2017 World Series of Poker

Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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

“Seat Open!” Stampede To the Payout desk.

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Colossus Players in Pavilion
Colossus Players in Pavilion

Action folded to Andrew Bulliard on the button who moved all in. Aneris Adomkevicius was in the small blind and he had his head in his hands as he was short-stacked too. It was the first hand of the day and he agonized over his decision.

Eventually the clock was called and, as the countdown from 10 began, he went with his hand and moved all in. Another short stack in the big blind, Jonathan Alfonso, moved all in too.

Andrew Bulliard: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Aneris Adomkevicius: {a-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Jonathan Alfonso: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{j-Spades}{4-Clubs}.

The tens of Bulliard took it to bust the other two players.

“Two seats open,” the dealer cried as dozens of players have bust out in the first few minutes of play.

From 364 to 496 they will collect $2,825 where the first pay jump is to $3,256.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrew Bulliard
240,000
143,000
143,000
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Aneris Adomkevicius
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jonathan Alfonso
Busted

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Mark Babekov Check-Raises Hunter Frey

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Action folded around to the player in the hijack and he raised to 19,000. Mark Babekov called from the cutoff and Hunter Frey three-bet from the button to 67,000. The original raiser folded and Babekov called.

The flop came {K-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and Babekov checked. Frey bet 51,000 and Babekov check-raised to 250,000, putting Frey to a decision for the remainder of his stack. After a few moments of thought, Frey folded, and Babekov took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Mark Babekov
460,000
153,000
153,000
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Hunter Frey
210,000
-190,000
-190,000

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Bustouts Going Quickly!

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The queue for the payout desk is quite a long one already!

Some of the players that we have seen walking past are Mike Sexton, Greg Raymer, and Jason Wheeler.

Wheeler told us that he busted with {A-}{10-} against {A-}{K-}, pretty standard in his opinion. He was telling us that he just came back from playing a tournament in Sochi and did pretty well there. So he's hoping to do even better here in Las Vegas!

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Sexton
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Greg Raymer
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jason Wheeler
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Aaron Mermelstein
Busted

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Bullet Laddering

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Jakobsson Lopez had 2,000 chips left, having just paid the 1,000 ante. He was staring intently at the tournament clock display as more and more people were eliminated and the pay jump approached.

The dealer reminded him to act when it was his turn and he apologised and explained what he was doing. The other players had no problem with him trying to creep up the ladder. “Hey, man. It’s worth a bullet,” one of them said.

Lopez folded that hand and on the next hand he was all in and got a call. “I've got queens,” Lopez said, and tabled {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}. His opponent had {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}.

The board ran out {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and Lopez got a tiny double-up and made the pay jump, banking $3,256 having fired one bullet worth $565.

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Scott Stewart Eliminates Jeremy Joseph

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Jeremy Joseph moved all in from the cutoff for about 80,000 chips from the cutoff and Scott Stewart reshoved for about 250,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and the two players tabled their hands. Joseph held {Q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and needed to improve against Stewart's {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades} in order to double up.

The board ran out {A-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and Joseph was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Scott Stewart
375,000
-5,000
-5,000
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Jeremy Joseph
Busted

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Chris Moorman Chips Up

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Chris Moorman
Chris Moorman

With approximately 35,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}{3-Spades}, the player in the big blind checked to Chris Moorman in the cutoff, and he bet 15,000. The big blind called.

The turn brought the {6-Hearts} and the big blind checked. Moorman bet 36,000 and his opponent called.

The river was the {K-Hearts} and both players checked. Moorman tabled {A-Spades}{8-Hearts} for a pair of aces, his opponent showed {4-Spades}{2-Spades} for a missed draw, and Moorman took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Chris Moorman
315,000
130,000
130,000

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Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Chris Horter Turns a Two-Outer for a Knockout

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

A player in late position moved all in for his last 80,000 chips and Chris Horter reshoved from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded and the two players tabled their hands.

Horter's opponent held {8-Spades}{8-Hearts} and had the best of it by far, as Horter rolled over a smaller pocket pair: {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}. The {K-Clubs}{J-Spades}{2-Spades} flop changed nothing, but the {6-Spades} fell on the turn to give Horter a set. His opponent could still win the pot with a spade or eight on the river, but it was the {3-Diamonds}, and Horter stacked the chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Chris Horter
395,000
395,000
395,000

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Schuyler Thornton Off To the Races

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Schuyler Thornton moved all in and picked up a single caller, Frank Pavia, who had him covered.

Thornton: {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}
Pavia: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The proverbial coin flip. Let the cards decide your fate.

The board ran out {9-Spades}{5-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Diamonds}.

Ace on the flop for Pavia who collected the chips while Thornton had to settle for a place at the back of the snaking queue for the pay-out desk, and the satisfaction of making Day 2 in Colossus III.

Player Chips Progress
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Schuyler Thornton
Busted

Tags: Schuyler ThorntonFrank Pavia