2017 World Series of Poker

Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$8,150,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$67,877,400
Entries
7,221
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
500,000

Serge-ing Up the Leaderboard

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Serge Chechin and two other players paid 2,750 to see a {3-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{9-Hearts} flop. The player under the gun led the flop with a bet of 4,000, the player in early position folded, and Chechin called from late position.

The turn was the {a-Diamonds}, and Chechin called a bet of 6,100 from his opponent. The river was the {8-Diamonds}, and the under-the-gun player fired a third barrel worth 6,100. Chechin picked up a few orange T5,000 chips and raised to 15,000. His opponent took only a moment before calling, then mucked when Chechin tabled {5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for a backdoor flush.

Player Chips Progress
Serge Chechin fr
Serge Chechin
203,000 36,000

Tags: Serge Chechin

Timur Margolin Gets Value as He Builds

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Timur Margolin bet 1,000 on the turn of a board reading {9-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{9-Spades}{10-Hearts} and got a call from his sole opponent. The river was the {2-Hearts}, and Margolin reached for a small portion of his stack, but the bet was a significant increase on the last one, totaling 7,400.

His opponent looked a bit surprised by this turn of events, but after a brief pause, he paid the price. He mucked, though, when Margolin showed his {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for a rivered flush.

A healthy return on his investment on the turn shows why Margolin is one of the big stacks in the tournament at this moment.

Player Chips Progress
Timur Margolin il
Timur Margolin
WSOP 2X Winner
205,000 25,000

Tags: Timur Margolin

Allan Le Takes One

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

With a substantial pot of about 23,000 already in the middle and the board reading {Q-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{10-Hearts}, two players checked to Allan Le on the button, and he bet 8,700. The player in the hijack went into the tank for about a minute before he ultimately folded, and the cutoff mucked shortly thereafter, so Le took the pot to put his stack over the 100,000-chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Allan Le us
Allan Le
WSOP 1X Winner
104,500 104,500

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Anderson Not Fazed by the Check-Raise

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Calvin Anderson opened to 1,050 from middle position and got called by the player in the big blind.

The flop was {3-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}, and the player in the big blind check-raised Anderson's bet of 1,200 to 4,000. Anderson called. Both players checked when the {3-Hearts} came on the turn and again when the {9-Clubs} fell on the river.

The player in the big blind announced, "King-high," tabling {k-Spades}{10-Diamonds}. Anderson quickly turned over {q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} for queens up to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
WSOP 4X Winner
124,000 -6,000

Tags: Calvin Anderson

Merson Eliminated

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante
Greg Merson
Greg Merson

A different player was sitting in the seat that was once occupied by Greg Merson in Amazon Purple, and Zal Irani was kind enough to share the details of how the 2012 WSOP Main Event Champion met his end.

From the sound of things, Merson held {a-}{a-} and three-bet after someone opened, with a third player cold-calling and three players seeing a {10-}{4-}{2-} rainbow flop. Merson bet and got action from the cold-caller. Both players checked a {3-} turn, and Merson got it all in on a {2-} river, losing to tens full.

Player Chips Progress
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
Main Event Champion
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

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A Selection of Counts From the Orange Section

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
WSOP 1X Winner
137,000 -3,000
Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
WSOP 3X Winner
114,000 15,000
Louis Linard fr
Louis Linard
110,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
80,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
WSOP 1X Winner
71,000
Louis Salter gb
Louis Salter
67,000 -48,000
Hugo Perez us
Hugo Perez
49,000
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
45,000 -3,000
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
WSOP 1X Winner
43,000
Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000
Jonas Lauck de
Jonas Lauck
WSOP 2X Winner
34,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
WSOP 1X Winner
33,200 11,200
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
30,500 500
Derek Wolters us
Derek Wolters
26,000
Gina Bacon us
Gina Bacon
11,200 -4,800

Josh Weiss Seeks Redemption After Bubbling 2016 November Nine

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante
Josh Weiss
Josh Weiss

Josh Weiss was moved to Amazon Tan a short while ago and is sitting with a stack of about 75,000.

Weiss was the unfortunate player who finished in 10th place on the November Nine bubble last year, heading to the rail while the rest of the players celebrated earning their shot at the first-place prize of more than $8 million later in the Fall.

While he busted out in painful fashion, Weiss still went home with a decent payout worth $650,000 to pad his bankroll and, hopefully, have another crack at it. He has amassed just shy of a million dollars in lifetime earnings but has yet to take down a live tournament.

Weiss also just finished on the final table bubble in the Marathon this Series, busting in a familiar 10th place for $42,334. Regardless, he continues to be calm and collected at the tables and will be one to watch as the Main Event progresses.

Player Chips Progress
Josh Weiss us
Josh Weiss
75,000 75,000

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Win, Loss, Tie for Dan Colman

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Tie: There was a raise to 1,200 from middle position, and Dan Colman defended his big blind. The flop came {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, and Colman check-called a bet of 1,400. Both players checked the {j-Spades} turn and the {4-Clubs} river. Colman tabled {a-Spades}{8-Clubs}, and his opponent showed {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for a chop.

Win: A player in middle position raised to 1,200, and the button called. Colman raised to 7,000 from the small blind, and everyone tossed their cards away.

Loss: A player in early position raised to 1,200 and was called by three players, including Colman on the button. The flop came {q-Spades}{8-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}, and the preflop raiser continued with a bet of 1,600. The player in middle position called, along with Colman. The turn brought the {a-Diamonds}, the first player checked, and the player in middle position took his shot at the pot with a bet of 2,000. Colman and his counterpart both folded.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Colman us
Dan Colman
78,400 2,400

Tags: Dan Colman