2017 World Series of Poker

Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$8,150,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$67,877,400
Entries
7,221
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
500,000

The French Connection

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Joshua Marvin and Benjamin Pollak arrived at Table 724 when their former table broke, and Pollak joined fellow Frenchmen Valentin Messina and Alexandre Reard. In fact, he sat down right next to Reard.

After that, the next few hands didn't provide much action. Messina claimed two hands post-flop, then Scott Stewart raised to 380,000 from the small blind. Reard called in the big blind, and the flop came {Q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{8-Spades}. Stewart continued for 330,000, and Reard called before doing so again for 675,000 on the {A-Spades} turn. The {10-Hearts} river was checked by both, and Stewart showed {K-Hearts}{8-Clubs}, Reard chopped it with {K-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}.

The next hand, Stewart raised from the button, and Pollak defended the big blind. The Frenchman checked the {K-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts} flop and called a bet of 280,000 from Stewart. Neither the {3-Hearts} turn nor the {K-Clubs} river provided any action, and Pollak's {J-Hearts}{7-Hearts} won him the pot with a flopped flush.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
17,400,000
1,800,000
1,800,000
Profile photo of Valentin Messina fr
Valentin Messina
14,200,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Scott Stewart us
Scott Stewart
9,600,000
-700,000
-700,000
Profile photo of Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
4,500,000
560,000
560,000

Tags: Alexandre ReardBenjamin PollakJoshua MarvinScott StewartValentin Messina