Event #66: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

07-05-2017 15:08 UTC-8

Laak Doubles Dowling

Level 5 : 150/300, 50 ante

Chris Dowling moved all in preflop from the hijack for roughly 2,475. Phil Laak was in the big blind and, after some deliberation, called.

Laak:
Dowling:

The board ran out in Dowling's favor with the and Dowling made the straight to keep him alive against a very tough pro in Laak.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Laak	13,200 1,400	1,400

Chris Dowling	5,200

Tags: Chris Dowling Phil Laak

07-05-2017 15:05 UTC-8

More Counts

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Level 5 : 150/300, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	21,000 5,800	5,800

Andrew Kelsall	15,000 2,800	2,800

Samoeun Mon	13,500 2,700	2,700
Sparrow Cheung	12,550 4,150	4,150

Jack Duong	8,000

Ben Keeline	7,600 9,800	9,800
Andy Spears	7,500
Lexy Gavin	7,200 1,800	1,800

Yuval Bronshtein	7,000

Pablo Mariz	7,000 1,400	1,400

Matt Glantz	6,600 1,600	1,600

Lizzy Harrison	4,750 2,450	2,450

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

07-05-2017 14:34 UTC-8

Break Time Again

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Players are on a 20-minute break.

In the meantime, check out this video of Alexandru Papazian, the first Romanian to win a WSOP bracelet.

Tags: 888 Crazy Eights Alexandru Papazian

07-05-2017 14:32 UTC-8

Matsumura With a Bust Out

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Eiji Matsumura got it all in pre-flop versus another short stacked opponent.

Eiji Matsumura:
All in opponent:

The board ran out [js3skhkcwh] and Matsumura got the knockout and added to his healthy stack that he has steadily been building since the beginning.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eiji Matsumura	20,400 20,400	20,400

Tags: Eiji Matsumura

07-05-2017 14:25 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Laurent Manderlier	24,850 9,150	9,150
Martin Kabrhel	20,000 20,000	20,000

David Pham	15,500 7,500	7,500

Nacho Barbero	15,200 5,200	5,200

Phil Laak	14,600 14,600	14,600

Loni Harwood	13,125 13,125	13,125

Henry Fewster	9,700 9,700	9,700

Jonathan Dwek Outlasted His Dad

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Jonathan Dwek is in the field today. He said that his dad joined as well, but busted during Level 1. Dwek asked if there was anyone interesting or unique in the tournament and then nominated himself.

He couldn't think of what exactly made him an interesting story, but has two WSOP cashes for $10,514 dollars so far on his poker resume. He has around $150,000 in non-WSOP tournament winnings and has a little more than starting stack here in Level 4.

Dwek is seated with fellow Canadian Xuan Liu and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Dan Heimiller.

Below are some other counts from around the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yueqi Zhu	18,400 13,100	13,100

Christian Harder	16,200 1,100	1,100

Dan Heimiller	14,300 4,500	4,500

Darryll Fish	10,400 800	800
Jonathan Dwek	9,200 9,200	9,200
Xuan Liu	8,760 8,760	8,760
Mikhail Semin	Busted

Tags: Dan Heimiller Jonathan Dwek Xuan Liu

07-05-2017 14:05 UTC-8

It's Getting Hotted89 in Here

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Alan Widdman might be brand new to the World Series of Poker, but he is no stranger to competition. Widdman is a popular Twitch streamer and YouTube content creator who made his name streaming World of Warcraft.

Widdman might have his work cut out for him with Vojtech Ruzicka, the third-place finisher in last year's Main Event, at his table. He is also sitting with Mario Prats who recently finished runner-up to Artur Rudziankov in Event #58: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em.

Widdman is best know by the handle "Hotted89" and carries the support of more than 130,000 YouTube subscribers and 230,000 Twitch followers. As far as his poker resume, he won the eSports Battle Royale Poker Tournament in February.

So far we know he has won at least one pot.

Just won an all in pot! 3.5k above starting stack!
— Alan Widmann (@hotted89)

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Widmann 'Hotted89'	9,100 9,100	9,100

Tags: Alan Widdman Mario Prats Vojtech Ruzicka

07-05-2017 13:47 UTC-8

Updated Counts and More Notables

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian O'Hara	25,700

Paul Sokoloff	22,100 400	400
Christian Harder	17,300

John Dolan	11,300
Richard Dubini	8,800
Darren Elias	8,500 500	500

Darryl Fish	5,350
Vinny Pahuja	5,100
Vojtech Ruzicka	5,100

07-05-2017 13:35 UTC-8

Three-Time Bracelet Winner Dutch Boyd in the Field

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Dutch Boyd is sitting with just over 11,000 in Event #66. He is a three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner with $1,796,507 in WSOP earnings in 51 cashes.

Two of his bracelets are in six-handed no-limit hold'em, but his most recent was from 2014 in a $1,000 no-limit hold'em event where he won the bracelet and $288,744. He is also a popular poker streamer who mainly streams WSOP.com tournaments when he's not trying to add a fourth bracelet to his résumé.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dutch Boyd	11,300 725	725

Tags: Dutch Boyd