Event #6: High Roller for One Drop - $111,111 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-06-03 12:14 UTC-7

Day 2 Begins With Martin Jacobson Leading

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Welcome to Day 2 coverage of Event #6: High Roller for One Drop - $111,111 No-Limit Hold'em

A total of 119 entries took part in the action on Day 1 and, after eight one-hour levels, 79 players still remain. Registration remains open until the start of Level 11 (about 4:20 p.m.), so the field size should tick up when all is said and done.

On top of the chip counts entering Day 2 is 2014 Main Event champion Martin Jacobson with 1,677,000. A late surge in the last two levels of Day 1 propelled Jacobson to the top of the counts, while the previous chip leaders had slipped from what had been a peak of about 2.1 million.

Rounding out the top five are Charlie Carrel with 1,624,000, Doug Polk with 1,522,000, Brian Rast with 1,456,000, and Dan Smith with 1,360,000. Big One for One Drop champions Antonio Esfandiari and Dan Colman are both still in with 905,000 and 377,000, respectively. Fresh off his bracelet win in Event 2, Igor Kurganov bagged a solid stack of 650,000, and many other big names remain as well.

Cards will be in the air at 2 p.m. and the plan for the day is to play another eight levels.

Below is the Day 2 table and seat draw:

Tournament Room	Tables	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Brasilia	700	3	Bryn Kenney	United States	740,000	61
Brasilia	700	4	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	1,179,000	98
Brasilia	700	5	Seth Davies	United States	456,0000	38
Brasilia	700	6	Dan Shak	United States	739,000	61
Brasilia	700	7	Tobias Ziegler	United States	704,000	58

Brasilia	701	1	Ankush Mandavia	United States	224,000	18
Brasilia	701	2	Dan Colman	United States	377,000	31
Brasilia	701	3	Igor Kurganov	Russia	650,000	54
Brasilia	701	4	Moritz Dietrich	Austria	578,000	48
Brasilia	701	5	Antonio Esfandiari	United States	905,000	75

Brasilia	702	2	John Juanda	Indonesia	574,000	48
Brasilia	702	4	Sam Soverel	United States	242,000	20
Brasilia	702	5	Manig Loeser	Germany	217,000	18
Brasilia	702	7	Charlie Carrel	United Kingdom	1,624,000	135
Brasilia	702	8	Adrian Mateos	Spain	1,210,000	101

Brasilia	703	1	Steffen Schillhabel	Germany	371,000	31
Brasilia	703	5	Christian Christner	Germany	946,000	79
Brasilia	703	6	Ari Engel	Canada	479,000	40
Brasilia	703	7	John Morgan	United States	659,000	55
Brasilia	703	8	Nick Schulman	United States	799,000	66

Brasilia	704	1	James Chen	Taiwan	1,013,000	84
Brasilia	704	3	Felipe Ramos	Brazil	732,000	61
Brasilia	704	4	Niall Farrell	United Kingdom	584,000	48
Brasilia	704	6	Jake Schindler	United States	877,000	73
Brasilia	704	8	Scott Seiver	United States	1,199,000	100

Brasilia	705	2	Michael Kamran	United States	685,000	57
Brasilia	705	4	Ivab Luca	Argentina	774,000	64
Brasilia	705	5	Xuming Qi	China	1,137,000	95
Brasilia	705	7	Andrew Lichtenberger	United States	210,000	17
Brasilia	705	8	Jason Mercier	United States	589,000	49

Brasilia	706	1	Rainer Kempe	Germany	1,271,000	106
Brasilia	706	2	Erik Seidel	United States	339,000	28
Brasilia	706	3	Martin Finger	Germany	1,178,000	98
Brasilia	706	6	Robert Mizrachi	United States	227,000	19
Brasilia	706	7	Carl Leckner	United States	651,000	54
Brasilia	706	8	Bertrand Grospellier	France	888,000	74

Brasilia	707	1	Oleksii Khoroshenin	Ukraine	306,000	25
Brasilia	707	2	Chris Moore	United States	364,000	30
Brasilia	707	3	Haralabos Voulgaris	Canada	1,140,000	95
Brasilia	707	6	Cary Katz	United States	1,022,000	85
Brasilia	707	7	Isaac Haxton	United States	676,000	56

Brasilia	708	2	Phil Hellmuth	United States	617,000	51
Brasilia	708	3	Dario Sammartino	Italy	1,009,000	84
Brasilia	708	4	Blake Bohn	United States	489,000	40
Brasilia	708	5	Dan Smith	United States	1,360,000	113
Brasilia	708	7	Sam Stein	United States	601,000	50

Brasilia	709	1	Ryan Riess	United States	639,000	53
Brasilia	709	2	Lawrence Greenberg	United States	533,000	44
Brasilia	709	5	Sean Winter	United States	391,000	33
Brasilia	709	7	Anthony Zinno	United States	297,000	25
Brasilia	709	8	Jason Les	United States	238,000	20

Brasilia	710	1	Dietrich Fast	Germany	1,019,000	85
Brasilia	710	3	Martin Jacobson	Sweden	1,677,000	140
Brasilia	710	5	Andrew Robl	United States	497,000	41
Brasilia	710	7	Ben Tollerene	United States	546,000	46

Brasilia	711	1	Ben Sulsky	United States	1,018,000	85
Brasilia	711	2	Jason Koon	United States	633,000	53
Brasilia	711	3	Phil Galfond	United States	729,000	61
Brasilia	711	4	Michael Rosenfeld	United States	808,000	67
Brasilia	711	6	Paul Volpe	United States	844,000	70
Brasilia	711	7	Steffen Sontheimer	Germany	559,000	47

Brasilia	712	2	Doug Polk	United States	1,522,000	127
Brasilia	712	3	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	451,000	38
Brasilia	712	5	Connor Drinan	United States	662,000	55
Brasilia	712	6	Sergio Aido	Spain	801,000	67
Brasilia	712	7	Koray Aldemir	Germany	1,034,000	86
Brasilia	712	8	Jack Salter	United Kingdom	942,000	79

Brasilia	713	1	Brandon Steven	United States	512,000	43
Brasilia	713	3	Simon Lam	United States	918,000	77
Brasilia	713	4	Lauren Roberts	United States	266,000	22
Brasilia	713	5	Jonathan Jaffe	United States	340,000	28
Brasilia	713	6	Mustapha Kanit	Italy	661,000	55
Brasilia	713	8	Brian Rast	United States	1,456,000	121

Brasilia	714	1	David Peters	United States	353,000	29
Brasilia	714	2	Martin Kabrhel	Czech Republic	697,000	58
Brasilia	714	5	Tom Marchese	United States	970,000	81
Brasilia	714	6	Nick Petrangelo	United States	593,000	49
Brasilia	714	7	Leon Tsoukernik	Czech Republic	1,325,000	110
Brasilia	714	8	Antanas Guoga	Lithuania	655,000	55

2017-06-03 14:54 UTC-7

Morgan: "I'm Gonna Burn My Shoes"

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Nível 9 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Igor Kurganov (hijack) and John Morgan (button) got their chips in before the flop. Morgan was the one at risk and had the slightly worse hand to start with.

John Morgan:
Igor Kurganov:

The flop didn't do much for anyone. Kurganov told Morgan he had a feeling an would hit. "It would give you a little bit of a sweat as well," Kurganov said as it would give Morgan a gutshot.

The turn, though, wasn't an eight, but the , helping Morgan take the lead in the hand. Now Kurganov needed help but he didn't seem too fazed. "I still think the eight is coming," he said.

Wouldn't you know it, the completed the board and Kurganov won the hand.

"I got river problems man," Morgan said.

As he got up from the table and shook some hands, he said: "I'm gonna go outside and burn my shoes!"

As everyone laughed, Morgan wondered off saying, "You'll see it on Twitter."

Hellmuth, who for some reason burned his shoes for good luck last night, offered to help Morgan, but he didn't seem too serious about wasting his footwear.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Igor Kurganov	920,000	270,000
John Morgan	Eliminado

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2017-06-03 16:03 UTC-7

Mateos Busts Fast in Biggest Pot Yet

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Nível 10 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Adrian Mateos was on the button when we got to his table and facing a raise to 130,000 from small blind Dietrich Fast. Mateos came back with 310,000 and Fast called after some thought.

The flop came and Fast check-called 180,000. The turn was a and both players checked. The river: . Fast bet 500,000. Mateos tanked a few minutes and then announced he was all in. Fast took his own turn in the tank, and Mateos called a clock after a couple of minutes. The tournament supervisor came over.

"I don't think it's been enough time," Fast said. "This is the biggest pot of the tournament."

The tournament supervisor evidently agreed to some extent, as he told Fast he was going to wait another minute and then put him on the clock. Fast took all the time he could, and as the tournament supervisor was about to hit zero, he dropped in calling chips.

Mateos turned over . Fast mucked what the dealer revealed to be . Mateos had just over 880,000, and Fast was covered by about 10,000, so gathered his belongings to exit.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Adrian Mateos	2,800,000	1,220,000
Dietrich Fast	Eliminado

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2017-06-03 16:03 UTC-7

Niall Farrell Busts in Remarkable Hand

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Nível 10 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Niall Farrell opened to 35,000 from middle position and James Chen reraised to about 508,000 from the small blind. Oleksii Khoroshenin (with about 160,000 in the big blind) folded, and Farrell tanked for a little while before he reraised all in for about 700,000.

"I have to call," said Chen. "I didn't see your open."

Farrell:
Chen:

The board came down , giving Chen nines and deuces to eliminate Farrell.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
James Chen	1,600,000	863,000
Oleksii Khoroshenin	160,000	-146,000
Niall Farrell	Eliminado

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2017-06-03 17:10 UTC-7

Hellmuth Busts Smith

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Nível 11 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Ivan Luca opened the hijack to 44,000 before Phil Hellmuth three-bet the cutoff to 102,000. Big blind Dan Smith counted out his chips and eventually moved all in for 280,000 total. Luca folded right away, and Hellmuth called, having Smith covered.

Dan Smith:
Phil Hellmuth:

The flop opened the door for some split pots, but the made things even worse for Smith. The river completed the board and Smith was eliminated.

The two hugged it out for a bit before Smith departed.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Phil Hellmuth	1,600,000	375,000
Dan Smith	Eliminado

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2017-06-03 19:32 UTC-7

Matt Hyman Eliminated by Paul Volpe

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Nível 13 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Matt Hyman raised to 80,000 from middle position, Paul Volpe three-bet to 200,000 from the button, Hyman four-bet shoved for roughly 850,000 and Volpe called.

Hyman:
Volpe:

The board came down , giving Volpe a set of aces to eliminate Hyman.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Paul Volpe	2,380,000	955,000
Matt Hyman	Eliminado

2017-06-03 19:46 UTC-7

Polk Eliminates Qi to Surge Past 3 Million

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Nível 13 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Xuming Qi bet 115,000 on a flop from middle position against two opponents. Doug Polk made it 325,000 on the button, and the third player mucked. Qi told the dealer he was all in, for what looked to be about 1.3 million. Polk snap-called.

Polk:
Qi:

Qi needed lots of help in a hurry, but a turn ended things before the river could even fall.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Doug Polk	3,300,000	1,300,000
Xuming Qi	Eliminado

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2017-06-03 20:07 UTC-7

Daniel Negreanu Eliminated by Michael Kamran

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Nível 13 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu was all in from the hijack for 350,000 with , in dire straits against Michael Kamran in the small blind with .

The board came down , no help to Negreanu, securing the elimination for Kamran.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mike Kamran	1,230,000	530,000
Daniel Negreanu	Eliminado

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2017-06-03 21:22 UTC-7

Set Over Set Results in Monster Pot

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Nível 14 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Jake Schindler opened under the gun for 90,000, and James Chen called from the hijack. Small blind Antonio Esfandiari squeezed to 305,000, and the big blind and Schindler both folded. Chen tanked for a bit before he called.

The flop came , and Esfandiari bet 340,000. Chen again thought about it for a bit before he called.

As the hit the turn, Esfandiari bet 490,000. Chen counted his chips and eventually shoved for 995,000. Esfandiari snap-called.

James Chen:
Antonio Esfandiari:

The river changed nothing, and Chen hit the rail. Chen stood there in a bit of disbelief before he said, "I thought you were strong, pre-flop. But I was strong as well."

He glanced a the clock, saw it go down from 38 to 37 remaining players, and wished the table good luck.

"Put them to good use," he said to Esfandiari, who silently continued stacking.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Antonio Esfandiari	4,310,000	2,210,000
James Chen	Eliminado

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2017-06-03 22:09 UTC-7

Kabrhel Suffers Bad Beat

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Nível 15 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

It was announced that Table 713 was about to break, but the hand in progress was still to be played before the racking up would start. The action had folded to Martin Kabrhel in the small blind, who took his time making his decision. Big blind Martin Jacobson just leaned back in his chair patiently.

"I thought maybe I go all in," Kabrhel said.

"What, you have a small pair?" Jacobson replied.

"Possible," Kabrhel quipped.

After some more time in the tank, Kabrhel opened to 465,000. Jacobson shoved for 1.58 million and Kabrhel snap-called.

Martin Jacobson:
Martin Kabrhel:

The flop came , pairing Jacobson. The on the turn improved the Swede's hand to a full house and the on the river didn't hit Kabrhel.

Kabrhel's countryman Leon Tsoukernik came over and Kabrhel turned over his hand to show what had happened. While we don't speak Czech, we're pretty sure Kabrhel sarcastically said, "Pre-flop, no problem..."

Kabrhel was down to 400,000 after the hand and busted shortly after.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Martin Jacobson	3,190,000	1,490,000
Martin Kabrhel	Eliminado

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