Event #52: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-27-2017 12:18 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Jedlicka	7,500 7,500	7,500
Thomas Boivin	7,500 7,500	7,500
Grayson Ramage	7,500 7,500	7,500
Sofia Lovgren	7,500 7,500	7,500
Shane Schleger	7,500 7,500	7,500
Vladimir Geshkenbein	7,500 7,500	7,500
Dan Murariu	7,500 7,500	7,500

Will Kassouf	7,500 7,500	7,500

Luke Brereton Three-Betting

Sandra Barbour

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Action folded to the player in the hijack who opened to 250. The small blind called. Luke Brereton then three-bet to 900 from the big blind. The player in the hijack called and the small blind folded.

The flop came . Luke threw in a bet of 1,000. The cutoff called. The turn brought the . Brereton quickly checked, and his opponent checked as well. The river completed the board and both checked again.

Brereton showed , and earned the pot as his opponent tossed his hand in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke Brereton	8,700 1,200	1,200

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06-27-2017 12:38 UTC-7

Ryan Bertee Doubles Up

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Sandra Barbour

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

A player in middle position opened to 250. Ryan Bertee, one seat over, moved all in for his last 525. The player in middle position was the only caller.

Ryan Bertee:
Opponent:

Bertee hit a favorable flop of . The turn and completed the board and Bertee earned a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Bertee	1,200 1,200	1,200

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06-27-2017 12:38 UTC-7

De Silva Three-Bets

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Yori Epskamp

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Upeshka De Silva Wins Event #3 - $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

Upeshka De Silva started the 48th World Series of Poker off with a bang by winning his second bracelet in Event #3: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. De Silva won a first-place prize of $229,923, and with a couple more cashes this summer has pushed his lifetime tournament winnings over $1.8 million.

De Silva is seated in the spillover section of Amazon Orange, together with Konstantinos Nanos. In a recent hand it was Nanos who opened to 300 from middle position and got two callers. De Silva then three-bet to 1450 from the small blind, and after Nanos tank-folded the others snap-folded to give De Silva the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Upeshka De Silva	8,200 8,200	8,200

Konstantinos Nanos	7,200 7,200	7,200

Tags: Konstantinos Nanos Upeshka De Silva

06-27-2017 12:42 UTC-7

Another Batch

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Yori Epskamp

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	7,500 7,500	7,500

Jonathan Therme	7,500 7,500	7,500

Peter Eichhardt	7,500 7,500	7,500

Anthony Spinella	7,500 7,500	7,500

Daniel Strelitz	7,500 7,500	7,500

Tyler Patterson	7,500

Blair Hinkle	7,500

David Guay	7,500

Samuel Chartier	7,500
Tom Koral	7,500

Russell Crane	7,500
Sam Cohen	7,500
Ralph Massey	7,500

06-27-2017 12:47 UTC-7

Day 1 Photos

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Yori Epskamp

Photos ©Joe Giron

06-27-2017 12:59 UTC-7

David Mclaughlin Eliminates Mihails Morozovs

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Sandra Barbour

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

The player in the hijack opened to 250, and David Mclaughlin called from the cutoff. Mihails Morozovs, in the small blind, three-bet all in for a total of 2,500. The big blind folded, as did the original raiser, but Mclaughlin made the call.

Mihails Morozovs:
David Mclaughlin:

The board came , giving Mclaughlin the better pair and eliminating Morozovs.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Mclaughlin	8,600 8,600	8,600
Mihails Morozovs	Busted

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06-27-2017 13:03 UTC-7

Chip Counts

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Yori Epskamp

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Weissman	15,000

Dan Heimiller	12,000 4,500	4,500

Tom Koral	11,000 3,500	3,500

Matt Stout	9,000 1,500	1,500
Pierre Neuville	7,500 7,500	7,500
Sam Grafton	7,500 7,500	7,500

Christopher Frank	7,000 7,000	7,000

David Pham	6,500 -1,000	-1,000

Kelly Winterhalter	6,500 6,500	6,500
Joe Cada	4,000 -3,500	-3,500

Sofia Lovgren	3,500 -4,000	-4,000
Vincent Lucardie	3,000 -3,100	-3,100