Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER Jour 3 | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-06-13 14:52 UTC-7

Buckholtz Holds On

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Niveau 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Ryan Buckholtz was all in for his last 141,000 and was called by Kevin O'Donnell.

Buckholtz was at risk with and stood up in his chair as O'Donnell tabled pocket queens.

"I'll be happy with a chop," smirked O'Donnell. The flop came and Buckholtz flopped a flush. The turn was the and O'Donnell was drawing dead to the on the river.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kevin O'Donnell	1,350,000 400,000	400,000
Ryan Buckholtz	300,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Kevin O'Donnell Ryan Buckholtz

2017-06-13 14:55 UTC-7

Yuriy Boyko Flips For His Tournament Life

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Niveau 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Yuriy Boyko was short and got his remaining 174,000 in the middle before the flop. Jimmy Tran was also short and called.

Boyko tabled and was flipping against Tran's .

The flop came , allowing Boyko to pull ahead with a pair of aces. The turn was the and the river was the , giving Boyko the double-up he was looking for and leaving Tran with less than five big blinds.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Yuriy Boyko	380,000 60,000	60,000
Jimmy Tran	117,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Jimmy Tran Yuriy Boyko

2017-06-13 15:00 UTC-7

Updated Stacks: Ralph Perry Sits on Five Times the Average

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Niveau 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ralph Perry	4,900,000 1,260,000	1,260,000

Senovio Ramirez III	1,390,000 -440,000	-440,000
Bryan Piccioli	1,250,000 490,000	490,000

Daniel Chan	1,090,000 706,000	706,000
Mstr Lynch	845,000 655,000	655,000
Aharon Shabtay	840,000
Pablo Mariz	760,000 35,000	35,000

Thomas Taylor	620,000 -130,000	-130,000
Farzad Bonyadi	605,000 265,000	265,000

Jessica Dawley	585,000 -340,000	-340,000

Stanley Lee	560,000 -300,000	-300,000
Lisa Hamilton	440,000 240,000	240,000

Asi Moshe	240,000 -484,000	-484,000

Igor Zektser	240,000 -80,000	-80,000
John Leal	140,000 -102,000	-102,000
Jimmy Tran	117,000

2017-06-13 15:02 UTC-7

Cold Four from Cada

Jan_Kores

Niveau 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Ralph Perry moved his giant leading stack to the table that had been captained by former November Niners, Joe Cada and Kenny Hallaert.

It was Perry who kicked off a battle that featured all of the three aforementioned players. They are all grinding a very healthy stack and Perry's early open to 52,000 caused some serious fencing.

Hallaert, sitting in the lowjack, three-bet to 145,000 and the action stopped at Cada in the big blind. The 2009 WSOP Main Event champion paused and then cut out 385,000, waking up with a cold four-bet.

Now it was Perry's turn again, and he didn't give up without thinking about the spot for a minute. In the end, he mucked, leaving the decision to Hallaert. The Belgian player scanned Cada's chips but eventually released his hand, too.

Cada took this one but one can feel in the air that some more action is about to follow on that star-studded table.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ralph Perry	4,650,000 -250,000	-250,000

Kenny Hallaert	1,700,000
Joe Cada	1,550,000 310,000	310,000

Tags: Joe Cada Kenny Hallaert Ralph Perry

2017-06-13 15:07 UTC-7

Michael Falcon Ravn Eliminated

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Niveau 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Michael Falcon Ravn was under the gun and raised to 75,000. Scott Vener was in middle position and three-bet to 225,000. Ravn called and the flop was . Ravn checked and Vener bet 300,000. Ravn moved all in for roughly 400,000 and Vener called.

Vener tabled and Ravn showed .

The turn was the and the river was the sending Ravn to the rail and Vener into a healthy chip position.

According to the table, there was a hand prior to the bustout hand involving the same two players almost exactly one orbit earlier.

Vener had raised preflop and been called by Ravn in the big blind. The flop was and Ravn bet 75,000 which Vener called. The turn was another and Ravn check-called Vener's bet of 175,000. The river was the and Ravn shoved into Vener who snap-called with quads . Ravn had shown . This got Vener's stack up to a million before the fateful hand for Ravn.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Scott Vener	1,800,000 1,250,000	1,250,000
Michael Falcon Ravn	Eliminé

Tags: Michael Falcon Ravn Scott Vener

2017-06-13 15:13 UTC-7

This Ain't No '9 to 5' for Dawley

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Niveau 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Igor Zektser moved all in for 265,000 from late position and Jessica Dawley called from the big blind.

Zektser was at risk with and was well behind the of Dawley.

The flop came and Dawley was still well ahead with two kings. The turn was the , giving Zektser a straight draw, but the river was the and Zektser hit the rail.

Dawley has now peaked and sits on 1,200,000, almost double the chips she started the day with.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jessica Dawley	1,200,000 615,000	615,000

Igor Zektser	Eliminé

Tags: Igor Zektser Jessica Dawley

2017-06-13 15:18 UTC-7

Affleck's Cowboys Do the Trick Again

Jan_Kores

Niveau 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

In one of the first hands of today's play, Matt Affleck found pocket kings to double through Brian Rast, whose queens came up short.

Affleck peeked at the second strongest pair once more just before the second break, and he got the max value from the premium hand again.

With the board reading , Affleck's hade made a full house. Affleck tangled with Harald Sammer whose hand was already in the muck by the time we arrived.

What happened became evident as the dealer started counting Affleck's chips. He had 378,000 total and that was exactly the sum he received from Sammer.

The equation seems to be pretty clear in this tournament: Matt Affleck + kings = double.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Matt Affleck	830,000 -10,000	-10,000
Harald Sammer	410,000 -50,000	-50,000

Tags: Harald Sammer Matt Affleck

2017-06-13 15:25 UTC-7

Top Five Stacks on Break

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Niveau 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

The remaining players are on another 15-minute break.

Ralph Perry still has a dominating lead with 4,600,000. Here is a look at the top five stacks:

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ralph Perry	4,600,000 -50,000	-50,000

Muhammad Abdel Rahim	2,700,000 1,250,000	1,250,000
Harvey Alegado	1,850,000 940,000	940,000
Kenny Hallaert	1,800,000 100,000	100,000
Kevin O'Donnell	1,750,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Ralph Perry

Niveau: 25

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 5,000

2017-06-13 15:53 UTC-7

Martin Eliminates Schulz

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Niveau 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Hector Martin was in late position and raised to 95,000. Kevin Schulz defended his big blind.

The flop was and both players checked to the turn which was the . Schulz led for 130,000 and Martin called.

The river was the and Schulz moved all in for 355,000. Martin peeked back at his cards and called. Schulz tabled for two pairs and Martin showed for the Broadway straight to the ace. Martin now has over 2 million in chips after starting the day with 550,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Hector Martin	2,080,000 1,530,000	1,530,000
Kevin Schulz	Eliminé

Tags: Hector Martin Kevin Schulz