Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 3 | 2017 World Series of Poker

07-01-2017 15:45 UTC-7

Affleck Doubles Through Spears

Mickey Doft

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Andy Spears raised from early position, Matt Affleck three-bet shoved from the small blind for an additional 294,000, and Spears tanked for a bit before he called.

Spears:
Affleck:

The board came down , giving Affleck a scare initially but safe for him to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Spears	1,040,000 -210,000	-210,000
Matt Affleck	710,000 227,000	227,000

Tags: Andy Spears Matt Affleck

07-01-2017 15:37 UTC-7

[Removed:14] Eliminated in 18th Place ($20,503)

Yori Epskamp

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Directly after the redraw, [Removed:14] moved all in for 154,000 from under the gun. James Hughes reshoved all in from the small blind and Norberto Korn folded his big blind.

Harroch:
Hughes:

The aces remained in the deck on a rundown and Harroch was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Hughes	550,000 60,000	60,000
[Removed:14]	Busted

Tags: James Hughes Ryan Hughes

07-01-2017 15:37 UTC-7

Final Two Tables

Mickey Doft

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player
722	1	Sergio Cabrera
722	2	Pete Chen
722	3	Darren Rabinowitz
722	4	Ari Engel
722	5	Donis Agnelli
722	6	Thomas Boivin
722	7	Mark Zullo
722	8	Simon Lam
722	9	Pierre Neuville

726	1	Andy Spears
726	2	Mike Vanier
726	3	James Hughes
726	4	Norberto Korn
726	5	[Removed:14]
726	6	Mike Sowers
726	7	Matt Affleck
726	8	Marton Czuczor
726	9	Ravi Raghavan

07-01-2017 15:31 UTC-7

Pascal Hartman Eliminated in 19th Place ($16,889)

Yori Epskamp

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

From early position, Pascal Hartman had opened and Thomas Boivin had three-bet him one seat over. Hartman four-bet nearly all of his chips, Boivin went all in, and with the pay jump in sight, Hartman took some time before committing his final chips.

Hartman:
Boivin:

Hartman was behind and needed to catch up but failed to do so on a board.

With Hartman's exit in 19th place, all remaining players will redraw for the final two tables and are guaranteed at least $20,503.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Boivin	1,500,000
Pascal Hartman	Busted

Tags: Pascal Hartman Thomas Boivin

Level: 24

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000

07-01-2017 15:26 UTC-7

Mike Watson Eliminated in 20th Place ($16,889)

Yori Epskamp

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Andy Spears opened in middle position, Mike Watson shoved 201,000 in late position, and Spears called right away.

Watson:
Spears:

There was no help for Watson on and "SirWatts" was sent to the rail in 20th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Spears	1,000,000 635,000	635,000
Mike Watson	Busted

Tags: Andy Spears Mike Watson

07-01-2017 15:24 UTC-7

Yaron Zeev Malki Eliminated in 21st Place ($16,889)

Mickey Doft

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Donis Agnelli raised to 45,000 from under the gun, Ari Engel called from the next seat over, Yaron Zeev Malki raised all in for about 375,000 to Engel's left, Agenlli folded, and Engel called.

Engel tabled , but was trailing Malki's pocket aces.

The board came down , giving Engel a set of jacks to score the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Engel	1,080,000 550,000	550,000

Yaron Zeev Malki	Busted

Tags: Ari Engel Donis Agnelli Yaron Zeev Malki

07-01-2017 15:19 UTC-7

Barny Boatman Eliminated in 22nd Place ($16,889)

Yori Epskamp

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Pierre Neuville opened the action to 48,000 from the cutoff. Barny Boatman shoved 414,000 on the button, Norberto Korn reshoved from the small blind, and Neuville folded.

Norberto Korn:
Barny Boatman:

Boatman had decent equity in the hand but needed to improve to stay alive. The flop wasn't very forthcoming for the two-time WSOP bracelet winner.

"One more time," he asked the dealer, who failed to oblige by turning the .

"One more time," Boatman asked again.

Once again, help for Boatman didn't arrive as the landed on the river. Boatman finished in 22nd place and received $16,889.

With two big hands in a row, Korn is now the overwhelming chipleader with 3 million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andres Korn	3,000,000 600,000	600,000

Barny Boatman	Busted

Tags: Barny Boatman Norberto Korn

07-01-2017 15:18 UTC-7

Malki's Jacks Fall to Korn's Kings; Tens, Queens, and Ace-King Folded?

Mickey Doft

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Barny Boatman opened to 42,000 from under the gun, Norberto Korn called from the next seat over, Simon Lam three-bet to 160,000 from the cutoff, Yaron Zeev Malki four-bet to 425,000 from the small blind, and Pierre Neuville tanked in the big blind for quite a while before he folded.

Boatman took some time as well before he folded, Korn five-bet shoved for 1,049,000, Lam folded, and Malki called.

Korn:
Malki: