2017 World Series of Poker

Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
$291,240
Event Info
Buy-in
$365
Prize Pool
$3,004,500
Entries
10,015
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
500,000

Joseph Cheong Eliminated

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Joseph Cheong (photo from an earlier event)
Joseph Cheong (photo from an earlier event)

Joseph Cheong was all in from the under-the-gun position for 105,000 and was called by Joseph Stark in the hijack.

Cheong: {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Stark: {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}

The board ran out {7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} — no help for Cheong — and he has been eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Stark
230,000
156,000
156,000
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Joseph Cheong
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Four-Way All-In for Table #87

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

There were four all-ins on Table #87:

Matthew Henrichs (small blind): {4-Diamonds}{7-Spades}
Dietrich Fast (big blind): {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts}
Rick Marting (early position): {J-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}
Michael Guzzardi (late position): {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{2-Clubs}{3-Hearts} — no help for Henrichs — and he was eliminated. Marting quadrupled up, Guzzardi won the rest, and Fast just had to pay.

Player Chips Progress
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Dietrich Fast
900,000
519,000
519,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Michael Guzzardi
364,000
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Rick Marting
25,000
1,000
1,000
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Matthew Henrichs
Busted

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Vornicu Continues Over a Million

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Valentin Vornicu
Valentin Vornicu

Valentin Vornicu was in middle position and raised to 35,000. Mlichael Crane was in the cutoff and called.

The flop was {2-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Vornicu bet 40,000. Crane called.

The turn was the {4-Spades} and Vornicu led for 85,000. Crane folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Valentin Vornicu
1,050,000
180,500
180,500
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Michael Crane
250,000
-31,000
-31,000

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Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Reyes Holds and Rodgers Hits the Rail

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Praise Ogwo raised in early position to 33,000. Todd Rodgers reraised to 100,000 from the hijack. Eric Reyes was on the button and four-bet to 275,000. Ogwo folded and Rodgers put in his total remaining stack of 264,000.

Rodgers: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}
Reyes: {a-}{k-}

The board ran out {10-}{9-}{4-}{4-}{5-} and Reyes held on with his kicker to chip up nicely.

Rodgers has been a very vocal and positive player in all the events he has been in this year. We had a quick minute to speak with him after his elimination and he would encourage anyone affected by breast cancer, family members, friends, etc. to check out this page to sign up for a charity poker tournament in which the funds go toward SendMeOnVacation.org — a charitable organisation giving cancer survivors and battlers free vacations following treatment with no strings attached.

Player Chips Progress
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Eric Reyes
555,000
243,000
243,000
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Todd Rodgers
Busted

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Shannon Milasincic Eliminated

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Henry So had put money into the pot from the cutoff but Christopher Gallagher shoved all in from the button. Shannon Milasincic was already all in from the big blind, as he was short. So took a long time to think and then decided to call.

Milasincic: {3-Spades}{2-Clubs}
So: {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}
Gallagher: {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}

The board ran out {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} — no help for Milasincic — and he was eliminated. Gallagher more than doubled up as his jacks held.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Gallagher
490,000
358,000
358,000
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Henry So
140,000
-209,000
-209,000
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Shannon Milasincic
Busted

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Roland Israelashvili Eliminated by Ryan Riess

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Roland Israelashvili (photo from an earlier event)
Roland Israelashvili (photo from an earlier event)

Five-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Roland Israelashvili was all in from the button and called by 2013 WSOP Main Event winner Ryan Riess in the big blind.

Israelashvili: {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Riess: {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{6-Clubs} to give Riess the upper hand with a flush and the pot. As Israelashvili was covered by Riess, he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Ryan Riess
860,000
527,500
527,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Roland Israelashvili
Busted

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