Level: 10
PLO/PLO8/Big O/PLTD: Ante 125 - SB 400 - BB 800
NLHE: Ante 200 - SB 400 - BB 800
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #59: $2,500 Big Bet Mix
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$443,250
Entries
179
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
6,000
Jerry Wong Catches a Bluff to Massively Increase His Stack
Level 9
: 400/800, 200 ante
Pot-Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw
We caught up to the action after players had already taken their third draw. Jerry Wong was facing off against one opponent and there was already over 35,000 in the pot. Wong's opponent was first to act and he put out a bet of 18,000. Wong thought for roughly a minute before he opted to put in the chips to call.
Wong's opponent let out a heavy sigh and showed 
. Wong turned up his own 
and that was good to for him to take down the massive pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | 48,200 |
Matusow Doubles Through Turner
Level 9
: 400/800, 200 ante
No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw
Mike Matusow raised to 2,400 from under the gun and was called by Calvin Anderson in the cutoff. Jon Turner then put in a raise to 11,000 from the button. Action folded back to Matusow and he moved all in. Anderson folded but Turner called.
Matusow stood pat, slamming the table to indicate his action while Turner took one.
Matusow turned up 
and Turner showed .
"It's four across," Turner said sweating his last card.
"Four across is all me!" Matusow said excitedly.
Turner turned up the he drew and that would lock up the pot for Matusow.
"I mean I don't know what you're gonna go with if you don't go with that," Anderson said to Matusow after the hand.
"I never have any chips," Matusow said. "I'm just trying to entertain you guys."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000 | 6,700 |
|
17,000 | -18,700 |
Randy Ohel Eliminated
Level 9
: 400/800, 200 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo
Randy Ohel bet 600 on a board of 
. Brandon Cantu raised to 2,800 and Jerome Middendorf called.
Ohel had only 2,700 total, and the table was the next to break, with tournament officials having already started handing out racks to Daniel Negreanu and Adam Owen. Ohel went into the tank.
"It's so sick that we're the next table breaking," he said, "I could move straight into the big blind. If I knew that I was moving to the button..."
Eventually he called and all hands were shown.
Ohel: 
Cantu: 
Middendorf: 
Middendorf announced straight flush, only for his Jack to be the Jack of clubs not the Jack of spades. Cantu took down the pot with a full house, sevens full of tens and Ohel was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 9,300 |
|
2,000 | -15,000 |
|
Busted |
Ohel Quadruples Up
Level 9
: 400/800, 200 ante
No-Limit 5 Card Draw
A short stack Randy Ohel was all in before the draw and called by three players. Ohel took two, Brandon Cantu took one, Adam Owen took one, and Jerome Middendorf took one as well.
Action checked around after the draw. Ohel showed 
. Cantu mucked. Middendorf mucked as well but Owen showed 
to earn the side pot of 1,225.
"That's the best hand I've ever had in this game," Ohel said after the hand as he took in the main pot. "And I was all in against three players."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,200 | -9,800 |
Some Updated Stack Counts and Bustouts
Level 9
: 400/800, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,500 | -17,500 |
|
|
61,800 | 16,800 |
|
|
55,700 | 23,700 |
|
42,800 | 25,400 |
|
42,550 | 16,750 |
|
|
35,700 | 22,700 |
|
34,500 | 21,600 |
|
29,800 | 2,800 |
|
26,500 | 13,100 |
|
|
20,300 | 6,600 |
|
19,300 | -22,300 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Prizepool Confirmed; $112,232 for the Winner
Level 9
: 400/800, 200 ante
Tournament officials have announced that there were 197 entrants in the inaugural $2,500 Big Bet Mix event, creating a prizepool of $443,250.
A total of 30 places will be paid with 30th place receiving $3,750. First place will pay $112,232.
Negreanu Scores Another Knockout
Level 9
: 400/800, 200 ante
No-Limit Hold'em
A player in middle position opened to 1,400. Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 4,700 and James Obst four-bet all in for 11,250. The original raiser folded and Negreanu called.
"I think I might be live," said Negreanu.
Obst showed 
.
"Yes, I'm live!" exclaimed Negreanu.
"Please don't show King-Queen," said Obst, but Negreanu turned over 
.
The flop came 
giving Obst a set. "It's ok," said Negreanu, I'm going to make a flush."
The turn was the eliminating any flush outs.
"Ok a ten then," said Negreanu. The river was the 
eliminating Obst and boosting Negreanu into the chiplead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
127,000 | 12,000 |
|
Busted |
Dominik Nitsche Eliminated by Daniel Negreanu
Level 9
: 400/800, 200 ante
No-Limit Hold'em
It folded around to Dominik Nitsche in the small blind who moved all in for 10,550.
"How much is it?" asked Daniel Negreanu, "You might get paid."
Eventually Negreanu called.
Nitsche: 
Negreanu: 
The board ran out 
and Nitsche was eliminated.
"I had to think about it," said Negreanu, "I haven't played much hold'em recently!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000 | 19,500 |
|
Busted |
Adam Owen Eliminates Konstantin Puchkov
Level 9
: 400/800, 200 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo
With a flop of 
and 3,000 in front of each player from bets and calls on earlier streets, action was on Adam Owen. Konstantin Puchkov had checked to him on the turn and Owen put out a bet stack of yellow T1,000 chips, enough to put Puchkov all in. Puchkov only had 9,600 behind and dropped into the tank. He thought for about two minutes before he finally called.
Owen: 
Puchkov: 
.
Owen was ahead with a pair of sevens and a better flush draw than Puchkov, but Puchkov had a straight wrap and could still find some of the pot with a four, five, six, or nine that wasn't a heart.
The river though was the and that lock up the pot for Owen with his pair of sevens and ace two for the low, and he took down the whole pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,500 | 18,500 |
|
Busted |