2017 World Series of Poker
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Players are now on a 60-minute dinner break and will be back at 6:40 p.m. There are currently 184 players left.
William Ellis opened to 11,000 from early position. Action folded around to the small blind, who moved all in for a total of 90,000. Ellis tanked for a while before calling.
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, and Ellis raked in the pot while his opponent headed away.
Willam Thomson, sitting in the under-the-gun position, limped. So did a player in middle position. Roger Carlson, in the hijack went all in for 23,500. Francine Ferguson, in the small blind, also went all in, but she had 50,000. Thomson called.
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. Carlson tripled up and Ferguson got the rest of the pot. Thomson is still comfortably in the chip lead, though.
A player in early position opened to 12,000. Action folded around to Kevin O'Donnell in the big blind who tanked for a moment and said, ''You're going after my big blind!'' before making the call.
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. O'Donnell bet 5,000, and his opponent called. The
came on the turn. This time, O'Donnell checked. His opponent checked back.
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river completed the board. O'Donnell took a look at his opponent's stack and threw in a bet of 40,000. That was enough for him to take down the pot.
Larry Wright, on the button, raised to 11,500, and Pete Vilandos, in the big blind, called.
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. Vilandos checked, and Wright bet 8,500. Vilandos shoved all in, and Wright snap-called.
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for bottom pair, and Wright showed ![]()
for top two pair.
The turn brought the
to give Vilandos trip fours. The
on the river didn't change the outcome, and Wright had his hands in his hair in disbelief as the table looked on in shock.
The dealer counted Vilandos' stack, and he had 56,000 in total. Wright slowly counted out the chips he had to pay. The dealer tried to help, but Wright wouldn't let him.
"You don't touch my chips, the way you're dealing those cards!" Wright said.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Franco Cupello, in early position opened to 6,000. Action folded to David Plastik in the big blind who made the call.
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flop, Plastik checked. Cupello bet 3,000 and Plastik check-raised to 8,000. Cupello called.
The turn was the
. This time, Plastik led for 14,000. Cupello stuck around.
The dealer slammed down the
on the river. Plastik bet 20,000 and Cupello shoved all in for 72,000. Plastik snap-called.
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for a full house and Plastik revealed ![]()
for a better one.