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
Entries
7,221
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
500,000

Pawel Brzeski Eliminated by Benjamin Pollak

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Pawel Brzeski
Pawel Brzeski

Pawel Brzeski opened to 110,000, and Kevin Calenzo called in the next position. Benjamin Pollak three-bet to 395,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Pawel Brzeski four-bet all in for just under two million. Calenzo folded.

"You have two million?" asked Pollak, gesturing towards Brzeski's stack. Brzeski remained silent behind his sunglasses with his earphones still in. Pollak called and turned over {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}.

"Why you ask?" asked Brzeski, removing his earphones and tabling {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}.

The board came {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{4-Spades}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} with no help to Brzeski, who was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
6,450,000
1,850,000
1,850,000
Pawel Brzeski pl
Pawel Brzeski
Busted

Tags: Benjamin PollakPawel Brzeski

Finger Defends His Big Blind

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Sebastien Comel raised to 115,000 from under the gun, and the action was folded to Martin Finger, in the big blind, who called to see a flop.

It came {8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades}, and both players checked to the {6-Diamonds} on the turn. Finger led out for 150,000, and Comel stuck around to see the river. The {2-Clubs} landed on the river, and Finger bet 275000. Comel thought for a bit before throwing in the call.

Finger tabled {10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}, and Comel mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
3,200,000
400,000
400,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Sebastien Comel fr
Sebastien Comel
2,020,000
-380,000
-380,000

Tags: Martin FingerSebastien Comel

Ryan Leng Eliminates Ankush Mandavia

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Ryan Leng
Ryan Leng

Ryan Leng raised to 110,000 in middle position, and Ankush Mandavia called in late position. The flop came {3-Clubs}{3-Spades}{6-Clubs}, and Leng checked. Mandavia bet 100,000, and Leng announced, "All in." Mandavia called for his remaining stack of around 1,260,000.

Leng: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}
Mandavia: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}

Mandavia was behind the queens of Leng, and he couldn't find help from the {K-Diamonds} turn or the {9-Spades} river. Mandavia hit the rail, and Leng collected the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
4,400,000
2,450,000
2,450,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Ankush Mandavia us
Ankush Mandavia
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ankush MandaviaRyan Leng

Bansal's Two Pair Can't Hold Up

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

After a {J-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop, Paawan Bansal, in the big blind, and Kfir Nahum, on the button, got into a raising war, and the former ended up as the player at risk.

Paawan Bansal: {J-Hearts}{4-Hearts}
Kfir Nahum: {7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}

"Jack, please," Bansal requested, while Nahum was hoping for a three or eight in order to avoid a setback to his stack. The blank {A-Clubs} on the turn changed nothing, but the {8-Hearts} river improved Nahum to a straight, and he celebrated loudly with a, "Yessssss."

Player Chips Progress
Kfir Nahum il
Kfir Nahum
4,520,000
320,000
320,000
Paawan Bansal in
Paawan Bansal
Busted

Tags: Kfir NahumPaawan Bansal

Dwek Doubles Up Sarkisyan

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Jonathan Dwek
Jonathan Dwek

Jonathan Dwek opened with a raise to 125,000, and Karen Sarkisyan three-bet to 275,000. Action was back on Dwek, and he made it 575,000. Sarkisyan called.

The flop came {5-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, and both players checked to the {J-Spades} on the turn, where fireworks exploded. Dwek bet 700,000, and Sarkisyan called. The river was the {10-Diamonds}, and Dwek shoved all in with a covering stack. Sarkisyan snap-called all in for his total stack of 940,000.

Dwek confidently turned over {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}, but his hand was no good. Sarkisyan was holding {K-Clubs}{10-Spades} for three tens, and he earned a double-up through the Superman-clad Dwek.

That pot pushed Sarkisyan over four million chips, while Dwek was left with just over one million.

Player Chips Progress
Karen Sarkisyan ru
Karen Sarkisyan
4,420,000
2,160,000
2,160,000
Jonathan Dwek ca
Jonathan Dwek
1,100,000
-1,630,000
-1,630,000

Tags: Jonathan DwekKaren Sarkisyan

Day 3 Chip Leader Patrick Lavecchia Sent to The Rail

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Patrick Lavecchia
Patrick Lavecchia

Down to just 105,000, Patrick Lavecchia moved all in from the cutoff and was called by Fadi Hamad one seat over.

Patrick Lavecchia: {Q-Spades}{5-Spades}
Fadi Hamad: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}

The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}. Lavecchia found no help and was sent to the rail. After coming into Day 5 shortest in chips with just 174,000 chips, Lavecchia did well to last this long and has departed just under half an hour into Level 25.

Player Chips Progress
Fadi Hamad us
Fadi Hamad
1,575,000
295,000
295,000
Patrick Lavecchia us
Patrick Lavecchia
Busted
Day 3 Chip Leader

Tags: Fadi HamadPatrick Lavecchia

Kenny Hallaert Loses Some

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

On a {9-Spades}{10-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} board, Kenny Hallaert bet 560,000 into a pot of around 500,000 against a solitary opponent. Matt Bond sat thinking at the other end of the table for a while before calling.

Hallaert showed {k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} for a pair of nines, but Bond showed {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for a set of tens and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Bond us
Matt Bond
5,600,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
2,800,000
-470,000
-470,000

Joshua Tieman Doubles Through Ben Lamb

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

After Ben Lamb raised in early position and Joshua Tieman moved all in for 585,000 from the cutoff, Lamb called to put Tieman at risk.

Tieman: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Lamb: {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}

The flop came {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}, giving Lamb the lead with kings and nines. The {2-Clubs} turn changed nothing, but Tieman found the {A-Clubs} on the river to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
2,180,000
-1,390,000
-1,390,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Joshua Tieman us
Joshua Tieman
1,290,000
685,000
685,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ben LambJoshua Tieman

128th-143rd-Place Finishers

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

The following players earned $53,247 for their respective finishes.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Smith us
Alex Smith
Busted
Nick Schwarmann us
Nick Schwarmann
Busted
Avdo Djokovic us
Avdo Djokovic
Busted
Sonke Jahn us
Sonke Jahn
Busted
Ben Jacobs us
Ben Jacobs
Busted
Eugene Kotlyarevskiy us
Eugene Kotlyarevskiy
Busted
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner
Ben Richardson au
Ben Richardson
Busted
Hans Winzeler us
Hans Winzeler
Busted
Benoit Jean ca
Benoit Jean
Busted
Sergio Castelluccio it
Sergio Castelluccio
Busted
Aaron Overton us
Aaron Overton
Busted
Steve McKoy us
Steve McKoy
Busted
Michael Benvenuti us
Michael Benvenuti
Busted
James Salmon us
James Salmon
Busted
Donald Dombach us
Donald Dombach
Busted

The Ladies are No Good to Bob Shao

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Bob Shao was on his feet for his tournament life with {q-Spades}{q-Hearts} in front of him, and he was up against Paul Vas Nunes' {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}. Shao was the player at risk for his stack of 2,015,000, as Vas Nunes had him covered by around a million chips.

The flop came {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, and Vas Nunes remained ahead with a pair of aces. The turn was the {a-Spades} for top set for Vas Nunes, but it gave Shao more outs with a straight draw. The river was the {4-Clubs}, and Shao was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Vas Nunes gb
Paul Vas Nunes
5,400,000
3,125,000
3,125,000
Bob Shao us
Bob Shao
Busted

Tags: Bob ShaoPaul vas Nunes