Event #15: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-07-2017 19:43 UTC-7

Jason Mercier Defeats Corey Dodd

Valerie.Cross

Level 5 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Jason Mercier had his opponent, Corey Dodd, down to 17,800. Dodd got all his chips in on the button, and Mercier put him at risk.

Dodd:
Mercier:

The flop gave Dodd top pair and Mercier an open-ended straight draw. Dodd faded the outs on the turn and the river to double through.

A half level later, though, Dodd was eliminated. Mercier advances.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	100,000 50,000	50,000

Corey Dodd	Busted

Tags: Jason Mercier

06-07-2017 19:42 UTC-7

Big Double

[user340040]

Level 5 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Sergi Reixach was on the button and moved all in. Pavel Plesuv was in the big blind and called.

Plesuv tabled , and Reixach showed .

The board ran out , and Plesuv doubled up to get back in the match, after being very short stacked for the last couple of levels.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergi Reixach	67,000 -17,000	-17,000
Pavel Plesuv	33,000 17,000	17,000

06-07-2017 19:40 UTC-7

Recent Results; Defending Champion Alan Percal Eliminated

Mickey Doft

Level 5 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Russell Thomas defeated Anthony Zinno
Alessandro Meoni defeated Scott Seiver
Kane Kalas defeated Jose Tavares
Jason McConnon defeated Alan Schein
Jason Mo defeated Chae An
Michael Addamo defeated Alan Percal
Richard Kirsch defeated Igor Yaroshevskyy
Simon Lam defeated Orlando Romero

Player	Chips	Progress
Russell Thomas	100,000 26,000	26,000
Alessandro Meoni	100,000 50,000	50,000
Kane Kalas	100,000 50,000	50,000

Jason McConnon	100,000 50,000	50,000
Jason Mo	100,000 50,000	50,000
Michael Addamo	100,000 50,000	50,000

Richard Kirsch	100,000 20,000	20,000
Simon Lam	100,000 61,000	61,000
Anthony Zinno	Busted

Scott Seiver	Busted

Jose Tavares	Busted
Alan Schein	Busted
Chae An	Busted
Alan Percal	Busted

Igor Yaroshevskyy	Busted
Orlando Romero	Busted

06-07-2017 19:35 UTC-7

Updated Counts in Brasilia

[user340040]

Level 5 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergi Reixach	84,000 -3,000	-3,000
Albert Daher	83,900 20,700	20,700
Tom Marchese	78,000 3,500	3,500

Barry Woods	52,000 8,500	8,500
Cary Katz	48,000 -8,500	-8,500

Sam Stein	22,000 -3,500	-3,500
Doug Polk	16,100 -20,700	-20,700

Pavel Plesuv	16,000 3,000	3,000

06-07-2017 19:33 UTC-7

Joe McKeehen Advances

Mickey Doft

Level 5 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Dominik Nitsche raised to 2,000, Joe McKeehen reraised to 6,000 from the big blind, and Nitsche called.

The flop fell and McKeehen continued for 4,000. Nitsche raised all in for 26,000, and McKeehen mulled it over for about 45 seconds before he called.

Nitsche:
McKeehen:

The turn and river completed the board, giving McKeehen a pair of kings to eliminate Nitsche.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe McKeehen	100,000 50,000	50,000

Dominik Nitsche	Busted

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Joe McKeehen

Level: 5

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

06-07-2017 19:27 UTC-7

Russell Thomas Turns Trips Against Anthony Zinno

Valerie.Cross

Level 4 : 400/800, 0 ante

With the board reading , Russell Thomas checked in the big blind and Anthony Zinno bet 3,500 on the button. Thomas called.

Both players checked the turn and the river was the . Thomas checked, Zinno bet 7,200, and Thomas tossed out a single chip to call.

Zinno showed pocket kings for two pair, kings and tens, but it was no good against the trip tens of Thomas, who held .

Player	Chips	Progress
Russell Thomas	74,000 24,000	24,000
Anthony Zinno	26,000 -24,000	-24,000

Tags: Anthony Zinno Russell Thomas

06-07-2017 19:24 UTC-7

Jimmy Guerrero Gets Short, Doubles Through Kitty Kuo

Valerie.Cross

Level 4 : 400/800, 0 ante

Jimmy Guerrero got his remaining 15,600 chips all in on the button and Kitty Kuo had him at risk.

Guerrero:
Kuo:

Guerrero spiked an ace on the flop to stay alive and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kitty Kuo	68,800 11,900	11,900

Jimmy Guerrero	31,200 -11,900	-11,900

Tags: Kitty Kuo

06-07-2017 19:21 UTC-7

Main Stage

[user340040]

Level 4 : 400/800, 0 ante

Doug Polk versus Albert Daher has now been moved to the main stage in Brasilia.

06-07-2017 19:19 UTC-7

Negreanu Eliminated

[user340040]

Level 4 : 400/800, 0 ante

Adrian Mateos won his match versus Daniel Negreanu on the main stage. Updated stacks of the four remaining matches in the Brasilia room are listed below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	100,000 36,000	36,000

Sergi Reixach	87,000 47,000	47,000
Tom Marchese	74,500 -11,800	-11,800

Albert Daher	63,200 -300	-300
Cary Katz	56,500 500	500

Barry Woods	43,500 -500	-500
Doug Polk	36,800 -18,200	-18,200

Sam Stein	25,500 11,800	11,800
Pavel Plesuv	13,000 -47,000	-47,000

Daniel Negreanu	Busted