2017 World Series of Poker

Event #1: $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$68,817
Event Info
Buy-in
$565
Prize Pool
$325,500
Entries
651
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000

Brian Hawkins Eliminated in 18th Place ($2,274)

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Brian Hawkins
Brian Hawkins

Brian Hawkins limped in from the cutoff, and Haviv Bahar moved all in for 120,000 from the small blind.

Hawkins called for his remaining 30,000 chips and Bahar tabled {6-Spades}{6-Hearts} while Hawkins showed {a-Clubs}{2-Clubs}.

The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{8-Clubs} and Bahar made a full house to send Hawkins to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Haviv Bahar us
Haviv Bahar
200,000
80,000
80,000
Brian Hawkins us
Brian Hawkins
Busted

Tags: Brian Hawkins

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Matt Voskuil Eliminated in 15th Place ($2,812)

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Matt Voskuil
Matt Voskuil

Matt Voskuil was unable to get anything going after the dinner break and unfortunately, his tournament came to an end. He found himself in a dominated position with {K-Spades}{J-Spades} up against the {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} of Chris Gellagher. The board ran out {7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} and Voskuil was eliminated in 15th place, good enough for $2,812.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Gallagher us
Chris Gallagher
274,000
39,000
39,000
Matt Voskuil us
Matt Voskuil
Busted

Tags: Matt Voskuil

Rick Marting Eliminated in 14th Place ($2,812)

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Rick Marting
Rick Marting

Victor Kim raised to 22,000 from late position and Rick Marting pushed his short stack all-in for 26,000. The big blind called, and Kim also completed the call. The flop came {A-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and the big blind checked to Kim, who bet 30,000. The big blind got out of the way and the cards were tabled.

Kim: {A-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}
Marting: {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}

Marting was drawing slim and was unable to catch up, being eliminated in 14th place.

Player Chips Progress
Victor Kim us
Victor Kim
420,000
20,000
20,000
Rick Marting us
Rick Marting
Busted

Tags: Rick MartingVictor Kim

Abdel Adechoubou Eliminated in 13th Place ($2,812)

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Abdel Adechoubou
Abdel Adechoubou

We arrived at the table in time to see Abdel Adechoubou all in from the big blind, with Haviv Bahar calling from under the gun.

Bahar tabled {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} while Adechoubou revealed {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} for a classic race.

The board ran out {7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{4-Clubs} and Adechoubou was unable to improve, sending him to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Haviv Bahar us
Haviv Bahar
200,000
Abdel Adechoubou us
Abdel Adechoubou
Busted

Tags: Abdel Adechoubou

Don McDonald Eliminated in 12th Place ($3,543)

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Chris Gellagher raised to 25,000 from the hijack, and Don McDonald moved all in for 170,000 on the button. Gellagher asked for a count and then tossed in a single chip, indicating a call.

Gellagher tabled {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, and McDonald groaned as he tabled {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}.

The board ran out {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{3-Spades}{a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and McDonald was eliminated before the end of the night.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Gallagher us
Chris Gallagher
395,000
121,000
121,000
Don McDonald us
Don McDonald
Busted

Tags: Don McDonaldChris Gellagher

Bagging and Tagging

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Play has concluded here on Day 1 of the Casino Employees Event.

Just 11 players remain, and are coming back to play down to a winner tomorrow at noon.

Stay tuned for a full recap along with chip counts and seating assignments.