Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-12-2017 17:08 UTC-8

Eliminations; Pay Jump to $3,105

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The following notable players made the next pay jump to $3,105: Darryll Fish, Adiya [Removed:550], Joey Weissman, Ryan Smith, Tim West, Kevin Eyster, Michael Rocco, Haixia Zhang, Thomas Hall, and Nick Yunis.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julius Malzanini	Busted
Ryan Smith	Busted
Colin Mchugh	Busted
Marcus Mizzi	Busted
Chamaria Shuchi	Busted
Ryan Pochedly	Busted
Tobias Hariefeld	Busted
Jacob Jeffries	Busted
Yoon Kim	Busted
Brandon Mifsud	Busted
Derek Gomez	Busted
Derek Csanadi	Busted
[Removed:532]	Busted
Joey Weissman	Busted

Mike Deis	Busted
Omar Zazay	Busted
Cedric Boret	Busted
Reed Hensel	Busted
Tim West	Busted
Jie Gao	Busted
Trenton Marbut	Busted
Orson Young	Busted

Carlos Citara	Busted
Vinod Vangimalla	Busted
Johanssy Joseph	Busted

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06-12-2017 16:56 UTC-8

David 'Dragon' Pham Breathes Fire on the River

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

On a board reading , David 'Dragon' Pham led out for 12,500 from the hijack and the player in the cutoff called.

The turn was the and Pham opted to check this time. His opponent bet 22,000 and Pham wasted no time calling.

The river was the . Pham thought for a moment and then fired out a bet worth 41,000. The cutoff thought for a moment and called. Pham tabled for a straight to the eight, and his opponent flung his cards face down into the muck,

Player	Chips	Progress
David Pham	300,000 80,000	80,000

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06-12-2017 16:48 UTC-8

Slade Fisher is on a Tear

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Adam Lamers

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Slade Fisher seems very calm, cool and collected sitting at his table under the disguise of his sunglasses and headphones. He has been using aggressive play to swim his way to the top of the leaderboard.

The player under the gun opened to 8,500 and Fisher three-bet to 23,500. Another opponent in late position made a four-bet to 42,000 and the action was folded around to Fisher who called. The flop came and Fisher check-called a bet of 33,000. On the turn, both players checked and the completed the board. Fisher gathered stacks of 1,000 chips and slid them forward to make a bet of 105,000. His opponent didn't think for very long before mucking his hand and Fisher raked in another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Slade Fisher	420,000 366,300	366,300

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06-12-2017 16:33 UTC-8

Eliminations; Pay Jump to $2,861

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The next pay jump was to $2,861, and some of the notables to cash in that range included Joseph Cheong, James Petzing, Aaron Mermelstein, Benjamin Sayer, Lizzy Harrison, Brian Pinkus, Michael Gagliano, Maria Lampropulos, Michael Addamo, Vojtech Ruzicka, Aymon Hata, Lander Lijo, Jean-Pascal Savard, Craig Varnell, and Antonio Esfandiari.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Nelson	Busted
Ricky Kroesen	Busted
Benjamin Chung	Busted
Dien Le	Busted
Brian Pinkus	Busted
Erika Weinstein	Busted
Michael Gagliano	Busted

John Simonian	Busted
Maria Lampropulos	Busted
Mark Darner	Busted

Jose Anaya	Busted
Joshua Hillock	Busted
Aymon Hata	Busted
Meyer Sandberg	Busted
Michael Addamo	Busted

Matthew Schwarmann	Busted
Vojtech Ruzicka	Busted
Julian Parmann	Busted
Felix Morindutil	Busted
Pedro Cabeca	Busted
Gregg Merkow	Busted
Loanne Nguyen	Busted
Kim Ng	Busted
Mark Ader	Busted
Carol Harmon	Busted

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Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

06-12-2017 16:13 UTC-8

Thomas Taylor Looking For That Bracelet

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Adam Lamers

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Thomas Taylor came into the WSOP as one of the players to watch after his recent hot streak to start the year in Canada. He is coming into the series looking for that elusive gold bracelet, and no better event to do so than one paying over $1,000,000 for first place.

The action folded around to Taylor on the button who raised to open the pot, only to be three-bet by the big blind to 17,500. Taylor put out a four-bet to 43,000 and the big blind thought for a couple moments. He eventually moved all in and Taylor quickly snapped him off. Taylor was behind with versus his opponent's but, when the flop fell , the roles were reversed. The turn was the and the river was the as Taylor sent another opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Taylor	270,000 95,000	95,000

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06-12-2017 16:06 UTC-8

Updated Stacks; Kenny Hallaert Steady Near the Top

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Skriba	470,000 26,000	26,000
Upeshka De Silva	330,000

Kenny Hallaert	315,000 35,000	35,000

Mark Dube	275,000 215,300	215,300
Joe Cada	225,000 158,300	158,300

Rex Clinkscales	180,000 90,000	90,000
Thomas Taylor	175,000 100,000	100,000
Robert Cheung	173,000 92,100	92,100

Brian Rast	150,000 3,000	3,000

Barry Greenstein	150,000 5,000	5,000

Shawn Buchanan	145,000 60,900	60,900

Jeremy Ausmus	145,000 25,000	25,000

Matt Affleck	140,000 95,200	95,200
Bryan Piccioli	125,000 67,500	67,500

Anatoly Filatov	125,000 66,000	66,000
Tim West	125,000 85,000	85,000
Brian Altman	120,000 107,800	107,800
Dzmitry Urbanovich	115,000 59,300	59,300
Nacho Barbero	95,000 25,000	25,000

Jessica Dawley	92,000 8,000	8,000

Connor Drinan	80,000 20,000	20,000

Federico Butteroni	75,000 25,000	25,000
Jaspal Brar	60,000 6,000	6,000

Maria Ho	55,000 53,000	53,000
Sergio Aido	13,000 47,000	47,000

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06-12-2017 16:00 UTC-8

Upeshka De Silva is Eyeing Up Bracelet Number Three

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

On a board reading , the player in the big blind checked, and Upeshka De Silva bet 6,500 from the cutoff. His opponent wasted no time and check-raised to 18,500. De Silva thought for a moment before calling.

The turn was the and the big blind moved all in for 61,500. De Silva took his sunglasses off and asked for a count. After about a minute, he called.

The big blind was at risk with for a flush draw, and De Silva tabled for two pairs, tens and fives. The river was the and De Silva scooped the pot and earned an elimination.

De Silva just took down the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'Em Shootout event, winning his second WSOP bracelet. He has a healthy stack halfway through Day 2 and is most definitely a threat with the chips he has collected thus far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Upeshka De Silva	330,000 225,800	225,800

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06-12-2017 15:55 UTC-8

Allan Sannier Stacking Up

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

With about 30,000 in the pot, on a board reading , a player in late position led out for 14,000 and Allan Sannier called.

The turn was the and the late-position player led out for 25,500 this time. Sannier tossed in a single chip to call and slowly put the rest of the bet in the middle.

The river was the and the late-position player checked. Sannier reached into his stack and slid out a bet worth 47,500. His opponent thought for a moment before releasing his hand.

Sannier raked in the sizeable pot, adding to the mountain of chips he has amassed since the start of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allan Sannier	370,000 334,000	334,000

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06-12-2017 15:46 UTC-8

Updates on Some Notables, Elky Continues to Climb

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Adam Lamers

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

After starting the day filling up most of the room, Event #20 has been dwindled down to just one section in the Amazon Room. Some of the notables still remaining include Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, Barry Greenstein, Kenny Hallaert, Jessica Dawley, and Federico Butteroni. Hallaert came into the day with a large stack and has continued to build on it, while Elky found himself all in earlier and needing a runner-runner flush to stay alive, but has since started the climb to the top.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	280,000 109,000	109,000

Bertrand Grospellier	275,000 237,000	237,000

Barry Greenstein	145,000 39,000	39,000

Federico Butteroni	100,000 40,000	40,000
Jessica Dawley	84,000

Tags: Barry Greenstein Bertrand Grospellier Federico Butteroni Jessica Dawley Kenny Hallaert