Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 3 | 2017 World Series of Poker

07-13-2017 19:08 UTC-8

Raj Vohra Doubles Through Allan Le

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Allan Le raised to 9,000, and Raj Vohra made it 27,000. Action folded back to Le, who moved all in, having Vohra well covered. Vohra called all in for 113,000 to put himself at risk.

Le:
Vohra:

The board ran out , and Vohra doubled through Le.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allan Le	320,000 120,000	120,000

Raj Vohra	236,000 236,000	236,000

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07-13-2017 19:10 UTC-8

Player Interview: Ben Jacobs

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Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Ben Jacobs, or "Honolulu Ben" as his friends know him, is visiting the desert from Kaui, Hawaii. He started Day 3 sitting with a stack of about 200,000 chips and now boasts a top-five stack of 850,000. Jacobs is trying to savor every moment of his very first Main Event, knowing this is a special time.

There are no casinos in Hawaii, so Jacobs plays in home games a few times a week. He's played smaller events at the WSOP in past years and decided to freeroll himself into the tournament after running well in blackjack to the tune of $30,000 earlier this year.

PokerNews met up with Jacobs to get the details on how he accumulated his chips and to find out what he's going to do with them now that he's got them.

Jacobs: I had the third-largest stack at the table, and there were a couple of aggressive Europeans, a Russian, and an Israeli. I could have had a better table.

On the second hand, the Russian raised, and I smooth-called with . The flop came , and the Russian led out, and I smooth-called him.

The turn was a blank. He checked, and I bet. He raised me to 85,000, and I tanked for a bit. It's about half my stack, so I wasn't entirely thrilled, but I decided to call.

The river was another deuce. It's a pretty hidden hand — the good old ten-deuce. He shoved all in, and I insta-called. That's the hand that doubled me to about 400,000.

The next big hand involved the Israeli, who was second in chips at the table. I had in late position, and I just called his preflop raise. The flop came . I bet, and he shoved all in for about 350k. He bombed it for no reason. It's the most ridiculous thing, but I can't get out of that.

I snap-called, and he had for the nut flush draw. But my hand held up, and that gets me to about 680,000. Since then, I've just been chipping up.

PokerNews: How tough are the home games you play in? Have they prepared you for the WSOP?

Jacobs: The players in Hawaii are really tough. People are always surprised by how I play, but I play against some really good players. It's definitely a challenge to play at home, so I think I can hold my own here.

PokerNews: How are you using your chip stack to your advantage?

Jacobs: It's a pretty standard table. As the big stack, the other players have to fit into their roles. There's not a lot they can do about it. I'm just trying to play my position and play smart.

I'm going to keep playing my game. I'm getting cards, and the deck is hitting me hard which helps. My plan is to keep riding this lucky wave.

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07-13-2017 19:10 UTC-8

Big Field vs. High Roller Strategy

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07-13-2017 19:11 UTC-8

Buddiga's Comeback Short-Lived

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

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"Hold up one time!" came a shout from Table 700.

Zhuoyang Min was all in with on a flop. Pratyush Buddiga had for a combo draw and needed to see an eight or a diamond. The turn and river bricked off for him, though, and he busted right after he doubled up.

"I can't believe that held up," Min said with visible relief.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhuoyang Min	425,000 125,000	125,000
Pratyush Buddiga	Busted

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07-13-2017 19:11 UTC-8

Van Zadelhoff Three-Bets

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Tim Duckworth

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The action folded around to Richard Dubini on the button, and he opened with a raise to 9,000. The small blind called before Steven van Zadelhoff announced a three-bet amounting to 37,000. Dubini released his hand, the small blind mucked, and van Zadelhoff collected the pot to move to 480,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven van Zadelhoff	480,000 40,000	40,000
Richard Dubini	185,000 37,000	37,000

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07-13-2017 19:13 UTC-8

Krasienko and Joldis Over a Million

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Adam Lamers

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Michael Krasienko and Cosmin Joldis have both climbed over 1,000,000 chips recently and have done so in different ways. Krasienko has had a lot of chips for most of the day and has slowly worked his way up. Meanwhile, according to his table, Joldis has gone on a heater and won 11 of the last 12 pots.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Krasienko	1,300,000 25,000	25,000
Cosmin Joldis	1,200,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

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07-13-2017 19:18 UTC-8

Cate Hall Flops a Flush

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Adam Lamers

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With around 40,000 in the pot and the board reading , the big blind checked to Cate Hall in the cutoff. Hall bet 33,000, and her opponent check-raised all in, having Hall covered. Hall thought for a few seconds then put a stack of chips into the pot, calling for her remaining 114,500.

Hall tabled , and her opponent was drawing dead after showing . The insignificant completed the board, and Hall scored the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cate Hall	272,000 77,000	77,000

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07-13-2017 19:20 UTC-8

Gates Doubles Through Goulder

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Christian Zetzsche

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Joining the axction on the turn, Garry Gates moved all in for 76,500 out of the big blind and Alex Goulder was still to act from the cutoff. The Brit verified the all in amount and eventually called to find himself behind for a decent portion of his stack.

Garry Gates:
Alex Goulder:

The on the river even gave Gates a winning flush and that cut Goulder's remaining stack almost into half.

Player	Chips	Progress
Garry Gates	250,000 12,000	12,000
Alex Goulder	115,000 115,000	115,000

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07-13-2017 19:21 UTC-8

Flop Bet Wins for Gregg

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Tim Duckworth

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From under the gun, Tony Gregg opened to 9,000, and the action folded around to the big blind, who called. The flop was , and the big blind checked over to Gregg, who tossed in 7,500. The big blind mucked his face-up, and Gregg scooped in the pot and moved to 455,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Gregg	455,000 161,800	161,800

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07-13-2017 19:22 UTC-8

Mikhail Korotkikh Almost Sends Bryan Piccioli "Through the Roof"!

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A loud commotion, mostly in Russian, came from the middle of Amazon Gold, and it was Mikhail Korotkikh who was up and out of his seat, screaming at the top of his lungs.

According to the table, a player in early position raised to 10,000, and Korotkikh called from late position. The player in the hijack three-bet to 36,000, and the initial raiser folded, while Korotkikh called.

The flop came , and Korotkikh checked. The hijack bet 40,000, and Korotkikh called. The turn was the , and Korotkikh checked again. His opponent moved all in. Korotkikh snap-called and tabled for a straight. His opponent tabled and was drawing dead to the on the river. The hijack was left with scraps, and Korotkikh stacked up chips worth 500,000.

A floorman came over and warned Korotkikh about celebrating too much, informing him that he would get a penalty if it happened again. Bryan Piccioli was at the next table and exclaimed, "Shit! I almost went through the roof!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Korotkikh	500,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Bryan Piccioli Mikhail Korotkikh