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

06-07-2017 22:19 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason McConnon	200,000 100,000	100,000
Michael Addamo	200,000 100,000	100,000

Dario Sammartino	200,000 110,000	110,000

Chou Chou	200,000 109,000	109,000
Ivan Luca	200,000 100,000	100,000

Jason Les	200,000 71,000	71,000
Richard Tuhrim	Busted
Justin Bonomo	Busted

Ayaz Mahmood	Busted

$Profile photo of Gal Yifrach$ Gal Yifrach	Busted

Alex Luneau	Busted
Brady Seeley	Busted

Role Reversal

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Level 17 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Jason Koon and Joe Cada have had a complete reverse in stacks since last counted as have Cate Hall and Taylor Paur.

Matches

Cate Hall vs.
Taylor Paur

Jason Koon vs.
Joe Cada

Davide Suriano vs.
Jason Mercier

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Paur	142,900 71,900	71,900

Joe Cada	130,000 60,000	60,000

Jason Mercier	123,000 4,000	4,000

Davide Suriano	77,000 4,000	4,000

Jason Koon	70,000 60,000	60,000

Cate Hall	57,100 71,900	71,900

Tags: Cate Hall Taylor Paur Jason Koon Joe Cada

Level: 17

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 0

06-07-2017 22:09 UTC-8

Eric Wasserson Defeats Jared Jaffee

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Mickey Doft

Level 16 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Jared Jaffee raised to 5,000 on the button and Eric Wasserson called in the big blind. They saw a flop of and Wasserson checked. Jaffee continued for 6,000 and Wasserson called.

On the turn, Wasserson checked, Jaffee bet 12,000, and Wasserson called.

The river was the , putting two pair on the board. Wasserson quickly checked and Jaffee checked back.

Wasserson tabled for two pair with the ace kicker, and it was good.

A few hands later, Wasserson raised to 5,000 from the button, Jaffee three-bet to 13,000 from the big blind, and Wasserson called.

The flop came down and Jaffee checked. Wasserson bet 14,000, Jaffee check-raised all in for about 55,000, and Wasserson called.

Wasserson:
Jaffee:

Neither the turn nor the river saved Jaffee, and Wasserson advanced to the Round of 32.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Wasserson	200,000 100,000	100,000

Jared Jaffee	Busted

Tags: Eric Wasserson Jared Jaffee

06-07-2017 22:03 UTC-8

Kabrhel Moves On

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Level 16 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Martin Kabrhel (as seen in previous event)

Martin Kabrhel and Samuel Touil got it all in preflop. Kabrhel showed , and Touil tabled .

The board ran out , and Kabrhel ran good when he needed to, taking down this hotly contested match.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Kabrhel	200,000 52,000	52,000

Samuel Touil	Busted

Tags: Martin Kabrhel Samuel Touil

06-07-2017 21:58 UTC-8

Fee Moves On

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Level 16 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Ryan Fee got it all in preflop versus Ruoyang Wang for Wang's remaining 27,600.

Fee held , and Wang tabled . The board ran out , and Fee took it down to move on to the next round.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Fee	200,000 23,000	23,000
Ruoyang Wang	Busted

Tags: Ruoyang Wang Ryan Fee

06-07-2017 21:57 UTC-8

John Smith Defeats Dietrich Fast; Other Results

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Mickey Doft

Level 16 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Following the turn of a board, Dietrich Fast bet 6,500 from the big blind, and John Smith called from the button. The river was the , and Fast shoved for about 25,000.

Smith called with for trip jacks, Fast couldn't beat it, and Smith advanced to the Round of 32.

Other recent results include Ryan Riess over Dimitar Danchev, Ryan Hughes over Kitty Kuo, Chris Moore over Jason Mo, Olivier Busquet over Simon Lam, and Jack Duong over Alessandro Meoni.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Hughes	200,000 16,000	16,000

Chris Moore	200,000 100,000	100,000
John Smith	200,000 100,000	100,000
Jack Duong	200,000 100,000	100,000

Ryan Riess	200,000 50,000	50,000

Olivier Busquet	200,000 75,000	75,000
Simon Lam	Busted
Dimitar Danchev	Busted

Kitty Kuo	Busted

Jason Mo	Busted
Dietrich Fast	Busted

Alessandro Meoni	Busted

06-07-2017 21:56 UTC-8

Mercier Takes the Lead

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Level 16 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

With about 50,000 in the pot and the board reading , Jason Mercier was facing a bet of 34,000, which was roughly 75 percent of his remaining chips. After several minutes agonizing over the decision, Mercier pushed some chips forward and called. He showed , and it was good, vaulting him into the chip lead in his match.

Matches

Cate Hall vs.
Taylor Paur

Martin Kabrhel vs.
Samuel Touil

Ruoyang Wang vs.
Ryan Fee

Jason Koon vs.
Joe Cada

Davide Suriano vs.
Jason Mercier

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Fee	177,000 17,000	17,000
Martin Kabrhel	148,000 22,000	22,000

Jason Koon	130,000 24,000	24,000

Cate Hall	129,000 11,000	11,000
Jason Mercier	127,000 57,000	57,000

Davide Suriano	73,000 57,000	57,000

Taylor Paur	71,000 11,000	11,000

Joe Cada	70,000 24,000	24,000

Samuel Touil	52,000 22,000	22,000
Ruoyang Wang	23,000 17,000	17,000