Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1d
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$365
Prize Pool
$3,004,500
Entries
10,015
Level
39
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
500,000
Faces In the Field
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Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
With 1,137 players spread around the Rio one or two familiar faces have stood out so far with no doubt more to join as the blind levels go up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | -10,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | 6,775 |
|
20,000 | -46,000 |
|
|
20,000 |
Melisa Gillett’s Breakout Summer
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Australian Melissa Gillett is having quite the summer in Vegas. With five recorded tournament cashes in Australia before her trip this year, Gillet has notched up two cashes in Rio Daily Deepstack tournaments and two cashes in bracelet events.
Gillett’s biggest score so far was a fourth-place finish in Event #12, a $1,500 no-limit hold'em event, for $127,180.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Round Two For Audley Harrison
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Audley Harrison, the 2,000 Olympic gold medallist in the super-heavyweight boxing division, is at the tables again. Harrison played Day 1a and, although he got off to a storming start, he couldn’t beat the count and failed to bag up chips.
He attended a wedding the next day and said that would be his last poker tournament on this trip to Vegas. Harrison though was playing at Planet Hollywood last night and is off to a decent start in The Giant Day 1d
The board on the river read 
and a player bet 800.
“I think you might have me out-kicked,” Harrison said before he called.
His opponent showed 
which did not out kick or beat the 
top pair of Harrison.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000 | 22,000 |
900 Entries & Spillover Rooms
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Over 175 entries have been added in the last 20 minutes. This is going to be a busy one.
Miranda is the main tournament room which is pretty much full now with spillover into Pavilion Green sections and Amazon Orange.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Brett Shaffer Claims a Scalp
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
There was an open to 125 for an opponent who had already lost a few early pots when Brett Shaffer bumped it up to 1,150 and his opponent called.
The flop was 
and the short-stack player committed the rest of his 4,000 stack with Shaffer putting him at risk.
Shaffer: 
Opponent 
The board bricked out and Shaffer added a decent pot while his opponent was felted.
The GIANT offers unlimited rebuys until the start of Level 9, though, so he may well try again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000 | 27,000 |
Cards In the Air!
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
All stacks are out on the 10-handed tables except the 5 and 10 seats, and the room is filling up fast.
The shuffle up and deal has been given and play is under way.
There are currently 734 entries showing on the board and, although the blinds go up every 20 minutes, players have a generous 20,000 starting stack, which equates to 400 big blinds.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0