2017 World Series of Poker

Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
$1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$565
Prize Pool
$9,027,000
Entries
18,054
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000

Early Fireworks; Steven Lauson Triples

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Chad Davis, Steven Lauson, and Alex Masek got all the chips in the middle preflop on the very first hand of the day. Masek had the biggest of the three stacks with 1,005,000, Davis had 460,000, and Lauson was the shortest with 380,000.

Masek held the only pocket pair of the bunch with {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}, but had to fade a fistful of overcards since Davis tabled {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and Lauson showed {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}.

The flop fell {10-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Clubs} to give Lauson the nut flush and a near lock on the hand. The {3-Clubs} on the turn gave Davis a king-high flush for the side pot, and although the {8-Clubs} showed up on the river to give Masek a set of eights, it was too little too late. Lauson scooped the main pot to triple and Davis took the side pot but was left with only a single big blind.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steven Lauson
Steven Lauson
1,140,000
760,000
760,000
Profile photo of Alexandru Masek us
Alexandru Masek
725,000
-280,000
-280,000
Profile photo of Chad Davis us
Chad Davis
80,000
-380,000
-380,000

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