2017 World Series of Poker

Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day: 1
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Event Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
74105
Prize
$238,620
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,221,750
Entries
904
Level Info
Level
31
Limits
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 904
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Level: 9

Limits: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

Naoya Kihara Bounced

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 0 ante
Naoya Kihara
Naoya Kihara

Action folded to the button where Naoya Kihara opened with a raise. The player in the small blind reraised. "Uh oh," Kihara said. With action back on Kihara he made it three bets. The small blind called.

The flop came {J-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Hearts} and both players checked to see the {3-Hearts} on the turn. The small blind bet. Kihara raised leaving just 100 behind. The small blind raised and Kihara called for the rest of his chips.

Kihara: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{2-Spades}
Small Blind: {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{4-Spades}

"Deuce of hearts," the small blind said. "Scoop!"

And his wishes were answered when the {2-Hearts} hit the river, giving him a flush and a better low to take down the pot and eliminating Kihara from the tournament.

Tags: Naoya Kihara

Counts

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

All of Mike Leah's sweet sweet chips have been dispersed to players at his table, leaving him headed to the rail. Maria Ho has also busted from the event. Meanwhile, Aaron Steury has made a full recovery from his early short stack and John Monnette has built a decent sized chip stack for himself as well.

Player Chips Progress
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Aaron Steury
43,000
5,500
5,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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John Monnette
41,000
15,300
15,300
WSOP 5X Winner
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Jon Turner
35,300
8,500
8,500
$25K Fantasy
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Jesse Martin
22,500
11,000
11,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Mike Wattel
21,000
2,500
2,500
WSOP 2X Winner
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Benny Glaser
15,000
2,500
2,500
WSOP 8X Winner
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Ben Ludlow
12,000
4,300
4,300
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Max Pescatori
4,200
11,300
11,300
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
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Mike Leah
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
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Maria Ho
Busted

Kessler Doubles; More Counts

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Allen Kessler just doubled up when his {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{10-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} made two pair on a board of {J-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{2-Spades}{5-Spades}{K-Clubs} against one other opponent.

Meanwhile, several other players have been slowly increasing their chip stacks as they approach the last level of play for the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Aaron Steury
41,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Paul Tedeschi
35,000
11,500
11,500
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Tuan Le
34,500
5,000
5,000
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Dan Heimiller
29,500
4,000
4,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Hani Awad
23,000
5,500
5,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Victor Ramdin
20,000
11,700
11,700
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Jeffrey Lisandro
17,000
6,200
6,200
WSOP 6X Winner
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Valentin Vornicu
16,000
6,200
6,200
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David Bach
10,000
8,700
8,700
WSOP 3X Winner
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Allen Kessler
6,000
500
500
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Leif Force
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 10

Limits: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Hani Awad Takes Out Two

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Hani Awad
Hani Awad

Preflop, action was capped at four bets, with one player moving all in and Hani Awad closing the action with a call.

The flop came {J-Spades}{J-Clubs}{5-Spades} and Awad led with a bet. The other player moved all in for his last 1,600 and Awad called bringing the three players to showdown.

Player 1 (all in preflop): {10-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}
Player 2 (all in on the flop): {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}
Awad: {A-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{J-Diamonds}

The board completed with the {5-Diamonds} and the {7-Spades} and Awad took down the entire pot with three jacks.

Player Chips Progress
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Hani Awad
21,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Big Stacks

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Richard Bai and James Chen look to have the two biggest stacks in the room at this point. Both have flown under the radar to this point but both have over 60,000 chips and look to be the tournament chip leaders at this point. Aaron Steury, who at one point was all in for his last 1,100 chips has also built himself up to be one of the largest stacks in the room, topping 60,000 chips as players start to round out the last level of the night.

Player Chips Progress
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James Chen
85,000
85,000
85,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Richard Bai
62,000
62,000
62,000
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Aaron Steury
61,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner