2017 World Series of Poker

Event #23: THE MARATHON - $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$690,469
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,620
Prize Pool
$4,147,722
Entries
1,759
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Jaka Makes a Big Leap Up The Counts

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Faraz Jaka
Faraz Jaka

Unfortunately, we did not catch the hand in play but Faraz Jaka was seen raking in a massive pot after making a full house with {a-}{9-} against an opponent who had {a-Spades}{q-Spades}. The board had flopped a flush draw and trip aces for his opponent but Jaka had flopped a full house and held to the river.

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
1,019,000
365,000
365,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Faraz Jaka

Hawkins Spreads his Wings

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Maurice Hawkins
Maurice Hawkins

Maurice Hawkins got into a three-way all in preflop with Jorge Pena and Stephen Le Peau.

Hawkins had {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}, and he was up against {10-}{10-} and {7-Clubs}{7-Spades}.

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {a-Diamonds}, and Hawkins made two pair, giving him the pot of more than 450,000 chips and vaulting him into the top three on the remaining leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
1,450,000
480,000
480,000
Jorge Pena us
Jorge Pena
Busted
Stephen Le Peau us
Stephen Le Peau
Busted

Tags: Jorge PenaMaurice HawkinsStephen Le Peau

Three-Way All in

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Yu Li
Yu Li

Christopher Mcnally was in early position and moved all in for 196,000. Yu Li was in the hijack and called. Luis Blumberg was in the cutoff and reraised all in for 475,000 total. Li tanked for a minute and then called.

Mcnally showed {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}, Li tabled {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}, and Blumberg had {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}.

The flop was {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}, and Li took control. The turn however, found Mcnally, when the {7-Spades} hit the board to give him a full house. The {3-Spades} river changed nothing, sending the main pot to Mcnally and the side pot to Li.

Player Chips Progress
Yu Li cn
Yu Li
1,050,000
80,000
80,000
Christopher Mcnally us
Christopher Mcnally
615,000
517,000
517,000
Luis Blumberg br
Luis Blumberg
Busted

Tags: Christopher McnallyLuis BlumbergYu Li

Hawkins Almost on Two Million

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Maurice Hawkins
Maurice Hawkins

Maurice Hawkins, in the cutoff, three-bet preflop to 50,000 and Chad Keating, in the big blind, went all in. Hawkins called.

Maurice Hawkins: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}
Chad Keating: {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}

The board ran out {3-Spades}{7-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Hearts}, and Keating packed his stuff. Hawkins is now nearing the two-million-chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
1,980,000
530,000
530,000
Chad Keating us
Chad Keating
Busted

Tags: Chad KeatingMaurice Hawkins

Vonk Doubles Through Phillips

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Marcel Vonk
Marcel Vonk

Marcel Vonk was in the cutoff and raised all in for 98,000. Samuel Phillips was on the button and called.

Vonk tabled {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}, and Phillips showed {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}.

The board ran out {4-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {4-Clubs}, and Vonk survived after hitting his three-outer on the turn for a pair of tens.

Player Chips Progress
Samuel Phillips us
Samuel Phillips
720,000
635,000
635,000
Marcel Vonk nl
Marcel Vonk
215,000
94,000
94,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Marcel VonkSamuel Phillips

De Silva Sends Deveau to the Rail

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Upeshka De Silva
Upeshka De Silva

Upeshka De Silva was on the button and raised to 23,000. Daniel Deveau moved all in from the small blind and De Silva called.

De Silva tabled {a-Spades}{9-Spades} and Deveau showed {a-Hearts}{6-Clubs}.

The board ran out {k-Spades}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {k-Diamonds} and De Silva got the elimination and approached the one million chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
902,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Daniel Deveau us
Daniel Deveau
Busted

Tags: Upeshka De SilvaDaniel Deveau

Break Time, Some Updated Counts in the room

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Maurice Hawkins
Maurice Hawkins

10-time WSOP Circuit Ring Winner Maurice Hawkins leads the way with Faraz Jaka nipping at heels, roughly 100,000 behind him.

Player Chips Progress
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
1,905,000
-75,000
-75,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
1,790,000
-50,000
-50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
John Phan us
John Phan
1,380,000
280,000
280,000
Pratik Ghatge gb
Pratik Ghatge
1,375,000
15,000
15,000
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
1,360,000
573,000
573,000
Markus Kuhnen de
Markus Kuhnen
1,250,000
330,000
330,000
Yu Li cn
Yu Li
1,075,000
25,000
25,000
Samuel Phillips us
Samuel Phillips
1,070,000
350,000
350,000
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
830,000
110,000
110,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
820,000
-82,000
-82,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
635,000
60,000
60,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
445,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Winamax
Bartlomiej Machon pl
Bartlomiej Machon
425,000
-155,000
-155,000
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
315,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
215,000
45,000
45,000

Tags: Faraz JakaMaurice Hawkins

Ana Marquez Tank Calls for Heaps

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Ana Marquez
Ana Marquez

With about 130,000 in the pot and the board reading {6-Clubs}{k-Spades}{10-Diamonds} {a-Hearts} {3-Spades} Anna Marquez had a bet of 60,000 in front of her in middle position. Patrick Mahoney was in the big blind and had raised Marquez up to 175,000. Marquez tanked for several minutes before she called. Mahoney tabled {j-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for a pair of sixes and Marquez tabled {a-Spades}{q-Spades} for a pair of aces to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
960,000
325,000
325,000
Patrick Mahoney us
Patrick Mahoney
510,000
-58,000
-58,000

Tags: Ana MarquezPatrick Mahoney

Biggest Fold of the Tournament?

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Faraz Jaka
Faraz Jaka

Faraz Jaka and Pratik Ghatge got into a massive pot. Unfortunately the action was partially recounted to us so we don't have the full story for you.

Jaka and Ghatge went heads up to a flop of {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. Jaka check-called on the flop and the turn was the {10-Hearts}. Jaka check-called again and the river was the {3-Diamonds}. Jaka check-shoved the river, having Ghatge covered. Ghatge had about 850,000 remaining at the time and had what appeared to be a 300,000 bet in front of him on the river. After tanking for a long time, Ghatge elected to fold.

This is where it got very interesting. Ghatge asked Jaka if he would show and Jaka said, "You can pay to see," setting the price at $100. Ghatge snap-called that offer and Jaka told the dealer to show his hand. The dealer flipped over {q-}{10-} giving Jaka a full house. Ghatge then said to the dealer, "show mine." The dealer opened his hand and showed {10-}{10-} for the fourth nuts and a smaller full house. The entire table was amazed at Ghatge's fold. He even got a tap of the table from Jaka.

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
3,240,000
1,450,000
1,450,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Pratik Ghatge gb
Pratik Ghatge
820,000
-555,000
-555,000

Tags: Faraz JakaPratik Ghatge