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

Mohsin Charania Under the Gun

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Mohsin Charania
Mohsin Charania

Mohsin Charania opened under the gun to 4,500 and got two callers.

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{5-Spades} and Charania bet 5,000. One player called. The turn was the {9-Clubs} and Charania bet 12,000 after his opponent checked.

Charania won his first WSOP bracelet in Event #52: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $364,438 for bring his WSOP lifetime earnings to $842,902. He has over $4.6-million in non-WSOP earnings including two WPT titles and an EPT title. The bracelet gave him the poker triple crown.

Charania was the first player this summer (sixth overall) to earn the triple crown. Harrison Gimbel joined the club after winning Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em.

Player Chips Progress
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Mohsin Charania
238,000
-27,000
-27,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Sands Chips Up

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

There was about 40,000 in the pot on a board of {j-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Spades}{10-Clubs}. David Sands bet 23,500 and his opponent called.

The river was the {4-Clubs} and both players checked.

Sands showed {j-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and his opponent mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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David Sands
240,000
180,000
180,000

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Jensen Takes from Vanderloo

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

From under the gun, Steen Jensen opened to 5,100 and Mark Vanderloo called next to act, as did the big blind.

The flop fell {5-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and after the big blind checked, Jensen continued to 9,200.

Only Vanderloo called as the turn landed the {K-Hearts} and Jensen announced a bet to be what sounded like 14,600. Vanderloo instantly mucked and dropped to 58,800 while Jensen scooped the pot and moved to 73,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Steen Jensen
73,000
73,000
73,000
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Mark van der Loo
58,800
58,800
58,800

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Noor Doubles

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Michael Noor found himself all in for his last 29,000 with Alejandro Delaflorlopez looking him up.

Noor: {K-Spades}{9-Spades}
Delaflorlopez: {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {J-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Noor spiked the double to move to roughly 65,000 while Delaflorlopez dropped to 110,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Alejandro Delaflorlopez
110,000
110,000
110,000
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Michael Noor
65,000
65,000
65,000

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Amazon Tan Chip Counts

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Tom Cannuli
380,000
80,000
80,000
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Garrett Garvin
340,000
340,000
340,000
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Jay Farber
325,000
325,000
325,000
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Michael Scarborough
314,000
314,000
314,000
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Seth Davies
280,000
280,000
280,000
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Ayaz Mahmood
246,000
246,000
246,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Andre Akkari
228,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Martin Finger
204,000
204,000
204,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Gavin Smith
180,000
-15,000
-15,000
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Max Silver
145,000
73,000
73,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Michael Souza
75,000
7,000
7,000
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David Gutfreund
64,000
-16,000
-16,000

Mortensen Takes from Nerney

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

From the hijack, Morten Mortensen opened to 5,000 and Brian Nerney called in the big blind.

The flop fell {2-Spades}{K-Clubs}{10-Spades} and Nerney checked to Mortensen who bet out 7,000.

Nerney quickly mucked, and the Day 1a chip leader in Mortensen collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Morten Mortensen
250,000
250,000
250,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
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Brian Nerney
64,000
64,000
64,000

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Franco Takes a Hit

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Sonny Franco's raise from under the gun was called by Lyle Berman and the latter called a continuation bet by Franco on the {10-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Spades} flop. Franco checked the {A-Spades} turn and called a bet worth 22,000 before check-calling Berman's shove on the {Q-Clubs} river for 33,700.

Berman showed {Q-Spades}{9-Spades} for a flush while Franco mucked {2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} for bottom set. Berman doubled to around 160,000, which is just below what he started with.

Player Chips Progress
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Sonny Franco
490,000
-72,000
-72,000

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Randy Ohel Rebuilding

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Randy Ohel reraised his opponent to 26,500 preflop. His opponent had raised to 11,500 and called the 26,500. Ohel shoved the {8-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts} flop for 71,000 into the pot of about 53,000 and his opponent folded.

Ohel has one WSOP gold bracelet and 34 cashes for a total of $1,280,567 in WSOP earnings. A majority of his cashes are in non-Hold'em events and his deepest run in the Main Event was a 692nd place finish in 2014 for $18,406.

Player Chips Progress
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Randy Ohel
130,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Allen Cunningham Quadruples His Stack in the First Hour of Play

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Allen Cunningham
Allen Cunningham

Our access to the feature tables are limited, but we were able to notice a heap of chips sitting in front of Allen Cunningham. He started the day with 131,000, and his new wall of nearly 600,000 captured our attention.

We caught up with the dealer on deck, who happened to deal the first 30 minutes of play at Cunningham's table and here is what we were told.

Cunningham, in the small blind, and Katie Swift, in the big blind, put all the chips in the middle preflop on the second hand of the day. Cunningham held {a-}{a-}, while Swift tabled {a-}{k-}. Cunningham's aces held and Swift's stack of 102,000 was moved one seat over.

The very next hand, Casey Ring in late position raised to 4,500. It folded to Cunningham on the button, who called, as did the big blind, Nicholas Augustino.

The flop came {5-}{2-}{2-}. Augustino checked, Ring bet 8,200, Cunningham called. Augustino raised to 30,000, Ring folded, and Cunningham called.

The {2-} was dealt on the turn. The Augustino bet 50,000 and Cunningham called.

The river brought a {5-} and a bet of 135,000 from Augustino. Cunningham moved all in and was called.

Augustino tabled {q-}{2-} for quad deuces but it wasn't enough to beat Cunningham's quad fives.

Player Chips Progress
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Allen Cunningham
575,000
575,000
575,000
WSOP 5X Winner

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"You Are Doing Great, Keep It Up"

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Thomas Heine started the day in the middle of the pack, but has since become one of the chip leaders in the Amazon Purple section after almost tripling his stack.

In a recent pot, Heine bet the {8-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{K-Diamonds} river for 10,000 and his sole opponent called to see Heine turn over {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} as winning hand. "You are doing great, keep it up," Heine said when turning to the dealer and raked in another pot.

The next hand, Noel Eicher raised to 4,500 and Noah Vaillancourt three-bet to 12,000 from one seat over. Eicher called and the flop fell {9-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Spades}. Eicher checked, Vaillancourt bet 10,200 and folded to Eicher's check-raise to 25,000. Vaillancourt is in the seat that formerly belonged to Joe Gotlieb, who has been eliminated early on.

Player Chips Progress
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Tom Heine
595,000
595,000
595,000
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Noah Vaillancourt
40,000
40,000
40,000
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Joe Gotlieb
Busted

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