2017 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j4
Prize
$395,918
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,380,050
Entries
1,763
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Luke Bindon Eliminated

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Ramon Lampert opened the action and Luke Bindon moved all in.

Lampert took a while to make up his mind and eventually another player thought it was too long and called the clock.

The 30 second countdown began and, with seconds to spare, Lampert called.

Bindon: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Lampert: {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{10-Hearts}.

The ace in the window and two pairs on the river busted Bindon.

Player Chips Progress
Ramon Lampert ch
Ramon Lampert
70,000
20,200
20,200
Luke Bindon au
Luke Bindon
Busted

Tags: Luke BindonRamon Lampert

Sethi Doubles

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Action folded to Muskan Sethi in the small blind and she didn't hesitate for one second before announcing all in for 11,400. Her neighbor, big blind Matthew Shafman, didn't need much time either, and beat her in the pot.

Sethi: {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}
Shafman: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

The {2-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} flop helped Sethi grab the lead and she didn't relinquish it with the {7-Diamonds} on the turn and {6-Spades} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Shafman us
Matthew Shafman
114,000
-6,300
-6,300
Muskan Sethi in
Muskan Sethi
24,600
7,100
7,100

Tags: Matthew ShafmanMuskan Sethi

Cohen Knocks Out Massey and Zhang

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Aaron Massey (photo from an earlier event)
Aaron Massey (photo from an earlier event)

From middle position, Aaron Massey shoved all in for 9,100. Action folded to Oren Cohen on the button who thought about it for a bit before placing a tower of chips worth 20,000 in the middle. We're unsure if he announced all in or just isolated to 20,000 as action was fast after that. The small blind, Yang Zhang, snap-called all in for just a couple thousand, and the big blind folded instantly.

Zhang: {Q-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}
Massey: {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}
Cohen: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}

The board ran out {4-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{9-Spades} and both Zhang and Massey hit the rail. Cohen moved up to well over 100,000.

Player Chips Progress
Oren Cohen il
Oren Cohen
111,000
53,100
53,100
Yang Zhang cn
Yang Zhang
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
Busted

Tags: Aaron MasseyOren CohenYang Zhang

Chris Ferguson Chipping Up and Cashing

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Joseph Caruso limped from early position and it folded to Chris Ferguson in the small blind who raised to 4,000. The big blind folded and Caruso called.

The flop was {5-Spades}{8-Spades}{9-Spades}.

Ferguson bet another 4,000 and Caruso released his cards.

Ferguson has almost doubled the chips he began the day with and has notched up another WSOP cash.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Caruso au
Joseph Caruso
90,000
-9,400
-9,400
Chris Ferguson us
Chris Ferguson
38,000
17,800
17,800
WSOP 6X Winner

Tags: Chris FergusonJoseph Caruso

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Weiqi Liu Scoops Five-Way Preflop All-In

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Weiqi Liu
Weiqi Liu

Weiqi Liu had a decision to make. Four other players were all in already and he was making up his mind whether to join the party. He took a bit too long and the clock was called but eventually he called to make it a five-way all-in.

Daniel Stanley: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Kenneth Marker: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Alfie Adam: {4-Clubs}{4-Spades}
Tony Hoang: {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
Weiqi Liu: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

Everyone had their own sweat to cheer for. Hoang was convinced diamonds would come to his rescue while Adam had his bag slung over his shoulder but was still convinced he would get quad fours.

Liu had them all covered and having decided to call and seen the cards he was happy with his “king outs.”

When the pot was all sorted, the dealer put out the cards {8-Clubs}{10-Spades}{7-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{k-Clubs}.

The river delivered that "king out" and Liu jumped out of his chair in delighted surprise before settling down. He had knocked out four players in one fell swoop and the entire pot was pushed his way.

Five Way All In
Player Chips Progress
Weiqi Liu us
Weiqi Liu
150,000
111,500
111,500
Daniel Stanley us
Daniel Stanley
Busted
Kenneth Marker us
Kenneth Marker
Busted
Alfie Adam gb
Alfie Adam
Busted
Tony Hoang ca
Tony Hoang
Busted

Tags: Alfie AdamDaniel StanleyKenneth MarkerTony HoangWeiqi Liu

Pok Kim Doubles Through Phil Laak

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Phil Laak opened from the cutoff and Pok Kim moved all in from the button for 7,900. It went back around to Laak and he called.

Kim: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}
Laak: {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

The board ran out {2-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{6-Hearts}.

“I’m so excited, “Kim said of her double-up. “I had no choice but to play that hand.”

Player Chips Progress
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
150,000
57,400
57,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Pok Kim us
Pok Kim
16,200
-6,500
-6,500

Tags: Phil LaakPok Kim

Joe Cada Eliminated

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Joe Cada
Joe Cada

Action folded to Joe Cada in the small blind who moved all in for around 20,000. Louis Salter in the big blind called blind.

Joe Cada had {a-}{j-} and Louis Salter {a-}{2-}.

Cada had the best of it but Salter spiked a {2-} to send the 2009 Main Event Champion to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Louis Salter gb
Louis Salter
68,000
22,200
22,200
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Joe CadaLouis Salter

Down to 19 Tables

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

There were 269 players seated at the start of Day 2 but, once four were lost and the bubble burst, there has been a steady stream of eliminations in the first two levels of the day.

There are now 171 players left across 19 tables.