2017 World Series of Poker
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Daniel Negreanu had been hovering around 20-30 big blinds for hours today but finally found the double-up he was looking for.
Negreanu had ![]()
exposed, an all-in button in front of him, and the board had ran out ![]()
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. Florentino Coalla was his adversary in the hand, and his hand was face-down in the muck against Negreanu's nut straight. With the hand, Negreanu doubled up to 240,000.
Ryan Van Sanford, in middle position, opened to 12,500. The player on the button called, along with Michael Bailey in the big blind.
The flop was ![]()
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. Bailey checked. Van Sanford bet 21,000. The player on the button folded. Bailey stuck around with a call. The turn came the
and was checked to the
river. This time, Bailey led for 24,000. Van Sanford raised to 100,000. Bailey tanked for a while before calling.
Van Sanford revealed ![]()
for a full house, and Bailey mucked his hand.
Steve Hwang was in middle position and raised to 12,000. Denis Pisarev was in the hijack and called. Dylan Wilkerson took a look at his cards in the big blind and three-bet to 40,000. Hwang and Pisarev called.
The flop was ![]()
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, and everyone checked. The turn was the
, and everyone checked again. The river was the
, and Wilkerson paused for a bit before moving all in for 83,500. Hwang tanked for a couple of minutes and called, sending Pisarev into the tank. A player at the table called clock after a couple of minutes, and as the tournament director began the countdown, Pisarev mucked his hand.
Dylan Wilkerson: ![]()
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Steve Hwang: ![]()
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The full house for Wilkerson was more than enough, and the wily pro slow-played it just enough to get paid.
Kevin Saul opened to 11,000 in the cutoff. Jim Gilbert raised to 26,000 on the button. Saul tank-called.
The flop came ![]()
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and was checked through. The turn was the
. Saul bet 25,000, and Gilbert let his hand go.
Stephen Woodhead opened with a raise to 10,000 from under the gun. Everyone folded to Tony Dunst in the big blind, who shoved for 98,500. Woodhead, who played 100,000 in total, thought for around ten seconds before calling.
Tony Dunst: ![]()
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Stephen Woodhead: ![]()
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Dunst all but sealed it after the ![]()
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flop and scooped up the pot after the
turn and
river.
After posting his ante for the next hand, Woodhead was left with 1,000 and forced all in from the big blind. Viliyan Petleshkov shoved 71,500 from middle position, and Dunst called from the small blind.
Tony Dunst: ![]()
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Viliyan Petleshkov: ![]()
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Stephen Woodhead: ![]()
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Woodhead had a good chuckle when he picked up nines again. The board ran out ![]()
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, and he septupled up. Petleshkov was second-best and won the more-than-substantial side pot.
Ian Steinman opened to 11,000 in the cutoff. Action folded to Michael Gentili, in the big blind, who defended.
The players saw a flop of ![]()
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, which was checked to the
turn. Gentili checked. Steinman bet 10,000. Gentili check-called. The river was the
and was checked around.
Gentili revealed ![]()
, and Steinman sent his hand to the muck.