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

06-27-2017 21:03 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaurav Raina	49,000 4,800	4,800

Kelly Minkin	46,200 39,100	39,100
Walter Treccarichi	37,500 -5,900	-5,900
Jeff Madsen	36,000 11,000	11,000

Rainer Kempe	24,000 1,000	1,000
Jason Mercier	23,000 100	100

Ivan Luca	20,000 -12,050	-12,050

Jesse Sylvia	13,200 -700	-700
Benjamin Zamani	12,500 6,400	6,400

Barry Greenstein	5,100 -17,925	-17,925

Prize Pool Information

Yori Epskamp

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

A total of 1,580 entries created a prize pool of $2,133,000, and the top 237 spots will get paid at least $2,254. The winner after three days will receive a massive payday of $364,438 as well as the coveted gold WSOP bracelet. All payouts are as follows.

Position	Prize
1	$364,438
2	$225,181
3	$161,844
4	$117,611
5	$86,424
6	$64,226
7	$48,276
8	$36,708
9	$28,239
10-12	$21,982
13-15	$17,316
16-18	$13,807
19-27	$11,144
28-36	$9,107
37-45	$7,536
46-54	$6,316
55-63	$5,361
64-72	$4,611
73-81	$4,018
82-90	$3,549
91-99	$3,177
100-126	$2,884
127-153	$2,654
154-180	$2,477
181-207	$2,346
208-237	$2,254

06-27-2017 21:12 UTC-7

Break

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Yori Epskamp

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The players are on their last 20-minute break of the day. The T25 chips will be raced off during this break. When the players return, two more levels will be played before chips are bagged and tagged for the night.

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

06-27-2017 21:57 UTC-7

Mark Darner Playing Safe

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Sandra Barbour

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Action folded to Mark Darner in the small blind, who limped for 800. The player in the big blind checked, and it was heads-up to a flop. Both players checked. The turn came the , and Darner checked. His opponent bet 1,200. Darner check-called. The river came the and was checked around.

Darned tabled , and his opponent sent his hand to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Darner	13,500 13,500	13,500

06-27-2017 22:09 UTC-7

Updated Counts

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Sandra Barbour

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelly Minkin	72,000 25,800	25,800
Alexandre Reard	66,200 5,200	5,200

Jesse Sylvia	36,200 23,000	23,000
Walter Treccarichi	34,000 -3,500	-3,500
Jeff Madsen	31,000 -5,000	-5,000

Jason Mercier	30,200 7,200	7,200

Ivan Luca	15,500 -4,500	-4,500

Stefan Jedlicka	15,200 -10,200	-10,200
Mark Darner	13,500

06-27-2017 22:09 UTC-7

Chip Counts

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kework Besiktasliyan	80,000 63,000	63,000
Tony Dunst	60,000 42,000	42,000

Richard Seymour	55,000 55,000	55,000
Eddy Sabat	42,000 34,500	34,500
Vinny Pahuja	40,000 40,000	40,000
Ralph Massey	33,000 25,500	25,500
Joe Elpayaa	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tom Koral	30,000 24,500	24,500

Robert Hawkins	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jim Collopy	28,000 28,000	28,000

Steve Gross	23,000 23,000	23,000

Mike Comisso	22,000 22,000	22,000
Phil Collins	21,000 21,000	21,000
Steven Snyder	20,000 20,000	20,000
Sam Phillips	20,000 20,000	20,000
Ravi Raghavan	16,000 16,000	16,000
Dan Heimiller	15,000 3,000	3,000

Vojtech Ruzicka	13,000 -15,000	-15,000
Jesse Yaginuma	10,000 10,000	10,000
Barry Greenstein	8,000 2,900	2,900

06-27-2017 22:21 UTC-7

Mark Darner Chipping Up Slowly

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Sandra Barbour

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Mark Darner, on the button, opened to 1,800, and Jesse Sylvia defended his big blind.

The flop was . Both players checked. The dealer burned and turned the . Sylvia checked. Darner bet 2,260. Sylvia check-called. The river came the . Sylvia checked again. Darner bet 4,600, and that was enough to make Sylvia fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Sylvia	37,000 800	800
Mark Darner	32,500 19,000	19,000

Tags: Jesse Sylvia Mark Darner

06-27-2017 22:28 UTC-7

Katz Sticks Around

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Yori Epskamp

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Cary Katz raised to 2,000, and a player called. Kework Besiktasliyan three-bet to 6,400, Katz called, and the third player folded.

The flop was , and Katz checked. Besiktasliyan bet another 6,400, and Katz called. Both players checked it down on the turn and river.

Katz showed , and Besiktasliyan mucked his hand.

"Jacks?" asked Katz after the hand, which remained unanswered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kework Besiktasliyan	71,000 -9,000	-9,000
Cary Katz	68,000 68,000	68,000

Tags: Cary Katz Kework Besiktasliyan

06-27-2017 22:34 UTC-7

Counts

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Yori Epskamp

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelly Minkin	90,000 18,000	18,000
Lauren Roberts	90,000 -12,000	-12,000
Mohsin Charania	75,000 55,000	55,000

Tomas Soderstrom	25,000 25,000	25,000
Barry Greenstein	18,000 10,000	10,000

Ivan Luca	16,000 500	500