Daniel Hachem is a few players away from winning a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. That last name should sound familiar, and yes, he is the son of 2005 Main Event champion Joe Hachem.
The younger Hachem was, at the time of publishing, among the final four players in the new $1,500 Double Board Bomb Pot event. And his father has been in attendance inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas where PokerNews caught up with the father-son combo.
James Obst: XxXx/4♠9♠A♠3♣/Xx
Paul Volpe: XxXx/A♣10♥3♠2♥/Xx
Paul Volpe completed, James Obst raised, and Volpe called.
Obst bet on fourth street, Volpe raised, and Obst called. Obst then bet on fifth and Volpe called.
Volpe called another bet on sixth before Obst bet on seventh. Volpe then raised and Obst called.
Volpe showed A♦10♠5♦ for two pair, but Obst had K♠K♦K♣ for trip kings to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,600,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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2,000,000
-300,000
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-300,000 |
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Jason Daly: J♥8♦/J♠A♣3♥3♦/Q♣
Paul Volpe: 7♥2♦/7♠7♦Q♦A♠/3♠
Paul Volpe had the lead on fifth, sixth and seventh street and placed a bet on each street and on each one he was called by Jason Daly.
Volpe tabled trip sevens which took down the jacks up from Daly to win an early pot on the stream.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,300,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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1,100,000
-173,000
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-173,000 |
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Paul Volpe: XxXx/Q♣7♥Q♦
James Obst: XxXx/Q♥5♦4♣ - folded on fifth street
Paul Volpe completed, James Obst raised, and Volpe called.
Obst bet on fourth street and Volpe called. Volpe then made a pair of queens on fifth and led out with a bet. Obst quickly gathered up his board and mucked as Volpe took the first pot back from break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,300,000
-74,000
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-74,000 |
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2,100,000
118,000
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118,000 |
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The remaining five players have taken their seats on the main feature stage, and action is back underway.
Updates from the final table will pick back up at 7 p.m. local time in order to avoid spoilers with the PokerGO live stream.
Stay tuned for all the action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,374,000
74,000
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74,000 |
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1,982,000
-478,000
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-478,000 |
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1,273,000
323,000
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323,000 |
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543,000
-177,000
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-177,000 |
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254,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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Players are going on break until 5 p.m. in order to set up the PokerGO live stream.
There are 28 minutes remaining in Level 19.
Juha Helppi: XxXx/8♣A♣A♠9♥
James Obst: XxXx/Q♦5♦7♥5♥
Juha Helppi completed, James Obst raised, and Helppi called.
Obst bet on fourth street and Helppi called. Helppi then bet his pair of aces on fifth and Obst called.
Helppi got his last chips in the middle on sixth as Obst put him at risk. Helppi turned over J♠J♦7♣ for two pair, but Obst had 9♦5♠4♦ for trip fives to send Helppi to the rail in sixth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,300,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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Andre Akkari: K♣10♥K♥10♠Q♣Q♠4♣
Paul Volpe: 6♠5♣4♥3♥6♦6♥8♠
Andre Akkari was all in from fourth street and the cards were turned over. Akkari had the lead until Paul Volpe caught trip sixes on sixth street and Akkari found only a blank on the river as he was shown the door in seventh place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,460,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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Busted | |
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