Break it Down
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Players are now on a 15-minute break and will return shortly.
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #44: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
Level: 13
Limits: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Klodnicki Chopped Down to a Nub
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Stud Hi-Lo
There was already 50,000 in the main pot when we got to Chris Klodnicki's table, and Mike Puskarich was all in on sixth street against Klodnicki and Mikhail Tulchinskiy.
Puskarich: 
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Klodnicki: /
Tulchinskiy: /
Klodnicki put his remaining couple of thousand in, and Tulchinskiy called. Klodnicki showed 
for kings and no low possibility. Tulchinskiy had 
for a straight and a seven-five low draw. Puskarich had 
for a made eight-low with a pair and a flush draw.
Each player was dealt their final card, and Klodnicki showed a useless 
. Tulchinskiy got a 
to make his low, and Puskarich a 
for sevens up to take the high half of the main pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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31,500
-3,800
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-3,800 |
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23,000
14,800
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14,800 |
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4,600
-22,600
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-22,600 |
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Ben Yu Busted
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Hold'em
Action folded around and Ben Yu raised from the small blind. Alex Livingston called from the big.
The flop came 
and Yu bet. Livingston raised and Yu called all in for the rest of his stack.
Yu: 
Livingston: 
The board completed with the 
and and Yu was eliminated from the tournament by Livingston's pair of nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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92,000
29,000
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29,000 |
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Scotty Missed, Baby
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Hold'em
Scotty Nguyen opened the action with a raise from the hijack. He was raised by Blair Rodman. Next to act was Tom Chambers on the button and he made it four bets. Nguyen and Rodman called.
on the 
flop, all three players checked to see the 
on the turn. Nguyen put in a bet on the turn and only Chambers called.
On the river, Nguyen bet one more time and Chambers called quickly.
"I missed, baby," Nguyen said.
"I know you did," Chambers said. "I want to see it."
Scotty reluctantly turned over 
, but it was no good as Chambers showed 
to take down the pot.
"I shoulda bet the flop," Nguyen said after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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92,000
63,600
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63,600 |
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65,000
-40,000
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-40,000 |
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Chidwick More than Doubles
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Hold'em
With a bloated pot in the middle already, Stephen Chidwick bet against Prince Gaspard and Andre Akkari on a flop, and both players called. Chidwick fired again on the turn, and only Akkari called this time. Akkari called the final bet of 3,400 on the 
river, and Chidwick showed for jacks full. Akkari had .
The Brazilian is down considerably from his start-of-day leading stack, but Gaspard appears to have taken over as one of the chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
170,600
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170,600 |
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54,000
-66,300
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-66,300 |
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50,000
4,700
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4,700 |
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Tehan Survives
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Omaha Hi-Lo
Brian Brubaker bet on a completed board of 
after Tom West checked in the big blind. Joe Tehan slid all his chips in, and West splashed in a call. It turned out to be 100 more, so Brubaker called too.
Brubaker showed 
for aces and sevens. Tehan had for the nut low, and West couldn't beat or match either hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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77,000
13,700
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13,700 |
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28,000
-23,000
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-23,000 |
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22,500
-63,500
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-63,500 |
Two For Negreanu
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Hold'em
We caught up with Daniel Negreanu and watched him play a couple pots of hold'em, both of which he took down.
On the first hand, Negreanu opened from the button. Eric Buchman raised from the big blind and Negreanu called.
The flop was 
and Buchman bet. Negreanu called.
On the turn, Buchman bet again and Negreanu thought a second before calling. The river was the and both players checked.
"I just have a pair," Buchman said, turning up . Negreanu had him beat with the and he took down the pot.
Before Negreanu could even finish stacking his chips he was involved in another pot. He opened from the cutoff and was called by Bradley Snider in the big blind. The flop came and Snider checked to Negreanu who bet. Snider called.
Both players checked on the turn and the river. Snider showed for a rivered pair but it was no good against Negreanu's 
for a better pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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75,000
29,000
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29,000 |
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45,000
15,300
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15,300 |
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42,000
9,900
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9,900 |
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Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
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Updated Chip Counts
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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165,000
103,000
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103,000 |
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142,000
42,200
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42,200 |
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113,200
103,500
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103,500 |
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95,600
6,100
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6,100 |
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90,000
16,100
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16,100 |
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88,000
24,300
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24,300 |
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72,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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28,300
-32,700
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-32,700 |
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27,700
-47,300
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-47,300 |
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