Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship Jour 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-06-22 19:52 UTC-7

Ramage Gets It All Back From Josephy

MrCleverFox

Niveau 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

After opening the two pots prior to this hand, Cliff Josephy opened for a third time. This time, he was in the hijack seat, and he raised to 11,500. Grayson Ramage was next to act, and he reraised to 31,000. Josephy thought for a long time before moving all in with a covering stack, and Ramage called quickly for his entire stack of 287,500.

Josephy:
Ramage:

The board ran out , giving Ramage a full house and doubling him back to just over where he started the day. Josephy was cut down to just about where he started the day, as well.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Grayson Ramage	585,500 200,500	200,500
Cliff Josephy	345,000 -231,000	-231,000

Tags: Cliff Josephy Grayson Ramage

2017-06-22 20:29 UTC-7

Josephy Drops More; Malka on the Uptick

MrCleverFox

Niveau 16 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Cliff Josephy and David Malka were involved in a monster pot with the board reading . Malka moved all in, and Josephy went into the tank.

While Josephy was in the tank, Ben Yu came over and recounted the action that led up to Malka's shove. Apparently, Josephy had limped on the button, and Ramage followed along from the small blind. Malka exercised his option to raise from the big blind, and he made it 25,000 to play. Josephy reraised to 66,000, and only Malka called. Both players checked on the flop to the on the turn. Malka bet 67,000 on the turn, which Josephy called. On the river, Malka shoved.

As Yu finished recounting the action, Josephy decided to call, pushing the chips forward. Malka turned over for the nut flush, and Josephy mucked, shaking his head and leaving himself with just 28,500.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
David Malka	605,000 449,800	449,800
Cliff Josephy	28,500 -316,500	-316,500

Tags: Cliff Josephy David Malka Liang Yu

2017-06-22 22:32 UTC-7

Olivier Busquet Triples Up on the Bubble

[user341012]

Niveau 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Chi Zhang raised to 18,000 in middle position, and Olivier Busquet went all in for 66,000 on the button. Xixiang Luo re-raised to 110,000 in the small blind, and the big blind went all in for 260,000. Zhang folded, and after thinking for a little while, Luo folded, too.

Busquet:
Big blind:

The board ran out , and Busquet more than tripled up with his set of aces.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Olivier Busquet	222,000 117,000	117,000

Tags: Olivier Busquet

2017-06-22 22:57 UTC-7

Goran Mandic Eliminates Lyle Vincent on the Bubble

[user341012]

Niveau 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Goran Mandic moved all in from the cutoff and Lyle Vincent called on the button for his remaining 128,000. The blinds folded and Vincent was at risk, but ahead.

Vincent:
Mandic:

The board ran out . Mandic made a pair of tens on the flop to take the lead and Vincent is the unfortunate bubble boy and the rest of the field is now in the money.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Goran Mandic	628,000
Lyle Vincent	Eliminé

Tags: Goran Mandic Lyle Vincent

2017-06-22 23:08 UTC-7

Wasserson Removes Karamanishvili After the Bubble

MrCleverFox

Niveau 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

After a preflop confrontation, Levan Karamanishvili was all in and at risk. He was called by Eric Wasserson who had a covering stack.

Wasserson:
Karamanishvili:

"Hearts!" Wasserson cheered before the flop. The flop came giving Wasserson a big lead in the hand. The on the turn gave Karamanishvili a few outs to the straight, but the on the river changed nothing and Wasserson was able to secure the knock out.

"Now that's what I'm talking about," Wasserson said stacking his chips after the hand.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Eric Wasserson	99,000 -2,000	-2,000
Levan Karamanishvili	Eliminé

Tags: Eric Wasserson

2017-06-22 23:08 UTC-7

Rainer Kempe Hits the Rail

MrCleverFox

Niveau 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

After a preflop confrontation, Rainer Kempe was all in and at risk. He was called by both David Malka and Boris Kolev.

The flop came and Malka checked to Kolev. Kolev put out a bet of what looked like 37,000 and Malka folded. Kolev then turned up and Kempe showed .

The turn and river were blanks and Kempe did not improve. Kolev collected the rest of his chips while Kempe was sent to the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Rainer Kempe	Eliminé

Tags: Boris Kolev Rainer Kempe

2017-06-22 23:22 UTC-7

Elpayaa Doubles Through Mandic

MrCleverFox

Niveau 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Dario Sammartino opened with a raise to 20,000 from the cutoff. On the button, Goran Mandic shoved all in with a stack covering everyone left at the table. In the small Blind Joe Elpayaa called the all in. Everyone else folded leaving Mandic and Elpayaa heads up.

Elpayaa:
Mandic:

The flop rolled out and that gave Elpayaa the winning set and the double up.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Joseph Elpayaa	530,000 530,000	530,000
Goran Mandic	520,000 -108,000	-108,000

Tags: Goran Mandic Joe Elpayaa

2017-06-22 23:39 UTC-7

For $100, You Too Can See Dan Smith's Hand

MrCleverFox

Niveau 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

With a board of , Dan Smith and Eric Wasserson were in the midst of a big pot. There was already more than 100,000 in the middle of the table. Wasserson, who was in the big blind, had checked over to Smith. Smith put out a bet of 80,000 from the hijack. This put Wasserson in the tank.

"Will you show if I fold?" Wasserson asked, smiling.

Smith said something about the question, then decided on a price.

"One hundred dollars," Smith said.

Wasserson thought about the number for a while. "You seem nervous to me," he said.

"You look..." Dan Smith started. "You were giving me a weird look."

"You can't even talk you're so nervous!" Wasserson said. "'You look, you just look.' You definitely don't have it."

"Then you should shove," Smith said.

"Yeah but I don't really have it either," Wasserson replied. Eventually, Wasserson settled on a fold, and Smith took down the pot. Smith held onto his hand for a little bit, waiting to see if Wasserson would pay.

"Come on Charlie. Pay it!" Wasserson said to Charlie Carrel who had been sweating the hand from an adjacent table.

"I don't need to pay it," Carrel said. "I already know what he had."

"But you wouldn't tell him would you?" Smith asked, to which Carrel shook his head.

"I had a king," Wasserson said.

"Stop," Smith said.

"I did," Wasserson continued. "I didn't have a good king, but I had a king."

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dan Smith	460,000 359,000	359,000

Eric Wasserson	282,000 -98,000	-98,000

Tags: Charlie Carrel Dan Smith Eric Wasserson

2017-06-22 23:53 UTC-7

Sam Stein is the Last Sam Standing

MrCleverFox

Niveau 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

According to Sam Stein, Sam Grafton raised from under the gun. Action folded to Stein in the big blind and he moved all in. Grafton called.

Grafton was holding but was racing against Stein's . The board ran out and that was good to earn Stein the pot and secured the elimination of Grafton.

Sam Trickett also posted of his elimination on Twitter:

Was cruising in the 10k and then Bang ,lost 3 hands in 10 minutes and I am out - gutted ###37th place ...
— Sam Trickett (@Samtrickett1)

So with the eliminations of Grafton and Trickett, that makes Sam Stein the last Sam standing.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sam Stein	510,000 -30,000	-30,000
Sam Grafton	Eliminé

Sam Trickett	Eliminé

Tags: Sam Grafton Sam Stein Sam Trickett

2017-06-23 01:27 UTC-7

Dario Sammartino Takes from Grayson Ramage

[user341012]

Niveau 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

On a flop of , Grayson Ramage checked under the gun and Dario Sammartino bet 32,000 on the button. Ramage called and the turn was the . Both players checked and the river was the , pairing the board.

Ramage bet out 95,000 and Sammartino quickly called.

Ramage showed and Sammartino's for two pair, tens and nines, with an ace kicker was good.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dario Sammartino	695,000 192,000	192,000
Grayson Ramage	575,000 -130,000	-130,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino Grayson Ramage