Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 0
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,174,500
Entries
870
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0
Jonas Van Baelen Eliminated in 17th Place ($7,995)
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Oskar Silow opened the cutoff for 27,000 and his neighbor Jonas Van Baelen called from the button. Big blind Jordan Spurlin came along as well and checked after the flop came 
. Initial raiser Silow checked as well, then Van Baelen bet 50,000. Spurlin called, and Silow folded.
The 
hit the turn and Spurlin bet out for 105,000. Van Baelen tanked for a bit and eventually moved all in. We did not get a count, as Silow called instantly.
Jonas Van Baelen: 
— queens and nines
Jordan Spurlin: 
— straight
The river 
was a blank and Van Baelen exited.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000 | 385,000 |
|
Busted |
Howard Quadruples Up
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Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
After falling deathly short, Lance Howard got his last remaining 42,000 in the middle preflop via a reraise-shove and received calls from Timothy Batow on the button, Fabian Schoneck in the big blind, and Loren Klein under the gun, who had made the initial raise.
The flop came 
and Klein tossed out a bet of 75,000, forcing folds from Batow and Schoneck.
Lance Howard: 
Loren Klein: 
The turn was the and river the 
, and Howard made a straight to stay alive and quadruple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000 | 120,000 |
|
168,000 | 48,000 |
Schoneck Doubles Through Barbarez, Then Howard
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Fabian Schoneck first put himself at risk against Sergej Barbarez, moving all in preflop.
Fabian Schoneck: 
Sergej Barbarez: 
The board ran out 
and Schoneck scored a much needed double-up.
The very next hand, Schoneck three-bet pot preflop and was called by Lance Howard. The flop fanned out 
and Schoneck moved all in for 102,000. Howard went into the tank for just a moment before making the call.
Fabian Schoneck: 
Lance Howard: 
Schoneck faded all Howard's outs when the board completed with the then the , and he survived again, leaving Howard as the short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000 | -50,000 |
|
360,000 | 236,000 |
|
|
120,000 | -391,000 |
Shankar Pillai Eliminated in 18th Place ($7,995)
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Shankar Pillai announced pot on a 
flop making the bet 48,000, leaving himself just 68,000 behind. Loren Klein made the call and bet the remaining 68,000 when the fell on the turn. Pillai called, putting himself at risk.
Shankar Pillai: 
Loren Klein: 
The river was the 
, giving Klein a flush, and it was enough to eliminate Pillai in 18th place, good for $7,995.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
680,000 | 180,000 |
|
Busted |
Lisandro Doubles Through Klein, Law Takes a Chunk Too
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
On a 
flop, Jeff Lisandro moved all in and was put at risk by Loren Klein.
Jeff Lisandro: 
Loren Klein:
The board ran out and Lisandro doubled with his trip threes.
During the previous hands, Klein had also lost chips both to Lance Howard and Chun Law. Howard won the first two pots of the day, making a straight against Shankar Pillai and then forcing out Klein in a pot on the flop.
Law then took down the next pot of roughly 200,000 with a bet of 100,000 on the river that Klein wasn't able to call. With those chips Law has nudged into the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000 | 82,000 |
|
|
511,000 | 102,000 |
|
|
500,000 | -219,000 |
|
250,000 | 129,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 0
Loren Klein Leads to Start Final Day But Two Six-Time Champs Linger
Two six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winners will be part of the field for the third and final day of Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha. One — TJ Cloutier — is sitting near the top of the chip counts, while the other-- Jeff Lisandro is all the way at the bottom.
Just 18 players remain as to battle for the bracelet this afternoon. Cloutier begins the day with 449,000 — sitting sixth of 18 — while Lisandro comes in with the shortest stack, wielding 121,000. Loren Klein, however, has a WSOP bracelet of his own as well and comes into Day 3 with the chip lead.
Klein bagged 719,000 when the clock was paused on Day 2. Holding a slight lead over Chun Law with 638,000, Klein has the experience and skill set to conquer another WSOP final table. With over $1.2M in career WSOP cashes, Klein has made six final tables including two runner-up finishes in pot-limit Omaha events, not to mention his bracelet which he captured last year in a mixed no-limit hold’em/pot-limit Omaha event.
Sergej Barbarez (570,000), Jeff Williams (553,000) and Mark Wahba (462,000) currently round out the top five in the counts, with notables Danny Wong (299,000), Shankar Pillai (200,000) and Benjamin Juhasz (172,000) in the mix as well.
Pillai also holds a WSOP bracelet, capturing his back in 2007 in a $3,000 no-limit hold’em event. At least a third-place finish in this event will put Pillai over the $1 million mark in career WSOP earnings, as he currently rests at $925,596.
Other than the bracelet waiting for the eventual champ, so is a top prize of $231,483. By the end of the night, somebody will own both.
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Day 3 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Mark Wahba | United States | 462,000 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 2 | Jeff Williams | United States | 553,000 | 46 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Benjamin Juhasz | Hungary | 172,000 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | TJ Cloutier | United States | 449,000 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | Oskar Silow | Sweden | 421,000 | 10 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 6 | Jonas Vanbaelen | Germany | 350,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 7 | Danny Wong | United States | 299,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 8 | Jordan Spurlin | United States | 415,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 9 | Raymond Walton | United States | 177,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 1 | Lance Howard | United States | 409,000 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 2 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 121,000 | 10 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 3 | Sergej Barbarez | United States | 570,000 | 48 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 4 | Timothy Batow | United States | 295,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 5 | Chun Law | United States | 638,000 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 6 | Fabian Schoneck | Germany | 124,000 | 10 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 7 | Shankar Pillai | United States | 200,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 8 | Loren Klein | United States | 719,000 | 60 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 9 | Robert Park | United States | 150,000 | 13 |
Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 3 Started