2017 World Series of Poker

Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
$291,240
Event Info
Buy-in
$365
Prize Pool
$3,004,500
Entries
10,015
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
500,000

Go Go William Vo

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
William Vo
William Vo

William Vo seems to have an unusual but effective playing style in this tournament.

He has continually befuddled his opponents and has been consistently chipping up and is now one of the biggest stacks in the room

Player Chips Progress
William Vo us
William Vo
260,000
200,200
200,200
Guo Dong cn
Guo Dong
100,000
40,000
40,000
GGPoker
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
90,000
52,800
52,800
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: William Vo

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Erle Mankin Leads the Field.

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Erle Mankin has a whopping 390,000 and is bullying the table.

He bet enough to cover any stack that wanted to call. No one did and he took the antes and blinds.

“Just a pair of sixes. A little pair of sixes. “

Mankin has one circuit ring, 33 WSOP cashes and $238,350 in earnings.

Player Chips Progress
Erle Mankin us
Erle Mankin
390,000

Tags: Erle Mankin

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Plenty Of All-In Calls

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

With the tournament clock reading 440 players left and an average stack of 74,045 there a few players on comfortable stacks but many more in that sub 20 big blind danger zone.

“All in and a call.” Is being called out by the dealers all over the Amazon room as players look to get in a good position for the remainder of the day.