Level: 7
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 0
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #67: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$4,868,750
Entries
205
Level
30
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0
Third Break of the Day
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
The tournament screens show a total of 182 entries at the end of Level 6, and all remaining players have been sent on a 15-minute break. Another four levels of 60 minutes each are scheduled for Day 1.
Tollerene Among Big Stacks
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
Several players have built their stacks of late, and among them are Yaroslav Boiko, James Calderaro, Joshua Beckley, and Ben Tollerene.
Tollerene faced a bet of 12,000 from Xinyan Zhou on the river of a 
board, and he raised the pot, which amounted to 62,000 in total. Zhou eventually folded, and Tollerene raked in the pot without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
||
|
300,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
275,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
265,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
|
248,000
248,000
|
248,000 |
|
230,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
160,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
|
97,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Micah Smith Vaults up the Leaderboard
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
With a raise in front of him, the player on the button three-bet to 11,000. Micah Smith four-bet to 30,000 from the small blind, then called a five-bet jam from the original raiser in late position as the button folded out of the way.
Smith: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
, giving Smith a straight and knocking his opponent out of contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
Griffin Gets Some River Value From Watson
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
On a 
board with about 85,000 in the middle, Ashton Griffin bet 21,000. His heads-up opponent, Mike Watson, went into the tank for a few minutes before check-calling.
Griffin tabled 
for a flopped full house, and Watson mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
80,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Silver At the Top of the Counts
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
Joining the action on the 
turn, Max Silver checked out of the big blind, and his sole remaining opponent bet 7,500. Silver called, and the 
river completed the board. Silver immediately bet 11,000, and his opponent reluctantly called.
Silver rolled over 
for a flush, and that won the pot.
One table over, Brandon Shack-Harris has grinded his way back to an above-starting stack, while Anson Tsang has recently joined the chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
||
|
250,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
||
|
156,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
||
Updated Counts
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
Ashley Butler has slowly but surely built his stack without too much drama, while Connor Drinan was eliminated one table over.
Butler just lost a minor pot when Ola Amundsgard check-called a bet of 3,000 on the flop out of the big blind. Both the turn and 
river were checked behind by Butler, and Amundsgard announced a set, then showed 
as the winning hand.
Below are further assorted chip counts, including some further late arrivals.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
290,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
210,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
125,000 | |
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
||
|
95,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
World of Warcraft to World Series of Poker
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
It’s Alan Widmann’s first time in the WSOP. He is a big-time gamer new to the poker scene but highly competitive. Widmann talks about mixing his gaming and poker life.
Assorted Stack Updates
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
311,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
257,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
222,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
213,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
197,000
197,000
|
197,000 |
|
|
||
|
195,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
180,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
150,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
143,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
136,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
127,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
125,000 | |
|
107,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
106,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
100,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
|
||
|
90,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
86,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
78,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
||
|
78,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
Lamb's Action Forces Out Collado
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
After an open raise by Jan Collado in the hijack, Ben Lamb three-bet to 10,500 and Collado called. The German check-called a bet of 15,000 on the 
flop and did so again for 30,000 on the 
turn. The 
river completed the board and Collado checked.
Lamb bet 100,000 into a pot of 103,000 and Collado folded.
One hand later, Lamb raised to 2,500 and Konstantin Bucherl three-bet to 9,000 from one seat over, which Lamb called with the words "I am trying to flop something." Lamb checked the 
flop and Bucherl won the pot with a bet of 18,500.
The next hand, Lamb made it 2,500 to go again and Bucherl, Eric Wasserson on the button and Dario Sammartino in the big blind called. After a flop of , the action checked to Wasserson, who collected the pot with a bet of 7,000. Some table talk emerged and Wasserson added "I am not a PLO pro."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
240,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
77,000
-48,000
|
-48,000 |
|
43,000
-82,000
|
-82,000 |