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2017 World Series of Poker
Event #66: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,640,600
Total Entries
1,956
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 1,956
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Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
John Racener is in the field and looking to extend his 2017 WSOP Player of the Year lead over Chris Ferguson.
Racener won his first WSOP gold bracelet this year in Event #17: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship and has already cashed 14 times, holding the current record with Ferguson.
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Dean Baranowski got it all in preflop for 5,175 versus a lone caller in the big blind who had 4,300 remaining. It appeared there were two other players in between who had seriously contemplating calling, but both laid their hands down, one saying after, "I folded ace-queen."
Dean Baranowski: 
Big Blind: 
The board ran out 
and Baranowski held on, thanks to his all-in and the other players who folded.
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Park Yu Cheung, also known as "Sparrow" Cheung, has joined the field. He has 17 WSOP cashes and just under $1 million in lifetime earnings with $119,950 coming from the WSOP.
Roland Israelashvili has likewise joined the field. He has an impressive 116 WSOP cashes between WSOP, WSOP Europe, and the WSOP Circuit. He has also collected five WSOP circuit rings and over $2.2 million in WSOP earnings lifetime.
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
After taking adorable pictures and putting them on Twitter, Randy 'Nanonoko' Lew and Celina Lin have hopped into the field. Lin is playing one of her first events of the summer. Lew has played a few events already and recently celebrated his birthday on July 3rd.
Happy 32nd Birthday to me! Happy to spend it with @CelinaLin ! Hope I get to make a birthday wish today!… https://t.co/YYLeMCqlXt
— Randy Lew (@nanonoko)
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Samoeun Mon has become somewhat recognizable after making the final table of the #Event #57: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix. He finished fifth for $44,388.
Even more defining than his recent finish is his Donald Duck-esque voice that he often employs when he takes down a pot. On this particular hand he cheered, in duck voice, after he eliminated Tristan Wade.
The two were in three-way action on a 
flop and Mon was the first to bet. He made it 1,700 and Wade shoved all in for 4,850. Mon was the lone caller.
Wade was on a draw with 
and Mon had flopped top pair with . The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, sending Wade to the rail.
"Yeaaaahaaha," cheered Mon in his duck voice.
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Shao Liu was in late position and got it in pre-flop for 4,450 against the small blind who had 2,475 remaining and the big blind who had both players covered.
Shao Liu: 
Small blind: 
Big blind:
The board ran out 
and Liu's two pair reigned supreme adding some much needed chips to his stack.
