2017 World Series of Poker

Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$645,922
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$3,642,300
Entries
1,349
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 1349
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Rieger Runs Into Jozonis' Rockets

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Tomas Jozonis raised to 18,000 from the cutoff, Bjorn Rieger three-bet shoved 127,000 from the small blind, and Jozonis snap-called.

Bjorn Rieger: {K-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
Tomas Jozonis: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}

Rieger picked up some help along the way, but it wasn't enough to survive as the board ran out {K-Hearts}{J-Spades}{5-Spades}{7-Spades}{Q-Spades}. Rieger headed for the payout desk to collect his $11,056 in winnings.

Player Chips Progress
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Tomas Jozonis
420,000
180,000
180,000
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Bjorn Rieger
Busted

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Aces for Konstantinos Nanos

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Konstantinos Nanos opened to 20,000 in early position. John Armbrust, in the big blind, defended.

The players saw a flop of {9-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{k-Clubs}. Armbrust checked. Nanos bet 23,000. Armbrust check-called. The turn was the {3-Clubs} and was checked to the {j-Hearts} river. Armbrust led for 28,000. Nanos went deep into the tank before throwing in a chip, signifying a call.

Armbrust tabled {7-Clubs}{7-Spades}, and Nanos showed {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs} to rake in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Konstantinos Nanos
562,000
22,000
22,000
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John Armbrust
550,000
105,000
105,000

Tags: John ArmbrustKonstantinos Nanos

Liu Makes a Big River Call

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Michael Gentili was in the cutoff and raised to 17,000. The button called, and Jia Liu defended his big blind.

The flop was {10-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{3-Spades}, and everyone checked. The turn was the {8-Diamonds}, and Liu led for 29,000. Gentili called, and the button folded. The river was the {3-Diamonds}, and Liu checked. Gentili fired out a massive bet of 160,000. Liu thought for about a minute and called.

Gentili tabled {a-Spades}{k-Spades} for ace-high, and Liu showed {k-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for a king-high flush to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Jia Liu
510,000
313,000
313,000
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Michael Gentili
91,000
225,000
225,000

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Gimbel Thins the Field

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Harrison Gimbel
Harrison Gimbel

Harrison Gimbel was in the hijack and raised to 16,000. Konstantinos Nanos was on the button and three-bet to 44,000. Sebastian Saffari was in the big blind and moved all in for 172,000. Gimbel also moved in for 408,000 total, and action went back to Nanos. After taking a couple of minutes to decide, Nanos folded.

Harrison Gimbel: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Sebastian Saffari: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The flop all but ended things, as the {k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} gave Gimbel trips. The turn and river sealed things up with the {7-Diamonds} and the {6-Hearts}, sending the pot Gimbel's way.

Player Chips Progress
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Harrison Gimbel
640,000
385,000
385,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Sebastian Saffari
Busted

Tags: Harrison GimbelKonstantinos NanosSebastian Saffari

Matt Salsberg Doubles Up

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Matt Salsberg
Matt Salsberg

Matt Salsberg opened to 18,000 under the gun. Ryan D'Angelo, in the hijack, raised to 50,000. Action folded back to Salsberg, who called.

The flop was {k-Spades}{7-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}. Salsberg checked. D'Angelo bet 22,000. Salsberg check-called. The turn came the {6-Spades} and was checked through to the {8-Hearts} river. Salsberg bet 70,000. D'Angelo moved all in for a total of 465,000. Salsberg went deep into the tank before calling to put himself at risk for less.

D'Angelo showed {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}, and Salsberg revealed {a-Spades}{7-Spades} to take down the pot.

''They never fold to me!'' D'Angelo commented.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Salsberg
790,000
410,000
410,000
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Ryan D'Angelo
130,000
463,000
463,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Steve Hwang Eliminated

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

On a {Q-Hearts}{6-Spades}{9-Clubs} flop, Christopher Farmer bet 42,000, and Steve Hwang was the only caller. The {5-Spades} on the turn prompted Farmer to bet 50,000. Hwang called, leaving himself with a mere 21,000 behind. The river was the {6-Hearts}, and Farmer bet the last 21,000. Hwang folded, and Farmer showed {2-Spades}{2-Hearts}.

Hwang folded two more hands before sticking it in after Ryan Olsen had opened from the cutoff. Denis Pisarev also called from the big blind.

Pisarev check-called a bet of 22,000 from Olsen on the {10-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{4-Spades} flop, and both players checked the {7-Diamonds} turn. Pisarev bet 40,000 on the {4-Clubs} river, which gave him the side pot after Olsen folded.

Pisarev showed {9-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for trip fours, and Hwang showed {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} and was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Farmer
400,000
210,000
210,000
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Ryan Olsen
400,000
225,000
225,000
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Denis Pisarev
290,000
185,000
185,000
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Steve Hwang
Busted

Tags: Christopher FarmerDenis PisarevRyan OlsenSteve Hwang

Negreanu Takes One From Zisimopoulos

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Georgios Zisimopoulos raised to 18,000 from early position, and Daniel Negreanu defended his big blind.

On the {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop, Negreanu checked, Zisimopoulos bet 12,000, and Negreanu called. The {7-Spades} turn and {Q-Clubs} river were checked down.

Negreanu showed {A-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} for aces and sevens, Zisimopoulos showed {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds} for a pair of nines, and Negreanu took it down to move up to over 400,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Negreanu
410,000
170,000
170,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
GGPoker
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Georgios Zisimopoulos
290,000
50,000
50,000

Tags: Daniel NegreanuGeorgios Zisimopoulos