2017 World Series of Poker

Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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

Villegas Gets Double K.O.

Level 25 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Mariano Gonzalez in the hijack was all in for roughly 530,000, another player on the button was all in for about 140,000, and Juan Villegas, in the big blind, had both covered and at risk.

Juan Villegas: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Mariano Gonzalez: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}
Button: {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}, and with the four diamonds on board, Villegas hit his flush to scoop the whole pot.

Player Chips Progress
Juan Villegas cu
Juan Villegas
2,000,000
1,847,000
1,847,000
Mariano Gonzalez us
Mariano Gonzalez
Busted

Tags: Juan VillegasMariano Gonzalez

Roland Israelashvili Eliminated by Ryan Riess

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Roland Israelashvili (photo from an earlier event)
Roland Israelashvili (photo from an earlier event)

Five-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Roland Israelashvili was all in from the button and called by 2013 WSOP Main Event winner Ryan Riess in the big blind.

Israelashvili: {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Riess: {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{6-Clubs} to give Riess the upper hand with a flush and the pot. As Israelashvili was covered by Riess, he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
860,000
527,500
527,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
Busted

Tags: Roland IsraelashviliRyan Riess

Joseph Cheong Eliminated

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Joseph Cheong (photo from an earlier event)
Joseph Cheong (photo from an earlier event)

Joseph Cheong was all in from the under-the-gun position for 105,000 and was called by Joseph Stark in the hijack.

Cheong: {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Stark: {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}

The board ran out {7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} — no help for Cheong — and he has been eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Stark us
Joseph Stark
230,000
156,000
156,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Joseph CheongJoseph Stark

Welcome to Day 2 of Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em

Valentin Vornicu
Valentin Vornicu

After five days of flights and 10,015 entries, 882 remain. Valentin Vornicu leads the way with 869,000. Vornicu has 70 WSOP cashes and nine WSOP Circuit rings, just about $850,000 in career WSOP earnings, and is hungry for his first bracelet.

He is followed closely by Ben Volpe with 794,000. Volpe has won a WSOP gold bracelet and has 21 career WSOP cashes. He has almost $500,000 in career WSOP earnings and looks to nab his second career win at the WSOP.

Many other notables still remain and have big stacks in the field, like Niall Farrel with 559,000, Eric Baldwin with 547,500, Roland Israelashvili with 496,500, Scott Montgomery with 452,000, and Ravi Raghavan with 432,000. Countless other big names remain in the field and look to make runs up the leaderboard.

Play begins at 2 p.m. local time on Level 19 and players will battle it out for 15 40-minute blind levels or until the final table has been reached. There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 27 (8:30 p.m.).

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Tags: Ben VolpeEric BaldwinRavi RaghavanRoland IsraelashviliScott MontgomeryValentin Vornicu