Level: 15
PLO/PLO8/Big O/PLTD: Ante 400 - SB 1,200 - BB 2,400
NLHE: Ante 600 - SB 1,200 - BB 2,400
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #59: $2,500 Big Bet Mix
Day: 2
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
Sergey Altbregin Wins in 5 Card Draw
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 800 ante
No-Limit 5 Card Draw
Kenneth Fitzgerald raised to 9,000 from under the gun. Sergey Altbregin called in the small blind and drew one. Fitzgerald drew two. Both players checked, and Altbregin showed 
for two pair. It was good.
In the very next hand, Tuan Le raised from under the gun to 7,000. Altbregin called on the button, and Fitzgerald called in the big blind.
Fitzgerald drew two, Le three, and Altbregin one. Again, all players checked. Fitzgerald showed aces, but Altbregin showed 
for two pair again.
"You raise," said Altbregin, "and I have two pair." He grinned.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
150,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
55,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
Fitzgerald Gets One Through Bojang
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 800 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
On the turn with the board reading 
, Ismael Bojang checked over to Kenneth Fitzgerald, who annoucned, "Pot," for 19,600. Bojang thought for a bit before calling.
The river was the 
, and Bojang checked again. Fitzgerald potted once more — this time for 58,800, which was more than Bojang's remaining stack. Bojang thought for a bit then tossed his cards away, folding.
Fitzgerald showed 
for just a pair of sixes.
"That's good," Bojang said after the hand. "What did you think I had? I had ace-queen high."
Fitzgerald raked in the chips and increased his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
45,300
-6,700
|
-6,700 |
|
||
Daniel Negreanu Calls Down Ryan Hughes
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 800 ante
Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
Ryan Hughes limped from the small blind, and Daniel Negreanu checked in the big blind. Both players drew two and then checked.
Both players then drew one, and Negreanu called a bet of 6,000 in position.
Both players stood pat, and Hughes bet 18,000.
"Would you value bet worse than this?" asked Negreanu before eventually calling.
Hughes showed him 
, and that was good enough to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
61,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
||
Jason Stockfish Scoops Monster Triple Draw Hand
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 800 ante
Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
Ryan Hughes raised to 5,100, and Jason Stockfish three-bet from the small blind to 15,500. Hughes called.
Stockfish drew one, and Hughes drew two. Stockfish bet 30,000, and Hughes called.
Both players drew one, and Stockfish check-called a bet of 50,000.
Stockfish drew one, and Hughes stood pat. Stockfish bet 100,000, and Hughes called.
Stockfish showed 
. He took down the pot and took over as chip leader with over 550,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
|
90,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
|
|
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Iraj Parvizi Doubles Through Ryan Hughes
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 800 ante
Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
Iraj Parvizi and Ryan Hughes got their stacks into the middle preflop.
Parvizi drew two, and Hughes stood pat. Parvizi then drew one, and Hughes stood pat. Parvizi then stood pat, and Hughes thought about his decision before standing pat, also.
Parvizi showed , and Hughes showed . Hughes reached across to see what card he would have drawn if he had broken his eight: A . Parvizi doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
60,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
||
Tuan Le Eliminated in 17th Place ($5,657)
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 800 ante
Pot-Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw
After the first draw, Tuan Le moved all in for 22,900, and he was called by Steven Friedlander and Kenneth Fitzgerald.
On the second draw, Friedlander took one, Fitzgerald took two, and Le took two as well.
Friedlander checked over to Fitzgerald, who bet pot. Friedlander thought for a second before folding.
On the last draw, Fitzgerald stood pat, and Le took two again.
Fitzgerald turned over , and that meant Le was already drawing dead, because he had held . Le's last two cards were a and a 
, and he was eliminated from the tournament in 17th place, collecting $5,657 for his run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
305,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
46,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Brandon Cantu Eliminated in 16th Place ($5,657)
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 800 ante
Big O
A short-stacked Brandon Cantu moved all in from the small blind before the flop and was called by David Baker in the big blind.
Cantu: 
Baker: 
The flop came down 
, giving Baker a commanding lead, and completed with the turn and the 
river. That made Baker's ace-king high with the trips on the board the best hand, and Cantu was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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Iraj Parvizi Eliminated in 15th Place ($5,657)
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 800 ante
Big O
Daniel Negreanu limped from under the gun. Jason Stockfish called, as did Iraj Parvizi before Ryan Hughes raised to 7,400 from the big blind and got three callers.
The flop came 
, and Parvizi potted for 31,600. Hughes moved all in, then Negreanu moved all in. Stockfish covered all other players and thought for a while before folding.
"I was just trying to steal," said Parvizi, but he put the rest of his stack into the middle.
Negreanu: 
Hughes: 
Parvizi: 
The turn was the and the river the 
. Hughes took the side pot with his deuce-three making a better low, and Negreanu's trip nines held off the straight and flush draws of his opponents.
Day 1 chipleader Parvizi was eliminated in 15th place, taking home $5,657.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
85,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Steven Friedlander Gets Quartered
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 800 ante
Big O
On a 
board, Steven Friedlander moved all in, and Andrew Kelsall and Kenneth Fitzgerald both called. The remaining two players checked the 
river.
Kelsall: 
Friedlander: 
Fitzgerald: 
Both Friedlander and Fitzgerald had flopped straights, and Kelsall had the nut low. Kelsall took half the pot, with the high pot split between the other two players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
325,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
210,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
30,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |