Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day 2 Started
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$691,200
Entries
256
Level
24
Limits
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
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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 |
Level: 11
Limits: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
Kings For a Hand, Or Two
Level 11
: 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
Paul Roy, Max Silver and Jason Papastavrou were each in for four bets preflop. The flop came 
and Roy bet. Papastavrou called and Silver folded.
"Nineteen thousand in the pot and six hundred is all it takes," said Frank Kassela to Silver after he folded.
The turn was the 
and Roy bet again. Papastavrou called. Roy bet one more time on the river when the 
hit and this time Papastavrou folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000 | 44,000 |
|
44,000 | -6,400 |
|
22,400 | 22,400 |
Ayman Qutami Wins Three-Way Pot
Level 11
: 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
Joe Couden raised and was called by Davin Anderson on the button and Ayman Qutami in the big blind. The flop came 
and Qutami checked. Couden bet, Anderson called and Qutami raised. Couden and Anderson both called. The turn then brought the 
and all three players checked.
The river was the 
and Qutami bet, Couden called and Anderson folded.
Qutami showed 
and Couden mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
128,000 | 128,000 |
Max Silver and Frank Kassela Moving Up Quickly
Level 11
: 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
Frank Kassela bagged 96,200 and is already up over 150,000 in the first level of play here on Day 2.
Tablemate Max Silver has also had a bit of an uptick adding to his stack after this pot against Joseph Risi and Todd Witteles.
The flop was 
and Silver was leading the betting. Risi and Witteles both called the flop bet. The turn was another six, the , and Witteles checked. Silver bet and Risi called. Witteles folded.
The river was the 
and Silver checked. Risi bet and Silver called. Risi showed 
for king-high and Silver won the pot with pocket nines, 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | 68,800 |
|
|
89,000 | 89,000 |
|
|
74,000 | 4,200 |
|
24,000 | -10,500 |
Updated Counts
Level 11
: 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
169,000 | 83,500 |
|
142,000 | |
|
110,000 | |
|
102,000 | 2,000 |
|
93,500 | |
|
74,000 | -25,500 |
|
72,000 | |
|
56,000 | |
|
54,000 | -13,000 |
|
|
47,500 | |
|
39,600 | 4,600 |
|
|
36,800 | 12,800 |
|
35,000 | |
|
30,200 | |
|
27,200 | |
|
|
26,600 | |
|
17,000 | |
|
16,000 | -6,400 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 12
Limits: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
Recent Chip Counts
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000 | 12,000 |
|
85,500 | |
|
|
80,000 | -48,000 |
|
73,000 | |
|
68,000 | -10,100 |
|
63,000 | 16,500 |
|
|
57,000 | |
|
|
55,000 | |
|
46,000 | |
|
39,500 | |
|
39,000 | 19,800 |
|
6,800 | -32,200 |
Guowei Zhang Eliminates Michael Kuo
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
Guowei Zhang and Michael Kuo got all in on the flop and, when the river landed, Kuo was heading to the rail.
Zhang raised preflop and Kuo three-bet and Zhang called.
The flop came 
and Zhang check-raised Kuo. Kuo three-bet to get his remaining chips all in and Zhang called with 
. Kuo needed help with two overs and a backdoor flush draw holding 
.
The turn as the and the river was the 
. Kuo was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
84,000 | 84,000 |
|
|
Busted |