Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 7 | 2017 World Series of Poker

07-17-2017 12:20 UTC-8

Outer Table Hands #17-22: Gryko Four-Bets Messina

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Level 32 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

Hand #17: Alexandre Reard raised to 550,000 in the cutoff and took the pot.

Hand #18: Pedro Oliveira raised to 550,000 in middle position and got a call from Richard Gryko on the button. Scott Blumstein put in a reraise to 2 million from the next seat. Three folds later, he swept up a nice pot.

"That was a good sizing," Oliveira said after the hand.

Hand #19: Florian Lohnert shoved all in from middle position for about 2.5 million and took the blinds and antes.

Hand #20: Lohnert jammed again and won the pot.

Hand #21: David Guay opened for 535,000 in middle position and won the pot.

Hand #22: Gryko raised to 525,000 second to act. Valentin Messina put in a three-bet to 1.6 million on the button. Oliveira took awhile before folding in the small blind, and the big blind mucked too. Gryko cut out a four-bet to 4.3 million and slid it in. Messina asked how much Gryko had back but eventually folded.

While this hand was happening, a tournament supervisor moved Lohnert to a different table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valentin Messina	27,600,000 -1,600,000	-1,600,000
Richard Gryko	16,200,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard David Guay Florian Lohnert Pedro Oliveira Richard Gryko Scott Blumstein Valentin Messina

07-17-2017 12:17 UTC-8

Secondary Table Hands #20-22: Pham Takes Two, One for Pollak

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MrCleverFox

Level 32 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

Hand #20: Benjamin Pollak raised to 560,000 from early position and was called by Christian Pham from the big blind. The flop came down and Pham checked to Pollak who bet 575,000. Pham folded and Pollak was able to take down the pot.

Hand #21: Action folded around to Christian Pham and he raised to 625,000 from the small blind. From the big blind Michael Krasienko called and the two took a flop.

The flop was and action checked to the on the turn. On the turn, Pham bet 625,000 and Krasienko called the bet.

The river was the and Pham bet 1,225,000 and Krasienko folded, allowing Pham to take in the pot.

Hand #22: Pham raised to 625,000 from the button. Both blinds folded and Pham took down his second pot in a row.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Pham	28,100,000 7,010,000	7,010,000

Benjamin Pollak	14,390,000 -55,000	-55,000

Tags: Christian Pham Michael Krasienko Benjamin Pollak

07-17-2017 12:09 UTC-8

Jake Bazeley Eliminated in 25th Place ($263,532)

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Mickey Doft

Level 32 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

Secondary Table Hand #19: Benjamin Pollak raised to 550,000 from middle position, Ben Lamb three-bet to 1,400,000 from the button, Jake Bazeley four-bet shoved for about 2,475,000 from the big blind, Pollak reshoved for roughly 9,920,000, and Lamb folded.

Pollak:
Bazeley:

The board came down , giving Pollak a pair of aces to eliminate Bazeley in 25th place for $263,532.

Pollak is up to 14,550,000 after the hand.

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Jake Bazeley

07-17-2017 12:06 UTC-8

Feature Table Hands #12-16: Hesp Takes the Chip Lead From Sinclair

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Kevin Taylor

Level 32 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

Hand #12: Action folded around to Randy Pisane, and he bumped it up to 500,000. It folded around to Damian Salas in the big blind, and after some thought, he made the call. The flop ran down , and Salas checked to Pisane, who made it 650,000 to go. Salas released his hand, and Pisane took down the pot.

Hand #13: Pisane raised it up again, this time to 550,000, and Damian Salas reraised it to 1.62 million in the small blind. Pisane four bet all in for 7.74 million, and Salas didn't take long to release his hand.

Hand #14: Action folded to John Hesp in the hijack, and he raised to 600,000. Everyone folded their hands, and Hesp took down the pot, showing .

Hand #15: Hesp raised it up to 600,000 for the second hand in a row, and Michael Ruane tanked for a bit on the button before folding. Jack Sinclair called in the small blind, and they went heads up to a flop of . Both players quickly checked, and the came on the turn. Sinclair fired out 800,000, and Hesp quickly announced "raise". He put out three million, Sinclair called, and the river brought the . Sinclair checked, and Hesp fired out three million again. Sinclair called, and Hesp rolled over for the straight. Sinclair mucked, and Hesp takes over the chip lead.

Hand #16: Action folded to Sinclair on the button, and he made it 550,000 to go. Jonas Mackoff defended his big blind, and they saw a flop of . Mackoff checked to Sinclair, who bet out 675,000. Mackoff thought for a minute before calling, and the hit the turn. Macoff checked again, and Sinclair bet out 1.4 million. Mackoff kicked his hand in, and Sinclair scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hesp	33,065,000 7,640,000	7,640,000
Jack Sinclair	32,265,000 -5,375,000	-5,375,000

Randy Pisane	19,740,000 2,920,000	2,920,000
Bryan Piccioli	13,735,000 -440,000	-440,000

Jonas Mackoff	10,635,000 -1,465,000	-1,465,000
Scott Stewart	7,140,000 -560,000	-560,000
Michael Ruane	6,595,000 -560,000	-560,000
Damian Salas	6,040,000 -2,320,000	-2,320,000

Tags: Damian Salas Jack Sinclair John Hesp Jonas Mackoff Michael Ruane Randy Pisane

07-17-2017 12:04 UTC-8

Michael Sklenicka Eliminated in 26th Place ($263,532)

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MrCleverFox

Level 32 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

Secondary Table Hand #18: Christian Pham opened to 625,000 from early position and was called by Michael Sklenicka in the big blind. On the flop Sklenicka checked to Pham who bet 900,000 and Sklenicka called.

The turn was the and Sklenicka checked again. Pham bet enough to put Sklenicka all in for 3,480,000 and Sklenicka dropped into the tank then called after about a minute.

Pham was holding while Sklenicka held . Both players had flopped top pair, but Sklenicka had a worse kicker and needed to catch either a six for a scoop or a ten or queen for a chop.The river was the , though, and that secured the pot for Pham while Sklenicka was eliminated from the tournament.

Sklenicka will collect $263,532 for his efforts here in the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Sklenicka	Busted

Tags: Christian Pham Michael Sklenicka

07-17-2017 12:04 UTC-8

Outer Table Hands #12-16: Blumstein and Oliveira Take Two

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 32 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

Hand #12: Richard Gryko raised to 525,000 and Pedro Oliveira defended his big blind. After a flop of , the Portuguese checked while jamming to the tunes from his headphones and a continuation bet worth 475,000 by Gryko won the pot.

Hand #13: A raise to 500,000 by Scott Blumstein won the pot. Short stack Florian Lohnert seemed interested in the small blind, even asked for the raising amount, but ultimately folded.

Hand #14: Oliveira raised to 550,000 on the button and that forced folds from Lohnert in the small blind and Alexandre Reard in the big blind.

Hand #15: Blumstein raised to 500,000 again and David Guay defended his big blind. A few meters behind him the Canadian flag was displayed on the rail. Guay checked the flop and Blumstein scooped the pot with a successful continuation bet worth 500,000.

Hand #16: Oliveira raised to 550,000 and Guay in the small blind, as well as Gryko in the big blind called. On a flop of , both players in the blinds checked. Oliveira bet 850,000 and that won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Oliveira	24,000,000 1,460,000	1,460,000
Scott Blumstein	21,400,000 3,275,000	3,275,000

Richard Gryko	15,000,000 1,240,000	1,240,000

David Guay	6,800,000 -600,000	-600,000

Florian Lohnert	3,100,000 -500,000	-500,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard David Guay Florian Lohnert Pedro Oliveira Richard Gryko Scott Blumstein

07-17-2017 12:02 UTC-8

Secondary Table Hands #14-17: Marcel Luske Doubles

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Level 32 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

Hand #14: Marcel Luske was under the gun and raised to 550,000. Action folded to Michael Krasienko on the button who three-bet to 1,300,000, Luske called. The flop was and Luske checked. Krasienko fired out 600,000 and Luske folded.

Hand #15: Action folded to Christian Pham in the hijack and he raised to 625,000. Everyone folded and Pham took down the blinds.

Hand #16: Michael Sklenicka was in early position and raised to 505,000. Karen Sarkisyan defended his big blind. Sarkisyan then check-folded to Sklenicka's bet of 500,000 on the flop.

Hand #17: Action folded to Christian Pham in middle position and he raised to 625,000. Marcel Luske was on the button and called.

The flop was and Pham checked. Luske moved all in for about 1,605,000 and Pham called.

Marcel Luske:
Christian Pham:

The turn was the and the river came down the , spiking the flush for Luske and getting him off to a flying start.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Pham	21,090,000 -1,170,000	-1,170,000

Marcel Luske	4,180,000 630,000	630,000

Tags: Christian Pham Karen Sarkisyan Marcel Luske Michael Krasienko Michael Sklenicka

07-17-2017 11:57 UTC-8

Outer Table Hands #7-11: Saout Slips

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Level 32 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

Hand #7: Valentin Messina raised to 525,000 from middle position and Richard Gryko called from the big blind. The flop came and Gryko checked. Messina bet 525,000, Gryko folded, and Messina took the pot.

Hand #8: Pedro Oliveira raised to 550,000 from middle position and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #9: Antoine Saout raised to 540,000 from under the gun and Richard Dubini called from the big blind. The flop came and Dubini checked. Saout bet 575,000 and Dubini called. The turn brought the and Dubini checked. Saout bet 1,125,000 and Dubini called. The river was the and Dubini checked a third time. Saout bet what looked like 2,250,000 and Dubini quickly called. Saout showed for ace high and Dubini flipped over for trip fives to take the pot.

Hand #10: Pedro Oliveira raised to 550,000 from early position and Alexandre Reard called from middle position. The flop came and Oliveira checked. Reard bet 1,100,000 and Oliveira called. The turn brought the and both players checked. The river was the , Oliveira bet 2,500,000, and Reard folded.

Hand #11: Florian Lohnert raised to 515,000 from early position and Richard Gryko called from the hijack. The flop fell and Lohnert checked. Gryko bet 475,000 and Lohnert called. The turn brought the , Lohnert checked, Gryko bet 1,025,000, and Lohnert folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valentin Messina	29,200,000 610,000	610,000
Antoine Saout	6,850,000 -3,095,000	-3,095,000
Alexandre Reard	6,600,000 -1,980,000	-1,980,000

Florian Lohnert	3,600,000 -1,760,000	-1,760,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard Antoine Saout Florian Lohnert Pedro Oliveira Richard Dubini Richard Gryko Valentin Messina

07-17-2017 11:53 UTC-8

Robin Hegele Eliminated in 27th Place ($263,532)

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Level 32 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

Feature Hand #11: Jack Sinclair raised it up to 575,000 from middle position and action folded to Robin Hegele in the small blind. He paused for a moment and put in a three-bet to 1,800,000.

Scott Stewart mucked his big blind, and Sinclair decided to move all in. Hegele quickly called.

Hegele was at risk and ahead with , up against Sinclair's . The Day 5 chip leader needed to fade an ace, or his Main Event run would end.

The flop came and Hegele was still ahead with two queens. The turn was the and the entire crowd gasped as Sinclair took the lead, pairing his ace.

The river was the and Hegele was the first to be eliminated on Day 7, taking home $263,532 for his 27th place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Sinclair	37,640,000 7,960,000	7,960,000

Robin Hegele	Busted

Tags: Jack Sinclair Robin Hegele

07-17-2017 11:48 UTC-8

Secondary Table Hands #9-13: Ott Takes One on the Turn

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MrCleverFox

Level 32 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

Hand #9: Dan Ott raised to 550,000 from the hijack seat. Ben Lamb called from the small blind. The flop came down and Lamb checked over to Ott who checked back.

The turn was the and Lamb checked once more over to Ott. Ott fired 1,300,000 and Lamb folded, that allowed Ott to take down the pot.

Hand #10: Action folded around to Michael Sklenicka in the small blind and he moved all in for right around 4 million. Jake Bazeley folded his big blind and Sklenicka took down the pot.

Hand #11: Karen Sarkisyan raised to 550,000 from the hijack and took down the pot when everyone folded.

Hand #12: Marcel Luske opened with a raise to 800,000. Action folded around to Michael Krasienko in the big blind and he folded as well, and that allowed Luske to take down the pot.

Hand #13: Action folded around to Krasienko in the small blind. He raised to 600,000. Benjamin Pollak was in the big blind and he folded, and that allowed Krasienko to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	22,280,000 -750,000	-750,000

Christian Pham	22,260,000 -560,000	-560,000

Dan Ott	18,810,000 950,000	950,000
Michael Krasienko	10,310,000 160,000	160,000
Benjamin Pollak	10,280,000 -560,000	-560,000
Karen Sarkisyan	8,085,000 -540,000	-540,000
Michael Sklenicka	4,220,000 160,000	160,000
Marcel Luske	3,550,000 40,000	40,000
Jake Bazeley	2,675,000 -680,000	-680,000

Tags: Daniel Ott Ben Lamb