Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship Day 3 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-30-2017 12:48 UTC-8

Redraw of the Last Three Tables

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country
Brasilia	700	1	Michail Karapanos	Greece
Brasilia	700	2	Chris Lee	United States
Brasilia	700	3	Vivian Saliba	Brazil
Brasilia	700	4	Ben Lamb	United States
Brasilia	700	5	Brian Jordan	United States
Brasilia	700	6	Oliver Weis	Germany
Brasilia	700	7	Sean Rafael	United States
Brasilia	700	8	Tommy Le	United States

Brasilia	701	1	Aleksei Altshuller	Russia
Brasilia	701	2	Michael Kamran	United States
Brasilia	701	3	Johnny Lodden	Norway
Brasilia	701	4	Howard Millian	United States
Brasilia	701	5	Eoghan O'Dea	Ireland
Brasilia	701	6	John Racener	United States
Brasilia	701	7	Murat Tulek	Germany
Brasilia	701	8	Miltiadis Kyriakides	Cyprus

Brasilia	702	1	Robert Cowen	United Kingdom
Brasilia	702	2	Jason DeWitt	United States
Brasilia	702	3	The Nguyen	United States
Brasilia	702	4	Mike Gorodinsky	United States
Brasilia	702	5	John Monnette	United States
Brasilia	702	6	Hani Mio	United States
Brasilia	702	7	Cyrus Partow	United States
Brasilia	702	8	Scott Clements	United States

06-30-2017 12:42 UTC-8

Karapanos Busts Andrejevic

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

On a flop of , Andjelko Andrejevic got his stack in after a bet of Michail Karapanos and the latter called to put Andrejevic at risk.

Andjelko Andrejevic:
Michail Karapanos:

The turn didn't change anything, but the river gave Karapanos a flush to eliminate Andrejevic in 25th place. All remaining players will now redraw to the last three tables and move rooms.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michail Karapanos	900,000 430,000	430,000
Andjelko Andrejevic	Busted

Tags: Andjelko Andrejevic Michail Karapanos

06-30-2017 12:32 UTC-8

Chip Changes on Table 609

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Murat Tulek is no longer a big stack over on Table 609. On the contrary, the German just slipped to below average status after losing a hand against Tommy Le while Scott Clements has taken over the lead.

On the turn, Le bet 110,000 and Tulek called. The river was checked by both, then Le showed for a straight and Tulek mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Clements	2,550,000 45,000	45,000

Tommy Le	1,600,000 300,000	300,000

Ben Lamb	630,000 140,000	140,000

Murat Tulek	340,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Murat Tulek Scott Clements Tommy Le

06-30-2017 12:31 UTC-8

Scott Clements Chips Up With a Straight Flush

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With about 300,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Scott Clements checked from middle position to his lone opponent, Murat Tulek in the hijack, who checked behind.

The fell on the river and Clements bet 125,000. After a few moments of thought, Tulek raised to 277,000. Clements came over the top for 800,000 and Tulek quickly called.

Clements instantly flipped over for the jack-high straight flush. Tulek showed for the king-high flush and Clements took the pot to put himself firmly in the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Clements	2,505,000 805,000	805,000

Murat Tulek	390,000 1,030,000	1,030,000

Tags: Murat Tulek Scott Clements

06-30-2017 12:26 UTC-8

Tsang and Miller Eliminated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

The action remains very fast-paced. Just now both Yan Shing Tsang and Ryan Miller joined the list of early casualties to reduce the field to 25.

Tsang was all in before the flop with the and Tommy Le had him dominated with the . After a board of , Tsang was eliminated and headed to the rail.

At the same time, a big pot was developing one table over. John Racener raised to 46,000 from the hijack and Chris Lee three-bet to 168,000 from the cutoff. Ryan Miller called with 265,000 behind on the button while Racener folded.

On a flop of , the remaining chips of Miller went in and he showed for kings and a flush draw. Lee had and faded the flush draw thanks to two blanks on turn and river, stopping Miller's tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Lee	1,850,000 130,000	130,000
Tommy Le	1,300,000 385,000	385,000

Yan Shing Tsang	Busted
Ryan Miller	Busted

Tags: Chris Lee Ryan Miller Tommy Le Yan Shing Tsang

06-30-2017 12:23 UTC-8

Racener Gets a Fold from Lee

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With a substantial pot of about 240,000 already brewing and the completed board reading , John Racener bet 95,000 into his lone opponent, Chris Lee. After a few moments of thought, Lee folded, and Racener took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Lee	1,720,000 340,000	340,000
John Racener	855,000 132,000	132,000

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06-30-2017 12:20 UTC-8

A Double and a Bustout

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Christian Zetzsche

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On the heads-up flop of , the stack of Michael Kamran went into the middle of the table and Sean Rafael looked him up with the superior stack.

Michael Kamran:
Sean Rafael:

The turn and river changed nothing whatsoever and Kamran doubled for 387,000.

Moments later, Yuriy Boyko was all in and at risk preflop and found a caller in Cyrus Partow.

Yuriy Boyko:
Cyrus Partow:

"I would wish you good luck, but I don't want to lie," Partow said before the showdown proceeded. The board came and Boyko asked "the kings win?" which was confirmed. Boyko tapped the table and left with a "good luck, guys."

Player	Chips	Progress
Cyrus Partow	920,000 110,000	110,000
Sean Rafael	820,000 430,000	430,000
Michael Kamran	775,000 405,000	405,000
Yuriy Boyko	Busted

Tags: Cyrus Partow Michael Kamran Sean Rafael Yuriy Boyko

06-30-2017 12:14 UTC-8

Johnny Lodden Doubles Through Jason DeWitt

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With about 110,000 already in the middle and the board reading , Jason DeWitt bet 55,000 from the big blind and Johnny Lodden, who was under the gun, shoved for a total of 224,000. DeWitt went into the tank for around a minute before he ultimately called and the two players tabled their hands.

DeWitt:
Lodden:

DeWitt had an open-ended straight draw and pair of sixes but Lodden had the best of it with two pair, queens and fives. The on the turn gave Lodden a boat, leaving DeWitt in terrible shape, the river changed nothing and Lodden took the pot to double up.