Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 0
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 2
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
Playing With Caution
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
As the pay jumps get larger and the players get fewer, everyone has been taking a more cautious approach since the last break. There have been fewer flops and a lot less multi-way pots. The remaining 22 players are all looking to find a bag at the end of the day.
Laying Down the Law
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Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Chun Law was in early position and raised to 25,000. Shankar Pillai was on the button and called.
The flop was 
, and both players checked to the turn, which was the 
. Both players checked again, and the river was the 
. Law check-called Pillai's bet of 30,000 and showed 
as Pillai said, "You're good."
Play has been much slower since break, with a lot of small uncontested pots being played.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
||
|
317,000
-88,000
|
-88,000 |
Cloutier Finds a Spot to Double Up
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Lance Howard raised to 16,000 from middle position, and TJ Cloutier three-bet to 60,000 from the button. The blinds folded, and Howard raised the pot. Cloutier quickly stuck the rest of his chips in the middle for a total of 242,000 and was the one at risk.
Cloutier: 
Howard: 
Cloutier was in the lead, and the board ran out 
. Cloutier held onto the lead to earn a double-up. It also left Howard extremely short with around five big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
496,000
266,000
|
266,000 |
|
||
|
43,000
-220,000
|
-220,000 |
Jordan Spurlin Willingly Gets It In
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
The action was raised to 20,000 and Christopher Del Grande called from the button. Jordan Spurlin was in the big blind and three-bet to 80,000. The initial raiser folded and Del Grande called. The flop came 
and Spurlin bet the pot, 184,000. That was enough to put Del Grande all-in and he made the call.
Spurlin: 
Del Grande: 
The turn was the 
and the river landed the 
. Spurlin's pair of aces held up and after the hand, he said, "That was a flop I was willing to get it all-in with."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
515,000
393,000
|
393,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
Chip Update
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
||
|
|
530,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
495,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
||
|
446,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
||
|
400,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
395,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
370,000
-158,000
|
-158,000 |
|
327,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
|
325,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
320,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
285,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
275,000
-285,000
|
-285,000 |
|
243,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
|
225,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
205,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
|
190,000 | |
|
187,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
|
|
||
|
167,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
100,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
50,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Lisandro Doubles
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Benjamin Juhasz raised to 25,000 from the hijack and Jeff Lisandro moved all in from the small blind for 99,000, Juasz called.
Lisandro tabled 
Juhasz showed
The board ran out 
and Lisandro doubled up with his two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
130,000
-113,000
|
-113,000 |
Roussos Koliakoudakis Running Bad
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
After losing a pot with aces vs his opponent's kings where the flop came king-high, Roussos Koliakoudakis was left with just over 100,000 chips.
In a couple hands later, Koliakoudakis got his remaining chips in the middle against Sergej Barbarez on a flop reading 
. Koliakoudakis held 
and Barbarez flopped a straight with 
. The turn was the and the river brought the . Barbarez's straight held up and Koliakoudakis was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
465,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Final Two Tables
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
There are only 18 players remaining, and here are the new seating assignments and chip counts:
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 | 1 | Mark Wahba | United States | 452,000 |
| 700 | 2 | Jeff Williams | United States | 450,000 |
| 700 | 3 | Benjamin Juhasz | Hungary | 166,000 |
| 700 | 4 | TJ Cloutier | United States | 478,000 |
| 700 | 5 | Oskar Silow | Sweden | 422,000 |
| 700 | 6 | Jonas Vanbaelen | Germany | 300,000 |
| 700 | 7 | Danny Wong | United States | 344,000 |
| 700 | 8 | Jordan Spurlin | United States | 504,000 |
| 700 | 9 | Raymond Walton | United States | 157,000 |
| 701 | 1 | Lance Howard | United States | 100,000 |
| 701 | 2 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 200,000 |
| 701 | 3 | Sergej Barbarez | United States | 586,000 |
| 701 | 4 | Timothy Batow | United States | 197,000 |
| 701 | 5 | Chun Law | United States | 558,000 |
| 701 | 6 | Fabian Schoneck | Germany | 169,000 |
| 701 | 7 | Shankar Pillai | United States | 420,000 |
| 701 | 8 | Loren Klein | United States | 702000 |
| 701 | 9 | Robert Park | United States | 190,000 |