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

06-23-2017 16:06 UTC-7

Table 723 Three Handed; Matthew Haugen Leads

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The first table to get down to three players is Table 723 which has been dominated most of the day by Matthew Haugen, but Ben Maya is on his heels with Chris Bell the man in the middle looking to make some hands soon.

All three are from the United States.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Haugen	350,000 150,000	150,000
Ben Maya	230,000 170,400	170,400

Chris Bell	76,000 11,800	11,800

Tags: Ben Maya Chris Bell Matthew Haugen

06-23-2017 16:10 UTC-7

Eliminated Players

Shirley Ang

The players below took $4,837 home:

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	Busted
Alexandre Rivero	Busted
Ryan Tamanini	Busted
Stefan Jedlicka	Busted
Mohsin Virani	Busted
Brian Kelly	Busted
Jonathan Tamayo	Busted
Damien Leforbes	Busted
Jingwu Cai	Busted
Pierre Merlin	Busted
Jan Nakladal	Busted
Jonathan Borenstein	Busted
Tirza Sanders	Busted
Douglas Hartwick	Busted
Raghav Bansal	Busted
Dennis Zollo	Busted
Timothy McDermott	Busted
Paul Leckey	Busted

06-23-2017 16:16 UTC-7

Timothy Chang Leads Eight-Handed Table 725

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There are still several tables with six and seven players remaining, but Table 725 still has eight players with chips.

Benjamin Geisman and Toby Boas are the players who have busted, and it is Timothy Chang who has the lead at the table with 240,000 while Alexandru Masek heads the chasing pack as the second break approaches.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Chang	240,000 181,500	181,500

Tags: Benjamin Geisman Timothy Chang

06-23-2017 16:17 UTC-7

Break Time

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The tournament is on a 15-minute break.

06-23-2017 16:40 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts After the Break

Shirley Ang

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Michaelis	490,000 270,000	270,000
Matthew Haugen	287,000 -63,000	-63,000
Ben Maya	230,000

Matas Dilpsas	215,000 -55,000	-55,000
Thomas Boivin	215,000 72,500	72,500
Taylor Paur	190,000 138,000	138,000

Steve Foutty	182,000 116,800	116,800
Carlos Mortensen	140,000 75,500	75,500

Philip Tom	121,000 61,700	61,700
Nathan Bjerno	120,000 60,800	60,800
Joseph Wertz	118,000 52,500	52,500
Michael Zigomanis	114,000 54,400	54,400
James Gilbert	110,000 45,100	45,100
Sergi Reixach	109,000 39,000	39,000
Rajaee Wazwaz	108,000 -13,000	-13,000

Russell Thomas	105,000 -10,000	-10,000
Chris Bell	100,000 24,000	24,000
Josh Kay	94,000 34,300	34,300
Erle Mankin	91,000 26,400	26,400
Kevin Visentin	91,000 26,000	26,000
John Kim	89,000 24,125	24,125
Tom Middleton	80,000 32,000	32,000
Ross Ward	63,000 8,000	8,000
Richard Alsup	55,000 -4,300	-4,300

Stoyan Obreshkov	53,000 18,000	18,000

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06-23-2017 16:49 UTC-7

Timothy Chang Eliminates David Machowsky

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There was an open to 5,500 before Timothy Chang three-bet to 13,500 and David Machowsky moved all in for 45,000.

The original raiser folded and Chang called with and was against Machowsky’s ace-king.

The flop delivered a spade flush draw which duly got there to bust Machowsky and give Chang a healthy lead over the other five players at his table.

“I had the perfect chip stack,” Chang said smiling as he referred to his call. The rest of the table didn’t seem to be enjoying his good fortune as much.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Chang	290,000 50,000	50,000
David Machowsky	Busted

Tags: David Machowsky Timothy Chang

06-23-2017 16:55 UTC-7

Paul Michaelis Heads Up vs. Erle Mankin

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Paul Michaelis with queen-jack busted short stack Arin Youssefian holding pocket threes to get the match heads up — the first table to get there.

Michaelis from Germany has a significant advantage over his opponent Erle Mankin from the United States with over a 5:1 lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Michaelis	530,000 40,000	40,000
Erle Mankin	100,000 9,000	9,000
Arin Youssefian	Busted

Tags: Erle Mankin Paul Michaelis

06-23-2017 17:04 UTC-7

William Draper Hits the Rail

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William Draper was all in and at risk against Ian O’Hara.

Draper:
O’Hara:

The board ran out .

The pair of jacks for O’Hara meant it was curtains for Draper as his shootout tournament drew to a close.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian O'Hara	68,000 2,400	2,400
William Draper	Busted

Tags: Ian O'Hara William Draper

06-23-2017 17:11 UTC-7

Table 720 Three-Handed

Shirley Ang

We followed a few hands on Table 720:

Hand #1: Joe Cook, on the button, folded. Derek Wolters, in the small blind, completed. Michael Cooper, in the big blind, raised to 8,400 and Wolters folded.

Hand #2: Wolters, on the button, raised to 6,000. Cooper folded and Cook three-bet to 12,000 from the big blind. Wolters called.

The flop came , Cook opened to 17,500 and Wolters folded.

Hand #3: Cooper raised to 6,300 from the button, Cook called, and Wolters folded. They both checked through the on the flop. The came on the turn, Cook opened to 6,300, and Cooper folded.

Hand #4: Cook opened to 6,500 from the button, Wolters three-bet to 18,500, Cooper folded, and Cook called. The flop came and Wolters check-called the 28,500 bet of Cook. They both checked through the on the turn and the on the river. Cook showed for two pairs but Wolters showed for trip aces.

Hand #5: Wolters made it 6,000 from the button, Cooper folded, and Cook called. They both checked through the flop. The turn gave them the , Cook opened to 6,000, and Wolters called. Cook checked and then snap-folded the 25,000 bet of Wolters.

Hand #6: Wolters got a walk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek Wolters	367,000 67,000	67,000
Michael Cooper	220,000 154,200	154,200
Joe Cook	70,000 -90,000	-90,000

Tags: Derek Wolters Joe Cook Michael Cooper

06-23-2017 17:17 UTC-7

Table 723 Update, Haugen Leads With Three Left

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It's still three-handed at Table 723 where Matthew Haugen retains the lead but it looks to be anyone’s game right now as Chris Bell has mounted a strong comeback with Ben Maya in the middle not too far behind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Haugen	270,000 -17,000	-17,000
Chris Bell	185,000 85,000	85,000
Ben Maya	150,000 -80,000	-80,000

Tags: Ben Maya Chris Bell Matthew Haugen