2017 World Series of Poker

Event #24: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♣5♣
Prize
$177,985
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$831,600
Entries
616
Level Info
Level
26
Limits
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
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Event #24: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Started

Day 2 Seat Draw

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
Miranda6002Tony NasrUnited States66,200
Miranda6003Justin BonomoUnited States26,700
Miranda6004Steven WolanskyUnited States16,300
Miranda6005Anna MarcieUnited States44,900
Miranda6006Jeffrey KerekesUnited States32,400
Miranda6007Navin KamalUnited States12,100
Miranda6008Robert MichelUnited States23,200
Miranda6009Hod BermanUnited States7,600
      
Miranda6011Todd WittelesUnited States19,200
Miranda6013Glenn EngelbertUnited States16,600
Miranda6014David GeeUnited States17,900
Miranda6015Raymond HensonUnited States56,400
Miranda6016Davin AndersonUnited States37,900
Miranda6017Otto RichardFrance32,800
Miranda6018David (Wes) SelfUnited States15,900
Miranda6019Igor BalabanUnited States10,500
      
Miranda6021Carmen FungCanada7,900
Miranda6022Brian AleksaUnited States64,300
Miranda6023Thomas SolomonUnited States44,400
Miranda6024Barry GreensteinUnited States54,400
Miranda6025Joshua TurnerUnited States78,500
Miranda6026Harun SapmazUnited States84,000
Miranda6027Shane BuchwaldUnited States69,700
Miranda6028Robert Scott PendergrastUnited States66,300
Miranda6029Mark IvanUnited States27,300
      
Miranda6091Shane FumertonCanada44,000
Miranda6092Kevin KlassenUnited States18,100
Miranda6093Dustin CrumpUnited States14,200
Miranda6094David MartinUnited States29,500
Miranda6095Lynh NguyenUnited States58,700
Miranda6096Matt GrapenthienUnited States31,100
Miranda6097Alex LuneauFrance53,500
Miranda6098Chad DavisUnited States41,400
Miranda6099Mark BassalyUnited States54,300
      
Miranda6101Kevin LizakUnited States48,200
Miranda6102Mesha JamesUnited States63,900
Miranda6103Jason RiesenbergUnited States47,500
Miranda6104Victor AmorosoUnited States37,600
Miranda6105Jason PasinskiUnited States22,900
Miranda6106Brock ParkerUnited States17,700
Miranda6107Johanssy JosephUnited States37,300
Miranda6108Michel HaliouaUnited States24,800
Miranda6109Shane GieseUnited States28,400
      
Miranda6111Frank PriorUnited States15,200
Miranda6112Paul ValenteUnited States12,500
Miranda6113John RacenerUnited States18,000
Miranda6114Philip SternheimerUnited States54,000
Miranda6115Jesse MartinUnited States3,300
Miranda6116Michael MooreUnited States50,600
Miranda6117Ibrahim GhazalUnited States48,300
Miranda6118Georgios ZisimopoulosGreece43,900
Miranda6119Jun OngSingapore62,000
      
Miranda6181Jin KimUnited States63,500
Miranda6182Sean BerriosUnited States71,900
Miranda6183Truong TranUnited States57,400
Miranda6184Antonio GutierrezUnited States62,100
Miranda6185Venkata TayiUnited States36,100
Miranda6186Christopher ChungUnited States30,000
Miranda6187Ronnie BardahUnited States30,100
Miranda6188John ThaiUnited States26,200
Miranda6189Randy CollackUnited States36,400
      
Miranda6191Peter DoanUnited States7,300
Miranda6192Tyler BonkowskiCanada8,300
Miranda6193Benjamin AshkarUnited States1
Miranda6194Nancy NguyenUnited States61,300
Miranda6195Jeff ThompsonUnited States108,700
Miranda6196Thai DoUnited States2,600
Miranda6197Andrew RudisillUnited States40,300
Miranda6198Paul BishowUnited States14,900
Miranda6199Thao ThiemUnited States40,800
      
Miranda6201William RomaineUnited States31,800
Miranda6202Michael CoombsUnited States14,400
Miranda6203Bryce ClarkUnited States24,400
Miranda6204Samuel WhiteUnited States37,500
Miranda6205Jason GolaUnited States63,100
Miranda6206David OlsonUnited States35,000
Miranda6207Matthew ElsbyUnited States32,700
Miranda6208Bradley SniderUnited States47,900
Miranda6209Ray PulfordUnited States62,000
      
Miranda6271Yosuke SekiyaJapan31,000
Miranda6272Howie KahanUnited States14,400
Miranda6273Joseph SorianoUnited States32,000
Miranda6274Motohiro KondoJapan31,400
Miranda6275Serena LiuUnited States10,200
Miranda6276Guy ParienteFrance6,000
Miranda6277Norman Nesby JrUnited States20,300
Miranda6278Gregory PinsonneaultUnited States28,400
Miranda6279Robert RothUnited States42,000
      
Miranda6281Raffi TatevosianUnited States8,400
Miranda6282Tom McCormickUnited States9,000
Miranda6283Lester PoppenheimerUnited States32,900
Miranda6284Qasim ButtUnited States6,300
Miranda6285Jeff NormanUnited States93,100
Miranda6286Jason DousharmUnited States25,800
Miranda6287William TaitCanada25,300
Miranda6288Kenny HsiungUnited States20,100
Miranda6289Noah BronsteinUnited States53,800
      
Miranda6291Pouria AmiraslaniUnited States10,200
Miranda6292Philip TomUnited States39,300
Miranda6293Andrew MillerUnited States21,900
Miranda6294George MessorochUnited States43,000
Miranda6295Brad AndersonUnited States60,300
Miranda6297John PiresUnited States25,300
Miranda6298Georgios SotiropoulosGreece10,900
Miranda6299Jason MccartyUnited States16,300
      
Miranda6361Arash BehnamUnited States42,700
Miranda6362Damien LeforbesUnited States34,300
Miranda6363Donald RigbyUnited States28,900
Miranda6364Matthew MillisorUnited States22,900
Miranda6365Jason SeguinUnited States8,500
Miranda6366Paul-François TedeschiFrance13,700
Miranda6367Brandon GeeUnited States69,600
Miranda6368Terrence ChanCanada43,400
Miranda6369Ian JohnsUnited States57,900
      
Miranda6371Ed SmithUnited States11,600
Miranda6372Kenneth BrunoUnited States20,600
Miranda6373Andrey ZaichenkoRussia12,800
Miranda6374Ben WangUnited States19,900
Miranda6375Neal GayUnited States29,800
Miranda6376Adrien AllainFrance20,100
Miranda6377Tung TranUnited States37,200
Miranda6378Sunil NairUnited States34,800
Miranda6379Said ElsanafiriUnited States10,800
      
Miranda6381Donny RubinsteinUnited States52,700
Miranda6382Mike CordellUnited States72,500
Miranda6383Esther TaylorUnited States49,100
Miranda6384Dave AlfaUnited States42,400
Miranda6385Sam ChauCanada3,200
Miranda6386Michael ReedUnited States111,600
Miranda6387Mike Schneider (MN)United States15,200
Miranda6388John LutesUnited States13,700
Miranda6389Mark WongcharoensukUnited States14,500

Barry Greenstein Among 132 Returning in Event #24: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

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Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein

Day 2 of Event #24: $1,500 Limit Hold’em begins at 2 p.m. today with 132 players returning to play 10 more one hour-long levels.

This event got 616 entries for a total prize pool of $831,600. The top 93 finishers will not leave empty-handed, as the minimum payout will be $2,246. Up for grabs for first place is $177,985.

Michael Reed starts the day as the biggest stack with 111,600 chips, followed by the only other player over 100,000 — Jeff Thompson, who has 108,700. Three-time bracelet winner Barry Greenstein is looking for bracelet number four and has 54,400 at the start of Day 2. Tyler Bonkowski is looking for a back-to-back final table in this event as he finished third last year. He starts the day as one of the short stacks with 8,300.

Several other accomplished players are still in the field and will be battling here on Day 2. They include Joshua Turner (78,500), Mike Cordell (72,500), Sean Berrios (71,900), Alex Luneau (53,500), Ray Henson (56,400), Esther Taylor (49,100), Terrence Chan (43,400), Ronnie Bardah (30,100), John Racener (18,000), Brock Parker (17,700) and Andrey Zaichenko (12,800).

Breaks are scheduled every two levels of play with a 60-minute dinner break after the sixth level at approximately 8:30 p.m.

Be sure to follow the action throughout the day right here at PokerNews.

Tags: Alexandre LuneauAndrey ZaichenkoBarry GreensteinJohn RacenerJoshua TurnerMike CordellRonnie BardahTerrence ChanTyler Bonkowski

Level: 11

Limits: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 0

John Racener and Georgios Zisimopoulos Chop It Up

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Level 11 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Georgios Zisimopoulos raised in early position and John Racener three-bet from the cutoff. The remaining players folded and it was heads up .

The flop was {J-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades} and Zisimopoulos checked. Racener bet and Zisimopoulos called. The turn was the {Q-Hearts} and Zisimopoulos checked. Racener bet, Zisimopoulos check-raised, and Racener called.

On the {9-Hearts} river, Zisimopoulos bet and Racener got all his chips in. Zisimopoulos called and they showed down.

Both players had ace-king offsuit for Broadway and they chopped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Georgios Zisimopoulos gr
Georgios Zisimopoulos 		46,000
2,100
 2,100
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John Racener 		18,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Early Action, Brandon Gee Flops a Set

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Brentharrington
Level 11 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Brandon Gee has been active early in Day 2. Two hands in a row he saw the flop for four bets.

  • The first hand, Paul-Francois Tedeschi raised and Gee three-bet in position. Tedeschi four-bet and Gee called. The flop was {9-Spades}{6-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and Tedeschi bet. Gee folded.
  • The next hand, Mattew Millisor raised under the gun and Gee three-bet in position. Donald Rigby four-bet from the small blind and Millisor and Gee both called. The flop was {9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and Rigby bet. Millisor and Gee called. The turn was the {7-Clubs} and Rigby bet again. Millisor folded and Gee raised. Rigby called. When the {5-Diamonds} hit the river, Rigby checked-called a bet from Gee. Gee showed {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} and won the hand against Rigby's {a-}{a-}.
Player Chips Progress
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Brandon Gee 		106,600
37,000
 37,000
Profile photo of Matthew Millisor us
Matthew Millisor 		17,500
-5,400
 -5,400
Profile photo of Paul-François Tedeschi fr
Paul-François Tedeschi
17,000
3,300
 3,300
Profile photo of Donald Rigby us
Donald Rigby
2,500
-26,400
 -26,400

Tags: Brandon GeeMatt MillisorPaul Tedeschi

Paul-Francois Tedeschi Chipping Up Early in the Day

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Level 11 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
Paul-François Tedeschi
Paul-François Tedeschi

Jeff Norman raised in middle position and Paul-Francois Tedeschi called in the big blind. The flop came {8-Clubs}{5-Spades}{4-Spades} and Tedeschi checked. Norman bet and Tedeschi check-raised. Norman called.

The turn was the {3-Hearts} and Tedeschi bet out. Norman let his hand go and Tedeschi took the pot. He continued to chip up after that hand, too, and after starting the day with just 13,700, Tedeschi is now up to 44,000 before the end of the first level of play.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jeff Norman us
Jeff Norman 		85,000
-8,100
 -8,100
Profile photo of Paul-François Tedeschi fr
Paul-François Tedeschi
44,000
27,000
 27,000

Tags: Paul Tedeschi

Mesha James Check-Raises the Flop

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Brentharrington
Level 11 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
Mesha James
Mesha James

Mesha James raised preflop and Johanssy Joseph made it three bets. James called.

The flop was all diamonds — {j-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} — and James checked. Johanssy bet and James raised. Johanssy folded. James is now among the chip leaders early on Day 2.

James has just under $15,000 in career tournament earnings, with a couple cashes on the WSOP circuit, but no WSOP cash so far. Her first cashes came in the early 2000s, but it looks like she has been playing a lot more this year with seven of her 14 cashes coming in 2017.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mesha James us
Mesha James 		86,000
22,100
 22,100
Profile photo of Johanssy Joseph us
Johanssy Joseph 		24,000
-13,300
 -13,300

Tags: Johanssy JosephMesha James

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