Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em SHOOTOUT Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-22-2017 16:22 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Young Eum	66,100
Ryan Tamanini	65,900
Stoyan Obreshkov	65,700
Frank Williams	65,600
Joseph Wertz	65,500
Alex Masek	65,400
Daniel Strelitz	65,275 57,775	57,775

Gerald Chaplick	65,100
Kevin MacPhee	65,000

James Gilbert	64,900
Toby Boas	64,800
Erle Mankin	64,600
Jonathan Borenstein	64,500
Paul Lee	61,100
Josh Weiss	59,800 52,300	52,300
Jan Nakladal	59,700
[Removed:551]	59,625
Jose Montes	59,550
Martin Weiemann	59,475
Titan Leard	59,300
Timothy McDermott	59,200
Raghav Bansal	59,000
Dennis Zollo	58,900
Ian Modder	58,900 51,400	51,400
Timothy Chang	58,500

Alexandre Rivero Eliminates Cate Hall in a Cooler, Advances to Day 2

Alexandre Rivero raised to 1,800, and Cate Hall paused for a moment before three-betting to 6,200. Rivero moved all in, and Hall called.

Hall was at risk with , well behind the of Rivero.

The board ran out , and Hall was eliminated.

Rivero, hailing from Brazil, has advanced to Day 2 and has locked up a min-cash worth $4,837.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Rivero	66,000 66,000	66,000

Tags: Alexandre Rivero Cate Hall

06-22-2017 16:41 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Geisman	66,100
Jesse Yaginuma	65,800

Xavier Bios	65,525
John Phan	65,400

Kenny Hallaert	65,100 37,100	37,100

Zachary Smiley	59,600
Russell Thomas	59,500
Bryce Daifuku	59,100
Matthew Haugen	58,900
Doug Hartwick	58,800
Jonathan Maher	58,400

Break Time

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Shirley Ang

The remaining players have just gone for a 15-minute break.

There are about 29 heads-up matches remaining, returning to Level 10 with blinds at 500/1,000 with a 100 ante.

While you wait, have a look at Esther Taylor-Brady's opinions on...

06-22-2017 17:02 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Phachara Wongwichit	65,900

Brian Kelly	65,900
Rodeen Talebi	65,800
Martin Staszko	65,600 48,600	48,600
Kyle Cartwright	65,600

Kevin Visentin	65,000
Thomas Boivin	64,900
Matas Dilpsas	64,900
Curt Kohlberg	64,700
Carlos Mortensen	64,500 58,700	58,700

Josh Kau	59,700
Jonathan Tamayo	59,700 35,200	35,200

Philip Tom	59,300

Nathan Bjenno	59,200
Matthew Ernst	57,100

Andrew Brokos Eliminates Govert Metaal

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Shirley Ang

Govert Metaal went all in preflop and was called by Andrew Brokos.

Andrew Brokos:
Govert Metaal:

The board ran out . The flopped king wasn't enough, as the river brought the ace to knock Metaal out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Brokos	63,900 41,900	41,900
Govert Metaal	Busted

Tags: Andrew Brokos Govert Metaal

06-22-2017 17:21 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Spotts	65,800 49,600	49,600

Thiago Nishijima	64,900

Oluwashola Akindele	64,700
Marek Ohnisko	59,800
Chris Moorman	58,800 42,800	42,800

Jonathan Little Defeats Danny Suied to Advance to Day 2

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Jonathan Little limped in on the button, and Danny Suied raised to 3,000. Little paused for a moment and then slid forward a tower of chips, putting Suied to the test for his remaining stack worth 18,000. Suied quickly called.

Suied was at risk with , flipping against Little's .

The flop came , and it was looking fairly safe for Suied until the hit the turn. The river was the , and Suied was eliminated.

Little has now moved on to Day 2 tomorrow at noon with 65,600 chips and a guaranteed cash worth at least $4,837.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Little	65,600 40,600	40,600

Danny Suied	Busted

Tags: Danny Suied Jonathan Little

06-22-2017 17:51 UTC-8

Through to Round Two

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Shirley Ang

The players below are through to the next round, there are currently still six tables playing heads-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damien Leforbes	65,900 65,900	65,900
Adam Krach	65,700 65,700	65,700
Michael Scarborough	65,600 65,600	65,600
Christoph Brand	65,400 65,400	65,400
Daniel Dangoor	65,200 65,200	65,200
Kevin Eyster	65,100

Derek Wolters	64,900 64,900	64,900
Chris Gordon	64,800 64,800	64,800
Thomas Scholze	64,700 64,700	64,700
Arin Youssefian	63,900 63,900	63,900
Terry Fan	63,000 63,000	63,000
Tirza Sanders	59,800
Raghuram Jonnalagedda	59,300 59,300	59,300
James Czarnecki	59,000 59,000	59,000

06-22-2017 18:01 UTC-8

Tirza Sanders Busts Cory Waaland to Advance to Day 2

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Tirza Sanders limped in on the button, and Cory Waaland checked his option.

The flop came , and Waaland checked. Sanders bet 1,500, and Waaland check-raised to 4,500. Sanders called. The turn was the , and Waaland led out for 6,200. Sanders moved all in, and Waaland called for about 14,000 total.