Event #74: The Little One for One Drop - $1,000 +111 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

07-14-2017 21:05 UTC-8

Eliminations and Payouts From 288th to 226th Place ($2,650)

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aric Pluskat	Busted
Dominic Cullen	Busted
Jasthi Kumar	Busted
Gary Herstein	Busted
Thomas Drew	Busted
Ryan Buckholtz	Busted
Bradley Gordon	Busted
Ryan Murphy	Busted
Christopher Shebat	Busted
Lucinda Martinez	Busted
Jeffrey Fielder	Busted
Tristan Bain	Busted
Kami Hudson	Busted
Joe Firova	Busted
Vladimir Peck	Busted

David Schechter	Busted
Augusto Hagen	Busted
Tony Dunst	Busted

Martins Kleins	Busted
Xiu Song	Busted
Farhad Jamasi	Busted
Ken Aldridge	Busted

Andrew Hanna	Busted
Kelly Ann Saxby	Busted
Ricky Lee	Busted

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07-14-2017 21:17 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Korenev	840,000 275,000	275,000

Upeshka De Silva	680,000 30,000	30,000

Donis Agnelli	410,000 292,500	292,500
Troy Sprungl	400,000 21,000	21,000
Dan Heimiller	360,000 42,000	42,000

Pierre Neuville	210,000 125,000	125,000
Matt Affleck	150,000 45,000	45,000
Roberto Romanello	135,000

Chris Ferguson	84,000 59,000	59,000

Jessica Dawley	60,000 20,000	20,000

Govert Metaal	25,000 14,000	14,000

Metaal Gets Lucky

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Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Govert Metaal (as seen in previous event)

It's unclear if it was all in pre-flop action or not but we arrived to the table with the chips already in the pot which was about 100,000 and the flop had just been fanned out which was . Govert Metaal was in late position and had tabled . Upeshka De Silva was in the hijack and had shown .

The board looked great for De Silva but it ran out with the on the turn and the on the river giving Metaal a flush and keeping his hopes alive in this final event of the 2017 WSOP.

Player	Chips	Progress
Upeshka De Silva	630,000 50,000	50,000

Govert Metaal	99,000 74,000	74,000

Tags: Govert Metaal Upeshka De Silva

07-14-2017 21:36 UTC-8

Berkey Still Running Good With Pairs

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Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Matt Berkey was in the cutoff and raised to 10,000. A player in the small blind moved all in for what appeared to be 56,500, Berkey called.

Matt Berkey:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Berkey took it down with his queens and knocked out another opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Berkey	800,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Matt Berkey

07-14-2017 21:45 UTC-8

New Chip Leader

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Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Roman Korenev (as seen in previous event)

Roman Korenev has been quietly and aggressively amassing an empire on one of the end tables. The Russian pro has passed Matt Berkey for the chip lead and is just under the one million chip mark.

Korenev has a plethora of final table finishes amounting over $1.5 million in live recorded earnings. He has yet to win a recorded live event but with four major tournament final tables already reached this year and ten over the 2016 campaign, it is just a matter of time until he breaks through. Keep an eye on him as the event progresses.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Korenev	980,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Matt Berkey Roman Korenev

07-14-2017 21:51 UTC-8

Twenty Tables Left

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Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

There are now 179 players left across the final twenty tables.

Tables are breaking as players bust and as it heads towards 11 p.m. the unoccupied space of the Amazon room continues to be dismantled around them.

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

07-14-2017 22:10 UTC-8

Updated Counts

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Berkey	991,000 191,000	191,000
Upeshka De Silva	560,000 70,000	70,000

Pete Chen	505,000 397,500	397,500

Je Oh	448,000 312,800	312,800
Dan Heimiller	433,000 73,000	73,000

Giuseppe Pantaleo	418,000 246,000	246,000

Dietrich Fast	330,000 240,000	240,000

Jaspal Brar	290,000 15,000	15,000

James Calderaro	217,000 1,000	1,000

Laurent Manderlier	190,000 80,000	80,000
Ben Yu	159,000 111,300	111,300

Danny Wong	157,000 91,000	91,000

Matt Affleck	145,000 5,000	5,000
Jean Gaspard	115,000 190,000	190,000

Chris Ferguson	114,000 30,000	30,000

Pierre Neuville	105,000 105,000	105,000

07-14-2017 22:27 UTC-8

Chris Ferguson On the Up

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Chris Ferguson opened from under the gun and picked up calls from Roman Korenev in the small blind and big blind Jimmy Guerrero.

The flop was and a check from Korenev saw Guerrero take the betting lead for a modest 17,000. Ferguson called and Korenev folded.

The turn was the and a check from Guerrero saw Ferguson bet 50,000. This seemed to amuse and torture Guerrero in equal measure and he seemed unsure what to do next.

In the end though he folded and Ferguson’s rebuilding continues.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Ferguson	210,000 96,000	96,000

Tags: Chris Ferguson

07-14-2017 22:42 UTC-8

Fast Takes Down a Big Pot on the River

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Unfortunately, we didn't catch the action on this hand but with about 170,000 in the pot and the board reading an opponent in the big blind checked. Dietrich Fast was on the button and fired out a bet of 115,000. The big blind tanked for what seemed like five minutes or possibly more... he apologized to the table a couple of times who all responded, "take your time". Fast didn't seem to have any care to call a clock and after the long deliberation, he folded.

Dietrich Fast is a recognizable figure in the poker world and has over 3 million dollars in recorded live tournament earnings. He has won multiple tournaments all across the globe from the United States to Germany to Malta and Monaco and the list goes on. He has seven cashes this summer and this will be his eighth. He is a bracelet winner from the World Series of Poker Europe and a fierce competitor. Watch out for him as the tournament continues.