06-29-2017 23:20 UTC-7
Ari Engel
Thomas Boivin raised from an early position and lojack Ari Engel came up with a three-bet, making it 7,800. The action stopped at Michael Aron, who cold-four-bet shoved his 29,500.
Boivin got out of the way, but Engel wanted to know the count. He wasn't entirely convinced about calling, but eventually threw in the chips to accept the race.
Michael Aron:
Ari Engel
The was a huge teaser for Aron, who now had a ton of options to get ahead, albeit his striaght draw was largely blocked by Engel's tens. The turn discarded Aron's remaining straight out, but he still hoped for a heart or any ace and king. None of that emerged on the river as the kept Engel's hand out front.
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Ari Engel Michael Aron
06-29-2017 23:54 UTC-7
Nacho Barbero
Though it seems like mere days ago that the 2017 World Series of Poker got underway, July has almost arrived, and with it, the last $5K of the summer at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em kicked off Thursday and drew 623 players, of which about 248 survived the 10-level day.
At the top of the chip counts is a mix of recognizable and less heralded names. Nacho Barbero (230,300) and Juha Helppi (193,200) are already known to many poker fans after having won major titles and piled up millions in live cashes. Meanwhile David Coleman (205,200) and Carlos Chang (197,600) are seeking to build their stars with big wins in an event that will pay $618,285 to the winner.
Matt Berkey (165,500), Michael Mizrachi (148,900), Olivier Busquet (144,000), Dietrich Fast (94,500), Ari Engel (91,100) and Dzmitry Urbanovich (47,600) also made it on to Day 2.
It wasn't a banner day for everyone taking a seat in the Amazon Room, of course. Plenty of notable players fell by the wayside during the course of play, including Kenny Hallaert, Justin Bonomo, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Faraz Jaka and Chris Ferguson.
Ferguson has been making a run for WSOP Player of the Year honors, much to the chagrin of many players and fans. However, his chance to gain any points in this event ended late in the day when he reshipped 14 big blinds over a raise and failed to hold with pocket queens against ace-ten.
Those who did advance return Friday at noon. They'll be playing 600/1,200/200, and you can find coverage throughout the day here on PokerNews.
Room Table Seat Player Country Chip Count Big Blinds
Brasilia 702 1 Cheng Liu China 87,400 73
Brasilia 702 2 Alex Miningham United States 24,500 20
Brasilia 702 3 Fred Berger United States 13,000 11
Brasilia 702 4 Raymond Langbraaten Norway 158,700 132
Brasilia 702 5 Mike Watson Canada 128,100 107
Brasilia 702 6 Miguel Seoane United States 23,600 20
Brasilia 702 7 Simon Mattsson United States 15,400 13
Brasilia 702 8 Huidong Gu Macau 63,500 53
Brasilia 702 9 Taylor von Kriegenbergh United States 61,400 51
Brasilia 703 2 Jeff Gross United States 49,000 41
Brasilia 703 3 Alexander Farahi United States 52,200 44
Brasilia 703 4 Shane Smith United States 44,700 37
Brasilia 703 5 Aymon Hata United States 40,600 34
Brasilia 703 6 Chris Hunichen United States 102,700 86
Brasilia 703 7 Mike Vanier United States 64,500 54
Brasilia 703 8 Andy Spears United States 49,100 41
Brasilia 703 9 Ravi Raghavan United States 57,600 48
Brasilia 704 1 Joseph Marchal United States 21,700 18
Brasilia 704 2 Martin Staszko Czech Republic 75,100 63
Brasilia 704 3 Jacob Bazeley United States 59,000 49
Brasilia 704 4 Kelly Minkin United States 96,700 81
Brasilia 704 5 [Removed:153] Sweden 111,500 93
Brasilia 704 6 Michael Tureniec Sweden 49,600 41
Brasilia 704 7 Joshua Hillock United States 38,100 32
Brasilia 704 9 Federico Butteroni Italy 47,200 39
Brasilia 705 1 Ryan Drossel United States 39,700 33
Brasilia 705 2 Ken Fishman United States 50,000 42
Brasilia 705 3 DID NOT REPORT 2 United States 1 0
Brasilia 705 4 Keven Stammen United States 104,400 87
Brasilia 705 5 Kenneth Figueredo United States 12,800 11
Brasilia 705 6 Lauren Roberts United States 44,700 37
Brasilia 705 8 Thomas Boivin Belgium 100,900 84
Brasilia 705 9 Tony Ruberto United States 48,500 40
Brasilia 706 1 Frank Stepuchin United States 65,700 55
Brasilia 706 2 Terry Fan Taiwan 27,100 23
Brasilia 706 3 Adam Geyer United States 63,500 53
Brasilia 706 4 Alfie Adam United Kingdom 26,700 22
Brasilia 706 5 Donis Agnelli IT 184,600 154
Brasilia 706 6 Mustapha Kanit Italy 70,000 58
Brasilia 706 7 Dietrich Fast Ireland 94,500 79
Brasilia 706 8 Arkadiy Tsinis United States 107,700 90
Brasilia 706 9 Luis Velador United States 42,500 35
Brasilia 707 1 Huihan Wu United States 43,500 36
Brasilia 707 2 Jim Carroll United States 70,300 59
Brasilia 707 3 Sixiao Li China 47,500 40
Brasilia 707 4 Simon Lam United States 117,600 98
Brasilia 707 5 Dominik Wagner Germany 132,700 111
Brasilia 707 6 Daniel Dizenzo United States 99,300 83
Brasilia 707 7 Tom McCormick United States 52,700 44
Brasilia 707 8 Bryan Piccioli United States 43,100 36
Brasilia 707 9 Steve Foutty United States 103,100 86
Brasilia 708 1 Lisa Hamilton United States 53,900 45
Brasilia 708 2 Robert Brobyn United States 42,000 35
Brasilia 708 3 Taylor Black United States 46,900 39
Brasilia 708 4 Maria Ho United States 19,400 16
Brasilia 708 5 Yaron Zeev Malki Israel 99,200 83
Brasilia 708 6 Daniel Zack United States 52,400 44
Brasilia 708 7 Pablo Fernandez Campo United Kingdom 22,800 19
Brasilia 708 8 Robert Peacock United States 18,700 16
Brasilia 708 9 James Cavanaugh United States 34,400 29
Brasilia 709 1 Pratyush Buddiga United States 72,000 60
Brasilia 709 2 George Konkle United States 24,700 21
Brasilia 709 3 Richard Lowe United States 53,100 44
Brasilia 709 4 Nathan Weed United States 28,800 24
Brasilia 709 5 Craig McCorkell United States 52,200 44
Brasilia 709 6 Li Fu China 63,200 53
Brasilia 709 7 Ayman Qutami United States 10,000 8
Brasilia 709 8 Ryan Laplante United States 49,700 41
Brasilia 709 9 Aleks Dimitrov Bulgaria 92,800 77
Brasilia 710 1 Onur Unsal United States 83,700 70
Brasilia 710 2 Adrian Attenborough Australia 51,700 43
Brasilia 710 3 Aditya Agarwal Canada 135,000 113
Brasilia 710 4 Samuel Ganzfried United States 22,400 19
Brasilia 710 5 James Hughes United States 56,500 47
Brasilia 710 6 Calvin Anderson United States 72,200 60
Brasilia 710 7 Damian Salas Argentina 95,300 79
Brasilia 710 8 Jonathan Therme France 83,400 70
Brasilia 710 9 Tim West United States 64,800 54
Brasilia 711 1 Martin Kabrhel Czech Republic 53,500 45
Brasilia 711 2 Steven Tabb United States 40,300 34
Brasilia 711 3 Steven Mccartney United States 27,000 23
Brasilia 711 4 Henry Fewster United Kingdom 53,400 45
Brasilia 711 5 Ari Engel United States 91,100 76
Brasilia 711 6 Kayhan Molaci Turkey 25,400 21
Brasilia 711 7 Zorlu Er Turkey 108,600 91
Brasilia 711 8 Bahar Musa Bulgaria 23,900 20
Brasilia 711 9 Jason Pritchard Australia 108,500 90
Brasilia 712 1 Benoit Lam France 27,000 23
Brasilia 712 2 Kework Besiktasliyan Ireland 60,800 51
Brasilia 712 3 Greg Merson United States 21,900 18
Brasilia 712 4 Markus Gonsalves United States 51,100 43
Brasilia 712 5 Juha Helppi Finland 193,200 161
Brasilia 712 6 Ivan Luca Argentina 23,700 20
Brasilia 712 7 Fiodor Martino Italy 51,600 43
Brasilia 712 8 Allen Pock United States 90,700 76
Brasilia 712 9 Jeff Hakim Lebanon 55,100 46
Brasilia 713 1 Jose Tavares United States 50,000 42
Brasilia 713 2 Anatoly Filatov United States 82,000 68
Brasilia 713 3 Ognjen Sekularac Germany 66,500 55
Brasilia 713 4 Herb Montalbano United States 41,400 35
Brasilia 713 5 Eric Blair United States 14,000 12
Brasilia 713 6 Chad Layne United States 131,700 110
Brasilia 713 7 Mark Rabkin United States 71,900 60
Brasilia 713 8 Fernando Brito Germany 38,500 32
Brasilia 713 9 Mark Scacewater United States 22,000 18
Brasilia 714 1 Greg Jennings United States 55,300 46
Brasilia 714 2 Brett Shaffer United States 15,000 13
Brasilia 714 3 Favio Gandelman United States 40,100 33
Brasilia 714 4 Nacho Barbero Canada 230,300 192
Brasilia 714 5 Adam White United States 88,800 74
Brasilia 714 7 Kenneth Smaron United States 83,000 69
Brasilia 714 8 Olivier Busquet United States 144,000 120
Brasilia 714 9 Marton Czuczor Hungary 82,100 68
Brasilia 715 1 Anton Astapau Latvia 24,400 20
Brasilia 715 2 Georgios Sotiropoulos Greece 138,600 116
Brasilia 715 3 Hon Cheong Lee Hong Kong 35,200 29
Brasilia 715 4 Kristofer Homerding United States 34,700 29
Brasilia 715 5 Ramon Sorgatto Brazil 91,000 76
Brasilia 715 6 Darren Rabinowitz United States 67,100 56
Brasilia 715 7 Thomas Lutz United States 59,300 49
Brasilia 715 8 Natasha Mercier United States 24,400 20
Brasilia 715 9 Robert Hankins United States 60,500 50
Brasilia 716 1 Till Kollender Germany 80,900 67
Brasilia 716 2 Erich Gmur United States 29,200 24
Brasilia 716 3 Thomas Miller United States 41,600 35
Brasilia 716 4 Peter Braglia United States 95,600 80
Brasilia 716 5 Ken Einiger United States 45,500 38
Brasilia 716 6 Haixia Zhang United States 43,500 36
Brasilia 716 7 Bart Hanson United States 73,800 62
Brasilia 716 8 Davidi Kitai United States 16,900 14
Brasilia 716 9 Zhaoxing Wang United States 62,800 52
Brasilia 717 1 Kristina Holst United States 49,300 41
Brasilia 717 2 Pascal Hartman Germany 35,200 29
Brasilia 717 3 Tong Li China 50,000 42
Brasilia 717 4 Ronald Connor United States 43,900 37
Brasilia 717 5 Feng Zhou China 78,700 66
Brasilia 717 6 Jason Mercier United States 131,900 110
Brasilia 717 7 Stuart Gelwarg United States 47,500 40
Brasilia 717 8 Romain Lewis France 33,100 28
Brasilia 717 9 David Coleman United States 205,200 171
Brasilia 718 1 Farhad Jamasi United States 64,100 53
Brasilia 718 2 Justin Liberto United States 87,700 73
Brasilia 718 3 Mitchell Watson Australia 4,000 3
Brasilia 718 4 Jean-Pascal Savard United States 56,100 47
Brasilia 718 5 Jerry Odeen Greece 10,700 9
Brasilia 718 6 Justin Adams United States 74,300 62
Brasilia 718 7 Ivan Deyra France 15,800 13
Brasilia 718 8 Joao Vieira Portugal 54,000 45
Brasilia 718 9 Joel Ettedgi United Kingdom 15,000 13
Brasilia 719 1 Jonathan Concepcion Spain 58,200 49
Brasilia 719 2 Paul Volpe United States 32,900 27
Brasilia 719 3 Walter Treccarichi Canada 41,800 35
Brasilia 719 4 Conor Beresford United Kingdom 126,600 106
Brasilia 719 5 Dmitry Yurasov Russia 35,500 30
Brasilia 719 6 Sergio Cabrera Greece 84,200 70
Brasilia 719 7 Christian Rudolph Germany 37,900 32
Brasilia 719 8 Michael Osullivan Ireland 80,200 67
Brasilia 719 9 Andrew Wilmot United States 65,300 54
Brasilia 720 1 Claas Segebrecht Hungary 100,300 84
Brasilia 720 2 Chun Yam United Kingdom 107,700 90
Brasilia 720 3 Pete Chen Taiwan 170,000 142
Brasilia 720 4 Sean Getzwiller United States 28,800 24
Brasilia 720 5 Guy Pariente France 23,500 20
Brasilia 720 6 Joseph Elpayaa United States 51,400 43
Brasilia 720 7 Andy Park United States 38,700 32
Brasilia 720 8 Maria Lampropulos Argentina 49,200 41
Brasilia 720 9 Raul Martinez Requena United Kingdom 40,400 34
Brasilia 721 1 Daniel Houlbrook United States 53,700 45
Brasilia 721 2 Jesse Yaginuma United States 48,700 41
Brasilia 721 3 Carlos Chang Taiwan 197,600 165
Brasilia 721 4 Jonathan Little United States 99,100 83
Brasilia 721 5 Niklas Astedt Sweden 41,300 34
Brasilia 721 6 Michael Delvecchio III United States 87,800 73
Brasilia 721 7 Giuseppe Pantaleo Germany 67,400 56
Brasilia 721 8 Chris Klodnicki United States 93,500 78
Brasilia 721 9 Cate Hall United States 42,900 36
Brasilia 722 1 DID NOT REPORT 1 United States 36,000 30
Brasilia 722 2 Brent Hanks United States 29,400 25
Brasilia 722 3 David Kelsey United States 34,300 29
Brasilia 722 4 Kiryl Radzivonau Russia 73,400 61
Brasilia 722 5 Matt Berkey United States 165,500 138
Brasilia 722 6 Mark Zullo United States 110,000 92
Brasilia 722 7 Ty Reiman United States 68,500 57
Brasilia 722 8 Zhong Wang United States 60,400 50
Brasilia 722 9 Julian Stuer Germany 157,600 131
Brasilia 723 1 Remy Biechel France 40,500 34
Brasilia 723 2 Philip Tom United States 75,600 63
Brasilia 723 3 Saurabh Patel United States 70,300 59
Brasilia 723 4 Dong Zhao China 100,800 84
Brasilia 723 5 Stephen Cartner Canada 109,800 92
Brasilia 723 6 Joshua Beckley United States 69,700 58
Brasilia 723 7 Pierre Neuville Belgium 53,500 45
Brasilia 723 8 Xuming Qi China 22,800 19
Brasilia 723 9 Joshua Gordon United States 44,800 37
Brasilia 724 1 Laurent Polito France 84,500 70
Brasilia 724 2 Fumimasa Hirasawa Japan 39,500 33
Brasilia 724 3 Jay Sharon United States 24,600 21
Brasilia 724 4 Daniel Fischer United States 37,500 31
Brasilia 724 5 Nick Schulman United States 98,400 82
Brasilia 724 6 Gil Morgensztern Australia 72,000 60
Brasilia 724 7 Andrew Ryan United States 16,700 14
Brasilia 724 8 Edouard Echinard United States 63,200 53
Brasilia 724 9 Adrien Delmas United Kingdom 23,200 19
Brasilia 725 1 Kane Kalas United States 53,500 45
Brasilia 725 2 [Removed:14] United States 104,400 87
Brasilia 725 3 Dzmitry Urbanovich Poland 47,600 40
Brasilia 725 4 Hoan Nguyen United States 57,400 48
Brasilia 725 5 Robert Henderson United States 11,300 9
Brasilia 725 6 Yin Liu China 93,300 78
Brasilia 725 7 Manig Loeser Germany 27,900 23
Brasilia 725 8 Greg Buonocore United States 55,700 46
Brasilia 725 9 Norberto Korn Germany 29,300 24
Brasilia 726 1 Lev Milman United States 24,600 21
Brasilia 726 2 Akash Malik Germany 28,600 24
Brasilia 726 3 Yaxi Zhu China 135,500 113
Brasilia 726 4 Bertrand Rosique France 42,400 35
Brasilia 726 5 Yunsheng Sun China 35,000 29
Brasilia 726 6 Babak Badkoubei United States 63,800 53
Brasilia 726 7 Matt Affleck United States 69,800 58
Brasilia 726 8 Marc-Andre Ladouceur Canada 102,400 85
Brasilia 726 9 Andy Hwang United States 125,000 104
Brasilia 727 1 Isaac Baron United States 37,400 31
Brasilia 727 2 Alexander Ivarsson Sweden 116,200 97
Brasilia 727 3 Michael Mizrachi United States 148,900 124
Brasilia 727 4 Philip Leibow United States 21,000 18
Brasilia 727 5 Bradley Snider United States 28,500 24
Brasilia 727 6 Peter Robinson United Kingdom 47,200 39
Brasilia 727 7 Kunal Patni United States 85,600 71
Brasilia 727 8 Jimmy Guerrero France 54,000 45
Brasilia 727 9 Ardit Kurshumi United States 22,400 19
Brasilia 728 1 Jan Eric Schwippert Germany 63,500 53
Brasilia 728 2 Ankush Mandavia United States 30,400 25
Brasilia 728 3 Danny Wong United States 71,300 59
Brasilia 728 4 Matthew Greenwald United States 13,400 11
Brasilia 728 5 Jeffrey Epstein United States 19,200 16
Brasilia 728 6 Matt Stout United States 82,300 69
Brasilia 728 7 Sam Grafton United Kingdom 35,500 30
Brasilia 728 8 Artem Metalidi Ireland 55,900 47
Brasilia 728 9 Barny Boatman United Kingdom 70,000 58
Brasilia 729 1 Matt Salsberg United States 37,100 31
Brasilia 729 2 Benjamin Heath United Kingdom 114,700 96
Brasilia 729 3 Didier Guerin United States 16,200 14
Brasilia 729 4 Quang Ngo United States 30,100 25
Brasilia 729 5 Manuel Mutke Germany 51,300 43
Brasilia 729 6 Felix Bleiker Switzerland 34,000 28
Brasilia 729 7 Mike Sowers United States 114,900 96
Brasilia 729 8 Gary Klionsky United States 14,600 12
Brasilia 729 9 Steve Karp United States 48,900 41
Tags:
Chris Ferguson Nacho Barbero
Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed