Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-06-06 20:34 UTC-7

Prize Pool and Payout Structure Released

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Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

With registration officially closed, the total numbers are in. Today's event received a total of 1,739 entries, creating a prize pool worth $2,347,650.

The top 261 places will earn a prize, with the largest portion going to the eventual champion, who will be awarded a top prize of $391,960. Everyone who makes the money will take home at least $2,252.

Place	Prize
1	$391,960
2	$242,160
3	$174,559
4	$127,180
5	$93,667
6	$69,741
7	$52,503
8	$39,969
9	$30,774
10-12	$23,964
13-15	$18,878
16-18	$15,047
19-27	$12,135
28-36	$9,905
37-45	$8,183
46-54	$6,843
55-63	$5,795
64-72	$4,969
73-81	$4,315
82-90	$3,796
91-99	$3,383
100-126	$3,055
127-153	$2,796
154-180	$2,594
181-207	$2,440
208-234	$2,328
235-261	$2,252

2017-06-06 21:15 UTC-7

Hellmuth is On a Roller Coaster Ride

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Phil Hellmuth just had quite an orbit.

First, Hellmuth was all in with versus Scott Zhakim's . The board had already been killed, and the two got it in preflop for roughly 23,000 apiece. Zhakim got a full double-up, and Hellmuth was left with 650 chips.

Hellmuth folded the following hand, then was all-in for 500 in the big blind when this hand occurred: A player in middle position raised to 1,400. The small blind called, and Hellmuth was in for the main pot, while the other two players had built an 1,800-chip side pot. The flop was , and the small blind check-folded after the original raiser bet 1,700.

Hellmuth tabled , and his opponent showed . The board spiked the gutshot for Hellmuth on the turn when the hit, and the river bricked off a . Hellmuth was still alive.

Hellmuth folded his small blind the following hand.

In the next hand, the player under the gun raised to 1,400. Hellmuth moved all in on the button for 1,725 and was called by Zhakim in the small blind and Matt Milsna in the big blind. The original raiser also called.

The flop was , and Zhakim checked. Milsna moved all in for 12,375, and the under-the-gun player went all in covering him. Zhakim folded, and the hands were tabled.

Hellmuth
Milsna
Under the gun

The hit the turn, and the landed on the river, giving Hellmuth the nut flush, Milsna the king-high flush, and two pair for the player under the gun.

Hellmuth won the blinds and antes on the next hand and was close to 10,000 in chips again.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Scott Zhakim	48,000 25,000	25,000
Matt Milsna	25,000 25,000	25,000
Phil Hellmuth	19,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

2017-06-06 21:16 UTC-7

All Tanned Up in the Amazon

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Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Phil Collins	104,000 91,000	91,000
David Pham	70,000 40,000	40,000

Dave Shober	66,000 12,000	12,000
Mike Sexton	58,000 16,000	16,000

[Removed:412]	53,500 34,500	34,500
Nick Schulman	52,000 29,000	29,000

Jean-Pascal Savard	52,000 46,000	46,000
Adrian Mateos Diaz	51,500 9,000	9,000
Jared Jaffee	44,000 18,500	18,500

Roman Korenev	37,000 26,000	26,000

Mike Leah	35,000 -2,500	-2,500

Dzmitry Urbanovich	18,500 12,500	12,500

John Dolan	17,000 9,300	9,300
Moshin Charania	14,000 5,000	5,000
Martin Staszko	7,000 -15,000	-15,000
Joe McKeehen	Eliminado

2017-06-06 21:18 UTC-7

Final Break of the Day

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Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The 432 remaining players are now on their final 20-minute break of the day.

Nível: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

2017-06-06 21:59 UTC-7

Rivered Nut Flush Busts a Flopped Set of Queens

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Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Joshua Steiner's stack was cut down in front of him with laid beside it. The board read , and Steiner's heads-up opponent was pushing a double up's worth of chips into the pot.

From the chatter around the table, it sounds like Steiner's opponent had flopped a set of queens when all the money went in.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Joshua Steiner	60,000 52,500	52,500

Tags: Joshua Steiner

2017-06-06 22:01 UTC-7

Skip Still Chipping Up

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Skip Wilson was in early position and raised to 2,200. A player in the hijack three-bet all in for roughly 13,100. Wilson called.

Wilson tabled and his opponent showed .

The board ran out , and Wilson eliminated his opponent.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Skip Wilson	93,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Skip Wilson

2017-06-06 22:07 UTC-7

Shober Shows Who's Boss

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Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Dave Shober has been wielding a sizeable stack for quite some time and now recently added a bit more ammunition after knocking out another opponent.

Shober opened from under-the-gun and called a shove from a player in early position for 5,200. His opponent tabled , racing against Shober's .

The board ran out , and though his opponent flopped a ton of outs, Shober's pair held and scooped the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dave Shober	77,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Dave Shober

2017-06-06 22:18 UTC-7

"I Don't Want to Limp Into the Money"

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

With about 11,000 in the pot and the board reading , action was on Michael Wasserman, and he checked. Dennis Phillips was on the button and bet 4,000. Wasserman didn't waste any time moving all in, sending Phillips into the tank.

After analyzing things for a few minutes, Phillips figured, "I'm ahead at least 25 percent of the time if you have the flush draw," and then thought a bit more and added, "I don't want to limp into the money." He called, with Wasserman covering his all in of roughly 30,000.

Wasserman tabled , and Phillips showed , exclaiming, "I'm way ahead, yes!" He gave a little fist pump just before the river brought the , giving both players the straight and chopping the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Michael Wasserman	44,000 -11,000	-11,000
Dennis Phillips	35,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Dennis Phillips Michael Wasserman

Nível: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100