Event #36: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-19-2017 18:12 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nadar Kakhmazov	475,000 400,200	400,200

Garrett Greer	420,000 218,000	218,000
Dario Sammartino	350,000 258,700	258,700

Olivier Busquet	307,000 33,000	33,000
Dietrich Fast	284,000 67,000	67,000

Michael Mizrachi	200,000 28,000	28,000

Kitty Kuo	165,000 39,000	39,000

John Racener	156,000 14,000	14,000

Jason Les	120,000 29,000	29,000
Shyam Srinivasan	88,000 42,000	42,000
James Mackey	58,000 48,000	48,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

06-19-2017 18:00 UTC-8

Joseph Alban Busts on the Bubble

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

Joseph Alban opened from under the gun and was three-bet by Jacob Haller to 40,000. Action folded to Christian Rudolph in the big blind, and he called. Alban was next to act, and four-bet jammed all in for 73,400. Both Haller and Rudolph called.

Both players checked the jack-high flop, and an ace fell on the turn. Rudolph bet 85,000, and Haller folded.

Alban tabled , and Rudolph turned over . The river bricked, and Rudolph collected a huge pot, busting Alban on the money bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Rudolph	480,000 416,200	416,200
Jacob Haller	190,000 140,400	140,400
Joseph Alban	Busted

Tags: Christian Rudolph Jacob Haller Joseph Alban

06-19-2017 17:58 UTC-8

Owen Doubles On the Bubble

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

Damien Le Goff opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and Adam Owen three-bet shoved from the button for 42,600, sending Le Goff into the tank. After about a minute, Le Goff called.

When the two players tabled their hands, Le Goff showed and Owen flipped over .

The board ran out and Owen doubled up with top two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	78,000 15,000	15,000
Damien Le Goff	76,000 35,500	35,500

Tags: Adam Owen

06-19-2017 17:36 UTC-8

Play Resumes

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

Play has resumed at Level 14 and players are still hand-for-hand.

06-19-2017 17:23 UTC-8

Break Time

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

Players are now on a 15-minute break. When play resumes, hand-for-hand will continue at Level 14 until the money is reached.

06-19-2017 17:17 UTC-8

Hand-for-Hand

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

With 88 players remaining, play is now hand-for-hand until the money bubble breaks.

06-19-2017 17:14 UTC-8

Bernardo Dias Doubles Through Martin Mathis

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

With about 50,000 chips in the middle on a board of , Martin Mathis bet 40,000 which was enough to put his lone opponent, Bernardo Dias, to a decision for his whole stack.

Dias went into the tank briefly, but didn't take too long to commit his remaining chips.

"Ten high," announced Mathis as he flipped over .

Dias quickly tabled for aces up and took the pot to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Mathis	243,000 38,000	38,000
Bernardo Dias	86,000 67,800	67,800

Tags: Bernardo Dias Martin Mathis

06-19-2017 17:10 UTC-8

Boskovic Still Level on the Day

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

Dejan Boskovic started Day 2 second in chips but has seen his name slide down the leaderboard as the day has progressed.

Boskovic took down a recent pot against Patrick Mahoney in order to get himself back in the black for today. Boskovic three-bet Mahoney's open to 13,500 from the small blind and Mahoney called on the button.

The flop came and Boskovic continued with a bet of 21,000. Mahoney folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dejan Boskovic	245,000 7,600	7,600
Patrick Mahoney	85,000 18,700	18,700

Tags: Patrick Mahoney Dejan Boskovic

06-19-2017 17:06 UTC-8

Thomas Paul Gets a Fold

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

With a huge pile of chips already in the middle on a completed board of , Zhaoxing Wang checked to Thomas Paul and he bet 100,000, which was enough to put Wang to a decision for his stack.

Wang went into the tank for over three minutes and cut out chips several times, but ultimately folded. Before Paul released his cards, Wang exclaimed "Show the bluff! Show one card, please!" Paul hesitated briefly before he tossed his cards into the muck and took the pot to put his stack over the 400,000-chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Paul	430,000 44,000	44,000
Zhaoxing Wang	72,000 4,700	4,700

Tags: Thomas Paul