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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"Pick a Number Between One and a Hundred"

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

The pot already had over 700,000 in it and the board read {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}. Scott Stewart checked from late position to Sonke Jahn on the button who bet 385,000. Stewart then shoved all in for 860,000 and Jahn went into the tank. He thought for over five minutes before finally posing a question to another player on the table.

"Pick a number between one and a hundred," he said.

"Six," the player responded. Jahn instantly folded his hand after the response.

"What did I have to say for you to call?"

"Over 40," Jahn said, indicating there was a 60% chance he wanted to call.

Tags: Scott StewartSonke Jahn

Messina Shows Lohnert a Bluff

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Valentin Messina
Valentin Messina

Picking up the action during the river of a {Q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} board with about 450,000 in the pot, action was on Valentin Messina in the small blind (with 225,000 committed post-river). Florian Lohnert raised to 625,000 from the hijack, Messina reraised to 1,500,000, and Lohnert tanked for a while before he folded.

Messina showed {A-Hearts}{J-Spades} as he collected the pot.

Tags: Florian LohnertValentin Messina

Assorted Counts

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Sonke Jahn recently doubled up to bump his stack above 2 million, while Matthew Wakeman, one of four remaining Australians in the field, also chipped up slightly.

Tags: Matthew WakemanSonke Jahn

Chip Counts: Robin Hegele Over 5 Million

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Robin Hegele
Robin Hegele

Tags: Robin Hegele

Ryan Leng's River Raise Makes It Through

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Ryan Leng
Ryan Leng

Ryan Leng has been building over the course of the day, more than doubling up his stack from where he started. We caught up with him in a recent hand against Marcel Luske.

Luske opened with a raise to 70,000 from the cutoff and Leng flatted on the button. On the {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{7-Clubs} flop, both players checked to see the {J-Hearts} on the turn. Both players checked it again and the dealer put out the {Q-Diamonds} on the river.

Luske opted to lead out with a bet of 75,000. After thinking about it for about 30 seconds, Leng reraised, making it 175,000. Luske quickly folded and Leng took down the pot.

Tags: Marcel LuskeRyan Leng

Luske Takes From Dombach

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Donald Dombach started the day with less than half a million in chips and almost tripled that since, but he just lost some in a heads-up pot against Marcel Luske. By the {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{9-Spades} river, more than 450,000 was in the pot already and Luske bet 400,000. "Do you have aces?" Dombach asked and got no answer.

After two minutes in the think tank, Dombach folded and another player at the table asked, "How many times you gonna have quad nines?" referring to an earlier hand of Luske.

Tags: Donald DombachMarcel Luske

Scott Blumstein Eliminates Yin Liu

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Yin Liu moved all in from early position for 317,000. Scott Blumstein called in middle position and the remaining players all folded.

Liu: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}
Blumstein: {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{5-Spades}{7-Clubs}{a-Spades} and Blumestein eliminated Liu for a small boost to his chip stack.

Tags: Scott BlumsteinYin Liu

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 5,000

Updated Stacks: Robin Hegele Steady Near the Top

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

"No Sweat Please"

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Randy Lew raised to 52,000 from the hijack and his table neighbor moved all in for 468,000. Lew gave it plenty of thought and eventually called.

Lew tabled {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} and his opponent had {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}, which caused chuckles from both players. "No sweat please," Lew said and the flop fell {J-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. Lew's opponent picked up a backdoor flush draw, but the split pot was secured with the {J-Clubs} turn, making the {K-Spades} river a formality.

Lew started the day with around 1.1 million in chips and is up nicely since.

Tags: Randy Lew