Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 1a | 2017 World Series of Poker

07-08-2017 15:17 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Barny Boatman	145,000

Jameson Painter	100,000 10,000	10,000
David Rachel	85,000 85,000	85,000
Alex Foxen	65,000 65,000	65,000

Chris Hunichen	60,000 14,000	14,000
Jerry Yang	35,000 3,000	3,000

Some Updated Chip Counts from Amazon Purple and Gold

simkha

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Lefrancois	64,800 10,800	10,800

Pratyush Buddiga	62,300 16,300	16,300
Qui Nguyen	60,500 -500	-500

Tom Schneider	58,300 5,200	5,200

David Paredes	57,400 2,400	2,400
Mike Matusow	55,000 5,000	5,000

Jane Stanton Hitchcock	48,000 -16,500	-16,500
David Swanson	32,800 6,800	6,800
Anthony Spinella	29,000 4,500	4,500

Martin Jacobson	19,900 -1,575	-1,575

Leon Tsoukernik	1,900 -1,900	-1,900

07-08-2017 15:24 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Altman	78,250 17,000	17,000

Van Zadelhoff Wins Aces Versus Kings

Yori Epskamp

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Steven van Zadelhoff was preflop all in against Loc Phu. Van Zadelhoff held against Phu's . There was no sweat for van Zadelhoff on , and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven van Zadelhoff	118,000

Tags: Steven van Zadelhoff

07-08-2017 15:26 UTC-7

Buddiga Finds a Nice Turn

mnuwwarah

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Pratyush Buddiga and Mike Matusow each put in 1,200 on the flop, though we didn't see who the aggressor was. On the turn, Buddiga check-called 1,500 from "The Mouth". Both players checked the .

"Nine," Matusow announced.

Buddiga turned over for a pair of kings.

Matusow grumbled that he had a flush draw too and showed .

Player	Chips	Progress
Pratyush Buddiga	60,000 -2,300	-2,300
Mike Matusow	47,700 -7,300	-7,300

Tags: Mike Matusow Pratyush Buddiga

07-08-2017 15:28 UTC-7

"I Got You"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

The last hand of the level provided some action on the table of Barny Boatman and he got involved in a pot with the player under the gun. By the river, there was 9,500 in the middle and Boatman bet 6,000.

"What do you have?" his opponent asked.

Boatman replied, "I got you. I might have a nine in my hand, but either way I got you."

Ultimately, Boatman's opponent called and the Brit rolled over for the straight while his opponent mucked face up.

"That's what happens when you run good," he added while the duo headed into the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barny Boatman	150,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Barny Boatman

07-08-2017 15:29 UTC-7

Matusow Takes One

simkha

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

On a board of , Pratyush Buddiga checked from the small blind, Mike Matusow did the same from the big blind, and a player in middle position bet 600. Buddiga folded and Matusow called.

The river brought the and both players checked. Matusow tabled , having paired his six on the flop, and it was good enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	49,200 1,500	1,500

Tags: Mike Matusow Pratyush Buddiga

07-08-2017 15:29 UTC-7

Tsoukernik Doubles

mnuwwarah

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Short on chips, Leon Tsoukernik put his last 2,625 in the hand after he moved in and got no callers. A player in the small blind called with and was leading Tsoukernik's .