2017 World Series of Poker

Event #36: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q7
Prize
$580,338
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,669,100
Entries
574
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
15,000

Diego Ventura Slow-Playing

Level 3 : 75/150, 25 ante

Jon Turner, first to act, opened to 350. The player in small blind and Diego Ventura, in the big blind, both defended.

The flop was {a-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{a-Spades} and was checked through to the {6-Hearts} turn. The small blind and Ventura checked to Turner, who bet 600. Ventura was the only caller. The river was the {9-Clubs}, and Ventura checked once again. Turner checked it back.

Ventura revealed {a-Diamonds}{4-Spades} for a flopped full house and gave it a laugh.

Player Chips Progress
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Diego Ventura
36,800
36,800
36,800
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jon Turner
24,000
24,000
24,000

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Sorel Mizzi Gets a Fold from Carol Fuchs

Level 3 : 75/150, 25 ante

With the board reading {J-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}, bracelet winner Carol Fuchs checked in middle position and Sorel Mizzi bet 1,000, around the size of the pot. Fuchs called and the turn was the {6-Diamonds}.

Fuchs checked and Mizzi bet 1,700. Fuchs thought for a little while and folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Carol Fuchs
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Sorel Mizzi
16,000
-9,000
-9,000

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Kings for James Calderaro

Level 3 : 75/150, 25 ante

Albert Daher opened to 400 under the gun. Action folded to James Calderaro in the small blind, who three-bet to 1,600.

''You wanna win the tournament today?'' Daher asked before calling.

The flop was {5-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{4-Spades}, and Calderaro continued for 1,100.

''You wanna keep betting?'' Daher muttered.

''And you wanna keep calling?'' Calderaro responded as Daher threw in calling chips.

The turn was the {9-Diamonds}, and Calderaro bet 1,500. Daher called again. The river was the {10-Clubs}, and this time, both players checked.

Calderaro showed {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}, and Daher mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Albert Daher
21,500
21,500
21,500
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James Calderaro
15,700
15,700
15,700
WSOP 1X Winner

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Frank Kassela Doesn't Last Long at "Old-School Table"

Level 3 : 75/150, 25 ante
Frank Kassela (taken in previous event)
Frank Kassela (taken in previous event)

Just after three-time bracelet winner Frank Kassela took his seat in the event, friendly chatting ensued. Kassela called it "the old-school table," and he had Jean-Robert Bellande to his immediate left and Australian pro and 2005 WSOP Main Event winner Joe Hachem in the next seat.

In Kassela's very first hand, Curt Kohlberg raised to 400 under the gun, Kassela three-bet to 1,000 in the next position, and Bellande cold-called in the cutoff. The button and blinds folded, and Kohlberg four-bet to 4,200. Kassela called and so did Bellande.

The flop came {6-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts} and it checked to Bellande. He quickly put his remaining 15,350 into the middle. After thinking for a few minutes, Kohlberg folded. Kassela looked at Bellande and smiled.

"You can do that with anything... This is my first hand," Kassela laughed. He called, and they showed down.

Bellande: {5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}
Kassela: {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

Bellande was ahead with a pair of threes and a gutshot straight draw, but Kassela had overcards. Kassela couldn't find an ace or a nine on the turn or river though, and Bellande doubled through.

Bellande said after the hand, "Nevermind that I put 29 percent of my stack in preflop with five-high. Let's skip that part."

Kassela said he thought Bellande had ace-seven of diamonds and added that he was okay with his call.

Kassela took a big hit to his stack that hand and was seen exiting the tournament area shortly before the end of the level.

Player Chips Progress
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Jean-Robert Bellande
33,675
33,675
33,675
WSOP 1X Winner
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Joe Hachem
26,000
26,000
26,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Frank Kassela
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

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Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Recent Bracelet Winner Chris Moorman Joins the Field

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Chris Moorman
Chris Moorman

The field is packed with poker talent, including one of the newest WSOP bracelet winners, Chris Moorman. Moorman just won Event #27: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed event earlier this week for nearly a half-million dollars.

Player Chips Progress
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Niall Farrell
43,500
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Olivier Busquet
40,000
40,000
40,000
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Jonathan Little
37,000
12,000
12,000
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Mike Scarborough
36,000
10,000
10,000
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Kyle Bowker
28,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jason Les
25,000
25,000
25,000
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Chris Moorman
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Christian Harder
25,000
25,000
25,000
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Adrien Allain
25,000
25,000
25,000
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Tristan Wade
24,500
-500
-500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Giuseppe Pantaleo
23,000
-2,500
-2,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Kristen Bicknell
21,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
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Ian O'Hara
21,000
21,000
21,000
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Faraz Jaka
20,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
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Daniel Dizenzo
18,500
18,500
18,500
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Aditya Agarwal
17,500
17,500
17,500
WSOP 1X Winner

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Yevgeniy Timoshenko's Aces Are Good

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Yevgeniy Timoshenko (from a previous event)
Yevgeniy Timoshenko (from a previous event)

Heads-up on a flop of {J-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts}, the first player checked, and Yevgeniy Timoshenko bet 500 in early position. His opponent called.

The turn was the {8-Clubs}, and the first player checked again. Timoshenko bet 1,500 this time, and his opponent called again. Both players checked the {Q-Clubs} river, and they showed down.

First player: {J-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Timoshenko: {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}

Timoshenko's aces were good against his opponent's pair of jacks, and he took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Yevgeniy Timoshenko
21,300
21,300
21,300

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