Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em SHOOTOUT Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-23-2017 14:18 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Goulder	Busted
Zachary Smiley	Busted
Ian Modder	Busted
Alexander Richmond	Busted
Thiago Nishijima	Busted
Daniel Strelitz	Busted
Shola Akindele	Busted
Michael O'Grady	Busted
Curt Kohlberg	Busted
Benjamin Geisman	Busted
Toby Boas	Busted
Zakir Lakhani	Busted
Chris Moorman	Busted
Kevin Davis	Busted
Christopher Leong	Busted
Daniel Dangoor	Busted
Linglin Zeng	Busted
Aaron Henderson	Busted
Michael Scarborough	Busted
James Czarnecki	Busted

Break Started

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Players have reached the first 15-minute break of the day.

06-23-2017 13:54 UTC-7

Alexandru Masek Eliminates Benjamin Geisman, Leads Table

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Alexandru Masek opened the betting and then called a shove from Benjamin Geisman.

Benjamin Geisman:
Alexandru Masek:

The board ran out . Both players hit the flop, but the better starting held held up and Geisman was eliminated. With that pot, Masek is the current chip leader at Table 725.

Tags: Alex Masek Benjamin Geisman

06-23-2017 13:41 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin MacPhee	125,000	60,000
Vojtech Ruzicka	113,000	47,100
Rodeen Talebi	108,000	-13,000
Paul W Lee	82,000	20,900
Jonathan Little	75,000	9,400
Martin Staszko	64,000	-1,600
Andrew Brokos	35,000	-5,000
Alex Goulder	22,500	-36,900
Chris Moorman	Busted

Zakir Lakhani Eliminated

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Zakir Lakhani was all in and the player at risk against Wilson Lopes.

Zakir Lakhani:
Wilson Lopes:

Lakhani grimaced as he saw his opponent’s cards and said he had almost folded. Another player named some cards that could rescue him as the board ran out .

No help, though, for Lakhani as the kings held and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wilson Lopes	85,000	25,600
Zakir Lakhani	Busted

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06-23-2017 13:23 UTC-7

Chris Brand vs Xavier Rios

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Chris Brand raised to 2,000 from the cutoff. James Cappucci, on the button, Tirza Sanders and Xavier Rios in the blinds all called.

All players checked on the [2c4cQ] flop. The turn gave them the , Sanders checked, Rios opened to 3,500, Brand called, Cappucci and Sanders folded.

They checked on the that completed the board. Rios showed for a pair of eights but Brand showed for the turned flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xavier Rios	116,000	50,475
Chris Brand	66,000	600

Tags: Chris Brand Xavier Rios

06-23-2017 13:20 UTC-7

Raghav Bansal Doubles Up With Ace-High Turn Call

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The board at the turn read and Raghav Bansal in the small blind checked it to Curt Kohlberg in late position who moved all in, covering Bansal who had around 35,000 behind.

Bansal gave it a couple of minutes thought before he called.

Raghav Bansal:
Curt Kohlberg:

The river card was the , missing Kohlberg's flush draw to double-up Bansal.

Kohlberg acknowledged what a good call it was as Bansal allowed himself a small fist pump after preserving his tournament life with an ace-high call.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raghav Bansal	80,000	21,000
Curt Kohlberg	52,000	-12,700

Tags: Curt Kohlberg Raghav Bansal

06-23-2017 13:08 UTC-7

Sergi Reixach opened the action and after Damien Leforbes called, Tom Middleton on his left moved all in for just under 40,000. Reixach called and a frustrated Leforbes mucked his cards. He wasn’t too pleased when he saw the hands either.

Tom Middleton:
Sergi Reixach: