Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em
Dia 3 Começado
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em
Dias: 3
Event Info
Resultados Finais
Event Info
Informações do Nível
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$565
Premiação
$9,027,000
Entries
18,054
Nível
40
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000
Raul Martinez Requena Leads to Start Day 3 of Colossus III
Event #5 of the 2017 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino continues today as the Colossus III reaches the penultimate day in the search for a new champion and gold bracelet winner.
A total of 18,054 entries and 9,074 unique players over six starting flights generated a prize pool of $9,027,000 with the eventual winner guaranteed $1,000,000.
Day 2 was a whirlwind of eliminations as the field was scythed down from a starting number of 634 to today’s returning 41 players after 10 one-hour levels of play wrapping up at 3 am.
Raul Martinez Requena from the U.K. is the man out in front as the Day 3 chip leader on 5,270,000, while Erkut Yilmaz sits in second on 5,150,000 with Pojana Jenne currently in third with 4,700,000.
Other notables still in the hunt for a gold bracelet include Matt Affleck (2,890,000), Tom Hall (930,000), Gavin O'Rourke (3,000,000) and Michael Telker (2,155,000).
Today the survivors will play down to a final table of nine before they bag up their chips. Levels remain at one hour with breaks every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after Level 6 coming at approximately 8:30 pm. The clock will begin at Level 29 which is 40,000 / 80,000 with a ante of 10,000.
Cards are in the air at 2 p.m. in Brasilia over at Tables 700-713.
PokerNews is proud to return as the official Live Reporting partner of the WSOP 2017 so stay tuned as we bring you all the action from the felt as the Colossus strides on towards crowning a new champion who will become a millionaire.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Robert Hankins | United States | 2,400,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 2 | Jason Orrell | United States | 2,055,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Alexander Borteh | United States | 630,000 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | Erkut Yilmaz | United States | 5,150,000 | 64 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | Luke Brereton | United Kingdom | 2,190,000 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 6 | Yulius Sepman | Russia | 2,770,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 8 | Michael Telker | United States | 2,155,000 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 9 | Raul Martinez Requena | United Kingdom | 5,270,000 | 66 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Thomas Hall | United Kingdom | 930,000 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Ron Jenkins | United States | 1,140,000 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 3 | Pojana Jenne | United States | 4,700,000 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 4 | John Hanna | United States | 1,285,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 5 | Guifang Liu | United States | 700,000 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Anthony Utnage | United States | 865,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Mark Scacewater | United States | 2,800,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 9 | Tony Sinishtaj | United States | 2,875,000 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 1 | Hugo Perez | United States | 3,935,000 | 49 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 2 | Justin Gish | United States | 1,050,000 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 3 | Robert Webb | United States | 1,640,000 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 4 | Ronald Lemco | United States | 630,000 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 5 | Mark Babekov | United States | 1,434,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 6 | Farid Labib-Kiyarash | United States | 2,245,000 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 7 | Luke Vrabel | United States | 2,600,000 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 8 | Daniel Placencia | United States | 855,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 9 | Taylor Black | United States | 4,275,000 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 1 | Massoud Eskandari | United States | 1,220,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 2 | Christopher Mitts | United States | 4,680,000 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 4 | Mark Johnson Jr | United States | 890,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 5 | Benjamin Jones | United States | 2,485,000 | 31 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 6 | Matt Affleck | United States | 2,890,000 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 7 | Taylor Pollard | United States | 2,820,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 8 | Gavin O'Rourke | Ireland | 3,000,040 | 38 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 9 | Thomas Pomponio | United States | 4,265,000 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 1 | Kent Coppock | United States | 2,125,000 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 2 | Chad Davis | United States | 460,000 | 6 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 3 | Satsuki Ochiai | Japan | 1,080,000 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 4 | Ardavan Yazdi | United States | 3,735,000 | 47 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 5 | Robert Elliott | United States | 1,800,000 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Ralph Massey | United States | 1,500,000 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 7 | Steven Lauson | United States | 380,000 | 5 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 9 | Alexandru Masek | United States | 1,005,000 | 13 |
Nível: 29
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Daniel Placencia Early Day 3 Exit
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Farid Labib-Kiyarash opened the action and Daniel Placencia moved all in for 855,000. Taylor Black called and it got back to Labib-Kiyarash who thought for a moment or two before folding.
Daniel Placencia: 
Taylor Black: 
The board ran out 
.
Placencia picked up the flush draw on the flop, but bricked out to be one of the first eliminations of the day.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
5,100,000 | 825,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Early Fireworks; Steven Lauson Triples
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Chad Davis, Steven Lauson, and Alex Masek got all the chips in the middle preflop on the very first hand of the day. Masek had the biggest of the three stacks with 1,005,000, Davis had 460,000, and Lauson was the shortest with 380,000.
Masek held the only pocket pair of the bunch with 
, but had to fade a fistful of overcards since Davis tabled 
and Lauson showed 
.
The flop fell 
to give Lauson the nut flush and a near lock on the hand. The 
on the turn gave Davis a king-high flush for the side pot, and although the 
showed up on the river to give Masek a set of eights, it was too little too late. Lauson scooped the main pot to triple and Davis took the side pot but was left with only a single big blind.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
1,140,000 | 760,000 |
|
725,000 | -280,000 |
|
|
80,000 | -380,000 |
Anthony Utnage Dominated and Out
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Anthony Utnage shoved his short stack in the middle and Tony Sinishtaj, who had him just covered, moved in, too. No other callers, so the cards were on their backs.
Anthony Utnage: 
Tony Sinishtaj: 
“If you lose this one it’s not your day,” said Utnage of Sinishtaj’s dominating hand.
The cards ran 
to bust Utnage.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
2,700,000 | -175,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Chad Davis is Out
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Ralph Massey opened the action and both Kent Coppock and Chad Davis moved all-in. Massey folded to let the other two players fight it out.
Kent Coppock:
Chad Davis: 
The flop 
gave Davis some outs but the 
on the turn and the 
on the river didn't help in the end.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
2,355,000 | 230,000 |
|
|
Eliminado |
Guifang Liu Four-Bet Shoves Jacks to Bust
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Kent Coppock opened from under the gun and John Hanna in the small blind responded with a three-bet to 540,000. Guifang Liu in the big blind then moved all in for just under 1,700,000 and with Coppock having a quick think before folding Hanna made the call.
John Hanna:
Guifang Liu: 
.
The board ran out 
.
The stacks were counted and Hanna did indeed have Liu covered, sending the latter to the exits.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000 | 815,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Luke Vrabel Eliminates One Foe and Doubles Through Another
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Ronald Lemco moved all in from under the gun for approximately 480,000, Robert Elliott reshoved from middle position for about 2,100,000, and Luke Vrabel called all in for 1,830,000.
Lemco tabled 
, but he trailed both Elliott, who showed , and Vrabel, who dominated them both with .
The board ran out 
and Vrabel's hand stayed best. He rocketed out of his seat and let out an ear-splitting cheer, prompting a player at an adjacent table to tell him to take a deep breath.
"Don't tell me to take a deep breath!" Vrabel belted. "That was the biggest #$^@%$ spot of my life."
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
4,140,000 | 1,540,000 |
|
300,000 | -1,500,000 |
|
|
Eliminado |
Massoud Eskandari Taps Out
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Matt Affleck opened from early position and action got to Massoud Eskandari in the small blind who announced all in for just shy of 1,200,000.
The big blind folded and it got back to Affleck who got a count and called.
Massoud Eskandari:
Matt Affleck: 
A run out of 
saw the chips shipped to Affleck and Eskandari tapping out.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
4,100,000 | 1,210,000 |
|
Eliminado |