2017 World Series of Poker

Event #63: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Rulah Divine
Winning Hand
105
Prize
$262,501
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$1,575,000
Entries
1,750
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Dylan Wilkerson with Huge Double

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Dylan Wilkerson
Dylan Wilkerson

Dylan Wilkerson opened to 1,100 from the cutoff, and the player in the small blind made it 3,250. Wilkerson four-bet to 8,100, and his opponent five-bet to 18,250. Wilkerson moved all in for a total of 39,700, and his opponent called.

Wilkerson: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}
Opponent: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {j-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, and Wilkerson doubled up to over 80,000.

Player Chips Progress
Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
82,000 42,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Ryan Riess Doubles

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

Ryan Riess was all in for his last 9,700 and called by one player.

Riess: {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {j-Clubs}{j-Spades}{3-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Clubs}, and Riess doubled up with pocket tens.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
20,500 20,500

John Phan Chipping Up

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

On a {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{7-Spades} flop, John Phan bet 1,100 and was called by the player on his left. The turn was the {a-Clubs}, and both players checked. The river was the {a-Diamonds}, and Phan bet 700. His opponent called.

Phan showed {q-Spades}{5-Spades}, and his opponent mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
John Phan us
John Phan
29,000 22,700

Eddy Sabat Doubles

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

Dylan Wilkerson opened to 1,200 from early position and got a call from the player on his left. Action folded to Eddy Sabat, in the big blind, who shoved for 7,475. Wilkerson folded, and the remaining opponent called.

Sabat: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Opponent: {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}, and Sabat doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
16,900 16,900

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Convey Makes Quads With Kings vs. Queens vs. Aces vs. Aces All In Preflop

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante
Marc Convey
Marc Convey

With Monte Carlo Championship winner Raffaele Sorrentino and high-stakes regulars Sergi Reixach, Jaoa Vieira, and Jason Les at the table, former poker reporter Marc Convey has anything but an easy table. Still, he doesn't have a great deal to worry about, as he's top dog with a massive stack of 65,000 chips in front of him.

Convey relayed a hand that was largely to credit for his fortunate situation, and it was an amazing one. It might be the hand of the tournament, and it's only Day 1.

A player in middle position opened the action with a raise to 900. Convey, seated in the hijack, three-bet to 2,600. His three neighbors — the cutoff, button, and small blind — all shoved in rapid succession. Vieira folded in the big blind, and action was on Convey.

Convey held {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} and needed about six seconds to make up his mind. He glanced at the stacks that had just been shoved to the middle and he called as soon as he found out he had the biggest of them all, covering everyone by about 10,000.

Convey figured that one of them might have aces and hoped it was one of the smaller ones. He turned out to be right. Partially.

All the cards were tabled, and Convey was not up against just a single pair of aces; two of his opponents had aces! One of them showed {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}, and the other showed {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}. The third opponent was trailing all of them but had a big hand of his own, showing {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}.

Kings versus queens versus aces versus aces — a hand you usually only see in bad poker movies where the script writer doesn't know much more about the game than the basics. But here it was, live in the flesh, at the biggest poker tournament in the world: the World Series of Poker.

As if the situation wasn't crazy enough just yet, the board upped the ante.

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}, improving both the queens and Convey with the kings. Runner-runner straight for the aces and runner-runner flush for one of them was still a possibility, and the case queen hitting the board wasn't out of the realm of possibility either.

The {6-Hearts} hit the turn, leaving just a single out in the deck to ruin Convey's amazing hand. The last queen stayed in the deck. Instead, the {K-Spades} hit, giving Convey quads.

Three players hit the rail. All Convey had to do was stack his newfound chips. That took him some time though, as the pot was huge.

"I honestly would've thought about folding," Convey said, "if one of them had a bigger stack."

"I was pretty sure one of them had aces," Convey continued, "I just wished it was one of the smaller stacks."

With Convey covering all of them by some margin, that didn't happen. And you can bet that Convey has no regrets now. The tournament has just started, the money is levels away, but the man from London already has an anecdote to tell for years.

Player Chips Progress
Marc Convey gb
Marc Convey
65,000

Tags: Marc Convey

Loni Harwood Eliminates a Player

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

Loni Harwood joined the field late and is already over double starting stack.

Harwood raised to 1,100 and was called by one opponent. Another player moved all in, and Harwood pushed her stack all in, as well. The middle player folded, and it was heads-up.

Harwood: {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Opponent: {q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

The board ran out {8-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{6-Spades}, and Harwood inherited some chips and sent her opponent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
WSOP 2X Winner
14,000 14,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75