2017 World Series of Poker

Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 2ab
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

Cherish Andrews' Stack Almost Falls Over

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Cherish Andrews
Cherish Andrews

Cherish Andrews is one of the biggest stacks in the Day 2b field. She is well over 300,000 and added a bit more over the last few hands.

After an under-the-gun raise to 2,500 and a call, Andrews three-bet from the small blind, making it 8,500. Both her opponents folded.

A few hands later, Andrews was the first to enter the pot. She reached to the top of her chip stack and it almost fell over from being stacked more than 50 chips high. She raised to 2,200 and her opponents folded.

So far Andrews has 16 WSOP cashes, totaling $427,381 in earnings. She has also earned about $100,000 more in non-WSOP tournaments.

Player Chips Progress
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Cherish Andrews
360,000
74,000
74,000

Tags: Cherish Andrews

Sixes for Gyeongbyeong Lee

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Following a raise from the under-the-gun player to 2,000, both Brent Roberts and Gyeongbyeong Lee called in the blinds.

The flop came {9-Spades}{7-Spades}{9-Clubs} and Roberts checked to Lee who bet 3,000. The original raiser folded, but Roberts called as the turn landed the {K-Spades}.

Roberts checked, Lee bet 8,000, and Roberts called as the dealer delivered the {2-Diamonds} on the river.

Both players checked and Roberts announced ace high and tabled his {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}. Lee tabled his {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and was given the pot to move to over 280,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Gyeong Byeong Lee
283,900
46,900
46,900
Profile photo of Brent Roberts us
Brent Roberts
36,000
-200
-200

Tags: Brent RobertsGyeongbyeong Lee

Andrew Lichtenberger Takes One Out

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 2,500 from middle position, the player in the small blind three-bet shoved for about 19,000, and Lichtenberger called with {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}, racing with his opponent's {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}.

The board came down {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{8-Spades}{8-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, giving Lichtenberger aces and kings to eliminate his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrew Lichtenberger
185,000
107,000
107,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger

Updated Counts from Miranda

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

There are just 14 tables remaining in Miranda and below are assorted chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
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[Removed:153]
295,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Sergio Castelluccio it
Sergio Castelluccio
270,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Ian O'Hara us
Ian O'Hara
155,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Ramin Hajiyev az
Ramin Hajiyev
152,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Quang Tran us
Quang Tran
145,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Adam Hsu us
Adam Hsu
140,000
Profile photo of Gjergj Sinishtaj us
Gjergj Sinishtaj
133,000
-22,000
-22,000
Profile photo of Gang Wang cn
Gang Wang
110,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Maxim Lykov ru
Maxim Lykov
110,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jett Schencker us
Jett Schencker
100,000
-80,000
-80,000
Profile photo of Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
100,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Mikhail Semin ru
Mikhail Semin
100,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Eric Kurtzman us
Eric Kurtzman
90,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
83,000
-3,500
-3,500
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
58,000
-10,200
-10,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Dmitry Ponomarev ru
Dmitry Ponomarev
47,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Tom McEvoy us
Tom McEvoy
35,000
-800
-800
Main Event Champion
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Ilkin Amirov az
Ilkin Amirov
21,000
-14,000
-14,000
Profile photo of Tom Bedell no
Tom Bedell
20,000
-15,000
-15,000

Big Slick = Big Pot for Chris George

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Chris George from Day 1
Chris George from Day 1

Chris George opened with a raise to 3,000 from under the gun. The player to his immediate left reraised, making it 7,500 to play. Action folded all the way back around to George who quickly put in a four-bet to 23,000. The other player called.

The flop came down {K-Spades}{4-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and George checked over to his opponent who put out a bet of 21,000. George called and the two saw a turn of the {8-Diamonds} where both checked.

George and his opponent both checked again on the {K-Clubs} river. George showed {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} and that was good for him to take down the pot as his opponent mucked.

With that pot, George moved above the 200,000-chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
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Chris George
212,000
67,000
67,000

Tags: Chris George

Piccioli Building

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Bryan Piccioli
Bryan Piccioli

Jose Ortiz limped in from early position and Gyeongbyeong Lee raised to 3,500. A player called next to act in the hijack before Bryan Piccioli three-bet to 14,000 from the cutoff.

The blinds and Ortiz folded, as did Lee, before the player in the middle called and the dealer spread a {Q-Spades}{2-Spades}{6-Diamonds} flop.

Piccioli continued for 7,500 and his opponent check-called before both players checked the {5-Hearts} on the turn.

The river landed the {A-Clubs}, and after his opponent checked, Piccioli bet 26,500.

Piccioli's opponent mucked, and the WSOP Asia-Pacific bracelet winner climbed to 184,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gyeong Byeong Lee kr
Gyeong Byeong Lee
237,000
129,600
129,600
Profile photo of Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
184,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jose Ortiz gb
Jose Ortiz
155,000
55,700
55,700

Tags: Bryan PiccioliGyeongbyeong LeeJose Ortiz

Nguyen Drops Even More; Queens for Schneider

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

After a raise to 2,300, Pierre Merlin three-bet to 6,300 and Dylan Nguyen called in the cutoff, as did Mile Schneider in the small blind. The flop came {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} and all four players checked. Schneider bet the {8-Hearts} turn for 11,000, which only the initial raiser called. Both remaining players then checked down the {9-Hearts} and Schneider turned over {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades} to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Dylan Nguyen
175,000
-65,000
-65,000
Profile photo of Pierre Merlin fr
Pierre Merlin
144,000
-11,000
-11,000
Profile photo of Mike Schneider (MN) us
Mike Schneider (MN)
90,000
20,000
20,000

Tags: Dylan NguyenMike SchneiderPierre Merlin

Zullo Doubles Up

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

With about 18,000 already in the middle and the board reading {J-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}, Mark Zullo checked from the small blind, the big blind checked, and the player under the gun bet 13,000. Zullo check-raised all in for 64,600 and the big blind quickly folded. The under-the-gun player asked for Zullo's stack to be counted down and then called to put him at risk.

Zullo: {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Opponent: {5-Spades}{3-Spades}

Zullo's opponent was ahead with two pair, but Zullo had a diamond flush draw in addition to his pair of tens, giving him a fair amount of equity heading to the river. It was the {10-Clubs} which gave him trips to take the pot and double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Mark Zullo
154,000
57,200
57,200

Tags: Mark Zullo

Counts from Amazon Purple, Shchemelev Climbing

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
236,400
-9,600
-9,600
Team Lucky
Profile photo of Vladimir Shchemelev ru
Vladimir Shchemelev
189,500
105,500
105,500
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
161,000
-18,000
-18,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
141,000
31,000
31,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Todd Witteles us
Todd Witteles
135,000
-4,700
-4,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Robert Georato us
Robert Georato
72,500
-36,000
-36,000
Profile photo of Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
34,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Steve Foutty us
Steve Foutty
20,200
-79,800
-79,800

Tags: Vladimir Shchemelev