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

Perfect Runout for Sura

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

On a hand from the live stream of the main feature table, the action folded round to Chris Baud in the cutoff, and he raised to 6,500 holding {A-Diamonds}{2-Spades}. Bobby Sura called in the big blind with his {K-Clubs}{Q-Spades} and checked the {8-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{K-Spades} flop. Baud checked behind, and when the turn brought the {K-Diamonds}, Sura led out for 8,000. Baud called. The {Q-Hearts} river completed the board, and Sura bet 31,000. Baud mucked.

Sura moved his stack over the 200,000-chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Baud
204,000
-43,500
-43,500
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Robert Sura
200,500
59,900
59,900

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Joe Hachem Eliminated

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

The 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion, Joe Hachem, was short for quite some time and had a dedicated camera crew standing next to his table just to witness his eventual double-up or bust. Unfortunately for the Aussie, it was the latter.

From early position, Jared Palmer opened to 7,000. Over in the cutoff, Hachem shoved for 12,500 total. The button and both blinds released and Palmer made the almost-obligatory call.

Joe Hachem: {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}
Jared Palmer: {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Hachem had gotten it in with the best hand, but it wouldn't hold up. The {Q-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{8-Spades} flop paired Palmer up, and the {10-Diamonds} on the turn even improved the man from Ohio's hand. Hachem was down to just four outs, but none of the kings would complete the board. Instead, the {3-Spades} hit the river, and Hachem made his exit.

"Good luck, guys. It was nice playing with you," the former Champ said. "All the best!"

Jared Palmer moved up to about 350,000 in chips after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Joe Hachem
Busted
Main Event Champion
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

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Updated Counts from Amazon Gold

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

Event #62: $50,000 Poker Players Championship (6-Handed) runner-up Johannes Becker is among the big stacks over in the Gold section, and below are further updated counts of notables.

Player Chips Progress
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Johannes Becker
440,000
440,000
440,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Benjamin Pollak
380,000
100,000
100,000
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Jeff Hakim
370,000
-30,000
-30,000
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Andrew Hills
290,000
120,000
120,000
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Jason Koon
230,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Ivan Luca
230,000
-45,000
-45,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Paul Leckey
210,000
-20,000
-20,000
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Phillip Hui
210,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Marcel Luske
170,000
-20,000
-20,000
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Bernard Lee
155,000
50,000
50,000
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Darryll Fish
110,000
-35,000
-35,000
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Julie Cornelius
80,000
-20,000
-20,000
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Jake Cody
75,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Johannes Becker

Polk Shows Off a Bluff

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

Doug Polk raised to 6,500 from the button, and the big blind three-bet to 18,000. Polk called.

The flop came {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}{5-Diamonds}. The big blind continued for 26,000, and Polk called to see the {5-Hearts} land on the turn. Both players checked through to the {4-Spades} on the river. The big blind checked again, and Polk announced a bet of 38,000. His opponent folded {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} face-up, and Polk showed him {q-Spades}{10-Spades}.

"I had a gutshot and a backdoor flush draw," Polk said as he stole the pot away from his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
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Doug Polk
193,000
31,500
31,500
WSOP 3X Winner

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Stefanski Folds River

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

Facing a button raise, Dave Stefanski three-bet to 23,000 from the small blind. His opponent on the button called, and then called a Stefanski continuation bet of 15,500 on the {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop. Both players checked the {K-Spades} on the turn. When the river landed the {5-Spades}, Stefanski checked, and his opponent bet 40,000.

Stefanski went into the tank for close to three minutes before eventually releasing his hand and dropping to 290,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Dave Stefanski
290,000
-35,000
-35,000

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Ladies in Opposite Directions

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

In this past level, Sofia Lovgren and Natasha Mercier have been heading in opposite directions. Lovgren has built her stack up to over 500,000, while Mercier took a couple hits and is now down to around 200,000 chips.

Noah Schwartz, Pierre Neuville, and Sam Chartier have all recently been eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Artan Dedusha
733,000
-87,000
-87,000
Day 2C Chip Leader
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Mickey Craft
705,000
-81,000
-81,000
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Sofia Lovgren
533,000
363,000
363,000
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Jameson Painter
276,000
11,000
11,000
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Samuel Phillips
268,000
36,600
36,600
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Cate Hall
218,000
-2,000
-2,000
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Phil Galfond
201,000
-80,400
-80,400
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
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Natasha Mercier
195,000
-410,000
-410,000
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Jonathan Little
162,000
-180,500
-180,500
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David Benyamine
140,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Bryce Yockey
136,000
46,000
46,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Kenneth Cleeton (IL)
125,000
-5,000
-5,000
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Jason Mercier
78,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 6X Winner
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Erik Seidel
53,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Carlos Mortensen
46,000
23,000
23,000
Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Noah Schwartz
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Sam Chartier
Busted
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Pierre Neuville
Busted

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Kid Poker's Presence Still Felt in Main Event

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

On his way to register for the $1,111 Little One for One Drop, Daniel Negreanu came to check on Kenneth Cleeton. He also shared what his basic strategy for the Little One Drop will be:

"I'm going to shove a lot."

There were some people on Twitter suggesting that Negreanu swap in for Kenneth's dad (also named Kenneth), and he even asked if Negreanu wanted to trade places.

"I'd love to, but I don't think they'd let me," Negreanu said.

Player Chips Progress
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Kenneth Cleeton (IL)
130,000
-40,000
-40,000

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De Meulder on the River

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Matthias De Meulder
Matthias De Meulder

Matthias De Meulder opened to 7,500 from the hijack, and the small blind called. The flop was {J-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, and the small blind check-called a bet of 7,000 from De Meulder. Both players checked the {2-Hearts} on the turn. The river was the {6-Spades}, and the small blind bet 22,000. De Meulder raised to 75,000, and the small blind called after a minute of thought.

De Meulder showed {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} for the rivered full house and moved up to over a half million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Matthias De Meulder
520,000
95,000
95,000

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Gaviao Doubles Through van Zadelhoff

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

From early position, Jonathan Gaviao pushed all in for 34,500 and Steven van Zadelhoff called in the hijack.

Gaviao: {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}
Van Zadelhoff: {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}

The board ran out {K-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}, and Gaviao doubled through to roughly 75,0000 as van Zadelhoff dropped to 440,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Steven van Zadelhoff
440,000
-35,000
-35,000
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Jonathan Gaviao
75,000
-6,000
-6,000

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