen, who had turned a straight on a 6Heart Suit5Spade Suit2Heart Suit4Spade Suit board. Trofimov had outs to a higher flush draw, but the 9Diamond Suit on the river sealed his fate. He earned $12,900 USD as the seventh-place finisher.

From that point on, it was all Moshe. He scored every single knockout from six players down to one. He started by busting WSOP braceler winner Erik Cajelais in sixth place, beating out his QHeart SuitJHeart Suit with AHeart Suit5Club Suit to further extend his lead. Cajelais cashed for $17,258 USD.

Moshe had more than five times as many chips as his nearest opponent at one point during five-handed play. He procedded to knock out Jakob Madsen (5th – $23,539 USD), William Chattaway (4th – $32,723 USD) and Harout Gharazian (3rd – $46,347 USD) to take more than a 7:1 chip lead into heads-up play against Kristoffer Rasmussen.

It took Moshe just two hands to seal the deal. He shoved with JClub Suit10 and got called by Rasmussen, who held QHeart SuitJSpade Suit. The board came down KDiamond SuitQSpade Suit8Club Suit9Spade Suit6Diamond Suit and Moshe turned a straight to lock up the pot and the title. Rasmussen took home $66,855 USD as the runner-up.

Event #9: €1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha/No-Limit Hold’em Mix Final Table Results

Instead of Phil Hellmuth celebrating his 16th bracelet, it was Norwegian Espen Sandvik celebrating his first World Series of Poker title.

Sandvik bested a 71-entry field in the €2,500 8-Game Mix event at the World Series of Poker Europe to earn his first title and €75,246. He also earned 252 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. The 2019 POY race is presented by Global Poker.

This was Sandvik’s first career WSOP cash and resulted in the first win of his career. Sandvik bested Finland’s Ville Haavisto heads-up after Hellmuth busted in third. Haavisto earned €46,613 and Hellmuth left with €31,058 for their efforts.

Despite a lackluster career record in tournaments, Sandvik credited his work away from the table for a dominant final table performance.

“More confidence and more inspiration to work harder,” Sandvik told WSOP reporters after his win.

Sandvik busted Joao Vieira in seventh-place, which set the six-handed final table and gave Sandvik the chip lead at the outset of the final table. It was a lead that he would never relinquish as he steamrolled the final table, barely losing any pots along the way.

At the start of the final table, Sandvik held 1.28 million chips with limits of 30,000-60,000, nearly a third of the chips in play. At no point during the final table did another player cross the million-chip mark as Sandvik eliminated every player at the final table.

He took care of Jochen Kaiser in sixth in 2-7 triple draw when he made an 8-7 low after the first two draws and Kaiser couldn’t improve to better than an ace-low.

He continued the run by sending Thomer Pidun to the rail in fifth when he made a 10-low in razz against Pidun’s queen-low.

He hit running spades to crack Jeff Madsen pocket 10s in limit hold’em and eliminate the American pro in fourth before turning his attention to Hellmuth.

Hellmuth was gone in third in triple draw. Sandvik won a big pot with an 8-7 low to leave Hellmuth with 1.5 big bets. Hellmuth was all in after the first draw and ended up with a pair of fours, while Sandvik made a 9-8 low.

Following Hellmuth’s departure, Haavisto was facing a nearly insurmountable chip deficit. Haavisto started heads-up play with 183,000 to Sandvik’s 3.367 million. It only took one more hand of triple draw for Sandvik to secure the rest of the chips in play.

Here are the final table results:

Place Player Payout POY Points
1 Espen Sandvik $83,723 252
2 Ville Haavisto $51,740 210
3 Phil Hellmuth $34,474 168
4 Jeff Madsen $23,738 126
5 Thomer Pidun $16,911 105
6 Jochen Kaiser $12,479 84