Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-28-2017 11:53 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 2 of Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

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Jesse Martin - Going for 2nd Win of the Summer

Day 2 of Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. local time with 73 players returning from the 256 players who started Day 1.

Juha Helppi leads the field with 146,000 chips. Not far behind are Justin Thurlow (100,000), David Bach (99,500) and Ayaz Mahmood (85,500). Meanwhile two-time bracelet winner Jesse Martin (78,000) is currently seventh in chips and looking for his second bracelet of the summer.

The payouts begin at 39th place which puts them 34 players from the money, so they still need to lose about half the field to see the first payout of $4,482.

The action gets underway at the start of Level 11 with blinds at 800/1,500 and limits at 1,500/3,000. There will be 10 levels of play today with a 15-minute break at the end of every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break at the end of the sixth level (~8:30 p.m.).

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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

06-28-2017 22:54 UTC-7

Frank Kassela Eliminated in 16th Place ($7,821)

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Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Frank Kassela lost seemingly every hand he played when coming back from dinner break. He was disappointed that he folded a big hand after building a huge pot four ways heading to the flop.

On his final hand, Ayman Qutami raised, and Kassela three-bet. Mickey Craft four-bet from the small blind, and Kassela was the lone caller.

The flop came , and Craft bet. Kassela raised all in, and Craft called with . Kassela showed and asked the dealer to give Craft a set, which would give Kassela a straight.

The turn was the and the river was the , and Craft won the hand with a straight. Kassela was eliminated in 16th place and will take home ($7,821).

Player	Chips	Progress
Mickey Craft	234,000 -6,000	-6,000
Frank Kassela	Busted

Tags: Ayman Qutami Frank Kassela Mickey Craft

06-28-2017 23:22 UTC-7

Jesse Martin Eliminated in 15th Place ($7,821)

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Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Jesse Martin was eliminated after a series of hands that eventually sent him to the rail in 15th place.

He got three bets in preflop with Max Silver and the flop came . Silver bet and Martin called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Silver led. Martin called, leaving only 15,000 behind. Silver won the hand with queens, .

The next hand, David Olson eliminated Martin with when he flopped top pair. Martin will take home $7,821.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Silver	640,000 250,000	250,000

David Olson	530,000 60,000	60,000

Jesse Martin	Busted

Tags: David Olson Jesse Martin Max Silver

06-28-2017 23:28 UTC-7

Mark Radoja Eliminated in 14th Place ($7,821)

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Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Mark Radoja Eliminated in 14th Place ($7,821)

Mark Radoja was all in for his last 7,000 pre flop against David Olson and Max Silver but the action was caught on the river. The board read and Olson checked to Silver who bet and Olson folded.

Radoja flipped and Silver showed to eliminate Radoja.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Radoja	Busted

Tags: Mark Radoja Max Silver David Olson

06-28-2017 23:42 UTC-7

John Racener Eliminated in 13th Place ($7,821)

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Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

John Racener Eliminated in 13th Place ($7,821)

John Racener raised and Mickey Craft three-bet, Racener four-bet and Craft called.

Racener put the rest of his chips out before the flop came. The flop was and Craft called Racener's all in.

Racener:
Craft:

The turn was the and river was the and Racener was sent home.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Racener	Busted

Tags: John Racener

06-29-2017 00:15 UTC-7

Ayaz Mahmood Eliminated in 12th Place ($9,775)

Brentharrington

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Ayaz Mahmood got all in against Georgios Kapalas. Kapalas had versus the of Mahmood.

Mahmood held until the bitter end when the came on the river and gave Kapalas the best hand and sent Mahmood to the rail.

Mahmood came into today with the third biggest stack and parlayed that into a deep Day 2 run, but ultimately was unable to push beyond 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Kapalas	485,000 110,000	110,000
Ayaz Mahmood	Busted

Tags: Ayaz Mahmood Georgios Kapalas

06-29-2017 00:25 UTC-7

David Bach Eliminated in 11th Place ($9,775)

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Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

David Bach became one of the shorter stacks and eventually would bust when Mickey Craft rivered a straight.

Bach and Craft were heads up to the flop and Bach check-raised all in. Craft called. Bach had against the of Craft.

Once they were both all in, the turn came the and the river was the , giving Craft a straight. Bach was eliminated in 11th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mickey Craft	440,000 40,000	40,000
David Bach	Busted

Tags: David Bach Mickey Craft

06-29-2017 00:32 UTC-7

Davin Anderson Eliminated in 10th Place ($12,606)

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Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Davin Anderson Eliminated in 10th Place ($12,606)

Davin Anderson raised and Lena Wang called from the big blind.

The flop was and Wang bet, Anderson raised and Wang called.

The turn was the and Wang check-called Anderson's all in for 13,000.

Anderson:
Wang:

The river gave Wang one of her outs the , and Anderson was sent home in 10th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davin Anderson	Busted

Tags: Davin Anderson Lena Wang

06-29-2017 00:38 UTC-7

Konstantin Maslak Eliminated in 9th Place ($12,606)

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Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Konstantin Maslak Eliminated in 9th Place (12,606)

In a three-bet pot preflop, it was Konstantin Maslak against Scott Mayfield.

The flop came and Mayfield check-called a bet from Maslak.

The turn was the and Mayfield checked again. Maslak bet, Mayfield raised putting Maslak all in and Maslak called.

Maslak:
Mayfield:

The river was not the fourth heart Maslak needed and he was sent home in 9th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Maslak	Busted

Tags: Konstantin Maslak Scott Mayfield

06-29-2017 01:48 UTC-7

Scott Mayfield Eliminated in 8th Place ($16,760)

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Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Scott Mayfield Eliminated in 8th Place ($16,760)

Guowei Zhang raised and Max Silver three-bet from the button. Mickey Craft folded from the small blind and Scott Mayfield called for the rest of his chips from the big blind without looking at his cards.

The flop came and Zhang checked. Silver bet and Zhang folded.