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Level: 30
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 15,000
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$565
Prize Pool
$9,027,000
Total Entries
18,054
Level
40
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000
Players Left 1 / 18,054
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Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Mark Johnson Jr | United States | 1,300,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 2 | John Hanna | United States | 3,300,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Ardavan Yazdi | United States | 3,600,000 | 45 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | Tony Sinishtaj | United States | 3,000,000 | 38 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | Mark Babekov | United States | 2,300,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 6 | Michael Telker | United States | 2,800,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 7 | Luke Brereton | United Kingdom | 975,000 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 8 | Thomas Hall | United Kingdom | 1,100,000 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 9 | Ron Jenkins | United States | 1,700,000 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Gavin O'Rourke | Ireland | 3,300,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Kent Coppock | United States | 2,800,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 3 | Taylor Black | United States | 7,600,000 | 95 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 4 | Raul Martinez Requena | United Kingdom | 5,300,000 | 66 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 5 | Thomas Pomponio | United States | 8,100,000 | 101 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Jason Orrell | United States | 3,100,000 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Christopher Mitts | United States | 4,700,000 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 8 | Benjamin Jones | United States | 1,900,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 9 | Steven Lauson | United States | 2,400,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 1 | Mark Scacewater | United States | 2,300,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 2 | Matt Affleck | United States | 2,700,000 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 3 | Yulius Sepman | United States | 3,600,000 | 45 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 4 | Erkut Yilmaz | United States | 5,500,000 | 69 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 5 | Satsuki Ochiai | Japan | 700,000 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 6 | Ralph Massey | United States | 2,300,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 7 | Hugo Perez | United States | 4,100,000 | 51 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 8 | Justin Gish | United States | 2,400,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 9 | Luke Vrabel | United States | 4,300,000 | 54 |
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
The 27 remaining players are taking an unscheduled five-minute break to coincide with the three-table redraw. A chart of all players and their new seats will be posted shortly.
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,700,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
4,200,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
3,300,000
299,960
|
299,960 |
|
3,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
3,100,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
1,300,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
||
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
The board at the river was 
Matt Affleck slid out a bet of 1,150,000 and Thomas Pomponio had a decision on his hands. The bet looked to be a little over half-pot. A minute or so ticked by before Pomponio called.
Affleck showed 
and Pomponio his winning 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,500,000
1,235,000
|
1,235,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,600,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Matt Affleck opened from early position and action got to Massoud Eskandari in the small blind who announced all in for just shy of 1,200,000.
The big blind folded and it got back to Affleck who got a count and called.
Massoud Eskandari:
Matt Affleck: 
A run out of 
saw the chips shipped to Affleck and Eskandari tapping out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,100,000
1,210,000
|
1,210,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Ronald Lemco moved all in from under the gun for approximately 480,000, Robert Elliott reshoved from middle position for about 2,100,000, and Luke Vrabel called all in for 1,830,000.
Lemco tabled 
, but he trailed both Elliott, who showed 
, and Vrabel, who dominated them both with 
.
The board ran out 
and Vrabel's hand stayed best. He rocketed out of his seat and let out an ear-splitting cheer, prompting a player at an adjacent table to tell him to take a deep breath.
"Don't tell me to take a deep breath!" Vrabel belted. "That was the biggest #$^@%$ spot of my life."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,140,000
1,540,000
|
1,540,000 |
|
|
300,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Kent Coppock opened from under the gun and John Hanna in the small blind responded with a three-bet to 540,000. Guifang Liu in the big blind then moved all in for just under 1,700,000 and with Coppock having a quick think before folding Hanna made the call.
John Hanna:
Guifang Liu: 
.
The board ran out 
.
The stacks were counted and Hanna did indeed have Liu covered, sending the latter to the exits.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
815,000
|
815,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Ralph Massey opened the action and both Kent Coppock and Chad Davis moved all-in. Massey folded to let the other two players fight it out.
Kent Coppock: 
Chad Davis:
The flop 
gave Davis some outs but the 
on the turn and the 
on the river didn't help in the end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,355,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
Busted |
