Event #58: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-30-2017 17:40 UTC-7

Wong Boats Up

[user340040]

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

With about 5,500 in the pot and the board reading , the small blind checked. A player in the big blind bet out 3,500. The hijack called and Danny Wong in the cutoff raised all in. The small blind folded and the big blind put all of his chips in, totalling roughly 7,000. The hijack tanked for a minute and folded.

Wong tabled for a set of tens. The big blind showed for a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw.

The turn was the and the river the , giving Wong a full house and a massive stack at this stage of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Wong	44,500 20,500	20,500

Tags: Danny Wong

06-30-2017 17:42 UTC-7

Dinner Break

[user340040]

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Players are now on dinner break and play will resume in 90 minutes. Late registration will remain open until the end of the dinner break. There are 1,692 confirmed unique entries at this point.

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

06-30-2017 19:14 UTC-7

End of Late Registration

[user340040]

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

The registration period has come to an end and, according to the board, there were 1,748 unique entries. Final numbers will be tabulated and, when the prizepool becomes available, it will be posted.

06-30-2017 19:50 UTC-7

Final Numbers are In

[user340040]

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

The final numbers are in and there were 1,763 total unique entries with 612 players remaining as of this moment. The top 265 players will be paid out of the $2,380,050 prize pool. First place is worth $395,918 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. A min-cash in 265th place will receive $2,249. Full payouts will be posted shortly.

06-30-2017 20:02 UTC-7

More Notables in the Field and Updated Counts

[user340040]

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Baldwin	50,100 10,100	10,100

Danny Wong	50,000 5,500	5,500

Tommy Bates	47,500 47,500	47,500
Craig Varnell	46,200 15,700	15,700

Vladas Tamasauskas	46,000 20,850	20,850
Natasha Mercier	39,500 39,500	39,500
Matt Glantz	39,000 39,000	39,000

Ken Aldridge	32,000 9,400	9,400

Maurice Hawkins	31,300 8,700	8,700
Quan Zhou	26,300 -5,700	-5,700
Faraz Jaka	21,100 21,100	21,100

Michael Mizrachi	18,700 18,700	18,700

Joe Serock	18,000 18,000	18,000

Bruce Buffer	17,800 10,200	10,200
Kenny Hallaert	17,800 17,800	17,800

Jim Gilbert	16,500 16,500	16,500
Dan Heimiller	16,100 8,000	8,000

David Sands	16,000 16,000	16,000
Guo Dong	15,300 -9,700	-9,700

Andrew Camou	14,300 5,550	5,550
Chance Kornuth	13,200 13,200	13,200

Tony Hoang	12,800 -3,300	-3,300
Mike Higgins	12,400 12,400	12,400
Alex Keating	10,000 10,000	10,000

Bertrand Grospellier	9,400 2,300	2,300

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Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

06-30-2017 20:43 UTC-7

Buffer Takes a Gut-Shot

[user340040]

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Peter Columbe was in late position and moved all in for 3,400. Bruce Buffer was in the hijack and called.

Columbe tabled and Buffer showed .

The flop was , looking good for Buffer. The hit the turn and, barring a ten, Buffer had the pot locked up. The river was flipped over and, low and behold, it was the , giving Columbe the straight and keeping him alive.