2017 World Series of Poker

Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
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
Total Entries
10,015
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
500,000
Players Left 1 / 10,015
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Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1c Completed

Todd Louer Bags Lead in Day 1c of THE GIANT

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Todd Louer
Todd Louer

Day 1c of Event #19: THE GIANT, a $365 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament, is in the books. Todd Louer bagged the biggest stack of the day with 730,000.

Tommy Zhu (502,000) climbed the leaderboard when he knocked out three people, including Jeff Gross, on the final hand of play with pocket sevens. Gross was a short stack after working his stack up to 100,000 and then leaving it to continue in the Pot-Limit Omaha Eight or Better tournament that started earlier today.

Niall Farrell (559,000) and Dietrich Fast (377,000) both bagged and they seemed to put a lot of stock into Ismael Bojang’s thoughts that this was the “drinking tournament.”

Bojang, Todd Brunson, Ylon Schwartz, James Woods, Joe McKeehen, and Ryan Riess are just some of the players that fired and missed on bagging a stack today.

Valentin Vornicu currently holds the biggest starting flight stack with 869,500.

Day 1d is on June 30 and Day 1e is on July 7. Those are the last two shots to try and catch Vornicu and earn a spot in Day 2 of THE GIANT.

Tags: Dietrich FastIsmael BojangJames WoodsJeff GrossJoe McKeehenNiall FarrellRyan RiessTodd BrunsonTodd LouerValentin VornicuYlon Schwartz

End-of-Day Chip Counts

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

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Todd Louer Wins Another

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Todd Louer is one fo the biggest stacks as the end of Day 1c approaches. He just eliminated a player while holding pocket sevens, {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}, against the {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts} of his opponent.

The board ran out and his sevens held to add a little bit more to his stack.

Tags: Todd Louer

Jason Johnson Knocks Out 2 and Dietrich Fast is 'Not the Chip Leader'

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Jason Johnson got all in with {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} against Ylon Schwartz, {j-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}, and another player holding {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}.

The turn brought an ace and Johnson won the hand and busted Schwartz and the other player.

At a nearby table, Dietrich Fast counted out his chips but also noted the importance of counting out how many drinks he's had.

"I'm definitely not the chip leader," said Fast. He referenced he might be the most drunk person in the remaining field though.

Tags: Dietrich FastJason JohnsonYlon Schwartz

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Michael Abitbol Takes Out Two

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Michael Abitbol is over 600,000 after eliminating two players.

He held {a-}{8-} against {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades} and {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}.

The board ran out {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and Abitbol rivered a full house to eliminate his opponents.

Tags: Michael Abitbol

Dave Plaskett's Kings Hold Against Two Players

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Dave Plaskett got all in against Mimi Luu and Katie Lindsay holding pocket kings, {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}. He was up against the {10-Hearts}{10-Spades} of Luu and the {q-Clubs}{q-Spades} of Lindsay.

He held to double through Lindsay and leave her with 30,000. Luu was eliminated shortly after the money bubble burst.

Tags: Dave PlaskettKatie LindsayMimi Luu

Money Bubble

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Play stopped for a few minutes while the floor staff worked out whether the players had already made the money after the tables played two hands during hand-for-hand play.

After a few moments, the floor announced players are in the money with a $578 min-cash guaranteed.