Event #21: $1,500 8-Game Mix 6-Handed
Day 2 Completed
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,500 8-Game Mix 6-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$637,200
Entries
472
Level
29
Limits
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Gregory Jamison scooped a giant pot near the end of Day 2 to sky-rocket towards the chip lead after knocking out two players in the same hand. Jamison is closer to the bracelet than any other contender, with only 10 from the initial 472 runners left in the hunt for the title and a $145,577 first-place prize.
Jamison is yet to wear that famous gold on his forearm. He has one ring from the WSOP Circuit to his name but the closest he's been to winning a bracelet was back in 2008 when he finished second to David Benyamine in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship.
Jamison eliminated Vinicius Collaco and Joseph Couden in a No-Limit Hold'em hand, sending them to the rail in 12th and 11th place, respectively. All chips went in preflop with Jamison holding pocket jacks while Collaco had ace-jack and Couden pocket tens. Jamison hit a set on the flop, which also brought an open-ended straight draw for Couden. The turn and river were, however, blanks.
Second in chips is Ron Ware, who has a résumé similar to Jamison's. He also has a ring but a goose egg in the bracket showing number of WSOP bracelets. Ware will return to 511,000 chips and a solid chance to make it to the poker pedestal. The overnight top five also features Sachin Bhargava (470,000), Ryan Himes (410,000) and French player Fabrice Soulier (346,000), who already has one WSOP title under his belt. Another player looking for joining the multiple bracelet winner club is Day 1 chip leader Christopher Vitch, albeit short stacked with 148,000.
Daniel Negreanu was aiming for his seventh WSOP triumph but the all-time winningest live tournament player couldn't make it further than to the last three tables. In his final hand, Negreanu clashed with Christopher Sensoli in pot-limit Omaha. They were all-in on a queen-high flop with Negreanu holding double suited aces in his hand while Sensoli had flopped a middle pair, along with a gutshot and flush draw. Negreanu was screaming for deuces to complete the board and hold him in front but he only got one on the turn. The river brought Sensoli a flush to eliminate Negreanu in 15th place.
Joshua Beckley (2015 WSOP Main Event runner-up) bubbled the $1,500 8-Game. Beckley's assassin was Georgii Belianin in a Seven Card Stud hand when Buckley had two pair and a flush draw on the sixth street, trailing to Belianin's trip threes. Buckley missed his outs on the river and left the tournament empty-handed.
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Final Day chip counts and seat assignments:
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Himes | United States | 410,000 |
| 2 | - | ||
| 3 | Ron Ware | United States | 511,000 |
| 4 | Fabrice Soulier | France | 346,000 |
| 5 | Michael Ross | United States | 118,500 |
| 6 | Christopher Sensoli | United States | 345,000 |
| 1 | Sachin Bhargava | United States | 470,000 |
| 2 | Gregory Jamison | United States | 714,500 |
| 3 | Christopher Vitch | United States | 148,000 |
| 4 | Georgii Belianin | Russia | 168,000 |
| 5 | - | ||
| 6 | Alexandre Luneau | France | 310,500 |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
No-Limit Hold'em:
This biggest pot of the tournament thus far has emerged a few moments ago, in the classic No-Limit Hold'em fights. The massive clash resulted in a three-way all-in and a double elimination, provided by Gregory Jamison who is now at the helm with roughly 700,000 chips in front of him.
Jamison himself started the hand with a raise to 13,000 from the hijack. Cutoff, Joseph Couden flatted and big blind Vinicius Collaco squeezed all in for just under 50,000. Jamison quickly reshoved and put Couden in agony as Jamison had him covered.
Couden stood up in disbelief and then sit/stand on his chair. Then he took a pile of his chips and placed them in the middle, causing "wows" from the spectating players at the table. The cards were turned up.
Vinicius Collaco: 
Joseph Couden: 
Gregory Jamison: 
The flop 
nearly eliminated Collaco from contention but it brought a huge sweat for Couden and Jamison, who were in for a whopping side pot of about a 500,000 size.
Couden's open-ended never arrived as the turn 
and river 
both bricked, leaving Jamison's set of jacks winning.
Collaco and Couden were knocked out in the same hand for a same payout, taking $7,684 apiece. Couden started the hand with a bigger stack so he's the higher-ranked player, written down as 11th place finisher.
Meanwhile, Jamison sky-rocketed to the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
425,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
385,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
315,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
310,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
300,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
255,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
240,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
|
230,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
200,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
165,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
130,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
| Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 704 | 1 | Ryan Himes | 315,000 |
| 704 | 2 | Christopher Vitch | 425,000 |
| 704 | 3 | Ron Ware | 470,000 |
| 704 | 4 | Fabrice Soulier | 240,000 |
| 704 | 5 | Michael Ross | 230,000 |
| 704 | 6 | Christopher Sensoli | 385,000 |
| 708 | 1 | Sachin Bhargava | 255,000 |
| 708 | 2 | Gregory Jamison | 310,000 |
| 708 | 3 | Joseph Couden | 300,000 |
| 708 | 4 | Georgii Belianin | 165,000 |
| 708 | 5 | Vinicius Collaco | 130,000 |
| 708 | 6 | Alexandre Luneau | 200,000 |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Limit Hold'em:
Ryan Himes raised from under the gun. Viriyayuthakorn called in the small blind as did Michael Ross in the big blind.
The flop was 
and it checked to Himes who bet and Viriyayuthakorn was the only caller. The turn was the 
and Viriyayuthakorn check-called a bet from Himes. He repeated that on the river and Himes showed 
for a flush.
Viriyayuthakorn was eliminated shortly after. Players are now redrawing around two tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Seven Card Stud:
[Removed:412] had only 35,000 left and he tried to spin his short stack up in the game of Stud.
Vinicius Collaco completed with the 
and Kruk raised, causing a chain of two other raises until his stack was officially all-in. What followed thereafter unfolded very fast as there was no need to delay any progress.
Christopher Kruk: 
Vinicius Collaco: 
Collaco's pair of fives sent Kruk packing in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
No-Limit Hold'em:
Alex Luneau:
Christopher Kruk: 
The board ran out 
, and Luneau doubled to around 150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level: 20
Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000 / 10,000
Stud Games: 2,000 (ante) / 3,000 (bring in) / 10,000 (completion)
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,500 / 5,000 / 1,500-ante
Level 19
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw:
Christopher Kruk raised from the button, and Joseph Couden three-bet from the small blind. Kruk was all in for 23,000.
Couden drew one and stood pat the rest of the way, while Kruk drew two, then one, and another one on the end.
Couden showed 
, with Kruk holding 
. Kruk drew a to stay alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
50,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
