The players are on a one-hour dinner break.
2017 World Series of Poker
Michael Haines got his remaining stack in the middle and got action from Brett Feder to his left.
Haines tabled ![]()
while his Feder showed two ![]()
for a coin flip.
The flop came ![]()
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and Haines took the lead, pairing his king. The turn was the
and Haines looked to the dealer and said, "Thank you!"
The river was the
and Feder said, "I would never say thank you before the last card came out."
Haines replied, "I know, I was very fortunate."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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80,000
15,000
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15,000 |
Ralph Wong opened and Erwann Pecheux moved all in from the button. Colin Padgett in the small blind moved all in behind and when it got back to Wong he called.
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The board ran out ![]()
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Padgett hit runner-runner flush to win the main pot, though Tuhrin had a minor heart attack when he thought there were four diamonds on board and he was pretty much where he had started the hand, not sure whether to be happy with the result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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157,000
157,000
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157,000 |
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130,000
114,900
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114,900 |
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Busted |
Marc Convey was seen getting up from his seat after a hard-fought battle more than halfway through this event.
Richard Tatalovich raised to 11,000 from the cutoff and Convey shipped his stack worth 48,000 in the middle. Tatalovich called.
Convey was at risk with ![]()
, well behind Tatalovich's two kings. The flop was king-high, giving Tatalovich a set, and Convey was unable to improve, sending him to the rail just before the dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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115,000
59,000
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59,000 |
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Busted |
Dimitar Danchev opened the action from late position and then called an 80,000 shove form Andy Frankenberger in the big blind.
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Danchev: ![]()
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It was a flip and Frankenberger was the player at risk as the board ran out ![]()
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to double him up through the dangerous Danchev.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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165,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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134,000
111,000
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111,000 |
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Ryan Hughes started the day with 60,000 and has gone on an absolute tear to currently top the leaderboard with more that 10 times his Day 2 starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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780,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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385,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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360,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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270,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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233,000
68,000
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68,000 |
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220,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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215,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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163,000
18,000
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18,000 |
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110,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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95,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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75,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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39,000
113,000
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113,000 |
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Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
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, Patrick Eskandar and Koen Breed got all of their chips in the middle affter they both flopped monsters.
Eskandar was in the big blind and tabled ![]()
for two pair, while Breed showed ![]()
for top pair with the nut flush draw. The river was the
and Eskandar held to double through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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170,000
87,800
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87,800 |
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135,000
125,000
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125,000 |
Michael Amato opened and saw a call and a three-bet before getting all his chips in the middle and finding a call.
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Amato groaned after seeing his opponent’s cards, then pleaded with the dealer, “Come on, Bruce. Put a jack out there.”
The bards fell ![]()
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It wasn’t until the river and with hopes fading that a jack popped out to double up Amato. The player next to him said, “That was the case jack."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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189,000
105,600
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105,600 |