Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em Jour 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-07-08 16:56 UTC-7

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Valentin Vornicu	2,350,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Dietrich Fast	1,530,000 630,000	630,000

Ravi Raghavan	1,500,000 1,068,000	1,068,000
Zo Karim	1,200,000 792,000	792,000
Kathy Liebert	405,000 198,000	198,000

Niall Farrell Eliminated

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Shirley Ang

Niveau 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Niall Farrell has been eliminated. He told the PokerNews live reporting team that he lost a 1,100,000 pot with against and didn't get any help on the board.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Niall Farrell	Eliminé

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2017-07-08 16:55 UTC-7

Vornicu Gets Another One

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Niveau 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Valentin Vornicu got it all in preflop versus another player that had roughly 80,000 remaining. Vornicu held and his opponent had .

The board ran out and Vornicu is now well over 2 million in chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Valentin Vornicu	2,500,000 1,750,000	1,750,000

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2017-07-08 16:48 UTC-7

Roland Israelashvili Eliminated by Ryan Riess

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Shirley Ang

Niveau 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Roland Israelashvili (photo from an earlier event)

Five-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Roland Israelashvili was all in from the button and called by 2013 WSOP Main Event winner Ryan Riess in the big blind.

Israelashvili:
Riess:

The board ran out to give Riess the upper hand with a flush and the pot. As Israelashvili was covered by Riess, he was eliminated.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ryan Riess	860,000 527,500	527,500

Roland Israelashvili	Eliminé

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2017-07-08 16:36 UTC-7

Stark Takes From Vornicu

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Niveau 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Valentin Vornicu and Dan Stark got it all in preflop for Stark's remaining 302,000.

Vornicu:
Stark:

The board ran out and Vornicu took a hit, but being the chip leader avails you room to take these hits.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Valentin Vornicu	750,000 300,000	300,000
Dan Stark	625,000 309,000	309,000

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2017-07-08 16:29 UTC-7

Shannon Milasincic Eliminated

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Shirley Ang

Niveau 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Henry So had put money into the pot from the cutoff but Christopher Gallagher shoved all in from the button. Shannon Milasincic was already all in from the big blind, as he was short. So took a long time to think and then decided to call.

Milasincic:
So:
Gallagher:

The board ran out — no help for Milasincic — and he was eliminated. Gallagher more than doubled up as his jacks held.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Christopher Gallagher	490,000 358,000	358,000
Henry So	140,000 209,000	209,000
Shannon Milasincic	Eliminé

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2017-07-08 16:28 UTC-7

Reyes Holds and Rodgers Hits the Rail

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Niveau 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Praise Ogwo raised in early position to 33,000. Todd Rodgers reraised to 100,000 from the hijack. Eric Reyes was on the button and four-bet to 275,000. Ogwo folded and Rodgers put in his total remaining stack of 264,000.

Rodgers:
Reyes:

The board ran out and Reyes held on with his kicker to chip up nicely.

Rodgers has been a very vocal and positive player in all the events he has been in this year. We had a quick minute to speak with him after his elimination and he would encourage anyone affected by breast cancer, family members, friends, etc. to check out this page to sign up for a charity poker tournament in which the funds go toward SendMeOnVacation.org — a charitable organisation giving cancer survivors and battlers free vacations following treatment with no strings attached.