2017 World Series of Poker

Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Anthony Marquez
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$393,273
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,359,800
Entries
1,748
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
15,000

Bonomo Keeps Bossing

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

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 {2-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{Q-Spades}, 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 {A-Hearts}{5-Clubs} against {J-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}. He came close to doubling, but eventually couldn't avoid a lethal {J-Hearts} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
350,000
88,000
88,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
325,000
45,000
45,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
289,700
102,700
102,700
Michael Sanders us
Michael Sanders
Busted

Tags: Aditya AgarwalJustin BonomoMichael SandersShivanraif Abdine

Brett Murray Denies Joseph the Chip Lead

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

When we arrived at the table we could see that the flop was the {J-Spades}{5-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}. 3 players were involved in the hand.

The player in the big blind checked, Jeremy Joseph bet 8,500, Brett Murray called and the big blind folded.

On the turn, the {A-Clubs} came which made both players check.

The river brought the {7-Hearts}, Joseph check-folded to the 18,000 bet made by Murray.

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Joseph us
Jeremy Joseph
349,000
234,600
234,600

Tags: Brett MurrayJeremy Joseph

Eliminations 127-144th Place ($2,674)

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

The following players have been eliminated, cashing for $2,684. Notables busting include Ka Kwan Lau, Bart Hanson, Paul Volpe, and Terrence Chan.

PlaceNamePrize
127Ryan Dodson$2,674
128Roman Valerstein$2,674
129Ka Kwan Lau$2,674
130Sebastian Winkelmann$2,674
131Bart Hanson$2,674
132Steve Sung$2,674
133Kazuhito Oshima$2,674
134Vitor Dzivielevski$2,674
135Kirk Brown$2,674
136Matthew McEwan$2,674
137Paul Volpe$2,674
138Gregory Milliron$2,674
139Joseph Woods$2,674
140Craig Fishman$2,674
141Chris Dombrowski$2,674
142Terrence Chan$2,674
143Eldad Bentov$2,674
144Michael Moore$2,674

Kempe Can't Fold; Sends His Chips to Politano

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

With about 70,000 chips already in the pot, Rainer Kempe (button) clashed with Bruno Politano (small blind) on the turn reading {2-Clubs}{4-Spades}{Q-Spades}{10-Spades}.

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 {A-Spades}{9-Spades} in the showdown to leave his {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} drawing dead. The river {2-Diamonds} 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 br
Bruno Politano
305,000
255,200
255,200
888poker
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
Busted

Tags: Bruno PolitanoRainer Kempe

Bojang Loses to Byler

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

On Ismael Bojang's table we could see the {10-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{4-Clubs} on the board.

Shane Byler bet 20,000, Bojang went all-in and got called by Byler.

Shane Byler showed the {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs} and Ismael Bojang had to show his {2-Spades}{2-Clubs}, the pot was pushed towards Byler so he could start stacking his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Shane Byler us
Shane Byler
195,000
143,600
143,600
Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
101,000
-21,000
-21,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ismael BojangShane Bykler

Eliminations 109-126th ($2,911)

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

The following players have been knocked out of contention, each taking home $2,911. Notables busting recently include Rajaee Wazwaz, Matt Waxman, and Faraz Jaka.

PlaceNamePrize
109Richard Moscardelli$2,911
110Michael Sanders$2,911
111Perati Muhamet$2,911
112Alexandru Papazian$2,911
113Joshua Vizcarra$2,911
114Rajaee Wazwaz$2,911
115Huy Nguyen$2,911
116James Vallejo$2,911
117Guilherme Chenaud$2,911
118Anna Antimony$2,911
119Matt Waxman$2,911
120Faraz Jaka$2,911
121Neel Choksi$2,911
122Jonathan McGowan$2,911
123Timothy Sullivan$2,911
124Luis Velador$2,911
125Viliyan Petleshkov$2,911
126David Levy$2,911

Jeremy Joseph Now Really Takes the Chip Lead

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

On the table, we could see the {K-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{8-Diamonds} flop and Jeremy Joseph, in the big blind, and Dan Sindelar, on the button, in the hand. Joseph check-called the 6,200 bet of Sindelar.

The turn came with the {2-Diamonds} and both players checked.

The river completed the board with the {8-Hearts} and they both checked again. Joseph showed the {9-Spades}{8-Clubs} and Sindelar mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Joseph us
Jeremy Joseph
388,000
39,000
39,000
Dan Sindelar us
Dan Sindelar
215,000
164,500
164,500

Tags: Dan SindelarJeremy Joseph

Agarwal Takes Some Chips from Murray

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

We could already see the flop on the table: {2-Spades}{9-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}. Brett Murray check-called the 4,000 bet of Aditya Agarwal.

The turn came with the {A-Clubs} on which both players checked.

The {J-Spades} on the river completed the board, Murray check-folded to the 18,500 bet of Agarwal.

Player Chips Progress
Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
310,000
-40,000
-40,000
Brett Murray us
Brett Murray
240,000
208,000
208,000

Tags: Aditya AgarwalBrett Murray

Average Stack? Make It Double at Bonomo's Table

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

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 {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}.

Holm had {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and needed a tremendous help from the dealer. The flop {4-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} 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 {J-Spades} 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 {Q-Hearts} 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 cn
Edward Lin
383,000
332,600
332,600
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
280,000
54,000
54,000
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
280,000
-9,700
-9,700
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
250,000
-75,000
-75,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Mike Holm us
Mike Holm
185,000
185,000
185,000

Tags: Edward LinJustin BonomoMike HolmShivanraif AbdineSylvain Loosli

Another Break for 20 Minutes

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

Four levels are in the past, now the players have another 20 minutes to take a deep breath and maybe catch some tan. We'll be back when the cards are in the air.