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
akq6
Prize
$1,289,074
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$4,868,750
Total Entries
205
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 205
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Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Updated Chip Counts

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Lackey Triples Up in Massive Clash Between Smith and Obst

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.

Tags: James ObstMicah SmithPaul Lackey

Jachtmann Finishes Off Josephy

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.

Tags: Ashly ButlerCliff JosephyJan-Peter Jachtmann

Up To 187 Entries

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

After 175 entries in 2015 and 184 entries in 2016, a new record in terms of attendance will be set for this event as the tournament screens show a total of 187 participants. The most recent players to register were Brian Rast, Shaun Deeb and Martin Kabrhel.

Registration remains open until the start of Day 2, which may bump up the number of entries further.

Tags: Brian RastMartin KabrhelShaun Deeb

Smith Gets Some Back From Schwartz

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Dan Smith bet pot on the river of a {5-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{j-Hearts} board, making it 40,000 to go. Noah Schwartz was his opponent the two exchanged a few words before Schwartz gave it up.

Smith flashed his cards to the table, revealing {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Spades}.

Tags: Dan SmithNoah Schwartz

Zhou Doubles With Aces Versus Aces

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

There was only 6,600 in the middle and the board was showing {K-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}{6-Hearts}{5-Hearts}. Xinyan Zhou was jumping out of his chair in joy while the massage girl that had been taken care of him stood back with a smile.

Soon enough, the reason for the joy became apparent, as the stack of Zhou worth 206,000 in total was counted. According to other players at the table, Zhou got into a raising war with Ben Tollerene and both got their stacks in preflop.

Tollerene had {A-}{A-}{10-}{7-} and Zhou's {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} ended up as the winner, as he turned a straight to crack aces and score a massive double.

Tags: Ben TollereneXinyan Zhou

Kornuth Takes From Smith, Clock Called

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

With about 80,000 in the middle on the turn of a {7-Spades}{a-Spades}{6-Spades}{k-Diamonds} board, Chance Kornuth led with a pot-sized bet of 80,000.

The decision was on Dan Smith and a tablemate called the clock. As the floor started the countdown Smith released his cards, awarding the pot to Kornuth.

Tags: Dan SmithChance Kornuth

Saliba Stays In

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

After a raise to 5,600, Vivian Saliba moved all in for her last 11,300 and the initial raiser called with {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}.

Saliba was ahead with {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and the opponent said "I like my hand." That was until the flop came {6-Spades}{4-Clubs}{2-Clubs}. Neither the {4-Spades} turn nor the {4-Diamonds} river changed anything and Saliba doubled up her short stack.

Tags: Vivian Saliba