2017 World Series of Poker

Event #67: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller
Day: 1
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Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦k♥q♥6♦
Prize
$1,289,074
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$4,868,750
Entries
205
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0

Iraj Parvizi Leads $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Field After Day 1

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Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
Iraj Parvizi
Iraj Parvizi

The third largest buy-in of the 2017 World Series of Poker kicked off Wednesday afternoon with twice the cards dealt to each player than the first two prestigious large buy-in events offered. Day 1 of Event #67: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller got underway at 3 p.m. and drew a field of 187.

Only 103 players remain after ten hour-long levels of battle on the felt. Leading the charge heading into Day 2 is Iraj Parvizi.

During the last few hands of the night, Parvizi was the beneficiary of a dream river card to make a straight to crack Sean Winters' flopped set after the two got their stacks in the middle on the turn. Parvizi bagged a healthy stack of 850,000 soon after.

The defending champion of this event, Finland's Jens Kyllönen, was a no-show, but the inaugural champ back in 2015 Anthony Zinno made an appearance and will continue on to Day 2 after bagging 172,000. 2016 runner-up Tommy Le also jumped into the mix, just days after claiming his first bracelet in Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship. Le will carry a stack of 126,500 into Day 2.

Joining Parvizi at the top of the counts are Michael Kamran (550,000), Artem Babakhanyan (524,500), Gjergj Sinishtaj (508,500), Joshua Beckley (471,000) and James Calderaro (466,500).

A great story from the early stages came not long after the day kicked off. Leon Tsoukernik scooped a monster pot by eliminating Nadar Kakhmazov, moments after Kakhmazov took his seat. Tsoukernik almost tripled his starting stack to take a huge lead, but less than an hour later he was standing on the other side of the rail. His chips were distributed to Max Silver and Babakhanyan.

Several notables are also headed to play on Day 2, including Silver (402,500), JC Tran (388,000), David Williams (365,500), Roberto Romanello (284,000), Brain Rast (259,000), Sylvain Loosli (240,000), and Eric Wasserson (215,000).

With 187 entries through Day 1, this marks a record attendance for this prestigious event. That number could easily grow even more as late-registration remains open until the start of Day 2. In 2106 a total of 184 players entered, beating 2015’s mark of 175.

Notables failing to progress include Brandon Shack-Harris, Talal Shakerchi, Davidi Kitai, Robert Mizrachi, Cliff Josephy, Mohsin Charania, Connor Drinan, Shaun Deeb and David Benyamine.

Day 2 will resume at 2 p.m. on Thursday inside the Amazon Room with another ten hour-long levels on the schedule.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action until a winner is crowned on Saturday, July 8.

Day 2 Seat Draw

RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
Amazon171Jason GrayAustralia111,00037
Amazon172Brant HaleUnited States166,00055
Amazon173Christopher SantoraUnited States56,50019
Amazon174Konstantin BucherlGermany82,00027
Amazon175Roberto RomanelloUnited Kingdom284,00095
Amazon176Brian RastUnited States259,00086
Amazon177Tom HuUnited States241,00080
       
Amazon181Chris LeeUnited States67,00022
Amazon182Millard HaleUnited States161,50054
Amazon184Dominique MosleyUnited States151,00050
Amazon185Ognjen SekularacSerbia216,50072
Amazon186Eric WassersonUnited States215,00072
Amazon187Ville MattilaFinland162,50054
Amazon188Artem BabakhanyanRussia524,500175
       
Amazon192Gjergj SinishtajUnited States508,500170
Amazon193David WilliamsUnited States365,500122
Amazon195Jan ColladoGermany261,50087
Amazon196Harry Jr. ThomasUnited States274,50092
Amazon197Di DangUnited States227,50076
Amazon198Ryan GoindooTrinidad & Tobago195,00065
       
Amazon201Sylvain LoosliFrance240,00080
Amazon202Andreas FreundAustria157,50053
Amazon203Ashton GriffinUnited States208,50070
Amazon204Sam SteinUnited States181,00060
Amazon205Paul LackeyUnited States83,00028
Amazon207Max SilverUnited Kingdom402,500134
Amazon208James ParkUnited Kingdom267,50089
       
Amazon212Tom CannuliUnited States115,00038
Amazon213Anthony ZinnoUnited States172,00057
Amazon214Dimitar PopovUnited States266,00089
Amazon215Brandon AdamsUnited States118,50040
Amazon216Norbert SzecsiHungary149,00050
Amazon217Christopher MeyersUnited States147,50049
Amazon218Eddie OchanaUnited States354,000118
       
Amazon221Bryce YockeyUnited States133,00044
Amazon222Ismael BojangAustria222,50074
Amazon223Justin GardenhireUnited States120,00040
Amazon224Konstantin BeylinUnited States253,00084
Amazon225Allan LeUnited States89,00030
Amazon226Sam TrickettUnited Kingdom203,00068
Amazon227Anton MorgensternGermany161,50054
       
Amazon231Veselin KarakitukovBulgaria387,000129
Amazon232Martin KozlovAustralia294,50098
Amazon233Dan FleyshmanUnited States153,00051
Amazon234Majid YahyaeiUnited States140,50047
Amazon235Brad RubenUnited States278,00093
Amazon236Daniel ReijmerNetherlands316,500106
Amazon238Michael KamranUnited States550,000183
       
Amazon241Dermot BlainIreland90,00030
Amazon242Alex FoxenUnited States251,00084
Amazon243Richard TuhrimUnited States71,00024
Amazon244Vitaly LunkinRussia95,50032
Amazon246Dario SammartinoItaly230,50077
Amazon247Joshua BeckleyUnited States471,000157
Amazon248Jeff LittlefieldUnited States148,00049
       
Amazon251Michael HuntressUnited States145,00048
Amazon252Lee Hon CheongHong Kong272,00091
Amazon253Chase SteelyUnited States110,50037
Amazon254Maxx ColemanUnited States223,00074
Amazon255Konstantinos BouloutsosGreece156,50052
Amazon256Anson TsangHong Kong221,50074
       
Amazon261Aaron KatzUnited States398,000133
Amazon262Mack LeeUnited States195,00065
Amazon263Andrew WatsonUnited States271,00090
Amazon264Noah SchwartzUnited States298,00099
Amazon265Christopher FrankGermany263,50088
Amazon266Jason MercierUnited States173,00058
Amazon268Alexey RybinRussia212,00071
       
Amazon271David BelhumeurUnited States142,50048
Amazon273Joseph DipascaleUnited States127,00042
Amazon274Jyri MerivirtaFinland312,000104
Amazon275Chance KornuthUnited States321,500107
Amazon276Juha HelppiFinland93,50031
Amazon277James CalderaroUnited States466,500156
Amazon278Xinyan ZhouUnited States270,50090
       
Amazon282James ObstAustralia349,500117
Amazon283Richard GrykoUnited Kingdom110,00037
Amazon284Michael KrasienkoUnited States362,000121
Amazon285Ka Kwan LauSpain364,500122
Amazon286Adam HouraniUnited States137,50046
Amazon287Phil GalfondUnited States112,00037
Amazon288Joseph Di Rosa RojasVelezuela223,00074
       
Amazon291Ajay ChabraUnited States230,00077
Amazon292John O'SheaIreland194,00065
Amazon293Felipe RamosBrazil135,00045
Amazon294Zorlu ErTurkey176,50059
Amazon295Rifat PalevicSweden1-
Amazon296Micah SmithUnited States340,000113
Amazon297David CallaghanIreland70,00023
       
Amazon301Michael SongUnited States165,00055
Amazon302William KakonUnited States168,50056
Amazon304Frank ParisiUnited States202,50068
Amazon305JC TranUnited States388,000129
Amazon306Tommy LeUnited States126,80042
Amazon307David WangAustralia222,00074
Amazon308Jan-Peter JachtmannGermany233,00078
       
Amazon312Iraj ParviziUnited Kingdom850,000283
Amazon313Yaroslav BoikoUkraine177,00059
Amazon314Peter HernandezUnited States241,00080
Amazon315John BeauprezUnited States175,00058
Amazon316Dan SmithUnited States261,00087
Amazon317Ben TollereneUnited States207,00069
Amazon318Mark DemirdjianCanada366,500122

Tags: Anthony ZinnoArtem BabakhanyanBrandon-Shack HarrisBrian RastCliff JosephyConnor DrinanDavid BenyamineDavid WilliamsDavidi KitaiEric WassersonIraj ParviziJames CalderaroJC TranLeon TsoukernikMax SilverMohsin CharaniaNadar KakhmazovRobert MizrachiRoberto RomanelloSean WinterSylvain LoosliTalal ShakerchiTommy Le

Lackey Triples Up in Massive Clash Between Smith and Obst

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 8 : 800/1,600, 0 ante
Micah Smith's Stack Sent Crashing
Micah Smith's Stack Sent Crashing

Paul Lackey was already all in and at risk for 34,200 while a reraise for the pot saw James Obst and Micah Smith invest another 88,400 on top of that for an even bigger side pot. The flop fell {7-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Clubs} and Obst moved all in from the cutoff for 111,200 with Smith calling.

Paul Lackey: {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{J-Spades}{2-Hearts}
James Obst: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}
Micah Smith: {Q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{8-Spades}

Both the {4-Hearts} turn and {3-Spades} river changed nothing and Lackey tripled up while Obst doubled through Smith in a huge side pot with just ace-king high.

Player Chips Progress
James Obst au
James Obst
WSOP 1X Winner
399,200 214,200
Micah Smith us
Micah Smith 		140,000 -240,000
Paul Lackey us
Paul Lackey 		103,000 103,000

Tags: James ObstMicah SmithPaul Lackey

Jachtmann Finishes Off Josephy

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 8 : 800/1,600, 0 ante
Cliff Josephy in an earlier event
Cliff Josephy in an earlier event

Jan-Peter Jachtmann and Cliff Josephy had tangled in a big pot earlier on and it was a cruel final chapter that the German ended up being the one to take the remainder of Josephy's stack.

Josephy raised the pot and Jachtmann three-bet to 15,000 out of the blinds. Josephy moved all in for around 65,000 and Jachtmann quickly called.

Cliff Josephy: {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{4-Hearts}
Jan-Peter Jachtmann: {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

The {K-Spades}{10-Spades}{9-Spades} flop gave Jachtmann two pair, and the {4-Clubs} turn and {K-Hearts} river gave Jachtmann a full house to send Josephy packing.

Only a few moments later, Ashly Butler was also spotted on his way out.

Player Chips Progress
Jan-Peter Jachtmann de
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
WSOP 1X Winner
265,000 20,000
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted
Ashley Butler
Ashley Butler
Busted

Tags: Ashly ButlerCliff JosephyJan-Peter Jachtmann

Jachtmann Doubles Through Josephy

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 7 : 600/1,200, 0 ante
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
Jan-Peter Jachtmann

Picking up the action on the three-way turn of {J-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, Jan-Peter Jachtmann faced a bet of 66,000 from Cliff Josephy, in the cutoff, and check-called while the third player in the hand let it go. The {2-Diamonds} river completed the board, and Jachtmann moved all in for his last 20,300.

After brief consideration, Josephy announced, "Okay I call," and Jachtmann turned over {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} for the nut flush. Josephy wanted to muck his cards, but as per the showdown rules, Jachtmann insisted that the cards were revealed. Josephy had {Q-Diamonds}{J-}{8-Diamonds}{7-} for the queen-high flush and lost the vast majority of his stack.

The next hand, Jachtmann limped in from the small blind, and Anthony Zinno checked in the big blind. Jachtmann check-called a bet of 2,200 from Zinno on the {A-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop and did so again for 4,000 on the {K-Hearts} turn. Jachtmann then bet the {3-Hearts} river for 15,000, and Zinno folded.

Player Chips Progress
Jan-Peter Jachtmann de
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
WSOP 1X Winner
245,000 148,000
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
WSOP 4X Winner
70,000 -25,000
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
WSOP 2X Winner
33,000 -27,000

Tags: Anthony ZinnoCliff JosephyJan-Peter Jachtmann

Tollerene Back in Action

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 5 : 400/800, 0 ante
Ben Tollerene in an Earlier Event
Ben Tollerene in an Earlier Event

Micah Smith limped in, and Ben Tollerene raised to 3,000 in the cutoff. Ajay Chabra three-bet the pot to 12,800 on the button, and the action folded back to Tollerene, who called.

On the {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} flop, Tollerene checked, and Chabra bet the pot. Tollerene check-raisee all in for his last 46,200, Chabra called, and the cards were tabled.

Ben Tollerene: {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} (flush)
Ajay Chabra: {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}{10-Spades}{8-Spades} (top set)

Neither the {4-Clubs} turn nor the {3-Clubs} river paired the board, and Tollerene doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene 		120,000 85,500

Tags: Ajay ChabraBen TollereneMicah Smith

Babakhanyan Sends Tsoukernik to the Rail

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Level 2 : 200/400, 0 ante
Artem Babakhanyan
Artem Babakhanyan

Artem Babakhanyan has disposed of one-time chip leader Leon Tsoukernik, just a level and a half into the day.

We missed the action but Babakhanyan was able to fill us in. The flop came {a-}{10-Clubs}{3-} and Babakhanyan had {a-}{10-}{x-}{x-} with two diamonds. Tsoukernik had flopped a set of threes and a diamond on the river gave Babakhanyan a flush to win the pot and bust Tsoukernik.

Player Chips Progress
Artem Babakhanyan ru
Artem Babakhanyan 		292,000 167,000
Leon Tsoukernik cz
Leon Tsoukernik 		Busted

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Tsoukernik Busts Kakhmazov, Takes Huge Lead

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Level 1 : 150/300, 0 ante
Leon Tsoukernik
Leon Tsoukernik

Nadar Kakhmazov opened to 4,450 and got calls from Leon Tsoukernik, a player in early position, and Max Silver.

The flop was {2-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and Tsoukernik led, betting pot. The bet was 19,200 and Silver called. Kakhmazov three-bet pot, which put him all in for about 97,000.

Tsoukernik four-bet jammed all in and Silver leaned back, saying, "I might need a while guys."

A crowd began to gather as Silver examined Tsoukernik's stack, realizing he was covered. "I'm the chipleader, so it doesn't matter what happens. I'm still in," Tsoukernik told the crowd that had gathered around the table.

After a few moments, Silver folded.

Kakhmazov: {k-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Tsoukernik: {9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}

Tsoukernik was in the lead and held through the turn and river — {10-Spades}{j-Spades} — improving to a straight and sending Kakhmazov to the rail moments after he took his seat.

Player Chips Progress
Leon Tsoukernik cz
Leon Tsoukernik 		321,000 199,000
Nadar Kakhmazov ru
Nadar Kakhmazov
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Leon TsoukernikNadar Kakhmazov

Day 1 of Event #67: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller Kicks Off at 3 p.m.

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
2016 runner-up Tommy Le Will Aim for Second Bracelet
2016 runner-up Tommy Le Will Aim for Second Bracelet

At 3 p.m. local time, Day 1 of the 2017 World Series of Poker Event #67: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller gets underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. The defending champion of this event is Finland's Jens Kyllönen who emerged victorious in a 184-entry strong field to claim his first gold bracelet and a payday of $1,127,035.

While Kyllönen most likely won't be back to defend his title, 2016 runner-up Tommy Le will be there with plenty of confidence after finally claiming his first gold bracelet on his sixth WSOP Omaha final table appearance just a few days ago. Le took down Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship after defeating Chris Lee heads up and confirmed his participation in this event in his winner's interview.

Day 1 of this four-day event will feature a total of 10 levels of 60 minutes each with a 15-minute break every two levels. All participants will receive 125,000 in chips and the registration remains open until the start of Day 2.

Day 1 Blind Structure

LevelDurationSmall BlindBig Blind
160 min150300
260 min200400
360 min250500
460 min300600
560 min400800
660 min5001,000
760 min6001,200
860 min8001,600
960 min1,0002,000
1060 min1,2002,400

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action until a winner is crowned on Saturday, July 8th 2017.

YearPlayersPrize PoolWinnerPrize
2015175$4,156,250Anthony Zinno$1,122,196
2016184$4,370,000Jens Kyllönen$1,127,035

Tags: Chris LeeJens KyllönenTommy Le