Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-06-30 11:18 UTC-7

Star-Studded Field Returns for Day 2 of Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'Em

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Many eyes will be on the star-studded field that is returning for Day 2 of Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'Em. The action is scheduled to get underway at 12:00 p.m. local time inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.

Nacho Barbero will lead the remaining 250 players to their seats with 230,300 chips in his bag. Not far behind him is another recognizable name in Juha Helppi who finished Day 1 with 193,200. David Coleman (205,200) and Carlos Chang (197,600) also had a strong first day and look to continue that through Day 2.

Matt Berkey (165,500), Michael Mizrachi (148,900), Olivier Busquet (144,000), Dietrich Fast (94,500), Ari Engel (91,100) and Dzmitry Urbanovich (47,600) will be among the other familiar faces to keep a close watch on throughout the day.

When the cards get in the air, they'll start with Level 11 at 600/1,200 blinds with a 200 ante. There will be a 15-minute break at the end of every two levels with a 60-minute dinner break at the end of the day's sixth level. Players will battle for 10 levels today and those remaining will bag and tag to return on Day 3.

The start-of-day table draw is below. Follow along with all of the live updates right here, courtesy of your PokerNews reporting team.

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Brasilia	702	1	Cheng Liu	China	87,400	73
Brasilia	702	2	Alex Miningham	United States	24,500	20
Brasilia	702	3	Fred Berger	United States	13,000	11
Brasilia	702	4	Raymond Langbraaten	Norway	158,700	132
Brasilia	702	5	Mike Watson	Canada	128,100	107
Brasilia	702	6	Miguel Seoane	United States	23,600	20
Brasilia	702	7	Simon Mattsson	United States	15,400	13
Brasilia	702	8	Huidong Gu	Macau	63,500	53
Brasilia	702	9	Taylor von Kriegenbergh	United States	61,400	51

Brasilia	703	2	Jeff Gross	United States	49,000	41
Brasilia	703	3	Alexander Farahi	United States	52,200	44
Brasilia	703	4	Shane Smith	United States	44,700	37
Brasilia	703	5	Aymon Hata	United States	40,600	34
Brasilia	703	6	Chris Hunichen	United States	102,700	86
Brasilia	703	7	Mike Vanier	United States	64,500	54
Brasilia	703	8	Andy Spears	United States	49,100	41
Brasilia	703	9	Ravi Raghavan	United States	57,600	48

Brasilia	704	1	Joseph Marchal	United States	21,700	18
Brasilia	704	2	Martin Staszko	Czech Republic	75,100	63
Brasilia	704	3	Jacob Bazeley	United States	59,000	49
Brasilia	704	4	Kelly Minkin	United States	96,700	81
Brasilia	704	5	[Removed:153]	Sweden	111,500	93
Brasilia	704	6	Michael Tureniec	Sweden	49,600	41
Brasilia	704	7	Joshua Hillock	United States	38,100	32
Brasilia	704	9	Federico Butteroni	Italy	47,200	39

Brasilia	705	1	Ryan Drossel	United States	39,700	33
Brasilia	705	2	Ken Fishman	United States	50,000	42
Brasilia	705	3	DID NOT REPORT 2	United States	1	0
Brasilia	705	4	Keven Stammen	United States	104,400	87
Brasilia	705	5	Kenneth Figueredo	United States	12,800	11
Brasilia	705	6	Lauren Roberts	United States	44,700	37
Brasilia	705	8	Thomas Boivin	Belgium	100,900	84
Brasilia	705	9	Tony Ruberto	United States	48,500	40

Brasilia	706	1	Frank Stepuchin	United States	65,700	55
Brasilia	706	2	Terry Fan	Taiwan	27,100	23
Brasilia	706	3	Adam Geyer	United States	63,500	53
Brasilia	706	4	Alfie Adam	United Kingdom	26,700	22
Brasilia	706	5	Donis Agnelli	IT	184,600	154
Brasilia	706	6	Mustapha Kanit	Italy	70,000	58
Brasilia	706	7	Dietrich Fast	Ireland	94,500	79
Brasilia	706	8	Arkadiy Tsinis	United States	107,700	90
Brasilia	706	9	Luis Velador	United States	42,500	35

Brasilia	707	1	Huihan Wu	United States	43,500	36
Brasilia	707	2	Jim Carroll	United States	70,300	59
Brasilia	707	3	Sixiao Li	China	47,500	40
Brasilia	707	4	Simon Lam	United States	117,600	98
Brasilia	707	5	Dominik Wagner	Germany	132,700	111
Brasilia	707	6	Daniel Dizenzo	United States	99,300	83
Brasilia	707	7	Tom McCormick	United States	52,700	44
Brasilia	707	8	Bryan Piccioli	United States	43,100	36
Brasilia	707	9	Steve Foutty	United States	103,100	86

Brasilia	708	1	Lisa Hamilton	United States	53,900	45
Brasilia	708	2	Robert Brobyn	United States	42,000	35
Brasilia	708	3	Taylor Black	United States	46,900	39
Brasilia	708	4	Maria Ho	United States	19,400	16
Brasilia	708	5	Yaron Zeev Malki	Israel	99,200	83
Brasilia	708	6	Daniel Zack	United States	52,400	44
Brasilia	708	7	Pablo Fernandez Campo	United Kingdom	22,800	19
Brasilia	708	8	Robert Peacock	United States	18,700	16
Brasilia	708	9	James Cavanaugh	United States	34,400	29

Brasilia	709	1	Pratyush Buddiga	United States	72,000	60
Brasilia	709	2	George Konkle	United States	24,700	21
Brasilia	709	3	Richard Lowe	United States	53,100	44
Brasilia	709	4	Nathan Weed	United States	28,800	24
Brasilia	709	5	Craig McCorkell	United States	52,200	44
Brasilia	709	6	Li Fu	China	63,200	53
Brasilia	709	7	Ayman Qutami	United States	10,000	8
Brasilia	709	8	Ryan Laplante	United States	49,700	41
Brasilia	709	9	Aleks Dimitrov	Bulgaria	92,800	77

Brasilia	710	1	Onur Unsal	United States	83,700	70
Brasilia	710	2	Adrian Attenborough	Australia	51,700	43
Brasilia	710	3	Aditya Agarwal	Canada	135,000	113
Brasilia	710	4	Samuel Ganzfried	United States	22,400	19
Brasilia	710	5	James Hughes	United States	56,500	47
Brasilia	710	6	Calvin Anderson	United States	72,200	60
Brasilia	710	7	Damian Salas	Argentina	95,300	79
Brasilia	710	8	Jonathan Therme	France	83,400	70
Brasilia	710	9	Tim West	United States	64,800	54

Brasilia	711	1	Martin Kabrhel	Czech Republic	53,500	45
Brasilia	711	2	Steven Tabb	United States	40,300	34
Brasilia	711	3	Steven Mccartney	United States	27,000	23
Brasilia	711	4	Henry Fewster	United Kingdom	53,400	45
Brasilia	711	5	Ari Engel	United States	91,100	76
Brasilia	711	6	Kayhan Molaci	Turkey	25,400	21
Brasilia	711	7	Zorlu Er	Turkey	108,600	91
Brasilia	711	8	Bahar Musa	Bulgaria	23,900	20
Brasilia	711	9	Jason Pritchard	Australia	108,500	90

Brasilia	712	1	Benoit Lam	France	27,000	23
Brasilia	712	2	Kework Besiktasliyan	Ireland	60,800	51
Brasilia	712	3	Greg Merson	United States	21,900	18
Brasilia	712	4	Markus Gonsalves	United States	51,100	43
Brasilia	712	5	Juha Helppi	Finland	193,200	161
Brasilia	712	6	Ivan Luca	Argentina	23,700	20
Brasilia	712	7	Fiodor Martino	Italy	51,600	43
Brasilia	712	8	Allen Pock	United States	90,700	76
Brasilia	712	9	Jeff Hakim	Lebanon	55,100	46

Brasilia	713	1	Jose Tavares	United States	50,000	42
Brasilia	713	2	Anatoly Filatov	United States	82,000	68
Brasilia	713	3	Ognjen Sekularac	Germany	66,500	55
Brasilia	713	4	Herb Montalbano	United States	41,400	35
Brasilia	713	5	Eric Blair	United States	14,000	12
Brasilia	713	6	Chad Layne	United States	131,700	110
Brasilia	713	7	Mark Rabkin	United States	71,900	60
Brasilia	713	8	Fernando Brito	Germany	38,500	32
Brasilia	713	9	Mark Scacewater	United States	22,000	18

Brasilia	714	1	Greg Jennings	United States	55,300	46
Brasilia	714	2	Brett Shaffer	United States	15,000	13
Brasilia	714	3	Favio Gandelman	United States	40,100	33
Brasilia	714	4	Nacho Barbero	Canada	230,300	192
Brasilia	714	5	Adam White	United States	88,800	74
Brasilia	714	7	Kenneth Smaron	United States	83,000	69
Brasilia	714	8	Olivier Busquet	United States	144,000	120
Brasilia	714	9	Marton Czuczor	Hungary	82,100	68

Brasilia	715	1	Anton Astapau	Latvia	24,400	20
Brasilia	715	2	Georgios Sotiropoulos	Greece	138,600	116
Brasilia	715	3	Hon Cheong Lee	Hong Kong	35,200	29
Brasilia	715	4	Kristofer Homerding	United States	34,700	29
Brasilia	715	5	Ramon Sorgatto	Brazil	91,000	76
Brasilia	715	6	Darren Rabinowitz	United States	67,100	56
Brasilia	715	7	Thomas Lutz	United States	59,300	49
Brasilia	715	8	Natasha Mercier	United States	24,400	20
Brasilia	715	9	Robert Hankins	United States	60,500	50

Brasilia	716	1	Till Kollender	Germany	80,900	67
Brasilia	716	2	Erich Gmur	United States	29,200	24
Brasilia	716	3	Thomas Miller	United States	41,600	35
Brasilia	716	4	Peter Braglia	United States	95,600	80
Brasilia	716	5	Ken Einiger	United States	45,500	38
Brasilia	716	6	Haixia Zhang	United States	43,500	36
Brasilia	716	7	Bart Hanson	United States	73,800	62
Brasilia	716	8	Davidi Kitai	United States	16,900	14
Brasilia	716	9	Zhaoxing Wang	United States	62,800	52

Brasilia	717	1	Kristina Holst	United States	49,300	41
Brasilia	717	2	Pascal Hartman	Germany	35,200	29
Brasilia	717	3	Tong Li	China	50,000	42
Brasilia	717	4	Ronald Connor	United States	43,900	37
Brasilia	717	5	Feng Zhou	China	78,700	66
Brasilia	717	6	Jason Mercier	United States	131,900	110
Brasilia	717	7	Stuart Gelwarg	United States	47,500	40
Brasilia	717	8	Romain Lewis	France	33,100	28
Brasilia	717	9	David Coleman	United States	205,200	171

Brasilia	718	1	Farhad Jamasi	United States	64,100	53
Brasilia	718	2	Justin Liberto	United States	87,700	73
Brasilia	718	3	Mitchell Watson	Australia	4,000	3
Brasilia	718	4	Jean-Pascal Savard	United States	56,100	47
Brasilia	718	5	Jerry Odeen	Greece	10,700	9
Brasilia	718	6	Justin Adams	United States	74,300	62
Brasilia	718	7	Ivan Deyra	France	15,800	13
Brasilia	718	8	Joao Vieira	Portugal	54,000	45
Brasilia	718	9	Joel Ettedgi	United Kingdom	15,000	13

Brasilia	719	1	Jonathan Concepcion	Spain	58,200	49
Brasilia	719	2	Paul Volpe	United States	32,900	27
Brasilia	719	3	Walter Treccarichi	Canada	41,800	35
Brasilia	719	4	Conor Beresford	United Kingdom	126,600	106
Brasilia	719	5	Dmitry Yurasov	Russia	35,500	30
Brasilia	719	6	Sergio Cabrera	Greece	84,200	70
Brasilia	719	7	Christian Rudolph	Germany	37,900	32
Brasilia	719	8	Michael Osullivan	Ireland	80,200	67
Brasilia	719	9	Andrew Wilmot	United States	65,300	54

Brasilia	720	1	Claas Segebrecht	Hungary	100,300	84
Brasilia	720	2	Chun Yam	United Kingdom	107,700	90
Brasilia	720	3	Pete Chen	Taiwan	170,000	142
Brasilia	720	4	Sean Getzwiller	United States	28,800	24
Brasilia	720	5	Guy Pariente	France	23,500	20
Brasilia	720	6	Joseph Elpayaa	United States	51,400	43
Brasilia	720	7	Andy Park	United States	38,700	32
Brasilia	720	8	Maria Lampropulos	Argentina	49,200	41
Brasilia	720	9	Raul Martinez Requena	United Kingdom	40,400	34

Brasilia	721	1	Daniel Houlbrook	United States	53,700	45
Brasilia	721	2	Jesse Yaginuma	United States	48,700	41
Brasilia	721	3	Carlos Chang	Taiwan	197,600	165
Brasilia	721	4	Jonathan Little	United States	99,100	83
Brasilia	721	5	Niklas Astedt	Sweden	41,300	34
Brasilia	721	6	Michael Delvecchio III	United States	87,800	73
Brasilia	721	7	Giuseppe Pantaleo	Germany	67,400	56
Brasilia	721	8	Chris Klodnicki	United States	93,500	78
Brasilia	721	9	Cate Hall	United States	42,900	36

Brasilia	722	1	DID NOT REPORT 1	United States	36,000	30
Brasilia	722	2	Brent Hanks	United States	29,400	25
Brasilia	722	3	David Kelsey	United States	34,300	29
Brasilia	722	4	Kiryl Radzivonau	Russia	73,400	61
Brasilia	722	5	Matt Berkey	United States	165,500	138
Brasilia	722	6	Mark Zullo	United States	110,000	92
Brasilia	722	7	Ty Reiman	United States	68,500	57
Brasilia	722	8	Zhong Wang	United States	60,400	50
Brasilia	722	9	Julian Stuer	Germany	157,600	131

Brasilia	723	1	Remy Biechel	France	40,500	34
Brasilia	723	2	Philip Tom	United States	75,600	63
Brasilia	723	3	Saurabh Patel	United States	70,300	59
Brasilia	723	4	Dong Zhao	China	100,800	84
Brasilia	723	5	Stephen Cartner	Canada	109,800	92
Brasilia	723	6	Joshua Beckley	United States	69,700	58
Brasilia	723	7	Pierre Neuville	Belgium	53,500	45
Brasilia	723	8	Xuming Qi	China	22,800	19
Brasilia	723	9	Joshua Gordon	United States	44,800	37

Brasilia	724	1	Laurent Polito	France	84,500	70
Brasilia	724	2	Fumimasa Hirasawa	Japan	39,500	33
Brasilia	724	3	Jay Sharon	United States	24,600	21
Brasilia	724	4	Daniel Fischer	United States	37,500	31
Brasilia	724	5	Nick Schulman	United States	98,400	82
Brasilia	724	6	Gil Morgensztern	Australia	72,000	60
Brasilia	724	7	Andrew Ryan	United States	16,700	14
Brasilia	724	8	Edouard Echinard	United States	63,200	53
Brasilia	724	9	Adrien Delmas	United Kingdom	23,200	19

Brasilia	725	1	Kane Kalas	United States	53,500	45
Brasilia	725	2	[Removed:14]	United States	104,400	87
Brasilia	725	3	Dzmitry Urbanovich	Poland	47,600	40
Brasilia	725	4	Hoan Nguyen	United States	57,400	48
Brasilia	725	5	Robert Henderson	United States	11,300	9
Brasilia	725	6	Yin Liu	China	93,300	78
Brasilia	725	7	Manig Loeser	Germany	27,900	23
Brasilia	725	8	Greg Buonocore	United States	55,700	46
Brasilia	725	9	Norberto Korn	Germany	29,300	24

Brasilia	726	1	Lev Milman	United States	24,600	21
Brasilia	726	2	Akash Malik	Germany	28,600	24
Brasilia	726	3	Yaxi Zhu	China	135,500	113
Brasilia	726	4	Bertrand Rosique	France	42,400	35
Brasilia	726	5	Yunsheng Sun	China	35,000	29
Brasilia	726	6	Babak Badkoubei	United States	63,800	53
Brasilia	726	7	Matt Affleck	United States	69,800	58
Brasilia	726	8	Marc-Andre Ladouceur	Canada	102,400	85
Brasilia	726	9	Andy Hwang	United States	125,000	104

Brasilia	727	1	Isaac Baron	United States	37,400	31
Brasilia	727	2	Alexander Ivarsson	Sweden	116,200	97
Brasilia	727	3	Michael Mizrachi	United States	148,900	124
Brasilia	727	4	Philip Leibow	United States	21,000	18
Brasilia	727	5	Bradley Snider	United States	28,500	24
Brasilia	727	6	Peter Robinson	United Kingdom	47,200	39
Brasilia	727	7	Kunal Patni	United States	85,600	71
Brasilia	727	8	Jimmy Guerrero	France	54,000	45
Brasilia	727	9	Ardit Kurshumi	United States	22,400	19

Brasilia	728	1	Jan Eric Schwippert	Germany	63,500	53
Brasilia	728	2	Ankush Mandavia	United States	30,400	25
Brasilia	728	3	Danny Wong	United States	71,300	59
Brasilia	728	4	Matthew Greenwald	United States	13,400	11
Brasilia	728	5	Jeffrey Epstein	United States	19,200	16
Brasilia	728	6	Matt Stout	United States	82,300	69
Brasilia	728	7	Sam Grafton	United Kingdom	35,500	30
Brasilia	728	8	Artem Metalidi	Ireland	55,900	47
Brasilia	728	9	Barny Boatman	United Kingdom	70,000	58

Brasilia	729	1	Matt Salsberg	United States	37,100	31
Brasilia	729	2	Benjamin Heath	United Kingdom	114,700	96
Brasilia	729	3	Didier Guerin	United States	16,200	14
Brasilia	729	4	Quang Ngo	United States	30,100	25
Brasilia	729	5	Manuel Mutke	Germany	51,300	43
Brasilia	729	6	Felix Bleiker	Switzerland	34,000	28
Brasilia	729	7	Mike Sowers	United States	114,900	96
Brasilia	729	8	Gary Klionsky	United States	14,600	12
Brasilia	729	9	Steve Karp	United States	48,900	41

Tags: Ari Engel Dietrich Fast Dzmitry Urbanovich Juha Helppi Matt Berkey Michael Mizrachi Nacho Barbero Olivier Busquet

2017-06-30 14:32 UTC-7

Updated Stacks: Natasha Mercier Looks to Best Last Year's Third-Place Finish

Nível 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Natasha Mercier started the day with 24,400 chips and now sits on almost triple that amount after the first break of the day.

Mercier finished in third in this same event last year to earn herself $348,374 plus a husband! It was in this event that her now husband, Jason Mercier, proposed to her. Should she win this event this week, who knows what she will get this year!

While last year's finish was her best career cash, she came closer to winning a bracelet in 2015 when she finished as runner-up in Event #20: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em for $284,911, falling to Benjamin Zamani.

Look for Mercier to continue to go deep and building on her $1.1 million-plus career earnings.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
David Coleman	265,000 59,800	59,800
Sergio Cabrera	200,000 -2,000	-2,000
Michael Delvecchio III	135,000 47,200	47,200
Bart Hanson	115,000 -18,000	-18,000
Arkadiy Tsinis	95,000 -12,700	-12,700

Mustapha Kanit	85,000 15,000	15,000

Cate Hall	80,000 37,100	37,100
Joseph Elpayaa	80,000 28,600	28,600
Darren Rabinowitz	80,000 12,900	12,900
Jonathan Little	70,000 -29,100	-29,100
Natasha Mercier	63,000 38,600	38,600
Jeff Gross	62,000 25,000	25,000
Davidi Kitai	60,000 43,100	43,100

Pratyush Buddiga	60,000 -12,000	-12,000
Federico Butteroni	60,000 12,800	12,800
Jean-Pascal Savard	53,000 -19,000	-19,000
Jacob Bazeley	40,000 -26,000	-26,000

Tags: Ben Zamani Natasha Mercier

2017-06-30 14:57 UTC-7

David Coleman Climbs to the Top

Nível 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Action folded around to Mustapha Kanit on the button and he raised it up to 4,500. David Coleman three-bet to 14,700 from the small blind and Kanit thought about it for a minute before deciding to call.

The flop came and Coleman led out for 14,200. Kanit paused and tossed in some chips to call.

The turn was the . Coleman wasted no time and slid forward a stack of orange chips worth 100,000, clearly putting Kanit to the test for his last 55,000 chips. Kanit went into the tank and decided to muck his hand.

Coleman has now built his stack up to 340,000 to put him at the top of the counts.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
David Coleman	340,000 75,000	75,000
Mustapha Kanit	55,000 -30,000	-30,000

Tags: David Coleman Mustapha Kanit

2017-06-30 15:07 UTC-7

Kelly Minkin Finds a Double

Nível 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Keven Stammen raised to 4,500 from under the gun and action folded to Kelly Minkin in middle position. She thought for a full minute before announcing that she was all in for her last 33,100 chips. Stammen wasted no time and called.

Minkin was at risk but ahead with , flipping with Stammen's .

The flop came and Minkin was still ahead with two sixes. The turn was the and Minkin smiled and said, "That's a pretty good turn." The river was the insignificant and Minkin doubled up.

"I knew you weren't folding. I was hoping it was ace-king!" Minkin continued.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Keven Stammen	180,000 75,600	75,600

Kelly Minkin	70,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Kelly Minkin Keven Stammen

2017-06-30 15:28 UTC-7

Mustapha Kanit Doubles Through Ronald Connor

Nível 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Ronald Connor raised to 5,200 from middle position and Adrian Attenborough called from the hijack. Mustapha Kanit was in the cutoff and moved all in for his last 44,700. Connor went into the tank for about a minute and decided to move all in for 49,800. Attenborough quickly got out of the way.

Kanit was at risk but ahead with , up against Connor's .

The board ran out and Kanit doubled through, leaving Connor with just 5,100 chips.

As Kanit was stacking chips he smiled and looked over at chip leader David Coleman and said, "That was an important one. Now I need to win one from you and I'll be happy."

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mustapha Kanit	105,000 50,000	50,000

Ronald Connor	5,100 -61,900	-61,900

Tags: David Coleman Mustapha Kanit Ronald Connor

2017-06-30 16:11 UTC-7

Matt Affleck Straightens Out to Eliminate Steven Tabb

Nível 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Babak Badkoubei raised to 6,000 from the hijack and Matt Affleck called from the cutoff. Steven Tabb was in the big blind and moved all in for 46,800. Badkoubei thought for about a minute but eventually folded. Affleck asked for a count and decided to call.

Tabb was at risk and ahead with , up against Affleck's .

The flop came and Affleck flopped a monster draw with outs to make a flush or a straight. The turn was the to complete his straight, and the river was the to send Tabb to the rail.

Here is a look at the counts for the rest of the players on Table 726:

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Matt Affleck	275,000 149,000	149,000
Dietrich Fast	240,000 145,500	145,500

Aleks Dimitrov	175,000 82,200	82,200
Ryan Drossel	96,000 56,300	56,300
Ivan Luca	72,000 35,000	35,000

Babak Badkoubei	45,000 -18,800	-18,800
Andy Hwang	45,000 -80,000	-80,000
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	42,000 -58,000	-58,000
Steven Tabb	Eliminado

Tags: Matt Affleck Steven Tabb Babak Badkoubei

2017-06-30 17:13 UTC-7

Pierre Neuville Flops It

Nível 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Pierre Neuville raised to 6,500 from middle position and Dong Zhao called from the small blind.

The flop came and Zhao checked. Neuville bet 6,500 and Zhao check-raised to 17,500. Neuville asked how much and then put his glasses on and stood up to look at the board. He sat back down and called.

The turn was the and Zhao checked this time. Neuville paused for a moment and bet 17,000. Zhao called.

The river was the and both players checked. Zhao tabled for two pairs, nines and eights, but Neuville tabled for an ace-high flush and scooped the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Pierre Neuville	200,000 100,000	100,000
Dong Zhao	195,000 94,200	94,200

Tags: Dong Zhao Pierre Neuville

2017-06-30 18:36 UTC-7

Helppi Makes a Big Call Near the Bubble

Nível 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The money bubble is just two eliminations away, and a big pot was brewing on table 719 just before the dinner break.

With about 100,000 in the middle, on a board reading , Jack Salter checked from the big blind and Juha Helppi bet 52,000 from the cutoff. Salter paused for a minute before moving all in, having Helppi covered by a lot. Helppi had 226,000 total, and had a big decision to make with the money bubble looming.

Helppi went into the tank for several minutes, clearly agonized by the decision. A crowd started to form as players headed on a dinner break. Salter remained still the entire time until Helppi finally called.

Salter gave Helppi a thumbs up and rapped the table, showing for two pair eights and fives. Helppi tabled for a straight to the eight and raked in the massive pot.

Salter asked, "If I made it 150,000 would you have folded?" Helppi replied, "It would've been much easier to fold if you made it 150,000."

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Juha Helppi	575,000 362,500	362,500

Jack Salter	327,000 -143,000	-143,000

Tags: Jack Salter Juha Helppi

2017-06-30 20:07 UTC-7

Cate Hall Survives the Bubble and Doubles

Nível 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

On a board reading , Cate Hall was in the big blind and all in for her last 38,000 chips. Simon Lam was in early position and gave her action.

Hall had the best of it with and was at risk against Lam's .

The turn was the and the river was the , giving Hall a much-needed double up.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Simon Lam	137,000 19,400	19,400
Cate Hall	115,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Cate Hall Simon Lam

2017-06-30 20:13 UTC-7

Help-pi!

Nível 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Andy Park limped in from the cutoff and Juha Helppi raised to 23,500 from the small blind. Claas Segebrecht was in the big blind and called for his last 18,500. Park went into the tank and took a sip of his coffee before deciding to call.

The flop came and Helppi decided to check. Park paused for a moment and bet 25,000. Helppi thought about his next move and decided to put in a check-raise to 50,000. Park grabbed his coffee again and took several slow sips before deciding to fold.

"Ace-queen of hearts one time?!" laughed Segebrecht as he tabled . Unfortunately for him. Helppi tabled for two pairs and he needed to hit one of the two remaining fours in the deck to survive. The turn was the and the river was the , sending Segebrecht to the rail.

Helppi now has a mountain of chips in front of him and appears to have the top stack for the moment.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Juha Helppi	630,000 55,000	55,000

Andy Park	120,000 -170,000	-170,000
Claas Segebrecht	Eliminado

Tags: Andy Park Claas Segebrecht Juha Helppi