Players are going on their final 20-minute break of the day. When they return, they will be less than 20 players away from the money.
2017 World Series of Poker
Niveau: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Ben Eilers limped under the gun and got two callers before Miltiadis Kyriakides raised to 2,000 from the big blind. Ben Eilers announced, "Pot," and the two callers folded.
"You limped under the gun. What, you have aces?" said Kyriakides before moving all in.
Eilers showed , while Kyriakides showed .
The flop came , giving Eilers top set. The turn was the , giving Kyriakides a flush.
"Deuce!" cried Kyriakides, but the river was the , pairing the board and giving Eilers a full house. Kyriakides's head slumped to the felt, and he was eliminated.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Ben Eilers
|
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Miltiadis Kyriakides | Eliminé |
Jesse Rockowitz and Chris Flint got all the chips in before the flop, and Rockowitz had the larger of the two stacks by a fairly wide margin.
Rockowitz:
Flint:
Since both players had aces, a chop was decently likely, but the board ran out to give Flint the nut straight and he doubled up.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Chris Flint
|
30,000 | |
Jesse Rockowitz |
22,000
-16,500
|
-16,500 |
|
With about 8,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Igor Sharaskin checked to his lone opponent and he bet 4,500. Sharaskin called.
The river brought the , Sharaskin bet 8,500, his opponent folded, and Sharaskin took the pot.
Just last week, Sharaskin made the final table of Event #19 $565 Pot-Limit Omaha and finished in 3rd place. With the stack he's accumulated today, he may be poised to make another deep run in this tournament.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Igor Sharaskin |
68,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
In the last hand before the bubble, five players saw a flop of . It checked to Martin Kabrhel, who bet 2,000, and the small blind was the only caller.
The turn was the , and the small-blind check-called a bet of 4,000. The river was the , and it checked to Kabrhel, who moved all in covering his opponent. His opponent called. Kabrhel showed and lost to his opponent's .
A few hands later, Kabrhel limped in, called a bet on the flop, then folded the turn, leaving himself with just one big blind.
An orbit later, Kabrhel was all in from the big blind, and there were six limpers. The six live players checked down a flop of , and after waiting for all hands at other tables to conclude, the hands were turned over:
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
That left Martin Kabrhel. The silent player, who one hand earlier had asked to see "the rules of the tournament" before acting on his hand (an act which resulted in the clock being called on him) turned over his hand. One by one, he tantalizingly exposed his cards: The . The . The . The . That's a Jack-high flush, and he septupled his stack to 5,600.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Martin Kabrhel |
5,600
5,600
|
5,600 |
|
One of the chip leaders Andy Margolis and a player with just 1,800 chips remaining got all in before the flop.
"Do you have me covered?" the short-stacked player asked jokingly.
Margolis:
Opponent:
Margolis was the preflop underdog, but the board ran out and he scooped the pot with two pair to eliminate his opponent and end the money bubble.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Andrew Margolis |
113,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
Niveau: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
Jesse Yaginuma, Lawrence Lazar, and one other player got all the chips in on a flop of . Lazar had the largest of the three stacks and Yaginuma had the smallest.
Lazar:
Yaginuma:
Player 1:
The turn was the , giving Yaginuma the nut flush and Lazar a smaller one. The third player needed the board to pair on the river to preserve his tournament life, but the changed nothing, so Yagonuma scooped the main pot and Lazar took the side to send the middle stack to the cage.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Lawrence Lazar |
53,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
Jesse Yaginuma |
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |