2017 World Series of Poker

Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
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
Total Entries
7,221
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
500,000
Players Left 1 / 7,221
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George Given Serious Pause

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Chris George called a bet of 60,000 from an opponent in the small blind on a {k-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{j-Hearts} flop. The turn brought the {a-Clubs} and George faced a much bigger barrel of 235,000. He tanked for about two minutes.

"I think I'm folding the best hand," he finally said, sliding the dealer his cards.

Updated Chip Counts from Brasilia

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Frankenberger Can't Hold the Lead

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

There was a raise to 18,000 by Vuong Do from early position and Andy Frankenberger moved all in from late position for 124,000. Do thought for over two minutes and counted out the chips to call. He finally slid them forward and the hands were turned over.

Do: {a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
Frankenberger: {a-Spades}{10-Clubs}

Frankenberger had Do in a dominating position and just needed to hold in order to double up. The board ran out {q-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{j-Clubs} and Do managed to spike his nine on the flop, thus eliminating Frankenberger.

Tags: Andy FrankenbergerVuong Do

Eugene Kotlyarevskiy 'Loving Life Right Now'

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Eugene Kotlyareveskiy
Eugene Kotlyareveskiy

"How much are you loving life right now?" asked a tablemate of Eugene Kotlyarevskiy. All Kotlyarevskiy could do was smile as he added around 300,000 chips to his stack.

He opened from middle position and an opponent moved all in with {a-}{q-}. Unfortunately, Kotlyarevskiy held {a-}{a-} and they held to eliminate his opponent and boost him a bit nearer to Mickey Craft at the summit of the chip counts.

Luske Loses a Little

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

A player in early position raised to 18,000 and Marcel Luske called from the hijack.

The flop fell {K-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{3-Spades} and the preflop raiser bet 25,000. After brief consideration, Luske folded and his opponent took the pot.

Tags: Marcel Luske

Amazon Chip Counts

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Daher Can't Induce One More Bet

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Albert Daher bet 30,000 from the small blind on an {a-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{6-Clubs} flop, and Brandon Meyers made it 100,000 to go. Daher called. He check-called another 135,000 on the {q-Clubs} turn, and both checked the {6-Diamonds} river.

Daher tabled {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} for top pair and then the nut flush.

Tags: Albert DaherBrandon Meyers

Cate Hall Staying Afloat

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

With about 50,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading {8-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{6-Hearts}, Cate Hall was in early position and bet 31,000 into her lone opponent in middle position. He folded and Hall took the pot.

Tags: Cate Hall

Karen Sarkisyan Eliminates Two Players

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Karen Sarkisyan opened from early position. The player in the next position moved all in for around 250,000. It folded to the big blind who moved all in over the top for around 500,000. Sarkisyan snap-called putting two players at risk. The first all in player showed {8-}{8-} and the big blind {j-}{j-}. Sarkisyan showed {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}.

The board ran out {5-Spades}{7-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and Sarkisyan eliminated two players to boost his stack up over one million chips.

Tags: Karen Sarkisyan

Valentina Messina Sitting on a Healthy Stack

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

A player in early position raised to 18,000 and got calls from Valentin Messina on the button and the player in the small blind.

The flop came {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} and the small blind checked. The early-position player bet 32,000 and Messina called. The small blind folded.

The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and the early-position player tanked for about a minute before checking. Messina bet 55,000 and his opponent mucked.

Messina started the day with 641,000 but has quickly built up to 1,320,000

Tags: Valentin Messina