Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1c Completed
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$365
Prize Pool
$3,004,500
Entries
10,015
Level
39
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
500,000
Todd Louer Bags Lead in Day 1c of THE GIANT
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Day 1c of Event #19: THE GIANT, a $365 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament, is in the books. Todd Louer bagged the biggest stack of the day with 730,000.
Tommy Zhu (502,000) climbed the leaderboard when he knocked out three people, including Jeff Gross, on the final hand of play with pocket sevens. Gross was a short stack after working his stack up to 100,000 and then leaving it to continue in the Pot-Limit Omaha Eight or Better tournament that started earlier today.
Niall Farrell (559,000) and Dietrich Fast (377,000) both bagged and they seemed to put a lot of stock into Ismael Bojang’s thoughts that this was the “drinking tournament.”
Bojang, Todd Brunson, Ylon Schwartz, James Woods, Joe McKeehen, and Ryan Riess are just some of the players that fired and missed on bagging a stack today.
Valentin Vornicu currently holds the biggest starting flight stack with 869,500.
Day 1d is on June 30 and Day 1e is on July 7. Those are the last two shots to try and catch Vornicu and earn a spot in Day 2 of THE GIANT.
End-of-Day Chip Counts
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
729,500
139,500
|
139,500 |
|
667,500
47,500
|
47,500 |
|
583,500
583,500
|
583,500 |
|
559,000
190,500
|
190,500 |
|
||
|
529,500
529,500
|
529,500 |
|
502,000
502,000
|
502,000 |
|
496,500
496,500
|
496,500 |
|
454,000
454,000
|
454,000 |
|
447,500
447,500
|
447,500 |
|
438,000
438,000
|
438,000 |
|
408,000
408,000
|
408,000 |
|
|
406,000
406,000
|
406,000 |
|
395,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
|
393,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
387,000
387,000
|
387,000 |
|
|
383,500
383,500
|
383,500 |
|
381,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
381,000
381,000
|
381,000 |
|
380,500
380,500
|
380,500 |
|
|
378,000
378,000
|
378,000 |
|
376,000
376,000
|
376,000 |
|
374,500
374,500
|
374,500 |
|
|
352,000
352,000
|
352,000 |
|
349,500
79,500
|
79,500 |
|
|
346,500
346,500
|
346,500 |
Play Concludes
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
The floor called four more hands of play and several of the tables are already beginning the bagging process.
Todd Louer and Michael Abitbol appear to be the two big stacks from this flight of the $365 Giant.
Niall Farrell and Dietrich Fast have also bagged decent stacks. A recap of Day 1c will be up in a few minutes.
Todd Louer Wins Another
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Todd Louer is one fo the biggest stacks as the end of Day 1c approaches. He just eliminated a player while holding pocket sevens, 
, against the 
of his opponent.
The board ran out and his sevens held to add a little bit more to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
590,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Jason Johnson Knocks Out 2 and Dietrich Fast is 'Not the Chip Leader'
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Jason Johnson got all in with 
against Ylon Schwartz, 
, and another player holding 
.
The turn brought an ace and Johnson won the hand and busted Schwartz and the other player.
At a nearby table, Dietrich Fast counted out his chips but also noted the importance of counting out how many drinks he's had.
"I'm definitely not the chip leader," said Fast. He referenced he might be the most drunk person in the remaining field though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
368,500
153,500
|
153,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
340,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
|
299,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Michael Abitbol Takes Out Two
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Michael Abitbol is over 600,000 after eliminating two players.
He held 
against 
and 
.
The board ran out 
and Abitbol rivered a full house to eliminate his opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
620,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Dave Plaskett's Kings Hold Against Two Players
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Dave Plaskett got all in against Mimi Luu and Katie Lindsay holding pocket kings, 
. He was up against the 
of Luu and the 
of Lindsay.
He held to double through Lindsay and leave her with 30,000. Luu was eliminated shortly after the money bubble burst.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
30,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
|
Busted |
Money Bubble
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Play stopped for a few minutes while the floor staff worked out whether the players had already made the money after the tables played two hands during hand-for-hand play.
After a few moments, the floor announced players are in the money with a $578 min-cash guaranteed.