2017 World Series of Poker

Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
$1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$565
Prize Pool
$9,027,000
Entries
18,054
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000

Tom Arnett Rivers a Set, Busts One Player

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Elizabeth Montizanti raised and another player went all in before Tom Arnett shoved all in for just under 11,000. Montizanti called with {a-}{k-}.

Arnett had pocket nines — {9-Spades}{9-Clubs} — and the third player also had {a-}{k-}.

The flop brought an ace, but the board ran out {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, giving Arnett a set. Montizanti was left with roughly the starting stack and Arnet stacked close to 30,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tom Arnett
Tom Arnett
29,500
29,500
29,500
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Elizabeth Montizanti
5,500
5,500
5,500

Tags: Elizabeth MontizantiTom Arnett

Updated Counts Heading to Dinner Break

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The players in Colossus III Day 1b are heading to a one-hour dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mike Dentale us
Mike Dentale
39,000
34,000
34,000
Profile photo of Julie Cornelius us
Julie Cornelius
26,400
22,150
22,150
Profile photo of Dan Sindelar us
Dan Sindelar
17,000
Profile photo of Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
14,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Lisa Hamilton us
Lisa Hamilton
11,300
4,100
4,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Zo Karim us
Zo Karim
9,200
Profile photo of Jamie Kerstetter us
Jamie Kerstetter
8,000
Profile photo of Steven van Zadelhoff nl
Steven van Zadelhoff
7,600
2,600
2,600
Profile photo of John Racener us
John Racener
4,300
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
4,300
3,000
3,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

Ben Keeline Doubles Through Michael Sanders

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante
Ben Keeline
Ben Keeline

Ben Keeline was in the small blind and raised into the big blind of Michael Sanders. Sanders shoved all in and Keeline called with {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts} against the {a-}{7-} of Sanders.

Keeline held the lead to win the pot and earn the double. Sanders was left with a little over 13,000.

Below are some other chip counts from the field as the players are just getting back from dinner.

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Keeline
20,000
17,600
17,600
Profile photo of Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
16,800
Profile photo of Michael Sanders us
Michael Sanders
13,400
4,400
4,400
Profile photo of Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
12,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Marvin Rettenmaier
9,500
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Vinny Pahuja us
Vinny Pahuja
7,800
2,800
2,800

Tags: Ben KeelineMichael Sanders

Mike Sexton Makes a Flush

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante
Mike Sexton
Mike Sexton

Mike Sexton raised all in on a {j-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Hearts} flop. His opponent called with two black aces — {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}. Sexton turned over {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for a flush draw.

The turn was the {k-Hearts} and the river was the {2-Hearts}, which completed the flush two times over. Sexton is now over 20,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Sexton
22,000
15,600
15,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Mike Sexton

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Updated Chip Counts, Mike Dentale Cruising

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Mike Dentale is building a big stack and with 70,000 chips, he might be the chip leader for Day 1b.

Also in the field is Mike Del Vecchio, who just won his first WPT title in March.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Dentale
70,000
31,000
31,000
Profile photo of Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
51,200
46,200
46,200
Profile photo of Stacy Matuson us
Stacy Matuson
45,300
32,700
32,700
Profile photo of John Duthie gb
John Duthie
35,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Natasha Mercier lb
Natasha Mercier
26,200
26,200
26,200
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
25,300
20,050
20,050
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
24,200
24,200
24,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Julie Cornelius us
Julie Cornelius
20,500
-5,900
-5,900
Profile photo of Steven van Zadelhoff nl
Steven van Zadelhoff
20,500
12,900
12,900
Profile photo of Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
17,200
12,900
12,900
Profile photo of Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
14,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Alex Rocha us
Alex Rocha
12,300
12,300
12,300
Profile photo of Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
12,200
12,200
12,200
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
11,100
-3,100
-3,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Ferguson us
Chris Ferguson
10,000
5,600
5,600
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
6,400
6,400
6,400
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jamie Kerstetter us
Jamie Kerstetter
4,000
-4,000
-4,000

Fred Johnson Doubles Through Harrison Gimbel

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Harrison Gimbel has been building one of the bigger stack in the field, but on this hand he doubles up Fred Johnson.

A player in late position opened to 1,200 and Gimbel shoved all-in from the small blind. Johnson was in the big blind and called for less. The original raiser folded and Johnson was up against two over cards with pocket sixes.

Johnson: {6-}{6-}
Gimbel: {q-}{j-}

Gimbel couldn't catch one of his over cards, so Johnson doubled up. Gimbel is still sitting at just below 50,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Harrison Gimbel
48,500
43,100
43,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Fred Johnson us
Fred Johnson
12,000

Tags: Harrison GimbelFred Johnson

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100