06-28-2017 01:29 UTC-7
Benny Glasier
The player in the hijack raised and Benny Glaser three-bet from the cutoff. Action folded back to his opponent who called.
The flop came , his opponent check-called the bet of Glaser.
The turn brought them the , she check-called Glaser's bet again.
The river completed the board with the , again she check-called Glaser's bet. Glaser showed for queens and jacks, she mucked. She said she had .
Player
Chips
Progress
Benny Glaser
36,200
3,500
3,500
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Benny Glaser
06-28-2017 01:53 UTC-7
The tournament director has just announced that the players will play another three hands before play is over for today.
06-28-2017 02:06 UTC-7
Juha Helppi
Juha Helppi (146,000) finished Day 1 on top of a stacked field in Event $53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Max . The field started small, but exceeded last year's field with 256 entrants compared to the 245 from last year.
Several of the World Series of Poker Player of the Year leaders came through the field, with Daniel Negreanu and Mike Leah entering but missing the Day 2 cut.
James Obst (78,100) and John Racener (30,700) are in the thick of things starting Day 2 on Wednesday with only 73 players returning. Another duo that might be destined to meet on Day 2 is newly-crowned $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo Champion Christopher Vitch (47,000) and runner-up Benny Glaser (28,600). Vitch captured his second bracelet early on the morning of Day 1 and was in the field for the 3 p.m. start.
A flood of players joined later in the day, including Jason Mercier (36,000), Jack Duong (10,400), and Jeff Lisandro . Duong and Mercier bagged, but Lisandro was eliminated by Roland Israelashvili .
The players return Wednesday at 2 p.m. and take one step closer to the WSOP gold bracelet. Follow all the Day 2 action on PokerNews.com.
Room Table Seat Player Country Chip Count Big Blinds
Brasilia 704 1 Ayaz Mahmood United States 111,300 37
Brasilia 704 2 Jane Hitchcock United States 28,100 9
Brasilia 704 4 Vincent Gironda United States 18,400 6
Brasilia 704 5 Justin Thurlow United States 122,000 41
Brasilia 704 6 Jack Duong United States 10,400 3
Brasilia 705 1 Michael Baxter United States 31,600 11
Brasilia 705 2 John Hoppmann United States 85,400 28
Brasilia 705 3 Bryce Landier United States 27,200 9
Brasilia 705 4 Scott Mayfield United States 62,500 21
Brasilia 705 5 Steve Chanthabouasy United States 110,000 37
Brasilia 705 6 Nicholas Seiken United States 36,500 12
Brasilia 706 1 Jeremy Heartberg United States 40,200 13
Brasilia 706 2 Carmen Fung Canada 9,800 3
Brasilia 706 3 Peter Morris United States 72,400 24
Brasilia 706 4 Joe McKeehen United States 23,200 8
Brasilia 706 5 Kyle Ray United States 85,200 28
Brasilia 706 6 Timothy Ferko United States 62,100 21
Brasilia 707 1 Frank Kassela United States 96,200 32
Brasilia 707 2 David Goldberg United States 26,600 9
Brasilia 707 4 Todd Witteles United States 31,500 11
Brasilia 707 5 Jason Papastavrou United States 36,100 12
Brasilia 707 6 Max Silver United Kingdom 69,800 23
Brasilia 708 1 Georgii Belianin Russia 72,300 24
Brasilia 708 2 Andrew Kelsall United States 18,400 6
Brasilia 708 3 Yudong Yang United States 24,000 8
Brasilia 708 4 Mark Radoja Canada 17,800 6
Brasilia 708 5 Philip Rhee United States 28,100 9
Brasilia 708 6 David Bach United States 67,500 23
Brasilia 709 1 Paul Schumer United States 10,500 4
Brasilia 709 2 Benny Glaser United Kingdom 28,600 10
Brasilia 709 3 Ronald Carmona Ukraine 49,800 17
Brasilia 709 4 Mike Schneider (MN) United States 26,600 9
Brasilia 709 5 Christopher Vitch United States 47,000 16
Brasilia 709 6 Lena Wang United States 51,700 17
Brasilia 710 1 Ayman Qutami United States 89,900 30
Brasilia 710 2 James Obst Australia 78,100 26
Brasilia 710 3 Joseph Couden United States 72,000 24
Brasilia 710 4 Frank Yakubson United States 54,600 18
Brasilia 710 5 Davin Anderson United States 81,600 27
Brasilia 710 6 Stuart Rutter United Kingdom 18,600 6
Brasilia 711 1 David Olson United States 57,700 19
Brasilia 711 2 Kenny Hsiung United States 46,400 15
Brasilia 711 3 Jonathan Ulrich United States 11,000 4
Brasilia 711 4 Georgios Kapalas ATHENS, , GR 86,100 29
Brasilia 711 5 Alex Torry United States 60,400 20
Brasilia 711 6 Amir Shayesteh United States 44,300 15
Brasilia 712 1 Guowei Zhang United States 44,700 15
Brasilia 712 2 Andrey Zhigalov Russia 80,800 27
Brasilia 712 3 Andre Akkari Brazil 42,200 14
Brasilia 712 5 Donald Fleming United States 35,800 12
Brasilia 712 6 Juha Helppi Finland 146,000 49
Brasilia 713 1 Matthew Greenwald United States 22,700 8
Brasilia 713 2 Michael Kuo United States 57,800 19
Brasilia 713 3 Jason Fan United States 87,400 29
Brasilia 713 4 Cathleen Tran United States 83,100 28
Brasilia 713 5 John Racener United States 30,700 10
Brasilia 713 6 Yegor Tsurikov United States 22,600 8
Brasilia 714 1 Russell Hammontree United States 56,900 19
Brasilia 714 2 William Romaine United States 78,000 26
Brasilia 714 3 Mickey Craft United States 42,500 14
Brasilia 714 4 Jameson Painter United States 84,800 28
Brasilia 714 5 Jesse Martin United States 98,200 33
Brasilia 714 6 Derek Whatley United States 21,400 7
Brasilia 715 1 Yury Ivanou United States 22,300 7
Brasilia 715 2 Marwan Abdelal United States 2,100 1
Brasilia 715 3 Jason Mercier United States 36,000 12
Brasilia 715 4 Jimmy Fricke United States 84,000 28
Brasilia 715 5 Alex Keating United States 1 0
Brasilia 716 1 Joseph Risi United States 84,800 28
Brasilia 716 2 Min Ku United States 65,000 22
Brasilia 716 3 Diego Cordovez United States 84,000 28
Brasilia 716 4 Paul Roy United States 20,200 7
Brasilia 716 6 Konstantin Maslak Russia 48,900 16
Tags:
Benny Glaser Christopher Vitch Daniel Negreanu Jack Duong James Obst Jason Mercier Jeffrey Lisandro John Racener Juha Helppi Mike Leah Roland Israelashvili
Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day 1 Completed