Ryan Laplante took a seat in this event and is actually a little bit under the starting stack with 13,000 chips.
Laplante reached the final table Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em for a sixth-place finish and won the $565 Pot-Limit Omaha in 1016.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
Anthony Scherer opened to 350 under the gun. The player in the hijack called. Kevin Odonnell, on the cutoff. three-bet to 1,125. The button called along with Scherer and the player under the gun.
A flop of 
was dealt. Scherer checked. The hijack checked. Odonnell bet 3,500. Scherer was the only caller.
The turn brought the 
. Scherer threw in 2,500. Odonnell raised to 9,000. Scherer called, putting at risk his last chips.
Anthony Scherer: 
Kevin Odonnell: 
The river filled up the board and Odonnell took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
6,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Players are gone on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 15
In the field today and going along nicely is Kristen Bicknell, winner of the 2013 $10,000/$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship and 2016 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty.
Bicknell told us she's playing her last WSOP event of the summer. Her best memory of summer? "Making Day 4 of the Main Event. It's the deepest I've gone in the main and it was really an exciting feeling." Bicknell finished 492nd for $26,535 and cashed in six events total during the series.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
The player in early position opened to 400. Arthur Schavo, on the button, called along with the small blind, and Alexandro Tricarico in the big blind.
The flop was 
. The small blind, Tricarico, and the player under the gun. checked. Schavo bet 750. Tricarico was the only one to stick around with a call. The turn brought the 
and was checked through to the 
. Again, both players opted to check.
Schavo showed 
and Tricarico tabled 
to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,000 | |
|
14,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
18,200
|
18,200 |
|
|
29,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
26,500
26,500
|
26,500 |
|
18,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
|
11,000
-3,700
|
-3,700 |
|
11,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
11,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
5,200
-10,800
|
-10,800 |
|
4,200
-5,800
|
-5,800 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Christian Harder, who made three WSOP final tables and earned $1,071,911 total on WSOP events, joined the field and lost some chips as he has now a stack worth 7,000.
Harder will try to catch his seventh cash of the summer in a WSOP tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
33,000 | |
|
27,000 | |
|
||
|
|
22,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
21,000
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
|
||
|
21,000 | |
|
|
||
|
15,000 | |
|
|
11,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
