Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #47: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$9,066,600
Entries
6,716
Level
39
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
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Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
With registration closed, the prize pool was announced and is scrolling on the screens.
The total number of players over the two flights was 6,716, which generated a prize pool of $9,066,600. That is made up of 2,676 players on Day 1a and 4,040 from Day 1b. There will be 1,008 places paid, with a min-cash worth $2,249.
The winner will get a gold bracelet and $1,094,349.
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000
27,800
|
27,800 |
|
||
|
51,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
49,000
29,700
|
29,700 |
|
48,100
25,100
|
25,100 |
|
39,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
27,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
16,000
-12,200
|
-12,200 |
|
||
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Albert Daher, in early position, moved all in for a total of 14,500. A player in middle position was the only caller.
''No!'' Daher commented. ''You wanna chop? There is too much money in the pot!'' His opponent laughed. ''I see myself not here in five minutes, I can feel it,'' Daher continued.
Albert Daher: 
Opponent: 
The dealer spread a 
flop on the table.
''I need a three!'' Daher said.
The blank 
came on the turn, but the river was, indeed, the 
.
''Well, I asked you to chop, and you didn't want. This is karma,'' Albert told his opponent.
His tablesmates laughed, and one of them commented,''Well, at least we're having a good time now!''
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,500
-37,500
|
-37,500 |
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Barny Boatman has bought in at the last moment, even later than Antonio Esfandiari. Boatman, though, had a different take on his late arrival, announcing with a slight note of alarm, “I didn’t know the blinds were going to be so high.”
On another table, Allen Kessler shoved from the small blind over a 2,000 open to win the pot without showdown, saying, “I’m alive.”
On other tables, it has reached what is traditionally known as the “beer level,” in which a few players like to let their hair down and have a drink, knowing they are close to bagging up at the end of a gruelling day of poker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
46,500
22,200
|
22,200 |
|
||
|
|
45,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
30,000
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
|
||
|
23,000
600
|
600 |
|
|
||
|
22,500
-6,700
|
-6,700 |
|
20,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
||
|
16,200
-1,300
|
-1,300 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
13,200
-6,800
|
-6,800 |
|
||
|
8,600
-53,400
|
-53,400 |
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Alexander Debus, in middle position, opened to 1,800. The player in the cutoff three-bet to 4,500. Action folded back to Debus, who called.
The flop was 
. Debus checked, and the player in the cutoff checked, as well. The turn was the 
. Debus checked again. His opponent bet 5,000. Debus check-called. The river came the 
, and both players checked.
Debus tabled 
, and his opponent showed 
. Debus raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,200
33,200
|
33,200 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Players are on their last 20-minute break of the day. Registration will close at the end of it.
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Thomas Ward, in middle position, opened to 1,300. Action folded to Raffaele Sorrentino, in the small blind, who defended. The big blind folded.
The flop was 
. Sorrentino checked. Ward bet 1,400, and Sorrentino check-called. The turn came the 
and was checked through to the 
river. Sorrentino checked again, and Ward threw in a bet of 4,400. Sorrentino tanked for a minute before sending his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
23,000
-3,200
|
-3,200 |
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Antonio Esfandiari has just bought into the MONSTER STACK with less than a half hour until the close of registration, and he is making friends with the table, saying he may not be here for too long as he just has the 15,000-chip starting stack. The table seems pleased to see him, though, and has perked up after eight long hours at the table.
“You’ve been sitting here working hard all day, and I was out goofing around,” was how Esfandiari put it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
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