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

David Berman Hits One-Outer to Stay Alive

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

David Berman started the day with 21,600 and is now at 340,000. He described the events that led up to his chip-up.

Berman was up to around 90,000 before the last break and got all his chips in preflop. A player in middle position had raised to 5,200, the button made it 18,000, and Berman made it 41,200 in the small blind. The big blind folded, and the initial raiser five-bet shoved with both opponents covered. The player on the button tank-folded and said he had kings. Berman called, and he was behind with jacks against his opponent's aces.

The flop came {J-}{A-}{X-}. Berman saw a jack in the window and yelled, "Yes!" Then he saw the ace behind it, and his excitement disappeared. The turn changed nothing, but Berman hit the case jack on the river to more than double up after being one card away from elimination.

Player Chips Progress
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David Berman
340,000
250,000
250,000

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Sanchez Calls Mortensen Down

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Jordan Morgan opened to 7,000 from under the gun, and Diego Sanchez called in the hijack, as did Morten Mortensen in the big blind.

The flop fell {7-Spades}{9-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, and all three players checked. The {A-Diamonds} landed on the turn. Mortensen checked, Morgan bet 13,000, and Sanchez called before Mortensen check-raised to 45,000. Morgan folded, and Sanchez called. The river brough the {3-Spades}, and Mortensen bet 88,000. After nearly four minutes of deliberation, Sanchez called and tabled his {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs} to defeat Mortensen's {J-Spades}{9-Clubs}.

As Sanchez climbed to 375,000, Mortensen took a dive down to 155,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Diego Sanchez
375,000
375,000
375,000
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Jordan Morgan
277,000
-50,000
-50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Morten Mortensen
155,000
-187,500
-187,500
Day 1A Chip Leader

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Recent Chip Counts in Amazon

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael Scarborough us
Michael Scarborough
700,000
386,000
386,000
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Ryan Hughes
550,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Allan Le us
Allan Le
440,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Ayaz Mahmood
350,000
-70,000
-70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Andre Akkari
345,000
105,000
105,000
WSOP 1X Winner
PokerStars.fr
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Fadi Hamad
337,000
131,000
131,000
Profile photo of Jay Farber us
Jay Farber
260,000
-90,000
-90,000
Profile photo of Nick Maimone us
Nick Maimone
211,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Aaron Massey
185,000
25,000
25,000
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Nick Schulman
170,000
-75,000
-75,000
WSOP 6X Winner
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Lutz Klinkhammer
170,000
115,000
115,000
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Joseph Cheong
160,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
140,000
-64,000
-64,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Tim West
140,000
-16,000
-16,000
Profile photo of Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
130,000
-75,000
-75,000
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Matt Affleck
93,000
-137,000
-137,000
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Tom McEvoy
35,000
-13,000
-13,000
Main Event Champion
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Tim Reilly
Busted

Hinkle Coolered by Rhee

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Grant Hinkle was exiting his seat with all his chips in the middle, and Yo-Seb Rhee had {j-}{j-} in front of him for a turned set of jacks. According to the players at the table, Hinkle had flopped a set of sixes, and after both players checked the flop, they got into a raising war on the turn that saw Hinkle all in with one out.

Player Chips Progress
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Yo-Seb Rhee
655,000
-10,000
-10,000
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Grant Hinkle
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Meyers On the Up Despite Setback

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Brandon Meyers
Brandon Meyers

Over in the Gold section, Brandon Meyers bet the turn of a {J-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{J-Spades} board for 16,000, and his sole opponent called before the {Q-Diamonds} appeared on the river. Meyers slowed down and checked, which prompted his opponent to move all in. Meyers asked for a count but folded when it was deemed to be for 53,500.

Nearby tables in the Amazon Gold section feature Melanie Weisner, Talal Shakerchi, Max Pescatori, and Dutch Boyd. The latter has been nursing a short stack for quite some time.

Meanwhile, all tables in the Purple section are gone, and just three sections remain in play in the Amazon Room.

Player Chips Progress
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Brandon Meyers
675,000
-85,000
-85,000
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Melanie Weisner
195,000
173,000
173,000
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Talal Shakerchi
150,000
-37,000
-37,000
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Max Pescatori
140,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Dutch Boyd
32,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Brandon MeyersDutch BoydMax PescatoriMelanie WeisnerTalal Shakerchi

Greenblatt's River Check-Raise Pays Off

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Alex Greenblatt was under the gun on the turn of a {4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} board, and he and his opponent in the cutoff both checked. Greenblatt also checked the {7-Clubs} river, and his opponent bet 7,000 into a pot of around 35,000. Greenblatt put in a raise to 45,000. After tanking for a bit, the cutoff called, and Greenblatt turned over {k-Spades}{9-Spades} for two pair. His opponent's {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} was sent into the muck face-up.

Player Chips Progress
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Alex Greenblatt
600,000
84,000
84,000

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Over and Out for Kihara

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Naoya Kihara
Naoya Kihara

Naoya Kihara raised to 7,000, and Cherish Andrews three-bet to 20,000 out of the small blind. Once the action was back on Kihara, he four-bet all in, and Andrews called with the slightly superior stack.

Naoya Kihara: {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}
Cherish Andrews: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}

The board ran out {K-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{K-Clubs}{3-Spades}, and Kihara was left drawing dead on the turn. He was called back to the table in case he had some chips left over, but that hope quickly vanished when the stacks were verified.

Player Chips Progress
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Cherish Andrews
265,000
155,000
155,000
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Naoya Kihara
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Galfond Takes a Hit

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Phil Galfond
Phil Galfond

With a raise to 6,000 from early position in front of him, Phil Galfond three-bet to 18,000 from the hijack. The button looked down at his cards and thought for a couple moments before throwing in a four-bet to 53,000. The initial raiser took no time mucking his cards, and Galfond called after counting his stack.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}, and both players checked to the {10-Spades} turn. Galfond checked again, and his opponent bet 42,000. Galfond weighed his options and elected to give up on the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Galfond
176,000
-25,000
-25,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once