Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em SHOOTOUT Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-23-2017 16:55 UTC-7

Paul Michaelis Heads Up vs. Erle Mankin

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Paul Michaelis with queen-jack busted short stack Arin Youssefian holding pocket threes to get the match heads up — the first table to get there.

Michaelis from Germany has a significant advantage over his opponent Erle Mankin from the United States with over a 5:1 lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Michaelis	530,000 40,000	40,000
Erle Mankin	100,000 9,000	9,000
Arin Youssefian	Busted

Tags: Erle Mankin Paul Michaelis

06-23-2017 16:49 UTC-7

Timothy Chang Eliminates David Machowsky

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There was an open to 5,500 before Timothy Chang three-bet to 13,500 and David Machowsky moved all in for 45,000.

The original raiser folded and Chang called with and was against Machowsky’s ace-king.

The flop delivered a spade flush draw which duly got there to bust Machowsky and give Chang a healthy lead over the other five players at his table.

“I had the perfect chip stack,” Chang said smiling as he referred to his call. The rest of the table didn’t seem to be enjoying his good fortune as much.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Chang	290,000 50,000	50,000
David Machowsky	Busted

Tags: David Machowsky Timothy Chang

06-23-2017 16:40 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts After the Break

Shirley Ang

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Michaelis	490,000 270,000	270,000
Matthew Haugen	287,000 -63,000	-63,000
Ben Maya	230,000

Matas Dilpsas	215,000 -55,000	-55,000
Thomas Boivin	215,000 72,500	72,500
Taylor Paur	190,000 138,000	138,000

Steve Foutty	182,000 116,800	116,800
Carlos Mortensen	140,000 75,500	75,500

Philip Tom	121,000 61,700	61,700
Nathan Bjerno	120,000 60,800	60,800
Joseph Wertz	118,000 52,500	52,500
Michael Zigomanis	114,000 54,400	54,400
James Gilbert	110,000 45,100	45,100
Sergi Reixach	109,000 39,000	39,000
Rajaee Wazwaz	108,000 -13,000	-13,000

Russell Thomas	105,000 -10,000	-10,000
Chris Bell	100,000 24,000	24,000
Josh Kay	94,000 34,300	34,300
Erle Mankin	91,000 26,400	26,400
Kevin Visentin	91,000 26,000	26,000
John Kim	89,000 24,125	24,125
Tom Middleton	80,000 32,000	32,000
Ross Ward	63,000 8,000	8,000
Richard Alsup	55,000 -4,300	-4,300

Stoyan Obreshkov	53,000 18,000	18,000

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06-23-2017 16:17 UTC-7

Break Time

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The tournament is on a 15-minute break.

06-23-2017 16:16 UTC-7

Timothy Chang Leads Eight-Handed Table 725

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There are still several tables with six and seven players remaining, but Table 725 still has eight players with chips.

Benjamin Geisman and Toby Boas are the players who have busted, and it is Timothy Chang who has the lead at the table with 240,000 while Alexandru Masek heads the chasing pack as the second break approaches.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Chang	240,000 181,500	181,500

Tags: Benjamin Geisman Timothy Chang

06-23-2017 16:10 UTC-7

Eliminated Players

Shirley Ang

The players below took $4,837 home:

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	Busted
Alexandre Rivero	Busted
Ryan Tamanini	Busted
Stefan Jedlicka	Busted
Mohsin Virani	Busted
Brian Kelly	Busted
Jonathan Tamayo	Busted
Damien Leforbes	Busted
Jingwu Cai	Busted
Pierre Merlin	Busted
Jan Nakladal	Busted
Jonathan Borenstein	Busted
Tirza Sanders	Busted
Douglas Hartwick	Busted
Raghav Bansal	Busted
Dennis Zollo	Busted
Timothy McDermott	Busted
Paul Leckey	Busted

06-23-2017 16:06 UTC-7

Table 723 Three Handed; Matthew Haugen Leads

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The first table to get down to three players is Table 723 which has been dominated most of the day by Matthew Haugen, but Ben Maya is on his heels with Chris Bell the man in the middle looking to make some hands soon.

All three are from the United States.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Haugen	350,000 150,000	150,000
Ben Maya	230,000 170,400	170,400

Chris Bell	76,000 11,800	11,800

Tags: Ben Maya Chris Bell Matthew Haugen

06-23-2017 16:06 UTC-7

Action at Table 721, Tirza Sanders Eliminated

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Hand #1: Xavier Rios raised to 4,500 in the cutoff and was called by James Cappucci in the big blind. They both checked through the on the flop and the on the turn. The on the river completed the board, Cappucci opened to 5,500, and Rios folded.

Hand #2: Chris Brand raised to 4,500 on the button, Cappucci three-bet to 16,500, and Brand folded.

Hand #3: Action folded to Tirza Sanders in the small blind. Sanders completed, Rios raised to 5,000, and Sanders called. The flop came , Sanders checked, Rios opened to 6,000, Sanders shoved all in, and Rios called.

Rios:
Sanders:

Sanders had top pair and Rios middle pair. The turn gave them the , but the on the river gave Rios a higher pair in the end.

Hand #4: Cappucci raised from the cutoff. Robert Kuhn three-bet to 16,000 from the big blind and was called. The flop came , Kuhn opened to 10,000, and Cappucci folded. Kuhn showed .