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

07-09-2017 14:17 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Erick Lindgren	56,000 9,000	9,000

Stefan Schillhabel	51,550
Paul Newey	51,525 3,025	3,025
Abe Mosseri	48,400 8,400	8,400

Melanie Weisner	48,000 2,500	2,500
Nacho Barbero	47,000

Adrian Mateos	38,000 2,000	2,000

Chris Moneymaker	35,400 -14,600	-14,600

Stuart Rutter	35,350

2015 November Niner Neil Blumenfield, donning his trademark hat again today, was in a hand against Miltiades Tzimourtas with the board reading . There was over 5,000 in the pot and Tzimourtas checked to Blumenfield, who bet 3,200.

Tzimourtas check-called the turn but check-folded on the river to a 7,600 bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Neil Blumenfield	60,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Miltiades Tzimourtas Neil Blumenfield

07-09-2017 14:20 UTC-7

Young and Salty

[user252447]

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Louis Salter is the younger brother of the more famous, for now, English poker pro Jack Salter. He certainly seems to share Jack’s taste for fearless and aggressive poker.

There was an open and a call before the player on the button decided to attempt a squeeze play by raising it up to 3,000. The small blind folded but Salter in the big blind raised to 8,000.

One by one the other players pushed in their cards with the player on the button muttering, “Nice hand.”

Player	Chips	Progress
Louis Salter	53,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Louis Salter

07-09-2017 14:21 UTC-7

Albert Daher Doing More Damage

[user252447]

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Albert Daher, pictured in a different event.

Early in Level 1, Alfie Adam laid down his pocket aces to Albert Daher on the turn when the action got a bit heavy for a one-pair hand. It was a policy he would reverse in Level 2 with disastrous results.

Adam held aces again in a pot against Daher with three spades on the flop and a lot of heavy betting. The chips went in the middle with Adam calling for his tournament life on a non-spade turn card with Daher holding .

A spade on the river gave Daher the winning flush to felt Adam and another pile of chips was pushed to Daher.

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Daher	170,000 53,000	53,000
Alfie Adam	Busted

Tags: Albert Daher Alfie Adam

07-09-2017 14:23 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chip Jett	70,700 20,700	20,700
Chris DeMaci	64,000
Luc Greenwood	53,000 3,000	3,000
Stephen Graner	52,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	49,000 -1,000	-1,000

Zal Irani	47,500 -2,500	-2,500
Tim Finne	43,000 -7,000	-7,000
Dan O'Brien	33,300 -16,700	-16,700
Igor Sharaskin	30,500 -19,500	-19,500

07-09-2017 14:23 UTC-7

Mazzie Doubles Up

Yori Epskamp

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

On an board, Robert Mazzie was facing a bet of 8,000. With a 14,225 stack in total, Mazzie shoved and his opponent called.

Mazzie showed for aces full, and his opponent showed for the crushed top two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mazzie	46,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Robert Mazzie

07-09-2017 14:27 UTC-7

Pauli's Check-Raise Paid

mnuwwarah

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

With about 5,000 in the pot, a player in the cutoff had 3,950 in front of him and was facing a check-raise to 12,000 from big blind Sebastian Pauli. The board read , and the player in the cutoff decided to call. Pauli revealed for a flush, and his opponent had a weaker flush with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Pauli	62,800 12,800	12,800

Tags: Sebastian Pauli

07-09-2017 14:28 UTC-7

Nasty Outburst Causes Awkward Silence in Brasilia

[user270022]

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Tony Bracy (Seat 5) & Lazaro Hernandez (Seat 7)

The usual sounds of chip shuffling and conversation came to an abrupt halt moments ago in the Brasilia room.

A verbal spat between Tony Bracy and Lazaro Hernandez erupted into a screaming match that took a turn for the worst when racial slurs were hurled towards Bracy.

According to the table, Hernandez was on the button during a four-way hand in progress and texting on his phone. It had happened several times and Bracy asked the dealer to take control of the table. That sparked Hernandez to leap out of his chair and proceed to berate Bracy.

Bracy wasn't exactly innocent in the fight, defending himself with some insults of his own directed towards Hernandez, but not nearly as harsh.

The floor and security immediately intervened and both players were escorted from the table.

Bracy received a one-round penalty and Hernandez has been issued a three-round penalty. Hernandez has also been given a disqualification notice if he makes any more comments at the table.

We originally had incorrectly identified the person involved in this hand as being John Esposito. We sincerely apologize for this mistake and want to emphasize that bracelet winner Esposito was in no way involved in the above-described scene.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lazaro Hernandez	43,000 43,000	43,000
Tony Bracy	42,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Lazaro Hernandez Tony Bracy

07-09-2017 14:31 UTC-7

Updated Counts from Miranda Room

Adam Lamers

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Nick Schulman was moved to the Miranda Room and has found himself a healthy stack to work with. He is closing in on the 100,000-chip mark halfway through the second level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	96,500 21,500	21,500

Dennis Phillips	63,500 1,500	1,500
Chris Johnson	58,800 8,800	8,800
Abe Mosseri	58,400 3,400	3,400

Erick Lindgren	56,800 800	800

Ben Yu	46,900 46,900	46,900

Chris Moneymaker	43,300 7,900	7,900

Sam Cohen	42,800 6,800	6,800
Uri Reichenstein	38,400 -11,600	-11,600

Tags: Nick Schulman

07-09-2017 14:33 UTC-7

Updated Counts From Amazon Orange

[user252447]

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Jones	68,000 68,000	68,000
Mike Monicatti	65,000 10,000	10,000
Natalia Breviglieri	58,500 8,500	8,500
James Dempsey	56,000 6,000	6,000

Stephen Chidwick	54,000 4,000	4,000

Kelly Winterhalter	53,000 53,000	53,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	53,000 3,000	3,000
Dermot Blain	48,000 -2,000	-2,000
Justin Bonomo	43,000 -7,000	-7,000