Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,347,650
Entries
1,739
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
15,000
Melissa Gillett Leading the Pack in Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em (full)
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Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Day 2 started today with 275 players and the knowledge that hand-for-hand play would start quite quickly as 262 players would be cashing in Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em. After ten 60-minute levels and a half level at the end, only 23 players remain to compete for the top prize of $391,960 and the gold WSOP bracelet.
Taking the massive chip lead into Day 3 is Melissa Gillett from Australia with 3,443,000 chips. Second in chips is Aditya Agarwal with 1,286,000, and third in the chip counts is Billy Rodgers (1,277,000). Other notables still in contention are Roman Korenev, Phil Collins and David Pham.
Day 3 will kick off at noon on Thursday in the Brasilia room. They will be playing down to a winner, so follow all the updates here on PokerNews. Below you can find the end-of-day-chip counts of the remaining 23 players.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Nathan Pfluger | United States | 653,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 2 | Kevin Trettin | United States | 385,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Ivan Starostin | United States | 276,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | Marquis Mccain | United States | 460,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | James Miller | United States | 380,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 7 | Adam Bacon | United States | 370,000 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 8 | James Cerrotta | United States | 418,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 9 | Matthew Mlsna | United States | 464,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 2 | Graeme Ladd | United Kingdom | 413,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 3 | Phil Collins | United States | 232,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 4 | Jordan Young | United States | 404,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 5 | Joseph Brattole | United States | 291,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 6 | Yu Li | United States | 472,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 7 | David Pham | United States | 356,000 | 22 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 8 | Robert Lisser | United States | 139,000 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 9 | Melissa Gillett | Australia | 3,443,000 | 215 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 2 | Young Phan | United States | 358,000 | 22 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 3 | Billy Rodgers | United States | 1,277,000 | 80 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 4 | Roman Korenev | Russia | 765,000 | 48 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 5 | Caleb Patrick | United States | 252,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 7 | Aditya Agarwal | India | 1,286,000 | 80 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 8 | David Shober | United States | 302,000 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 9 | Huihan Wu | United States | 454,000 | 28 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,443,000
708,000
|
708,000 |
|
1,286,000
426,000
|
426,000 |
|
1,277,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
745,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
|
653,000
358,000
|
358,000 |
|
472,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
464,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
460,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
|
454,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
418,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
413,000
233,000
|
233,000 |
|
404,000
-96,000
|
-96,000 |
|
385,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
380,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
370,000
285,500
|
285,500 |
|
358,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
356,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
||
|
302,000
-182,000
|
-182,000 |
|
291,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
276,000
133,500
|
133,500 |
|
252,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
232,000
-103,500
|
-103,500 |
|
139,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
A Few Hands with Roman Korenev
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Hand 1:
Roman Korenev was sitting on the button and raised to 32,000. Aditya Agarwal, in the big blind, called.
Flop was 
, Agarwal checked, Korenev bet 28,000 and Agarwal called.
The turn came with the 
, Agarwal bet 50,000 and Korenev folded.
Hand 2:
We got to the table to see the 
flop.
Sonny Franco bet 18,000 and Korenev, on the cutoff, called.
They both checked on the 
turn and the 
river.
Franco showed the 
but that couldn't beat Korenev's 
as he had flopped a pair of eights.
Hand 3:
Korenev in middle position called the big blind, Caleb Patrick went all-in for 113,000. Korenev called.
Roman Korenev: 
Caleb Patrick: 
The board ran out 
for Patrick to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
860,000
236,000
|
236,000 |
|
|
700,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
280,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
210,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
Pascal Monarque Eliminated by Melissa Gillett
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Pascal Monarque was all in against huge chip leader Melissa Gillett for his tournament life.
Monarque: 
Gillett: 
The board ran out 
to send Monarque to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,735,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
|
Busted |
Mike Sexton Eliminated by Billy Rodgers
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Mike Sexton moved all in from early position and Billy Rodgers called from the big blind, having Sexton covered.
Sexton: 
Rodgers:
The board ran out 
and Sexton was eliminated in 26th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,270,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Last Break of the Night!
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Players are taking a shortened 5-minute break for their last break of the night before playing 30 minutes of level 21 and calling it a day.
Mike Leah Eliminated by Melissa Gillett
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Mike Leah was all in for his tournament life against chipleader Melissa Gillett.
Leah: 
Gillett: 
The board ran out 
and gave Gillett a full house. Her chip lead advanced and Leah was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000
545,000
|
545,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Seat Draw for the Final 27 Players
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 601 | 1 | Nathan Pfluger |
| 601 | 2 | Kevin Trettin |
| 601 | 3 | Ivan Starostin |
| 601 | 4 | Marquis Mccain |
| 601 | 5 | James Miller |
| 601 | 6 | Yu Li |
| 601 | 7 | Adam Bacon |
| 601 | 8 | James Cerrotta |
| 601 | 9 | Matthew Mlsna |
| 602 | 1 | Mike Leah |
| 602 | 2 | Graeme Ladd |
| 602 | 3 | Phil Collins |
| 602 | 4 | Jordan Young |
| 602 | 5 | Joseph Brattole |
| 602 | 6 | Pascal Monarque |
| 602 | 7 | David Pham |
| 602 | 8 | Robert Lisser |
| 602 | 9 | Melissa Gillett |
| 603 | 1 | Sonny Franco |
| 603 | 2 | Young Phan |
| 603 | 3 | Billy Rodgers |
| 603 | 4 | Roman Korenev |
| 603 | 5 | Caleb Patrick |
| 603 | 6 | Mike Sexton |
| 603 | 7 | Aditya Agarwal |
| 603 | 8 | David Shober |
| 603 | 9 | Huihan Wu |
27 Player Redraw
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Players are on an unofficial break as we redraw down to three tables.
Billy Rodgers Continues to Climb
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
With about 68,000 in the pot on a flop of 
Sonny Franco bet 31,000 and Billy Rodgers called.
The turn was the and Franco bet 70,000, Rodgers called.
Both players checked the 
on the river.
Rodgers showed and Franco showed a single and mucked the second card.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,144,000
161,500
|
161,500 |
|
|
247,000
-349,000
|
-349,000 |