Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 5 | 2017 World Series of Poker

07-15-2017 16:17 UTC-8

Alessandro Borsa Gets Value from Jian Zhang

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

On one of the feature tables, Alessandro Borsa raised to 65,000 in early position, and Jian Zhang called on the button.

The flop was . Borsa continued for 90,000, and Zhang called. They both checked the turn, and the river was the . Borsa bet 155,000, and after a long pause, Zhang called.

Borsa:
Zhang:

Borsa had the best kicker with his pair of aces to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessandro Borsa	1,085,000 489,000	489,000
Jian Zhang	565,000 185,000	185,000

Tags: Alessandro Borsa Jian Zhang

07-15-2017 16:17 UTC-8

Kenny Hallaert Doubles, Then Eliminates Daniel Sammarco

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Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

A few minutes ago, Kenny Hallaert doubled with against to get to around 1,350,000.

In this hand, Dario Sammartino opened to 90,000, and Daniel Sammarco three-bet all in for around 700,000. Kenny Hallaert was in the next position, and he four-bet all in for over a million. Sammartino folded and showed .

Hallaert:
Sammarco:

The board ran out , giving Hallaert top set and eliminating Sammarco.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	2,180,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Daniel Sammarco	Busted

Tags: Daniel Sammarco Dario Sammartino Kenny Hallaert

07-15-2017 16:15 UTC-8

Day 2c Chip Leader Artan Dedusha Keeps Building

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Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Robin Hegele	3,950,000 250,000	250,000

Artan Dedusha	3,500,000 2,630,000	2,630,000

Nicolas Cardyn	3,100,000 340,000	340,000
Christian Pham	2,710,000 290,000	290,000

Paul Vas Nunes	2,650,000 800,000	800,000
Ruslan Gazaev	2,300,000 40,000	40,000
Hans Joachim Hein	1,850,000 100,000	100,000
Joshua Tieman	1,580,000 30,000	30,000

Bob Shao	1,370,000 230,000	230,000
Marcel Luske	1,300,000
Istvan Toro	1,200,000 385,000	385,000
Renato Prado Valentim	1,100,000 190,000	190,000
Rachid Ben Cherif	895,000 1,005,000	1,005,000
Jessica Ngu	700,000 515,000	515,000
Yuan-Yuan Li	515,000 565,000	565,000
Hiren Patel	420,000 895,000	895,000

Tags: Artan Dedusha

07-15-2017 16:13 UTC-8

Massive Setback for Finger

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

On an flop, Wesley Pantling checked, and Martin Finger bet 150,000 before Pantling check-raised to 500,000. Finger called, and the action checked to him on the turn. Finger moved all in, and Pantling quickly called for 1,190,000 to create the following showdown.

Wesley Pantling:
Martin Finger:

Finger was drawing dead to win the pot, making the river a formality. Pantling scooped the four-million-chip pot when all was done and dusted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wesley Pantling	4,030,000 2,680,000	2,680,000
Martin Finger	1,340,000 1,210,000	1,210,000

Tags: Martin Finger Wesley Pantling

07-15-2017 16:13 UTC-8

Hwang Doubles Through Kelly

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Adam Lamers

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

There was a limp from early position, and Jae Hwang shoved all in from middle position for 870,000. JP Kelly was in the big blind and moved all in over the top, forcing the limper to fold pocket jacks face-up.

Hwang tabled , and Kelly showed .

The board ran out , giving Hwang a full house. Hwang found a double-up, and Kelly was left with just over 1,000,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jae Hwang	1,900,000 750,000	750,000
JP Kelly	1,200,000 1,150,000	1,150,000

07-15-2017 16:12 UTC-8

Hein Forces Luske Off

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Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

With a board of in front of them, Hans Joachim Hein checked, a player in early position bet 100,000, and Marcel Luske called. With action back on Hein, he raised to 350,000, and just Luske called. The turn was the , and both players checked to the on the river. Hein bet 575,000, and that sent Luske into the tank.

Not long passed before Luske folded and showed the table , hoping his opponent would oblige. Hein mucked, though, and was pushed the sizeable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hans Joachim Hein	1,950,000 40,000	40,000
Marcel Luske	1,300,000 330,000	330,000

Tags: Hans Joachim Hein Marcel Luske

07-15-2017 16:09 UTC-8

Rodrigo Portaleoni Runs Kings into Andrew Ostapchenko's Aces

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Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Andrew Ostapchenko four-bet to 600,000 from under the gun, and Rodrigo Portaleoni five-bet shoved from the small blind for about 1,800,000. Ostapchenko snap-called.

Portaleoni was at risk and well behind with , up against Ostapchenko's .

The flop came , and Portaleoni needed to run out backdoor quads to stay alive. Unfortunately for him, the turn was the , and he was drawing dead to the on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Ostapchenko	3,550,000 1,935,000	1,935,000

Rodrigo Portaleoni	Busted

Tags: Andrew Ostapchenko Rodrigo Portaleoni

07-15-2017 16:08 UTC-8

Gyeongbyeong Lee Fades To Scoop a Monster

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Sam Cosby

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

From middle position, Sergey Tikhonov opened with a raise to 100,000. Action folded around to Gyeongbyeong Lee, who re-raised, making it 245,000 from the small blind. Next to act was Nima Salehizadeh in the big blind, and he called. Action was back to Tikhonov, and he folded.

The flop came down , and Lee took a look at Salehizadeh's stack, then put out a bet of 500,000. Salehizadeh moved all in, and Lee quickly called with a covering stack.

Lee:
Salehizadeh:

Salehizadeh had a flush draw, but he was still in bad shape against Lee's aces. Lee held on through the turn and the river, and that awarded the monster pot to Lee, who moved very close to the top of the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gyeong Byeong Lee	5,450,000 1,750,000	1,750,000
Nima Salehizadeh	Busted

Tags: Gyeongbyeong Lee Nima Salehizadeh Sergey Tikhonov

07-15-2017 16:01 UTC-8

Sergi Reixach Eliminated by [Removed:508]

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Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

The exact runout isn't known, but [Removed:508] held against Sergi Reixach's on a queen-high board. Ace-queen held, and Crivello eliminated Reixach.

Crivello now has over seven million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:508]	7,150,000 750,000	750,000
Sergi Reixach	Busted

Tags: Sergi Reixach

07-15-2017 15:59 UTC-8

Luther Tran Eliminated by Ian Johns

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Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

According to Ian Johns, Luther Tran moved all in from early position for around 700,000. It folded to Johns in the big blind who woke up with and called. Tran held and found no help on the flop and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Johns	3,000,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Luther Tran	Busted

Tags: Ian Johns Luther Tran