Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-16-2017 15:32 UTC-8

Players and Payouts from 154th-163rd Place, Each Receiving $3,758

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Santos	Busted
Jesse Simonelli	Busted
Cardona Yahir	Busted
Alfred Mottur	Busted
Patrick Jukic	Busted
Sebastien Comel	Busted
Chang Luo	Busted
Gary Hasson	Busted
Ronen Ohayon	Busted
Dutch Boyd	Busted

06-16-2017 15:24 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Abdellatif	325,000 82,000	82,000
Linglin Zeng	312,000 2,000	2,000
Pablo Fernandez	300,000 70,000	70,000
Ernest Smith	300,000 100,000	100,000
Matt Waxman	183,000 112,700	112,700

John Dolan	174,000 12,000	12,000
Matt Salsberg	152,000 28,000	28,000
Scott Margereson	140,000 20,000	20,000
Cole Jackson	114,300 33,200	33,200
Ken Aldridge	108,400 8,200	8,200

Jason Koon	105,000 35,000	35,000

Terry Fan	90,000 15,000	15,000
Ismael Bojang	80,000 20,000	20,000

Martin Kabrhel	71,000 50,800	50,800

Kitty Kuo	55,000 25,000	25,000

Chris Ferguson	30,000 32,000	32,000

Fedor Truntsev	29,500 9,500	9,500
Erwann Pecheux	25,000 1,000	1,000
[Removed:153]	25,000 65,300	65,300
Adrian Mateos	Busted

Second Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The tournament screens show 135 players remaining, which means almost 30 players were sent to the rail once the money bubble has burst. All other hopefuls are now enjoying 15 minutes away from the table and the T$100 chips will be raced off.

06-16-2017 15:17 UTC-8

Another Double Knockout

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Eddy Sabat raised to 4,800 and saw two short stacks shove behind him in Kenneth Fusca with and Huey Hulin with the . Sabat had the far biggest stack of the trio and quickly called with .

The board ran out and the queens held up to reduce the field by two.

One hand later, the small blind shoved into the big blind of Dylan Linde, who called all in for 32,800 with . His opponent only had and the board came to let Linde double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddy Sabat	200,000 53,100	53,100
Dylan Linde	67,000 2,000	2,000

Kenneth Fusca	Busted
Huey Hulin	Busted

Tags: Dylan Linde Eddy Sabat Huey Hulin Kenneth Fusca

06-16-2017 15:12 UTC-8

Liberto Busts Two

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Short stack James Hughes shoved for his last two big blinds and Justin Liberto pushed from the small blind to see Reinaldo Troconis also call it off with a short stack.

James Hughes:
Reinaldo Troconis:
Justin Liberto:

On the flop, Troconis cheered and said "stay low" while the turn gave Liberto a flush draw. Instead, it was the river that iomproved Liberto to knock out two opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Liberto	115,000 65,000	65,000

James Hughes	Busted
Reinaldo Troconis	Busted

Tags: James Hughes Justin Liberto Reinaldo Troconis

06-16-2017 14:59 UTC-8

Queens Cracked: Part Two

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Jeremy Santos shoved his short stack and Geoffrey Hum reshoved for more from a few seats over. All other opponents got out of the way and Santos flipped over . Hum had the inferior pocket pair with and got there on the river of a board of .

Player	Chips	Progress
Geoffrey Hum	62,000 31,500	31,500
Jeremy Santos	Busted

Tags: Geoffrey Hum Jeremy Santos

06-16-2017 14:52 UTC-8

Ohayon and Luo Eliminated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Among the first to bust after the money bubble had burst were Ronen Ohayon and Chang Luo. Ohayon's cards were already in the muck and Ismael Bojang scooped the pot. Ohayon initially celebrated with pocket fives before realizing that Bojang had completed a backdoor flush with .

Chang Luo was also sent to the rail after a three-way all in with Jiri Horak and Patrick Jukic. Luo had and Horak , while Jukic rolled over . The board came and that was it for Luo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ismael Bojang	100,000 34,800	34,800

Jiri Horak	65,000 36,900	36,900
Patrick Jukic	48,000 4,500	4,500
Ronen Ohayon	Busted
Chang Luo	Busted

Tags: Chang Luo Ismael Bojang Jiri Horak Patrick Jukic Ronen Ohayon

06-16-2017 14:45 UTC-8

The Money Bubble has Burst

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

With two Eliminations as the tournament went into hand-for-hand play, everyone is now in the money and guaranteed a minimum of $3,758.

In the first hand, Tony Armand was under the gun and pushed in his remaining 1,800 chips. Michael Leibgorin in the hijack called as did the small blind and Luke Graham in the big blind all called 2,400. This created a side pot and Armand was all in for the main.

The flop was and all players checked to the turn which was the . Graham led out for 5,000 and was called by Leibgorin.

The river was the and Graham fired out a bet of 7,000 and Leibgorin mucked. Graham tabled for a full house and Armand showed for ten-high and was the last elimination before the bubble.

As dealers all stood waiting, a massive pot was brewing on the last table still with a hand in play. Josep Maria Galindo Lopez raised to 6,800 in late position. Linglin Zeng was in the big blind and three-bet to 13,000. Lopez moved all in for roughly 109,000. Zeng tanked for several minutes before she called putting Lopez at risk on the stone cold bubble. Zeng's stack was at roughly 200,000 to start the hand.

Zeng tabled and Lopez showed .

The board ran out and Zeng out-ran Lopez to take down the hand and put everyone remaining in the money.

Here's the previous hand with Lopez and Zeng.

Player	Chips	Progress
Linglin Zeng	310,000 152,000	152,000
Luke Graham	162,000 12,000	12,000
Tony Armand	Busted
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez	Busted

Tags: Josep Maria Galindo Lopez Linglin Zeng

06-16-2017 14:34 UTC-8

Plenty of Stalling; Hand-For-Hand Kicks In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Among many short stacks just before the money bubble is also Adrian Mateos, who has been warned once and had the clock called on him. Just now, Mateos faced a raise from early position and tank-folded in the small blind.

At the same time, another player was eliminated on a different table and hand-for-hand mode will commence after the end of the current hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	14,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos

06-16-2017 14:32 UTC-8

Khoury Survives and Chops with Zeng

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Mazin Khoury shoved for his last 17,700 from under the gun and Josep Maria Galindo Lopez called in the cutoff. Linglin Zeng three-bet big from the button to force out the Spaniard, who mucked face up.

Khoury showed and Zeng had the . The flop provided the ace, while Galineo Lopez would have turned a set if he stayed in with the showing up. Khoury had a flush draw to triple up, but the river instead resulted in a split pot.