Justin Bonomo Down to Last Chip Courtesy of David Peters
On the flop of [JsThQc], David Peters checked from the big blind to Justin Bonomo who bet 15,000.
Peters called, and when the turn landed the [Qd], he checked again.
Bonomo bet out 60,000, and Peters called as the [3c] completed the board on the river.
Peters checked, Bonomo bet 139,000 leaving himself just 1,000, and Peters called.
Bonomo tabled his [Ah7h] for just ace-high, and Peters revealed his [9h8c] for a straight to leave Bonomo with just one chip.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| David Peters | 675,000 |
303,000  |
| Justin Bonomo | 1,000 |
-350,000  |
Erik Seidel in Search of Double Up
Erik Seidel, who is nursing a short stack, has moved all-in three hands in a row without getting called. In the last hand, Alex Foxen raised on the button to 24,000. Seidel shipped it all in for 137,000 and Foxen folded his cards.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Foxen | 300,000 |
-30,000 |
| Erik Seidel | 179,000 |
84,000 |
Battle of the Blinds
Action folded to Manig Loeser in the small blind and he called. Dan Smith then looked at his cards in the big blind and checked behind.
Loeser led out with a bet of 10,000 on the [AcQc4s] flop, getting a call from Smith, before both players checked the [8s] turn.
After the [2s] completed the board, Loeser led out again, this time for 24,000, which was enough to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Manig Loeser | 260,000 |
-22,000 |
| Dan Smith | 220,000 |
97,000 |
Flop Bet Win for Cary Katz
Cary Katz raised to 20,000 from under the gun and Nick Petrangelo called in the big blind.
The flop landed [5s4hKd] and Petrangelo checked to Katz who continued for 25,000.
Petrangelo folded, and Katz collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Winter | 830,000 |
150,000 |
| Nick Petrangelo | 560,000 |
55,000 |
| Alex Foxen | 330,000 |
90,000 |
| Cary Katz | 185,000 |
-31,000 |
| Erik Seidel | 95,000 |
-185,000 |
Player Spotlight: Koray Aldemir
German-born poker pro Koray Aldemir has been grinding for a while, and 2016 was finally the year he announced his presence among the game’s elite.
With a runner-up finish at the World Series of Poker Summer Solstice event, Aldemir got his first career six-figure payday by cashing for $252,805. Later in the series he got his first career seven-figure payday. Aldemir placed 3rd in the High Roller for One Drop, winning $2.1 million.
Those breakout performances were part of a WSOP in which Aldemir cashed on eight different occasions. After that, he took down 1st place winning the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Main Event in the Philippines for nearly $1.3 million. Now, Aldemir is a staple of high roller tournaments across the globe and has amassed over $10 million in career earnings.
That’s a long way from when he first started playing with friends in 2007. He told Paul Phua Poker that he wasn’t very good at first, but neither were his friends. But he fell in love with the game and wanted to get better, so he surrounded himself with better players so he could learn from them.
“I always had friends that played poker…and some of them were, like, a little bit better than me. Which is always the best thing,” Aldemir told Paul Phua Poker. “I could learn from them and improve and ask them if I was unsure about certain things.”
As Global Poker Index’s 63rd ranked player in the world, there aren’t many people in the world who are in a position to advise him these days.
At this year’s U.S. Poker Open, Aldemir was the runner-up to Lauren Roberts in Event #3 — $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em. The $159,250 payout was his first significant cash of 2019.
In last year’s Poker Masters series in September, Aldemir placed 2nd and 3rd respectively in the $50k and $100k No-Limit Hold’em events.
He’s put himself in position to win in recent high roller tournaments, but has instead collected several 2nd and 3rd place finishes since last year’s World Series of Poker. Aldemir seems on the verge of something big, and with two events yet to be decided at the 2019 USPO, the opportunity is still there for him to get his first high roller win since last May.
Sam Soverel Makes Tough, Correct Call Against Bluffing Dennis Blieden
We caught the action on the turn with the board reading [5cJcKcQd]. Sam Soverel bet 23,000 and was raised by Dennis Blieden to 69,000. Soverel made the call. The [2h] came on the river. Blieden again bet, this time for 77,000. Soverel made the correct, but difficult call and won the pot.
Blieden: [Ad9c]
Soverel: [Kx6x]
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Soverel | 1,070,000 |
265,000 |
| Dennis Blieden | 370,000 |
-230,000 |
Ben Yu Eliminated by Sean Winter
On the first hand back from break action started quickly.
Action folded to Sean Winter in the cutoff and he raised to 28,000, getting a call from Alex Foxen on the button.
After Nick Petrangelo folded his small blind, Ben Yu three-bet shoved from his big blind, Winter then four-bet shoved, Foxen folded and the players tabled their hands.
Yu: [Ac6h]
Winter: [QhQs]
The flop came [6d2h9d], which gave Yu hopes of making trips or two pair, but the [8h] turn and [Td] were of no help to him and he was eliminated.
Meanwhile, Winter added more chips to his already impressive chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Winter | 680,000 |
-3,000 |
| Ben Yu | Busted |
-95,000 |
Keith Tilston Eliminated by Sam Soverel
Keith Tilston moved all in for 106,000 from under the gun and Dennis Blieden called next to act before Sam Soverel moved all in over the top for 568,000. Action folded back to Blieden, and he folded.
Tilston: [KhQd]
Soverel: [AcKs]
The board ran out [QsAh6cJs2d] and Tilston was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Soverel | 805,000 |
237,000 |
| Dennis Blieden | 600,000 |
-106,000 |
| Keith Tilston | Busted |
-106,000 |
Chip Counts from Table 2
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Seth Davies | 367,000 |
-63,000 |
| Ryan Riess | 310,000 |
-25,000 |
| Manig Loeser | 282,000 |
-66,000 |
| Bryn Kenney | 183,000 |
-47,000 |
| Nick Schulman | 153,000 |
41,000 |
| Dan Smith | 123,000 |
-142,000 |
| Elio Fox | 118,000 |
1,000 |
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