Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-07-2018 10:31 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Aldridge	7,500 7,500	7,500

Dan Heimiller	7,500 7,500	7,500

Tony Cousineau	7,500 7,500	7,500
Gary Miller	7,500 7,500	7,500
Jerome Sgorrano	7,500 7,500	7,500
Samuel Phillips	7,500 7,500	7,500
Anson Tsang	7,500 7,500	7,500

Melanie Weisner	7,500 7,500	7,500
Steven van Zadelhoff	7,500 7,500	7,500
Bill Klein	7,500 7,500	7,500
Mikhail Semin	7,500 7,500	7,500
Thomas Boivin	7,500 7,500	7,500
Kevin McPhee	7,500 7,500	7,500
Alïosha Staes	7,500 7,500	7,500
Damien Hupé	7,500 7,500	7,500
Sylvain Naets	7,500 7,500	7,500
Michael Gathy	7,500 7,500	7,500

Adam Hendrix	7,500 7,500	7,500

Good Start for Matt Affleck

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

Matt Affleck won a nice pot in the very first hand of the tournament. On a flop, Affleck checked from the big blind, and after his opponent bet 150 he check-raised to 450. His opponent called, then after the turn, Afflect checked again and called a bet worth 800 from his opponent.

Both players checked on the river. Matt tabled for a full house and started chipping up right away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Affleck	8,900 8,900	8,900

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06-07-2018 10:20 UTC-8

Small Pots for Reinert & Jacobson

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Will Shillibier

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

On a flop, Brian Reinert check-called a bet of 400 against a single opponent and the turn brought the . Both players checked and Reinert bet 850 on the river. His opponent folded and Reinert showed for a rivered two pair.

Meanwhile, in the Pavilion room, Martin Jacobson opened from the small blind and the big blind called. The flop came and both players checked. The 2014 Main Event champion bet 200 on the turn and his opponent called. Jacobson then bet 600 on the river and this time his opponent let his hand go into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Reinert	8,100 8,100	8,100
Martin Jacobson	8,000 500	500

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06-07-2018 10:15 UTC-8

Players in the Amazon Room

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Will Shillibier

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eyal Bensimhon	7,500
Sparrow Cheung	7,500
John Duthie	7,500
Kitty Kuo	7,500
Ari Engel	7,500

Ylon Schwartz	7,500

Igor Yaroshevskyy	7,500
Chris Bjorin	7,500

06-07-2018 10:14 UTC-8

Players in Pavilion White

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Will Shillibier

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Jacobson	7,500

Ryan Leng	7,500

Anatoly Filatov	7,500
Allen Kessler	7,500

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

06-07-2018 07:57 UTC-8

Welcome to Day 1 of Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

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Will Shillibier

Another World Series of Poker event is about to start and with it a lot of players' hopes for a prestigious gold bracelet! It's Day 1 of Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed.

This three-day event crowned last year as its champion Anthony Marquez who triumphed over 1,748 opponents and earning a $393,273 first-place prize. Like in previous years, this tournament carries with it a $1,500 buy-in and a massive prize pool, respectively $2,359,800 in 2017 and $1,993,950 in 2016.

Day 1 starts at 11 a.m. local time. Players will begin with 7,500 in chips and will play 10 one-hour levels. There will be a 20-minute break after Levels 2 and 4, and a 15-minute break after Level 8. There will also be a 75-minute dinner break after Level 6. Late registration will close after the first eight levels, which is around 9:10 p.m. local time.

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Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

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