Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1b | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-02-2017 22:27 UTC-7

Updated Counts

Brentharrington

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Duthie	55,000	20,000
Jason Wheeler	45,000	33,900
Marvin Rettenmaier	34,000	24,000
Barry Greenstein	26,000	19,600
Ben Keeline	18,600	-1,400
Steven van Zadelhoff	13,800	-6,700
Julie Cornelius	9,000	-11,500
Ben Yu	9,000	-3,200
Dan Sindelar	8,200	-8,800
Zo Karim	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

06-02-2017 22:12 UTC-7

Kevin Eyster Doubles With Queens

Brentharrington

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

A player in early position opened and Kevin Eyster reraised all in for roughly 6,000. His opponent called and showed . Eyster was ahead holding pocket queens, .

The board ran out and Eyster earned the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Eyster	13,000

Tags: Kevin Eyster

06-02-2017 22:02 UTC-7

Updated Counts

Brentharrington

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	45,000	20,800
Mohsin Charania	38,000	12,700
Stevan Chew	32,400	32,400
Loni Harwood	26,000
Ylon Schwartz	24,000	13,000
Chris Moorman	17,800	17,800
DJ Mackinnon	14,600	6,400
Jesse Sylvia	11,500	6,500
Marvin Rettenmaier	10,000	500
Kyle Bowker	10,000	10,000
Elizabeth Montizanti	9,300	3,800
Alex Rocha	8,700	-3,600
Jameson Painter	8,500	8,500
Eric Baldwin	6,000	-7,800
Jamie Kerstetter	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

06-02-2017 21:25 UTC-7

Break Time

Brentharrington

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The players are on a 20-minute break.

06-02-2017 21:21 UTC-7

Fred Johnson Doubles Through Harrison Gimbel

Brentharrington

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:
Gimbel:

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
Harrison Gimbel	48,500	43,100
Fred Johnson	12,000

Tags: Harrison Gimbel Fred Johnson

06-02-2017 21:16 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts, Mike Dentale Cruising

Brentharrington

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
Mike Dentale	70,000	31,000
Dan O'Brien	51,200	46,200
Stacy Matuson	45,300	32,700
John Duthie	35,000	32,000
Natasha Mercier	26,200	26,200
Mohsin Charania	25,300	20,050
Mike Leah	24,200	24,200
Julie Cornelius	20,500	-5,900
Steven van Zadelhoff	20,500	12,900
Loni Harwood	17,200	12,900
Matt Stout	14,000	14,000
Alex Rocha	12,300	12,300
Ben Yu	12,200	12,200
Jason Wheeler	11,100	-3,100
Chris Ferguson	10,000	5,600
Barry Greenstein	6,400	6,400
Jamie Kerstetter	4,000	-4,000