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

07-05-2017 12:22 UTC-7

Francisco Moura's Kings Hold

Brentharrington

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Adam Owen raised to 200 from middle position and Francisco Moura reraised from the small blind to 525. Owen called.

The flop came and Moura check-called Owen's 550 bet. The turn was the and Moura check-called again after Owen bet another 1,000.

The river was the and Moura checked a third time. Owen bet 1,600 and Moura quickly called. Owen had for a rivered pair, and Mour won the hand with pocket kings, .

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Moura	9,000
Adam Owen	8,100 600	600

Tags: Adam Owen Francisco Moura

07-05-2017 12:25 UTC-7

Tom McCormick Takes One From Ari Engel

Brentharrington

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

It's still early in Level 2, but Ari Engel is below 2,000 after a hand with Tom McCormick.

Engel raised preflop to 200 and McCormick called along with the player in the small blind. The flop came and Engel bet 200, McCormick raised to 500 and Engel was the lone caller.

The turn put three spades on the board with the . Engel checked and McCormick quickly slid out 850. Engel folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom McCormick	10,500 10,500	10,500
Ari Engel	1,650 -5,850	-5,850

Tags: Ari Engel Tom McCormick

07-05-2017 12:27 UTC-7

Shah Flops It

[user340040]

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

it appeared Kavin Shah raised to 200 from the cutoff. The button called and Kyle Hartree defended his big blind.

The flop was and Hartree checked. Shah bet 350 and the button folded. Hartree then check-raised to 850 and Shah called.

The turn was the and Hartree led for 1,075. Shah called.

The river was the and Hartree led for 3,000, and Shah called for his remaining 2,975. Kyle Hartree showed and Shah tabled for trips and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kavin Shah	10,450 2,950	2,950
Kyle Hartree	4,200 -3,300	-3,300

Tags: Kavin Shah Kyle Hartree

07-05-2017 12:44 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Filatov	13,200
Nacho Barbero	13,100

Rex Clinkscales	8,400
Pablo Mariz	8,400

Lexy Gavin	8,200
Yosuke Sekiya	7,500
Lizzy Harrison	7,400
Ben Keeline	7,300
Aaron Massey	7,100
Andres Korn	6,875 -625	-625

Stuart Rutter	6,700
Men Nguyen	5,400

Yueqi Zhu	5,300

Young Fades

[user340040]

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Darcy Young was in early position and raised to 200. The hijack called, Craig Varnell in the cutoff called and the big blind defended.

The flop was and everyone checked to the turn which was the .

It was checked to the player in the hijack who bet 450. Varnell called and the big blind folded. Young then check-raised all in for 4,050. The hijack called and Varnell folded.

Hijack: — flush draw and straight draw
Darcy Young: — nut straight

The river bricked off with the , and Young won the pot to move back up over starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darcy Young	8,900 1,400	1,400
Craig Varnell	7,200 -300	-300

Tags: Craig Varnell Darcy Young

07-05-2017 12:58 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Tanouye	13,200 5,700	5,700
Dan Heimiller	9,800 9,800	9,800

Mikhail Semin	9,200 1,700	1,700

Jake Schwartz	9,200 1,700	1,700
Matt Glantz	8,200 8,200	8,200
Martin Staszko	7,900 400	400
Kenny Hallaert	7,300 7,300	7,300
Fabrice Soulier	7,200 7,200	7,200

Barry Greenstein	6,400 -1,100	-1,100

Ryan D'Angelo	6,200 6,200	6,200

DJ Mackinnon	6,200 6,200	6,200
Dylan Wilkerson	5,400 5,400	5,400
Bernard Lee	5,100 5,100	5,100
Jeremy Ausmus	4,900 -2,600	-2,600

Valentin Vornicu	3,700 3,700	3,700
Mike Dentale	Busted

Updated Counts and Some Late Entries

[user340040]

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rex Clinkscales	11,300 2,900	2,900
Nacho Barbero	10,000 -3,100	-3,100

Laurent Manderlier	9,600 2,100	2,100
Andres Korn	9,000 2,125	2,125

Brian Landerman	8,500
David Pham	8,000

Farzad Bonyadi	5,800

Tristan Wade	4,700

Jim Gilbert	4,300
Javier Swett	4,000
Dennis Phillips	3,100
Ryan Smyth	2,700

07-05-2017 13:05 UTC-7

Haixia Zhang Looking for Bracelet #2

Brentharrington

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Haixia Zhang was heads up with the board reading and her opponent checked to her. She bet 1,000 and her opponent folded.

Zhang has just over starting stack as the end of Level 2 approaches. She already has one WSOP gold bracelet in her career, having won the 2014 Ladies Event, one of eight WSOP cashes totaling $340,389 in total earnings, including four this summer.