Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-09-2017 08:31 UTC-7

Day 2 of Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Ready to Whittle Down

Shirley Ang

Welcome to Day 2 of Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed at the 2017 World Series of Poker. Just 263 out of 1,748 players who started yesterday will return to play 10-and-a-half 60-minute levels today. Everyone is guaranteed a minimum of $2,247, but they will all be trying their best for that WSOP gold bracelet and $393,273 prize for first.

The chip leader is Dustin Bush with 182,800 chips, aiming to win his first-ever bracelet. Trailing behind him in the chip counts are Sebastian Winkelmann (177,300), Matt Berkey (166,500), Danny Noam (155,400), Aditya Agarwal (140,000), Matthew Zarcadoolas (138,300), David Levy (136,400) and Mike Holm (136,000).

There are still lots of other notable names to pay attention to like Benjamin Zamani, Paul Volpe, Maurice Hawkins, Justin Bonomo, Shannon Shorr and many, many more. Another name we feel like we should mention is Jared Jacobmeyer, who managed to fold himself into the money with only 200 chips left. He remains short, though, and will have to work hard to fight his way to the top.

Day 2 will kick off at 12 noon on Friday inside the Miranda room, and bust outs might go quickly in the beginning. So keep following the live updates right here on PokerNews to find out who will make it to Day 3 and take that bracelet home.

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Miranda	600	1	Alexander Kuzmin	Russia	9,600	8
Miranda	600	2	William Patten	United States	47,500	40
Miranda	600	3	Dustin Bush	United States	182,800	152
Miranda	600	4	Tim Reilly	United States	45,400	38
Miranda	600	5	Michael Phizicky	United States	11,300	9
Miranda	600	6	Joshua Suyat	United States	77,700	65

Miranda	601	1	Radu Catoiu	Romania	11,400	10
Miranda	601	2	James Dorrance	United States	13,700	11
Miranda	601	3	John New	United States	9,000	8
Miranda	601	4	Jacque Lavadour	United States	101,900	85
Miranda	601	5	Alexander Farahi	United States	4,000	3
Miranda	601	6	Andrew Ostapchenko	United States	27,900	23

Miranda	602	1	Michael Huber	Austria	9,700	8
Miranda	602	2	Li Fu	Canada	12,400	10
Miranda	602	3	Ryan Leng	United States	90,000	75
Miranda	602	4	Jared Jacobsmeyer	United States	200	17
Miranda	602	5	Rajaee Wazwaz	United States	52,300	44
Miranda	602	6	William Remshardt	United States	20,200	17

Miranda	603	1	Bart Hanson	United States	31,600	26
Miranda	603	2	Saya Ono	United States	36,300	30
Miranda	603	3	Guilherme Chenaud	Brazil	89,600	75
Miranda	603	4	Layne Flack	United States	116,400	97
Miranda	603	5	Nick Tsoukalas	United States	37,000	31
Miranda	603	6	Julian Black	United States	43,300	36

Miranda	604	1	Ryan Dodson	United States	65,500	55
Miranda	604	2	Benjamin Zamani	United States	37,000	31
Miranda	604	3	Shivanraif Abdine	Australia	25,400	21
Miranda	604	4	Mitchell Towner	United States	59,100	49
Miranda	604	5	Melvin Dukes	United States	31,100	26
Miranda	604	6	Erick But	United States	16,800	14

Miranda	605	1	Mark Dube	United States	59,500	50
Miranda	605	2	Richard Dugger	United States	78,200	65
Miranda	605	3	Senh Cong	United States	35,100	29
Miranda	605	4	Cary Katz	United States	56,800	47
Miranda	605	5	Thomas Pettersson	Sweden	6,100	5
Miranda	605	6	Anthony Marquez	United States	74,000	62

Miranda	606	1	Christopher George	United States	43,000	36
Miranda	606	2	Vitor Dzivielevski	Brazil	24,900	21
Miranda	606	3	Tony Ruberto	United States	DNR	DNR
Miranda	606	4	Joel Micka	United States	18,600	16
Miranda	606	5	Paul Vacchio	United States	30,500	25
Miranda	606	6	David Levy	United States	136,400	114

Miranda	607	1	John Cynn	United States	122,700	102
Miranda	607	2	Danny Noam	United States	155,400	130
Miranda	607	3	Jeffrey Tugwell	United States	78,500	65
Miranda	607	4	Pablo Mariz	Canada	42,500	35
Miranda	607	5	Jussi Mertamo	United States	20,700	17
Miranda	607	6	Lance Allred	United States	91,700	76

Miranda	608	1	Nirath Rean	United States	59,700	50
Miranda	608	2	Lucas Foster	United States	12,700	11
Miranda	608	3	John Richards	United States	46,200	39
Miranda	608	4	David Slowik	United States	31,200	26
Miranda	608	5	Dietrich Fast	Austria	33,000	28
Miranda	608	6	Eddie Blumenthal	United States	21,500	18

Miranda	609	1	Joshua Vizcarra	United States	116,500	97
Miranda	609	2	Alan Cutler	United States	37,600	31
Miranda	609	3	Kobi Ribak	United States	35,300	29
Miranda	609	4	Kristopher Lunsford	United States	18,300	15
Miranda	609	5	Lev Milman	United States	21,900	18
Miranda	609	6	Albert Song	United States	21,200	18

Miranda	610	1	Jonathan Gilliam	United States	15,400	13
Miranda	610	2	John Adamske	United States	53,100	44
Miranda	610	3	Peter Lawson	United States	57,800	48
Miranda	610	4	Chauncey Monk	United States	30,100	25
Miranda	610	5	Kurt Fitzgerald	United States	40,600	34
Miranda	610	6	Michael Moore	United States	41,700	35

Miranda	611	1	Perati Muhamet	Italy	18,800	16
Miranda	611	2	Paul Volpe	United States	87,400	73
Miranda	611	3	Ivan Barbuto	Monaco	32,500	27
Miranda	611	4	Cole Jackson	United States	79,100	66
Miranda	611	5	Maria Konnikova	United States	4,700	4
Miranda	611	6	Erick Wright	United States	39,700	33

Miranda	612	1	David Datashvili	United States	51,800	43
Miranda	612	2	Kristijonas Andrulis	Lithania	56,600	47
Miranda	612	3	Lander Lijo	Spain	47,300	39
Miranda	612	4	Blake Purvis	United States	24,100	20
Miranda	612	5	Bertrand Grospellier	France	28,100	23
Miranda	612	6	Kai Yang	United States	74,200	62

Miranda	613	1	James Piccolo	United States	23,100	19
Miranda	613	2	Isaac Galazan	United States	55,900	47
Miranda	613	3	Sonny Franco	United States	84,300	70
Miranda	613	4	Viliyan Petleshkov	Bulgaria	19,600	16
Miranda	613	5	Brian Valentine	United States	40,600	34
Miranda	613	6	Steven Buckner	United States	105,000	88

Miranda	614	1	[Removed:321] Farah	United States	25,000	21
Miranda	614	2	Andy Spears	United States	40,600	34
Miranda	614	3	Darren Elias	United States	24,500	20
Miranda	614	4	Colin York	United States	71,000	59
Miranda	614	5	Shyamchandar Srinivasan	Canada	82,500	69
Miranda	614	6	Raphael Wieczorek	United States	17,000	14

Miranda	615	1	Dan Sindelar	United States	50,500	42
Miranda	615	2	Maurice Hawkins	United States	64,900	54
Miranda	615	3	Alexander Condon	United States	32,200	27
Miranda	615	4	Luis Velador	United States	20,600	17
Miranda	615	5	Rodrigo Portaleoni	Brazil	22,800	19
Miranda	615	6	Phillip Hui	United States	96,600	81

Miranda	616	1	Ryan Roger	United States	36,500	30
Miranda	616	2	Bryce Landier	United States	46,700	39
Miranda	616	3	Jeffrey Tanouye	United States	15,000	13
Miranda	616	4	Stefan Fabian	United Kingdom	15,200	13
Miranda	616	5	Shaan Yuhas	United States	27,500	23
Miranda	616	6	Michael Aron	United States	20,800	17

Miranda	617	1	Jonathan McGowan	United States	36,400	30
Miranda	617	2	Shan Jing	United States	53,200	44
Miranda	617	3	Logan Kingsburyvogt	United States	26,100	22
Miranda	617	4	Nitesh Rawtani	United States	97,300	81
Miranda	617	5	Adam Lippert	United States	45,600	38
Miranda	617	6	Allesandro Topa	United States	53,400	45

Miranda	618	1	Benjamin Mccoy	United States	20,800	17
Miranda	618	2	Richard Moscardelli	United States	8,500	7
Miranda	618	3	Steven Jair Cabas	United States	40,200	34
Miranda	618	4	Hayg Badem	France	51,800	43
Miranda	618	5	Amit Makhija	United States	94,900	79
Miranda	618	6	Timothy Ulmer	United States	74,000	62

Miranda	619	1	Yehoram Houri	France	27,000	23
Miranda	619	2	Ismael Bojang	Germany	86,700	72
Miranda	619	3	Shane Douglas	United States	26,000	22
Miranda	619	4	Steven Lucero	United States	70,700	59
Miranda	619	5	Jaka Faraz	United States	28,800	24
Miranda	619	6	Joseph Woods	United States	54,600	46

Miranda	620	1	Atanas Kavrakov	Bulgaria	40,800	34
Miranda	620	2	Justin Bonomo	United States	88,800	74
Miranda	620	3	Viktor Lavi	Israel	88,200	74
Miranda	620	4	Michael Sanders	United States	22,800	19
Miranda	620	5	Chris Dombrowski	United States	96,400	80
Miranda	620	6	Ka Kwan Lau	Hong Kong, , HK	97,100	81

Miranda	621	1	Guillaume Diaz	France	8,300	7
Miranda	621	2	Arash Behnam	United States	25,400	21
Miranda	621	3	Jonathan Hanner	United States	22,700	19
Miranda	621	4	Hugo Perez	United States	36,600	31
Miranda	621	5	Mikhail Semin	Russia	31,200	26

Miranda	621	6	Allen Kessler	United States	48,200	40
Miranda	622	1	Steve Gross	United States	45,000	38
Miranda	622	2	Timothy Tharp	United States	3,800	3
Miranda	622	3	Jerry Cole	United States	16,400	14
Miranda	622	4	Rainer Kempe	Germany	DNR	DNR
Miranda	622	5	Sean Eichendorf	Canada	10,100	8
Miranda	622	6	Steve Sung	United States	31,000	26

Miranda	623	1	SheLok Wong	United States	35,200	29
Miranda	623	2	Ben Palmer	United States	20,800	17
Miranda	623	3	Daniel Weinman	United States	97,400	81
Miranda	623	4	Park Yu Cheung	Hong Kong	6,900	6
Miranda	623	5	Yosuke Iwata	United States	15,600	13
Miranda	623	6	Felix Vandeput	Bolivia	34,100	28

Miranda	624	1	Corey Zedo	United States	101,100	84
Miranda	624	3	Matthew McEwan	United States	46,300	39
Miranda	624	4	Andrew Warren	United States	65,200	54
Miranda	624	5	Thomas Taylor	Canada	47,500	40
Miranda	624	6	Pharhara Wongwichit	Austria	17,400	15

Miranda	625	1	Toby Lewis	United Kingdom	132,700	111
Miranda	625	2	Mitchell Lee	United States	46,900	39
Miranda	625	3	Xiaoyong Liao	China	24,400	20
Miranda	625	4	Brett Murray	United States	32,000	27
Miranda	625	5	David Peters	United States	46,200	39
Miranda	625	6	Ryan Smith	Canada	78,200	65

Miranda	626	1	Jordy Colliot	France	20,600	17
Miranda	626	2	Brian Yoon	United States	26,600	22
Miranda	626	3	Shannon Shorr	United States	121,500	101
Miranda	626	4	Robert Hankins	United States	68,000	57
Miranda	626	5	Adam White	United States	115,400	96
Miranda	626	6	Kirk Brown	United States	125,900	105

Miranda	627	1	Matt Berkey	United States	166,500	139
Miranda	627	2	Cyrus Partow	United States	DNR	DNR
Miranda	627	3	Justin Bond	United States	82,600	69
Miranda	627	4	Matt Waxman	United States	48,500	40
Miranda	627	5	Kyle Chang	Canada	34,900	29
Miranda	627	6	James Mackey	United States	64,200	54

Miranda	628	1	Bruno Politano	Brazil	49,800	42
Miranda	628	2	Ryan Jaconetti	United States	15,900	13
Miranda	628	3	Craig Fishman	United States	38,700	32
Miranda	628	4	Bradley Lubetkin	United States	84,900	71
Miranda	628	5	Christopher Kruk	Canada	40,400	34
Miranda	628	6	Kazuhito Oshima	United States	90,900	76

Miranda	629	1	Scott Milkey	United States	8,900	7
Miranda	629	2	Matt Stout	United States	18,200	15
Miranda	629	3	Kai Schuster	Germany	60,800	51
Miranda	629	4	Terrence Chan	Canada	91,000	76
Miranda	629	5	Ryan Breslin	United States	24,200	20
Miranda	629	6	Lucinda Martinez	United States	95,300	79

Miranda	630	1	Dong Guo	China	DNR	DNR
Miranda	630	2	Seville Hale	United States	24,200	20
Miranda	630	3	Chris Bolek	United States	6,200	5
Miranda	630	4	Joseph Di Rosa Rojas	Venezuela	56,000	47
Miranda	630	5	Sebastian Winkelmann	Germany	177,300	148
Miranda	630	6	Aditya Agarwal	India	140,000	117

Miranda	631	1	Gregory Milliron	United States	3,300	3
Miranda	631	2	Sylvain Loosli	France	75,000	63
Miranda	631	3	Ryan Tosoc	United States	24,600	21
Miranda	631	4	Timothy Sullivan	United States	32,300	27
Miranda	631	5	Michael Haag	United States	103,000	86
Miranda	631	6	Sam Grafton	United Kingdom	DNR	DNR

Miranda	632	1	Gorki Oliveira	Brazil	101,100	84
Miranda	632	2	Aaron Mermelstein	United States	31,200	26
Miranda	632	3	Danny Illingworth	United States	36,300	30
Miranda	632	4	Shane Byler	United States	51,400	43
Miranda	632	5	Scott Watson	United States	75,200	63
Miranda	632	6	Jeremy Joseph	United States	114,400	95

Miranda	633	1	Aaron Steury	United States	34,500	29
Miranda	633	2	Michael Egerter	United States	33,600	28
Miranda	633	3	Artur Rudziankov	Czech Republic	38,800	32
Miranda	633	4	James Poper	United States	18,500	15
Miranda	633	5	Harold Lilie	United States	26,500	22
Miranda	633	6	Andrew Jenkins	United States	40,100	33
Miranda	634	1	Matthew Zarcadoolas	United States	138,300	115

Miranda	634	2	Lei Zhou	United States	12,000	10
Miranda	634	3	Robert Schulz	Austria	37,200	31
Miranda	634	4	Fedor Truntsev	Russia	16,100	13
Miranda	634	5	Adrian Attenborough	Spain	63,900	53
Miranda	634	6	Scott Montgomery	Canada	97,400	81

Miranda	635	1	Wei Jin	United States	84,100	70
Miranda	635	2	Anna Antimony	United States	68,200	57
Miranda	635	3	Cate Hall	United States	80,500	67
Miranda	635	4	Kevin Andriamahefa	United States	47,500	40
Miranda	635	5	Daniel Colpoys	United States	133,700	111
Miranda	635	6	Lionel Delair	France	21,300	18

Miranda	636	1	Maria Lampropoulos	Argentina	74,700	63
Miranda	636	2	Robert Kuhn	United States	75,000	63
Miranda	636	3	Chris Bjorin	Stockholm, SE	10,900	9
Miranda	636	4	Jeremy Ausmus	Sweden	66,900	56
Miranda	636	5	Neel Choksi	United States	83,800	70
Miranda	636	6	Huy Nguyen	United States	20,600	17

Miranda	637	1	Alexandre Fradin	France	53,000	44
Miranda	637	2	Michael Amato	United States	54,900	46
Miranda	637	3	Christopher Barton	United States	21,900	18
Miranda	637	4	Miguel Cieri	Venezuela	50,300	42
Miranda	637	5	Ilkin Amirov	Azerbeidzjan	94,000	78
Miranda	637	6	Justin Bushmire	United States	22,000	18

Miranda	638	1	Roman Valerstein	United States	57,300	48
Miranda	638	2	Remi Blanc	France	103,100	86
Miranda	638	3	Ken Aldridge	United States	5,800	5
Miranda	638	4	Louis Linard	France	111,100	93
Miranda	638	5	Artem Metalidi	Ukraine	9,600	8
Miranda	638	6	Dutch Boyd	United States	37,200	31

Miranda	639	1	JC Tran	United States	11,400	10
Miranda	639	2	Vinny Pahuja	United States	117,600	98
Miranda	639	3	John Dolan	United States	43,600	36
Miranda	639	4	Zachary Zaffos	United States	61,000	51
Miranda	639	5	Noah Novick	United States	62,300	52
Miranda	639	6	Ivan Tononi	Italy	8,500	7

Miranda	640	1	Michael Holm	United States	136,000	113
Miranda	640	2	Men Nguyen	United States	75,400	63
Miranda	640	3	Likith Govindaiah	United States	12,900	11
Miranda	640	4	Joep Raemaekers	Netherlands	57,800	48
Miranda	640	5	Eldad Bentov	United States	37,900	32
Miranda	640	6	Royce Matheson	United States	72,900	61

Miranda	641	1	Mark Soik	United States	65,700	55
Miranda	641	2	Jennifer Tilly	United States	14,300	12
Miranda	641	3	Griffin Malatino	United States	15,500	13
Miranda	641	4	Bizhan Delgoshaei	United States	2,400	2
Miranda	641	5	Adam Walton	United States	19,500	16
Miranda	641	6	Joshua Turner	United States	47,100	39

Miranda	642	1	Dean Baranowski	United States	79,900	67
Miranda	642	2	Edward Lin	United States	50,400	42
Miranda	642	3	Alexandru Papazian	Romania	118,400	99
Miranda	642	4	Richard Malone	United States	11,400	10
Miranda	642	5	Robert Natividad	United States	13,600	11
Miranda	642	6	James Vallejo	United States	27,900	23

Miranda	643	1	Ronnie Pease	United States	78,400	65
Miranda	643	2	Michael Luong	United States	21,000	18
Miranda	643	3	Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	Canada	87,200	73
Miranda	643	4	Dustin Fox	United States	6,700	6
Miranda	643	5	Chris Karambinis	United States	26,400	22
Miranda	643	6	Igor Braylovskiy	United States	4,000	3

Tags: Aditya Agarwal Benjamin Zamani Danny Noam David Levy Dustin Bush Justin Bonomo Matt Berkey Matthew Zarcadoolas Maurice Hawkins Mike Holm Paul Volpe Sebastian Winkelmann Shannon Shorr

06-09-2017 12:35 UTC-7

Bonomo Bolts Into the Chip Lead

[user270022]

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We picked up the action on the turn of a 40,000-chip pot and a board reading . Justin Bonomo was facing a bet of 18,300 and made the call.

The river was the and Bonomo's opponent checked. Bonomo thought for just a moment before announcing he was all in. This put Bonomo's opponent deep into the tank.

About five minutes went by without Bonomo flinching in the slightest. His opponent squirmed and agonized over the decision before eventually making the call.

Bonomo tabled for two pair and his opponent mucked , having made a pair of aces but bricking out on a nut-flush draw.

With the pot, Bonomo appears to be the new tournament chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	195,000 106,200	106,200

Tags: Justin Bonomo

06-09-2017 13:34 UTC-7

Shorr Makes the River Call; Busts to Fast

Jan_Kores

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Dietrich Fast (as seen in a previous event)

On the turn reading , Dietrich Fast called Shannon Shorr's bet of 10,200.

The two famous players saw the land on the river and Shorr slowed down with a check. Fast didn't act immediately but eventually declared all in for just over 30,000 effectively.

Shorr needed about two minutes to make his decision and then threw some of his chips forward, making the call. Fast showed for a flopped set and Shorr wanted to muck his hand, conceding. As it was an all-in situation, the dealer turned Shorr's hand over and everyone at the table saw that he called with .

Fast is now closing on 100 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dietrich Fast	155,000 122,000	122,000

Shannon Shorr	Busted

Tags: Dietrich Fast Shannon Shorr

06-09-2017 13:48 UTC-7

Volpe's Aces Suffer a Huge Bad Beat

Jan_Kores

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

There was 9,200 in front of Paul Volpe, who was sitting in the small blind. His neighbor, Perati Muhamet, had even larger chunk lying a few inches closer to the middle. Muhamet's four-bet from the button was worth 18,200 and Volpe matched that price with a call.

They went to the flop where Muhamet continued with a small bet worth 8,600. Volpe asked how much was it and then check-called.

The turn was the and Volpe checked yet again. Muhamet moved all in for 27,800 and Volpe snap-called, showing . Muhamet held , the ten on the turn having brought him an up-and-down straight draw.

Muhamet got there on the river, and Volpe's stack suffered a huge blow while Muhamet elevated over 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Perati Muhamet	110,000 91,200	91,200
Paul Volpe	49,000 -61,000	-61,000

Tags: Paul Volpe Perati Muhamet

06-09-2017 15:07 UTC-7

Loosli Knocks Lau Out

Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We arrived at the table to see on the board already.

Sylvain Loosli, on the big blind, bet 22,500 and was called by Ka Kwan Lau sitting on the under the gun position.

The river was the , Loosli proceeded with going all in and had Lau covered. Lau took his time and, in the end, made the call. Loosli showed the for a full house and Lau threw his cards into the muck and grabbed his stuff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylvain Loosli	226,000 106,000	106,000
Ka Kwan Lau	Busted

Tags: Ka Kwan Lau Sylvain Loosli

06-09-2017 15:13 UTC-7

Soik Doubles Through Berkey Again

Jan_Kores

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Looking at Matt Berkey's stack, it's fair to say that there haven't been many players who would successfully tangle with the American high roller in the Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed.

But Mark Soik might be one of the few who have the vibes to avoid Berkey's domination. Soik doubled through Berkey earlier in this level, hitting a straight with king-queen against Berkey's ace-nine.

That victory clearly wasn't enough for Soik, who doubled through Berkey once again just a few moments ago. Soik had a worse starting hand again, and it was a bigger problem this time as he was in only about a 20-percent shape to scoop the pot.

Sporting the Green Bay Packers jacket, Soik was all in with for 26,300, trailing to Berkey's . The flop kept Berkey in lead but Soik hit his bingo on the turn. The on the river sealed the deal for Soik.

He apologized for cracking Berkey, but he took the bad beat very well. It was only a minor sting as Berkey is still crushing with close to 300,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Berkey	290,000 3,000	3,000
Mark Soik	57,000 -8,700	-8,700

Tags: Mark Soik Matt Berkey

06-09-2017 15:37 UTC-7

Bonomo Keeps Bossing

Jan_Kores

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Aditya Agarwal is the new sheriff in town. He has two full piles of 5,000-chips in front of him, in addition to loads of chips of other denominations. In all, he's grinding 350,000.

But there are other sharks hungry for the chip lead. Those feature Justin Bonomo, who keeps it rolling, too.

Bonomo's table is very entertaining. He's sitting left to Shivanraif Abdine who's also handling a big stack, and so is Sylvain Loosli who shares the flops with Bonomo and Abdine.

It didn't take long to wait and see interesting battles. The atmosphere got tense when Abdine opened to 5,200 from the cutoff and Bonomo three-bet him to 16,500 in position.

Abdine called and the pot remained of the same size through the board , with just one exception. Bonomo didn't check back the river, ending the peace with a 39,000 bet. Abdine folded.

The following hand saw Bonomo open to 5,500 from the cutoff and Michael Sanders moved all in for his remaining 23,800. Bonomo asked for a count and called when the price was confirmed.

Sanders was ahead with against . He came close to doubling, but eventually couldn't avoid a lethal on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aditya Agarwal	350,000 88,000	88,000
Justin Bonomo	325,000 45,000	45,000

Shivan Abdine	289,700 102,700	102,700
Michael Sanders	Busted

Tags: Aditya Agarwal Justin Bonomo Michael Sanders Shivanraif Abdine

06-09-2017 15:56 UTC-7

Kempe Can't Fold; Sends His Chips to Politano

Jan_Kores

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

With about 70,000 chips already in the pot, Rainer Kempe (button) clashed with Bruno Politano (small blind) on the turn reading .

Politano checked to Kempe, who fired 19,000. Politano went into about two-minute deep thought. In the meantime, he took a sip from his drink. Then he said he was all in.

Kempe had only about 40,000 left behind. He looked at his remaining chips, shook his head and moved them towards the middle, saying "I can't fold" with a disappointing tone in his voice.

Kempe sensed bad news and he was right as he saw a devastating in the showdown to leave his drawing dead. The river was only a formality as Kempe was already on his way. The Brazilian November Niner slowly stacked up a new ton of chips from the huge pot. When Politano finished, it became clear he just broke the 300,000 chip-mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Politano	305,000 255,200	255,200

Rainer Kempe	Busted

Tags: Bruno Politano Rainer Kempe

06-09-2017 16:20 UTC-7

Average Stack? Make It Double at Bonomo's Table

Jan_Kores

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The tournament clock shows about 137,000 as the current average stack with 96 players left. That information is quite irrelevant at Justin Bonomo's table, where the average stack means nothing. There are five players with nearly 1.4 million in chips between them.

The only player below the actual average was Chicago's Mike Holm but that's not true anymore. Holm opened for 5,500 and Justin Bonomo woke up with a three-bet to 20,000. Holm immediately said the two magic words "all in" and Bonomo had no reason to delay his call, holding .

Holm had and needed a tremendous help from the dealer. The flop was a solid teaser as Holm was now drawing his gut-shot to a straight.

The turn was made things even more interesting as the hit the felt. Any ten, jack or queen would cause a change in the events as it would make Holm's double up instead of Bonomo claiming another notch on his gun-stock.

And indeed, the landed on the river to save Holm's tournament life. He doubled for 90,700 and praised the dealer: "Excellent dealing," he said before adding: "Stupid. It's stupid. I'm supposed to be the tight old guy."

Bonomo took the bad beat very professionally, with a smile and the classic phrase "nice hand".

Now there is no one on that table who would be worried about that number revealing average chip count.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edward Lin	383,000 332,600	332,600
Sylvain Loosli	280,000 54,000	54,000
Shivan Abdine	280,000 -9,700	-9,700
Justin Bonomo	250,000 -75,000	-75,000

Mike Holm	185,000 185,000	185,000

Tags: Edward Lin Justin Bonomo Mike Holm Shivanraif Abdine Sylvain Loosli

06-09-2017 17:59 UTC-7

Haag Plays Half-A-Milly

Jan_Kores

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

John Richards was in the hijack and he placed in a good old triple raise, making it 12,000 to go. Michael Haag flatted from the big blind and the hand progressed to the flop.

Haag let his opponent continue for 15,000 and then check-raised to 32,000. Richards matched the price.

The landed on the turn and Haag fired another 38,000. Richards called again.

Another diamond arrived on the river as the completed the board. Both players tapped and Haag announced a jack. He turned over and that was enough to scoop a large pot to vault up to 530,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Haag	530,000 100,000	100,000
John Richards	160,000 113,800	113,800

Tags: Michael Haag John Richards