Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
The field is on a one-hour dinner break in the Colossus with 90 players left as they race off the 1,000-denomination chips.
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
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$565
Prize Pool
$9,027,000
Entries
18,054
Level
40
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000
Players Left 1 / 18,054
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Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
There was an open before Nadav Assyag pushed all in for 490,000. A third player called all in for less, and the original raiser folded.
Assyag had 
and had to hit versus his opponent's 
.
A runout of 
saw Assyag spike his ace on the flop, and he was a relieved man when the final card confirmed his win and the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
864,000
|
864,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,150,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
2,050,000 | |
|
1,950,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
1,710,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
1,650,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
900,000
705,000
|
705,000 |
|
750,000 | |
|
||
|
400,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
400,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
There was an open to 50,000 from late position, and Luke Vrabel three-bet to 115,000 on the button. That wasn’t the end of it, though, as the player in the small blind four-bet jammed for 450,000. The original raiser got out of the way, and Vrabel called.
Small Blind: 
.
Luke Vrabel: 
The flop was a fairly safe 
, but the turn card 
gave Vrabel’s opponent a double-gutter. Vrabel was out of his seat anticipating the pain to come if his opponent got there on the river.
The final card, though, was a 
.
“F#%k yes!” Vrabel screamed, going nuts as the chips were pushed his way. He eliminated a player to crest one million chips for the first time in the Colossus.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
748,000
|
748,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
We met Ronald Lemco earlier today, and he said we'd be reporting on one of his hands sooner or later. He told us he's a writer of several novels and that we should look him up.
We arrived at Ronald Lemco's table to see the player in Seat 6 going all in preflop with his stack of 27,000 chips. The player on the button raised to 65,000, and Lemco called in the small blind.
The flop came 
. Lemco checked to see the button bet 60,000, which he called. The turn was the . Lemco checked again, and the button bet 150,000. Lemco called again. The river brought the 
. Lemco checked again, the button bet 200,000, and Lemco snap-called.
The button showed the for second-nut flush, but that could not beat the nut flush of Lemco as he showed the .
The player in Seat 6 showed his 
for everyone's information and walked away to get his payout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Ellen Lambeth is building a nice stack and has her faithful dog beside her for company.
There was an open from under the gun, and it folded round to Lambeth, who raised and then faced a four-bet to 300,000. She clarified the bet and called.
A flop of 
saw it checked to Lambeth, who bet 225,000, and her opponent his hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Matt Affleck raised to 55,000 from under the gun, a player in middle position called, and the player in the cutoff moved all in for 250,000. Affleck reshoved, and after a few moments of consideration, the middle-position player folded. Affleck tabled 
, and his opponent showed 
.
The board ran out 
, and Affleck took the pot, putting his stack over the 2,000,000-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
All the chips went in before the flop, with Dan Healey at risk holding 
and Thomas Pomponio looking to knock him out with 
.
The board ran out 
.
No ace for Healey sent him to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000
1,105,000
|
1,105,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
