Two Busto Before Break
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Right before the break, Yong Wang and Bradley Snider went bust.
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #44: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
Break Time
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Players are on their last 15-minute break of the day and will return to finish off the night shortly.
Koral Running "Hottest He's Ever Ran," Busts West
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Stud
Tom Koral (
) and Tom West (
) got a series of bets in on the first round, and Koral caught a 
and check-raised. West called and then both checked fifth.
Koral: 
/
West: /
West bet sixth and then checked seventh. Koral bet, and West called. Koral showed 
for a flush, leaving West with a mere 23,000.
Right after that, West got his remaining chips in with 
against Koral's 
/
. The rolled up jacks were a monster favorite, but Koral tried looking on the bright side.
"I guess I need to make a straight."
He ran out 
to do just that, busting West when "SBRounder" did not improve.
Koral admitted he is running the best he's ever ran in a WSOP limit tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
638,000 | 133,000 |
|
Busted |
Marcus Mizzi Doubles; Scotty Nguyen Bust
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Hold'em
Yong Wang opened from the button. In the next seat over, Marcus Mizzi raised. Alex Livingston raised from the big blind. Wang folded, but Mizzi called all in for the rest of his stack.
Mizzi was holding 
and was well ahead of Livingston's 
. The board rolled out clean for Mizzi, never offering a hint of a sweat, and that was good for him to double through.
Meanwhile, on an adjacent table, Scotty Nguyen busted to Ryan Himes in a hand of Razz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | 57,500 |
|
70,000 | -54,000 |
|
Busted |
Hammerin' Hanks
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Stud Hi-Lo
Matthew "Hanks" Honig bet into two opponent with 
and got raised by Ryan Hughes and his 
. A third player ducked out of the way, and Honig called. Both checked fifth even though Honig caught good, and Honig took the lead again betting sixth and seventh.
Honig 
/
Hughes: /
Honig's straight and six-low were good for a scoop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000 | 168,500 |
|
265,000 | -105,000 |
Deeb Gets a Bluff Through
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Stud Hi-Lo
Deeb: / 
/
Groth: / 
/
Shaun Deeb completed and he was called by Tyler Groth. Deeb bet on fourth and Groth called.
Groth picked up the betting lead on fifth and he check-called two bets from Deeb. On seventh, Groth checked again. Deeb bet. Groth thought about it for about a minute, then folded.
"Nice fold kid," Deeb said. "You play really good." Then Deeb turned up 
which was good for a low, but Groth had his high beat with his up cards.
"Maybe you should stick to Omaha," Deeb continued.
The two then got into a bit of a heated verbal tussle over something that was said yesterday. Groth seemed to think he was just joking, but Deeb had taken offense to it.
"You said you wanted to play me heads up," Deeb said.
"You said you wouldn't," Groth shot back.
"Play me a little bigger and maybe we will," Deeb said. "Who are you online?"
Deeb then offered some guesses about Groth's handle, to which Groth just shook his head.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | 63,000 |
|
143,000 | -22,000 |
Deeb Doubles Through Zewin
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Stud Hi-Lo
Shaun Deeb bet fifth and sixth against Don Zewin, leaving himself just 500 behind. There wasn't much in the middle, so it's likely the pot was heads up early on in the hand.
Deeb: /
Zewin: /
Deeb put in his last 500 prior to receiving seventh, and Zewin called, saying he had made two pair. Deeb showed 
for aces up, and Zewin mucked 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
127,000 | -108,000 |
|
110,000 | -145,000 |
Tom Koral Makes a Wheel on Arieh
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Razz
Koral: / 
/
Arieh: / 
/
Hui: / — Folded
Josh Arieh completed. Tom Koral raised. Phillip Hui called, as did Arieh. On fourth Arieh bet. Koral raised. Hui folded but Arieh called.
Arieh bet again on fifth and Koral called. On sixth Arieh checked. Koral bet and Arieh called. Koral bet again on seventh and Arieh called.
"Wheel," Koral said. He showed 
and Arieh mucked.
On the very next hand, Arieh got it all in on third street and he was called by Matthew Davidow. Davidow finished the hand by making a sixty-four low and that would remove Arieh from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
345,000 | 145,000 |
|
270,000 | 155,000 |
|
Busted |
Cantu Doubles Through Cernuto; Thiem Busts
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Stud
Brandon Cantu bet with an ace on board into two opponents, one of whom folded on fifth. "Miami" John Cernuto put Cantu all in for his last 3,500 and the two ran it:
Cantu: 
Cernuto: 
/
It was a pair and a flush draw versus aces. Cernuto improved to two pair on the , and Cantu drew a . Cernuto's river was a 
, no help.
"Any pair, you win," Cernuto said.
Cantu peeled his card, with someone saying he needed a no-spotter.
"Three-spotter," he said. "Hearts."
It would have to be the eight of hearts...and it was.
At another table, Thao "Scratch" Thiem went bust.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | 70,000 |
|
68,000 | 47,000 |
|
Busted |
Ryan Hughes Bust Jesse Simonelli, Puts Cantu on the Short Stack
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Stud
Cantu: / /
Simonelli: / 
/
Hughes: / /
We caught up to the action on fifth street with Jesse Simonelli already all in. Brandon Cantu had the betting lead and he bet, Ryan Hughes called. On sixth street both Cantu and Hughes checked it.
When seventh street came, Cantu checked. Hughes bet and Cantu hunched over the table. He sweated his cards three or four times.
"How do I miss that," he said to himself. Eventually he decided to fold. Hughes turned up for a straight. Simonelli could only produce for two pair and that would seal his elimination from the tournament.
"Stay out of my pots Ryan!" Cantu said to Hughes, joking after the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
20,000 | -190,000 |
|
Busted |