Event #33: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-06-17 14:58 UTC-7

Finger Out

Nível 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

No luck for German professional Martin Finger today. The 2013 6-Max bracelet winner registered late, couldn’t get going, and left early.

Also just spotted in the field, Martin Staszko.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
James Dempsey	8,500 8,500	8,500

Tom Hall	7,200 7,200	7,200
Martin Staszko	6,800
Scott Davies	4,600 4,600	4,600

Martin Finger	Eliminado

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2017-06-17 15:01 UTC-7

A player in early position limped, a middle position player raised to 575, the hijack called, and Alex Keating went all in from the cutoff for 6,725. Only the middle position player called for 4,950 total and the cards were turned up.

Middle-position player:
Keating:

The board ran out and Keating doubled his opponent up.

In the next hand, it was folded around to Keating on the button and he moved all in again for 1,750. Sam Stein called from the small blind and Shyam Srinivasan raised to 7,050 from the big blind. Stein folded and the players showed their hands.

Keating:
Srinivasan:

Stein claimed that he folded as well and Srinivasan said, "No you didn't."

The board came and Keating spiked a nine on the river to triple up.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sam Stein	9,900 2,600	2,600
Shyam Srinivasan	9,150 2,150	2,150
Alex Keating	5,500 5,500	5,500

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2017-06-17 15:13 UTC-7

When Puchkov Comes to Shove

Nível 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Konstantin Puchkov had opened under the gun and got called by the player in the small blind and Bruno Politano in the big blind.

All three checked the flop of .

On the turn card , the player in the small blind bet 700, got a call from Politano, and then Puchkov raised, resulting in a call from the small blind and a fold from Politano.

The river was the and, when it was checked to Puchkov, he shoved all in for around 6,000. His opponent mucked.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Konstantin Puchkov	14,000 3,200	3,200

Bruno Politano	7,000 175	175

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2017-06-17 15:18 UTC-7

Some Updated Stacks

Nível 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Maria Ho	18,700 11,200	11,200
Brian Altman	17,200 7,200	7,200
Jonathan Tamayo	16,700 8,700	8,700
Joe Serok	13,000 4,000	4,000
Zo Karim	12,000 -4,000	-4,000
Nick Palma	5,700 -2,650	-2,650
Jason Les	4,425 4,425	4,425
Bernard Lee	Eliminado
DJ MacKinnon	Eliminado
Andre Akkari	Eliminado

2017-06-17 15:24 UTC-7

Second Break

Nível 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

The remaining players are on their second 20-minute break of the day.

While you wait, catch up on The Chainsaw Report.

Nível: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

2017-06-17 16:00 UTC-7

Todd Rodgers Cashing & Giving Back with “Send Me On Vacation.org”

Nível 5 : 150/300, 50 ante

Todd Rodgers, a Las Vegas resident, is sitting on a stack of 22,000 and is regularly updating his count via the MyStack app to keep his family and friends informed of his progress.

Rodgers has already cashed in The Colossus and has made the money and Day 2 of The Giant.

While winning money at the tables is important to him, giving something back to society is of far greater importance.

Rodgers is involved in a charity called "Send Me On Vacation.org".

In conjunction with the timeshare industry, they hold a charity poker tournament to raise money for airfares to send breast cancer survivors on a free holiday. The next event Rodgers is currently in the middle of planning will be held at Caesars next April.

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2017-06-17 16:06 UTC-7

Some Post-Break Counts

Nível 5 : 150/300, 50 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Men Nguyen	21,800 9,550	9,550

Jose Ignacio Barbero	21,700 7,100	7,100

Henry Tran	19,125 19,125	19,125
Scott Montgomery	19,100 19,100	19,100

Jared Hamby	18,000 18,000	18,000

Aaron Massey	16,000 7,500	7,500
Ylon Schwartz	10,700 -6,900	-6,900

Aron Dermer	10,000 4,600	4,600
Shaun Deeb	9,100 9,100	9,100

Walter Treccarichi	9,000 1,950	1,950
Allen Cunningham	8,100 300	300

Manig Loeser	8,000 8,000	8,000

Joe Kuether	7,700 2,350	2,350
David "Bakes" Baker	7,500 -525	-525

Aditya Agarwal	7,275 7,275	7,275
Sam Abernathy	7,200 1,200	1,200
Shannon Shorr	6,800 1,650	1,650

Jared Jaffe	6,425 6,425	6,425
Jesse Sylvia	6,175 6,175	6,175
Jay Farber	4,025 1,925	1,925
Ismael Bojang	4,000 4,000	4,000

Ralph Massey	Eliminado
Mark Radoja	Eliminado

2017-06-17 16:23 UTC-7

Sam Grafton: “The Year of Tight Poker”

Nível 5 : 150/300, 50 ante

There was an open for 700 and Sam Grafton flat called.

Behind him, a third player moved all in and yet another player moved all in for a bigger stack. The initial raiser folded but Grafton was excited to see so much action and he too was all in.

Grafton tabled and was against the smaller stack’s and the bigger stack’s

The board ran out .

A delighted Grafton more than tripled up.

“The year of tight poker. Queens full is no good against me,” Grafton declared.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sam Grafton	32,000 32,000	32,000

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2017-06-17 16:24 UTC-7

Stout Stacking

Nível 5 : 150/300, 50 ante

Matt Stout from the small blind, a player in middle position and the hijack all checked the flop.

On the turn, it was checked to the hijack who bet 2,500. Stout raised to 5,800, the middle-position player got out of the way and the hijack went all in. Stout snap-called and the players turned over their hands.

Stout:
Hijack:

Stout had flopped a flush and had his opponent drawing dead. The river was the and Stout eliminated his opponent.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Matt Stout	37,000 9,300	9,300

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