The 2017 World Series of Poker is in full swing and today Event #20A: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER is next up out of the blocks with a guaranteed $1,000,000 first-place prize.
Last year's Champion is Jason DeWitt from the United States. He took home his second WSOP gold bracelet and $1,065,403 for his efforts. DeWitt has 24 WSOP cashes overall and $2,594,300 in WSOP earnings. He bested a field of 7,190 players which created a $9,706,500 prize pool.
This is a five-day event with two starting flights for Day 1. Day 1a and 1b start at 10 a.m. local time on June 10th and 11th. Players will have until the start of Level 7, (6:10 p.m.) to late register and each day will play 10 levels before bagging for Day 2. There will be a 20-minute break every two levels and a dinner break at the end of Level 6. Players are allowed one reentry per flight and start with 7,500 in chips. This event is sure to attract massive numbers again this year as everyone still wants that million dollar score.
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Greg "Fossilman" Raymer is the 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion. Raymer defeated David Williams heads up for the Main Event title. He is known for wearing his trademark holographic glasses at the poker table and his witty banter. Raymer is a patent attorney and is married with one child. The nickname "Fossilman" comes from Raymer's hobby collecting fossils and his use of them as card protectors. He has over $6.6 million in career WSOP earnings and over $7.6 million in live recorded tournament earnings.
David "Dragon" Pham has entered the field and is fresh off of his win in the 2017 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event #12) for $391,960.
Pham has 3 WSOP bracelets, 47 WSOP cashes and over $2.2 million in WSOP earnings. He is the cousin of Men "The Master" Nguyen and is a master of his craft. Look out for this champion throughout the day.
Liv Boeree was under the gun and raised to 750. A player in late position three-bet to 1,750 and Boeree called.
The flop was and Boeree check-called a bet of 2,200.
The turn was the and Boeree checked to her opponent who grabbed a handful of chips and bet enough to put Boeree all in. Boeree snap-called and tabled . Her opponent showed and was hoping for a miracle on the river which didn't come when the was placed on the board.
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According to the chatter at the table, 888 Pro Chris Moorman was down to one big blind. At last glance, he was raking in a nice pot after making a straight with versus an all-in opponent who held . Moorman just eclipsed the 40,000-chip mark and is poised to make a run.
Moorman is most well-known for his online poker accolades, with over $14 million in recorded earnings combined with his $4-million-plus in live earnings.
Jeffrey Sluzinski was in late position and raised to 1,500. He was called by the hijack and cutoff prior to Mike Leah moving all in on the button for 14,950. Sluzinski reraised all in for roughly 20,000, and the other two players folded.
Sluzinski tabled , and Leah showed .
The board ran out , and Sluzinski out-kicked Leah to win the pot and chip up nicely.
John Myung was on the button and raised to 2,100. Yevgeniy Timoshenko was in the big blind and three-bet to 6,500. Myung called.
The flop was , and Timoshenko led for 5,000. Myung immediately moved all in for 27,000 total, sending Timoshenko into the tank. The two players bantered back and forth a couple of times before Timoshenko pulled out his wallet. About 30 seconds later, he folded and tried to get Myung to show what he had for the right price. He offered $10 then $15 and had more, but Myung refused and wouldn't be bought. He asked, "How much is second place?" insinuating that was his price.
The players on the table were all laughing and in good spirits, enjoying a brief moment of levity before they all put their poker faces back on and then next hand was dealt out.
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and Boeree check-called a bet of 2,200.
and Boeree checked to her opponent who grabbed a handful of chips and bet enough to put Boeree all in. Boeree snap-called and tabled 
. Her opponent showed 
and was hoping for a miracle on the river which didn't come when the 
was placed on the board.
versus an all-in opponent who held 
. Moorman just eclipsed the 40,000-chip mark and is poised to make a run.
, and Leah showed 
.
, and Sluzinski out-kicked Leah to win the pot and chip up nicely.
, and Timoshenko led for 5,000. Myung immediately moved all in for 27,000 total, sending Timoshenko into the tank. The two players bantered back and forth a couple of times before Timoshenko pulled out his wallet. About 30 seconds later, he folded and tried to get Myung to show what he had for the right price. He offered $10 then $15 and had more, but Myung refused and wouldn't be bought. He asked, "How much is second place?" insinuating that was his price.