Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 2 Started
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,128,000
Entries
120
Level
29
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Play resumes at 2 p.m. for Day 2 of the Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship here at the 2017 World Series of Poker. There will be 10 hour-long levels of play with a 15-minute break after every two levels and an hour-long dinner break after the sixth level. There 41 players still in contention, and a total of 18 players will cash for at least $15,385 with the champion taking home $311,817.
Ben Yu (360,000) leads the field and is looking to win consecutive $10,000 Championship events at this year's WSOP. In second place is Ian Johns (272,200), the defending champion in this event.
Daniel Negreanu (260,500) sits in third place while Phil Hellmuth (225,500), Joe McKeehen (209,000) and JC Tran (190,500) also have big stacks.
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Level: 11
Limits: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
And They're Off, Jameson Painter Eliminated
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Cards are in the air for the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Day 3. Soon after play began, Jameson Painter was eliminated and Dan Shak was moved to his table where Daniel Negreanu and Robert Mizrachi are seated, among others. Forty players remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Yu Gets There Against Gupta
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Ashish Gupta was all in and at risk against Ben Yu on a 
flop.
Ashish Gupta: 
Ben Yu: 
Yu was behind and stayed so on the 
turn. However, the river was the 
to give Yu two pair and Gupta was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000 | 30,000 |
|
Busted |
Bryce Landier Turns Two Pair
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Bryce Landier opened the button with a raise and Michael Ross called from the small blind.
The flop came 
and Ross checked. Landier bet and Ross called. The turn was the and Ross bet, Landier raised, and Ross called.
The river was the and Ross check-called one more bet from Landier. Landier turned over 
for two pair and Ross dropped 
onto the table before tossing it into the muck.
At a nearby table, John Monnette was eliminated. There are 38 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
198,000 | -42,000 |
|
115,000 | 24,000 |
|
Busted |
Schreiber and Lazarski Gone
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Matthew Schreiber opened from the cutoff, Tom McCormick raised from the small blind and Ben Yu from the big blind and Schreiber both called.
All three players checked the 
flop. On the turn, McCormick led out and Yu called. Schreiber asked the dealer if he could touch the pot and the dealer spread it for him instead. Schreiber eventually called all in for his last 4,500.
McCormick led out again on the 
river and Yu folded.
McCormick showed and Schreiber jokingly said "Chop" before he mucked his hand and was eliminated.
At the same time, Bryan Lazarski was eliminated at another table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
343,000 | -47,000 |
|
304,000 | 113,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Chan Straightens Out Song
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Kevin Song raised from middle position and Terrence Chan defended from the big blind.
On the 
flop, Chan checked, Song bet, Chan raised, Song reraised and Chan called. Chan check-raised again when the 
landed on the turn and Song just called.
On the 
river, Chan led out and Song made the call.
Chan turned over 
for the nut straight and Song took a while before he mucked. Shaun Deeb commented to Chan, "That's the board you must have been looking for."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | 69,500 |
|
125,000 | -121,500 |
Martin Kabrhel Gets Clocked
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Martin Kabrhel had just moved to the table and raised under the gun. Justin Bonomo reraised and when the action came back to Kabrhel, he unracked his remaining chips and set them neatly in front of him. He then glanced at his cards again and then back at the Bonomo raise.
"Clock," said the dealer at the behest of Bonomo.
Kabrhel took a few more seconds before commenting that it was ridiculous and that he was only unracking his chips. He then four-bet and Bonomo called.
The flop came 
and Kabrhel bet. Bonomo called. The action repeated on the turn and the river when the board came and the 
.
Kabrhel turned over two aces, 
, and kept them in front of him.
Bonomo couldn't see the hand and the dealer slid it closer to the center of the table. Bonomo mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000 | 64,500 |
|
120,000 | -28,000 |
Dan Shak Rivers Two Pair
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Daniel Negreanu raised from the cutoff and Dan Shak three-bet from the button. Bryce Landier made it four bets from the big blind and Negreanu folded before Shak called.
The flop came 
and Landier bet. Shak called. The action repeated on the turn when the hit. The river was the and Landier checked. Shak bet and Landier called. Shak showed 
for two pair and Landier mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | 36,000 |
|
|
69,500 | -45,500 |