Event #7: $565 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em Day 1f | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-05-2018 02:13 UTC-7

Bach Doubles Up

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Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

David Bach raised to 5,300 from middle position and the small blind shoved, putting Bach, who started the hand with 38,900 to a decision for the remainder of his stack. Bach quickly called to put himself at risk and the two players tabled their hands.

Bach:
Small blind:

Bach was racing for his tournament life and his opponent needed to improve in order to knock him out. After the board ran out Bach's jacks were still best, so he took the pot to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	82,000	78,000

Tags: David Bach

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

06-05-2018 01:53 UTC-7

Lawson vs. Harder

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Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Christian Harder raised to 5,500 from middle position, Ted Lawson called from the hijack, and the big blind called as well.

The flop came and the big blind checked. Harder bet 5,000, Lawson raised to 15,000, the big blind folded, and Harder did the same shortly thereafter, so the dealer pushed the pot to Lawson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted Lawson	73,000	38,300
Christian Harder	38,300	4,100

Tags: Christian Harder Ted Lawson

06-05-2018 01:41 UTC-7

Chen Felted

simkha

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Pete Chen was down to his last 6,500 chips and moved them all into the middle from under the gun. A player in middle position three-bet shoved for what looked like about 25,000, everyone else got out of the way, and the two players tabled their hands.

Pete Chen:
Middle position:

Chen needed help from the deck in order to double up, but he didn't connect with the board, so his opponent took the pot to send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pete Chen	Busted

Tags: Pete Chen

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

06-05-2018 01:28 UTC-7

Affleck's Pair Is Better

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Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Matt Affleck raised to 4,000 from early position, a player in middle position called, and the small blind three-bet jammed for about 40,000. Affleck shoved over the top, the middle-position player folded, and the two live players tabled their hands.

Matt Affleck:
Small blind:

Affleck had the better Broadway pair and his opponent needed to improve to survive. The flop changed nothing, the turn and river were blanks, and Affleck took the pot to send his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Affleck	158,000	69,700

Tags: Matt Affleck

06-05-2018 01:20 UTC-7

Some Updated Chip Counts

simkha

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Reichard	158,000	66,000
Matt Affleck	88,300	-5,700
Matt Glantz	47,000	42,000
Matt Stout	46,000	14,000
Valentin Vornicu	39,000	-26,000
Chris Moorman	37,000	-7,500
Molly Mossey	28,500	500
Pete Chen	27,000	17,300
Daniel Weinman	19,800	1,700
Jeff Gross	11,700	5,700
Erkut Yilmaz	10,600	-14,500
David Bach	4,000	-16,500

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

06-05-2018 00:55 UTC-7

In the Money

simkha

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The money bubble has broken and all remaining players are guaranteed to cash for at least $832.

There were six all-in-and-calls on the first hand of hand-for-hand play and no players were eliminated. There were four the next hand and all players survived.

06-05-2018 00:51 UTC-7

Bubble Trouble for Jeff Gross

simkha

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Jeff Gross had about 35,000 chips to start the hand and got stacks in preflop against one other player. Gross had the larger of the two stacks but by only a narrow margin of approximately 6,500.

Jeff Gross:
Opponent:

Gross found himself on the unfortunate end of the ultimate preflop cooler and needed help from the deck to stack his opponent. The board bricked out and Gross's opponent took the pot to double up and leave Gross dangerously short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Gross	6,000	-29,800

Tags: Jeff Gross