Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-29-2017 20:50 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	25,000 25,000	25,000

Chris Ferguson	25,000 25,000	25,000

Chris Moorman	25,000 25,000	25,000

Ben Yu	25,000 25,000	25,000

Paul Volpe	25,000 25,000	25,000

Anton Astapau	25,000 25,000	25,000
Dominik Nitsche	25,000 25,000	25,000

Kenny Hallaert	25,000 25,000	25,000

Kitai Doesn't Call Off

Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jonathan Little checked from early position with the board reading , and Davidi Kitai quickly checked it back. On the river, Little bet 25,000 more than the size of the pot, enough to put Kitai and his 21,000 at risk. Kitai thought for a little over a minute and then folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Little	80,000 36,500	36,500

Davidi Kitai	21,000 1,500	1,500

Tags: Davidi Kitai Jonathan Little

06-29-2017 20:56 UTC-8

Volpe's Shove Gets Through

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Jan Kores

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Three ways to the turn, a star-studded lineup battled for a pot of roughly 15,000 chips.

Jason Wheeler (big blind) and Paul Volpe (button) checked to Romain Lewis on the button, and Lewis bet 3,800. Both American heroes called.

The river saw the hit the felt, and Wheeler checked again. Volpe, however, didn't let the action pass passively through to Lewis. He shoved all in, putting his 14,500 or so at risk.

Lewis seemed to be pained by Volpe's move. He cut down his remaining stack, then decided to folding and keep his 44,500. Wheeler, who had less than Volpe behind, mucked as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Lewis	44,500 44,500	44,500

Paul Volpe	40,800 15,800	15,800

Jason Wheeler	9,900 9,900	9,900

Tags: Jason Wheeler Paul Volpe Romain Lewis

06-29-2017 21:06 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	128,000 33,000	33,000

Nacho Barbero	102,500 8,500	8,500

Andy Hwang	90,000 31,000	31,000
Garrett Greer	85,000 60,000	60,000
Michael Mizrachi	78,000 64,000	64,000

Robert Hankins	67,400 22,400	22,400
Shaun Deeb	65,000 31,000	31,000

Jon Turner	55,500 26,000	26,000

Hon Cheong Lee	30,400 13,600	13,600
Connor Drinan	28,000

Adam Levy	23,200 19,200	19,200

Taylor Von Kriegenbergh	9,000

06-29-2017 21:06 UTC-8

Moorman Down to 16 Bigs

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Jan Kores

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

An online end-boss with millions of dollars in winnings, Chris Moorman finally captured his first bracelet earlier at the 2017 World Series of Poker.

However, Moorman will likely soon have to exercise his re-shoving ranges in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em, as he dropped to last 16 big blinds.

Moorman was seen on the river of a board, sitting in the hijack. He faced the big blind, who bet 4,000. Moorman thought for about a minute before giving up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moorman	12,800 12,200	12,200

Tags: Chris Moorman

06-29-2017 21:12 UTC-8

Beckley Doubles Through Grafton

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jan Schwippert raised to 2,000 preflop and received calls from Sam Grafton (button) and Josh Beckley (big blind). On the flop, action checked to Grafton, and he bet 3,100. Beckley put in 9,000, and Schwippert thought for a while and folded. Grafton called, then called Beckley's shove for 12,700 on the turn.

Beckley:
Grafton:

Grafton was in awful shape, and the confirmed a double for Beckley. After the hand, Schwippert said he folded the king-high flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Beckley	46,000 28,400	28,400
Sam Grafton	7,300 30,700	30,700

Tags: Jan Schwippert Josh Beckley Sam Grafton

06-29-2017 21:19 UTC-8

Prize Pool and Payouts Have Been Announced

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Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

The tournament director has just announced the details of the prize pool:

There were 623 entries in total, creating a prize pool of $2,896,950. Ninety-four players will be in the money, with the winner taking home $618,285 and the gold WSOP bracelet.

For full details, have a look at the payouts page.

06-29-2017 21:20 UTC-8

Affleck Doesn't Show

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Jan Kores

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Matt Affleck led out 8,500 from the small blind with on the felt. He was in a heads-up pot against a player in middle position, who called. The on the turn seemed to be a brick, and Affleck pulled the trigger. He shoved his remaining 18,200 in, puzzling the opponent.

Affleck's rival laid it down after about a one-minute tank, begging for free info. "Show me a bluff," he tried.

However, Affleck stayed calm, showing no expression and sliding his cards carefully into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Affleck	47,000 11,500	11,500

Tags: Matt Affleck

06-29-2017 21:30 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	189,500 87,000	87,000

Alexander Ivarsson	152,000 42,000	42,000
Simon Lam	115,000 70,000	70,000
Matt Stout	85,000 29,800	29,800
Kitty Kuo	41,000 16,000	16,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	36,000
Cate Hall	36,000 23,400	23,400
Anton Astapau	33,400 8,400	8,400
Natasha Mercier	20,300 5,700	5,700
Pratyush Buddiga	17,400 7,600	7,600
Chance Kornuth	16,000 9,000	9,000

Martin Jacobson	14,500 10,500	10,500

Martin Kabrhel	13,200 5,800	5,800

Mark Radoja	9,400

Chris Moorman	9,300 3,500	3,500

06-29-2017 21:32 UTC-8

Filatov Takes from Lampropulos in a Goodbye Hand

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Jan Kores

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Maria Lampropulos raised to 2,000 from the hijack, prompting a three-bet from Anatoly Filatov, who tripled the bet from the small blind. Lampropulos looked at Filatov's stack, and he cut out his remaining chips, showing he had just under 50,000 behind. Lampropulos called.

Filatov continued with another 4,300 on the flop, and Lampropulos called again.

The turn saw both players check, and Filatov bet out one more time on the river. He made it 12,000 to go.

Lampropulos wasted only about twenty seconds before folding, leaving the pot to Filatov. The floor staff arrived right after that hand, breaking the table.