Event #45: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)
Day 1 Completed
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #45: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,438,250
Entries
505
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
40,000
Diego Sanchez Bags Big After Day 1 of $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30-minute levels)
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
A fast-paced Day 1 has come to an end in Event #45: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30-minute levels). Diego Sanchez leads the field of 49 players heading into Day 2 of this two-day event with 660,000 chips.
Sanchez hails from Mexico City, Mexico and is enjoying his first time back at the WSOP since 2014. He has two WSOP cashes to his name, both earned back in 2014. His largest live tournament cash came in a WSOP Circuit event held in 2010 at Caesars Palace for $57,400. Sanchez is looking to add to his $238,072 career live tournament earnings with a big six-figure score and WSOP gold bracelet. Sanchez also burst the money bubble when he knocked out Loni Harwood with pocket queens against her ace-king.
Dennis Blieden is second going into Day 2 with 561,000 in chips, while Jacob Bazeley finished with 509,000 as he ran up a stack at the end of the day after he was a short stack mid-way through. Conor Beresford capped off his day with a run of good cards and rounds out the top four with 504,000 chips.
There was a total of 505 entries after eight levels of late registration, beating last year's total by 60 entries. They made up a prize pool of $2,438,250 with the winner receiving $527,555. The tournament paid a total of 76 players with a minimum cash being worth $7,442.
Many notables joined the field today, but there were few who survived this incredibly tough group of players. Some of those to hit the rail early included Faraz Jaka, Justin Bonomo, Mike Leah, Maurice Hawkins, Ryan Laplante, Martin Jacobson, Joe McKeehen, JC Tran, Matt Waxman, Jordan Young, Joe Cada, and Ryan Riess.
There were still plenty of familiar faces that were able to find a bag at the end of the day such as Chris Moorman (170,000), Frank Kassela (444,000), Aditya Agarwal (416,000), Yevgeniy Timoshenko (385,000) and Max Silver (504,000).
Day 2 of this event will continue on Saturday at noon at Level 21. The remaining 49 players will continue playing until a winner is eventually crowned.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 709 | 1 | Apostolos Bechrakis | Greece | 218,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 2 | Frank Kassela | United States | 444,000 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 3 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 504,000 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 4 | Sean Loring | United States | 128,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 5 | Christopher Brammer | United Kingdom | 464,000 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 6 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 135,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 7 | James Chen | Taiwan | 361,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 8 | Jonathan Concepcion | Spain | 207,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 9 | Quang Ngo | United States | 138,000 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 1 | Joseph Kohls | United States | 117,000 | 10 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 2 | Leonel Flores | United States | 177,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 3 | Jett Schencker | United States | 240,000 | 20 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 4 | Andrew Marson | United States | 272,000 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 5 | Clinton Harris | United States | 124,000 | 10 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 6 | Ty Reiman | United States | 191,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 7 | Alex Foxen | United States | 207,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 8 | Ashton Griffin | United States | 247,000 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 1 | Jason Tam | Canada | 297,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 2 | David Ormsby | Canada | 477,000 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 3 | Michael Tureniec | Sweden | 278,000 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 4 | Viliyan Petleshkov | Bulgaria | 293,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 5 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | United States | 385,000 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 6 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 272,000 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 7 | Dennis Blieden | United States | 561,000 | 47 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 8 | Brant How | Canada | 210,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 1 | Javier Gomez | United States | 59,000 | 5 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 2 | Max Silver | United Kingdom | 504,000 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 3 | Kenneth Smaron | United States | 264,000 | 22 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 4 | Diego Sanchez | Mexico | 660,000 | 55 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 5 | Jimmy Guerrero | France | 180,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 7 | Chris Moorman | United Kingdom | 179,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 8 | Ivan Deyra | France | 183,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 9 | Rui Ye | United States | 110,000 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 1 | [Removed:14] | United States | 219,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 2 | Dan Wirgau | United States | 60,000 | 5 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 3 | Liang Xu | China | 105,000 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 4 | Kiryl Radzivonau | Belarus | 215,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 5 | James Akenhead | United Kingdom | 184,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Aditya Agarwal | India | 416,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 7 | Kyle Julius | United States | 236,000 | 20 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 8 | Jacob Bazeley | United States | 509,000 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 1 | Quan Zhou | China | 181,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 2 | Tobias Ziegler | Germany | 373,000 | 31 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 3 | Michael Brinkenhoff | United States | 171,000 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 4 | Ivan Luca | Argentina | 219,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Neel Murthy | United States | 321,000 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 6 | Samuel Phillips | United States | 74,000 | 6 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 7 | Kenneth Ray | United States | 99,000 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 8 | Carlos Boyd | Panama | 145,000 | 12 |
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
660,000 | 10,000 |
|
561,000 | 98,000 |
|
509,000 | 509,000 |
|
504,000 | 104,000 |
|
504,000 | 484,300 |
|
477,000 | 477,000 |
|
464,000 | 464,000 |
|
444,000 | 9,000 |
|
416,000 | 416,000 |
|
385,000 | 95,000 |
|
373,000 | 373,000 |
|
361,000 | 288,000 |
|
321,000 | 1,000 |
|
297,000 | 297,000 |
|
293,000 | 293,000 |
|
278,000 | 278,000 |
|
272,000 | 272,000 |
|
272,000 | 272,000 |
|
264,000 | 264,000 |
|
247,000 | 247,000 |
|
240,000 | 240,000 |
|
236,000 | 236,000 |
|
219,000 | -201,000 |
|
|
219,000 | 219,000 |
|
218,000 | 218,000 |
Last Hands of the Night
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The tournament director has announced there will be six hands remaining in Day 1. Once all hands are completed, the bagging and tagging process will commence for those players remaining.
Timoshenko Wins the Hard Way
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The action was folded to the cutoff who raised to 26,000 and was called by the button. Yevgeniy Timoshenko was in the big blind and raised all-in for 130,000. The player in the cutoff called while the button folded. Timoshenko was in a race scenario with 
against his opponent's 
.
The flop came 
and Timoshenko was in danger of exiting the tournament. The turn brought the 
, giving Timoshenko one extra out to hit. That one extra out was exactly what he needed as the 
hit the river. His opponent couldn't believe it as he sat with a shocked look on his face while Timoshenko scooped a big pot before the end of the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000 | 174,000 |
Beresford Ends the Night on Fire
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Christian Christner was in the cutoff and raised all in for roughly 130,000. Conor Beresford was on the button and called.
Beresford 
Christner 
The board ran out 
and Beresford has quickly become one of the biggest stacks in the room which is not bad considering he was at risk, near the bubble, twice.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
518,000 | 518,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Loni Harwood Bubble with Big Slick
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Loni Harwood opened with a raise to 17,000 from early position and Diego Sanchez three-bet to 47,000 from late position. The action was back on Harwood who moved all-in for 221,000. Sanchez called, barely having his opponent covered with 223,000.
Harwood:
Sanchez: 
The flop came 
and Sanchez took a massive lead in the pot. The turn was the 
and Harwood was drawing dead. The completed the board, eliminating Harwood on the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
448,000 | -27,000 |
|
Busted |
Foxen Survives the Bubble
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
During hand-for-hand play a player in the hijack raised to 19,000. Alex Foxen was on the button and moved all in for his remaining 49,000, the original raiser called and the players held onto there hands until all other tables were ready.
Foxen tabled
Opponent showed 
The flop was 
and Foxen was needing to dodge a tonne of outs. The turn and river were the and bricking off and giving Foxen the double up and launching him into the money as a player busted on another table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | 61,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000