Sebastian Pauli recently informed the PokerNews live reporting team that after an ill-timed bluff which left him with 600,000 chips, he was eliminated in a blind-on-blind confrontation. Action folded around to the small blind who called and Pauli moved all in holding . His opponent insta-called and tabled . The board was no help to Pauli, and his deep run in the Colossus has come to a close.
2017 World Series of Poker
Thomas Cuce is sporting a baseball cap with the slogan, “I bring nothing to the table.”
He just brought the pain to an opponent when his beat .
All in preflop the board ran out ,
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thomas Cuce |
1,050,000
935,000
|
935,000 |
Player One opened and folded to a raise from Player Two.
Player One: "I'm getting tired of raise folding."
Player Two: "Why don't you raise call?"
Player One: "I'll raise shove it in your face."
The players are on their final 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tom Hall |
2,700,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
Massoud Eskandari |
1,900,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
||
Ellen Lambeth |
1,800,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
Matt Affleck |
1,400,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
Robert Hankins |
850,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
Ismael Bojang | Busted | |
|
As the clock ticks towards 1am with two more hours to play there are quite a few tired looking players and the atmosphere is a little subdued.
There are 63 players left spread across seven tables. The survivors are due to return at 2 pm and will play down to a final table.
Armando Figuroa raised to 100,000 from middle position, Tom Hall three-bet to 285,000 from the button, and Figuroa called.
The flop came and both players checked.
The turn brought the and Figuroa bet 220,000. Hall called.
The fell on the river and Figuroa quickly tossed out 300,000. Hall folded and Figuroa took the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Armando Figuroa
|
2,550,000 | |
Tom Hall |
725,000
-1,975,000
|
-1,975,000 |
Tom Hall got all the chips in the middle preflop against a player with a smaller stack. Hall held and was far behind his opponent, who tabled . But Hall caught an ace when the board ran out to take the pot and eliminate his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tom Hall |
1,200,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
One player was staring intently at the screen with the tournament information on it. Pavilion is a big room and you need good eyesight to catch all the detail. It displayed the fact that there were 55 players remaining and the next player out was set to receive $13,011.
“You watching the pay jumps? Mark Babekov wanted to know? He nodded as the board ticked over and there were 54 players left. Next out is going to get $15,952
Paying attention to the pay jumps can make you $2,941 just like that.