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

Cate Hall Doubles Up

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Cate Hall
Cate Hall

With about 100,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{2-Clubs}, Cate Hall checked to her lone opponent, who was next to act. He moved all in to put Hall at risk and she quickly called.

She tabled {J-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for a jack-high flush and her opponent showed {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds}. The turn was the {7-Hearts}, giving Hall's opponent three outs to make a full house, but the {6-Clubs} on the river changed nothing and secured the double-up for Hall.

Player Chips Progress
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Cate Hall
415,000
100,000
100,000

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Katie Lindsay Over 1 Million

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Katie Lindsay
Katie Lindsay

Katie Lindsay has huge stack of chips in front of her, right around the 2,300,000 mark.

One hand that contributed to that was when she eliminated bracelet winner Ryan Laplante in a pot worth over 1,000,000.

Lindsay opened holding {k-Spades}{j-} and Laplante called to see the flop come {q-Spades}{9-Spades}{2-}. Laplant called a Lindsay continuation-bet and the turn was the gin {10-} straight for Lindsay. All the money went in with no surprises on the river to bust Laplante.

Player Chips Progress
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Katie Lindsay
1,300,000
925,000
925,000

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Matt Affleck Takes a Pot

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Matt Affleck had opened from under the gun and was facing off against the player in the small blind on the turn of a board reading {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{2-Spades}.

Action was checked to Affleck who bet 75,000. His opponent gave it some thought before calling.

The river was the {4-Spades} but no more chips went in the pot as it checked around.

The player in the small blind held {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}, but Affleck had that beat with {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and climbed to over a million chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Affleck
1,050,000
410,000
410,000

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Down to 153

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The second break of the day approaches, and the tournament has been not so much whittled as scythed down to 153 players from a field of 634.

Ismael Bojang Doubles Up

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Ismael Bojang
Ismael Bojang

Ismael Bojang just informed the PokerNews Live Reporting team that he recently doubled to about 750,000 chips.

According to Bojang, a player raised to 35,000, Bojang shoved from the cutoff with {8-}{8-} for approximately 370,000, and the big blind called. The original raiser folded, and the big blind tabled {A-}{K-}, so Bojang was flipping for his tournament life. The board provided no help to the big blind, and Bojang's pair of eights held for the double-up.

Player Chips Progress
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Ismael Bojang
700,000
250,000
250,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Sebastian Pauli
1,300,000
50,000
50,000
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Matt Affleck
1,250,000
200,000
200,000
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Michael Hallen
1,250,000
-50,000
-50,000
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Ellen Lambeth
1,200,000
275,000
275,000
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Ismael Bojang
750,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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John Hanson
725,000
-150,000
-150,000
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John Kim
540,000
380,000
380,000
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Katie Lindsay
520,000
-580,000
-580,000
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Cate Hall
385,000
-30,000
-30,000
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Seth Foster
320,000
95,000
95,000

Christopher Legaspi Flops Set to Double

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The player under the gun opened with a raise, and Christopher Legaspi called.

The flop was {5-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}, and all the money went in the middle, with Legaspi the player with the slightly smaller stack of 476,000. His opponent tabled {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and had been ahead preflop, but the {9-Hearts}{9-Spades} of Legaspi had flopped a set and remained ahead as the turn {k-Spades} and river {3-Diamonds} completed the board.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Legaspi
955,000
955,000
955,000

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