Event #1: $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

Nível: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

2017-05-31 20:24 UTC-7

Chip Up and Break Time

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Nível 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Tournament officials have stepped into the play area to color up the 100 chips, and players are headed onto a 20-minute break. There are currently 51 players remaining with six levels of play left in the evening.

2017-05-31 20:22 UTC-7

Vincent Russell Spikes an Ace

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Nível 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Vincent Russell limped from under-the-gun and the action was folded around to the button who raised. The blinds folded and Russell moved all-in. His opponent called for less and the cards were tabled.

Russell:
Opponent:

The board ran out , and Russell was able to spike an ace on the turn put the dagger in his opponent's tournament. Russell now has a sizeable stack to work with heading into the latter portion of Day 1.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Vincent Russell	115,000	115,000

2017-05-31 19:54 UTC-7

Salomon's Big Slick Stays Strong

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Nível 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Chris Salomon was able to get all of his chips in the middle preflop holding . His opponent was the player at risk with around 44,000 to start the hand and was dominated by Salomon with .

The board ran out clean for Salomon , securing the win.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Chris Solomon	95,000

Nível: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

2017-05-31 19:45 UTC-7

Joseph Dubois Doubles With Kings

Nível 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Action folded around to the player in the cutoff, and he raised to 5,500. Don McDonald was on the button and called, and Joseph Dubois decided to move all in for about 38,000 from the small blind. The cutoff tanked for a minute and eventually folded. After another few seconds, McDonald called.

Dubois:
McDonald:

Doubois was miles ahead of McDonald, and it stayed that way as the board ran out , giving Dubois new life.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Joseph Dubois	78,000

2017-05-31 19:40 UTC-7

All the Tens For Adrianne Hall

Nível 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Adrianne Hall was on her feet and cheering after calling her opponent's shove with . She was cheering because the board read , leaving her opponent's drawing dead.

Hall had plenty more to celebrate after she hit the on the river to make quads, just for good measure.

Hall has chipped up, and was overheard saying earlier, "I'm just happy to get my money back!" Hall will be doing more than that, as she is now guaranteed at least $1,056 with just 58 players remaining.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Adrianne Hall	65,000

Tags: Adrianne Hall

2017-05-31 19:34 UTC-7

Ryan Bevens Takes From the Leader

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Nível 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Ryan Bevens recently got involved in a hand with chip leader Don McDonald. With the flop reading , Bevens led out from middle position for 4,800 and McDonald called.

The turn was the and Bevens led out again for 5,200. Once again McDonald called.

The hit the river and Bevens led out one more time for 4,800. McDonald raised to 24,000 and Bevens quickly called. McDonald didn't want to show his hand so Bevens tabled for two pair, which was good enough to take down the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Don McDonald	186,000	-39,000
Ryan Bevens	92,200	51,500

2017-05-31 19:30 UTC-7

'Plinko' Binks a Big One

Nível 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The player in the hijack raised to 5,000, and the player on the button moved all in for 10,500. Josh 'Plinko' Clanton moved all in from the big blind for 30,500, and the player in the hijack went into the tank. After about a full minute, the hijack called.

Clanton:
Hijack:
Button:

Clanton was well ahead against his two opponents who held ace high. The flop came and Clanton let out a cheer and a huge fist pump after flopping a set. The turn was the , leaving the hijack and button drawing dead to the on the river.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Josh Clanton	80,000

Tags: Josh Clanton

Nível: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300