Event #45: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) Jour 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-06-23 17:29 UTC-7

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mike Leah	Eliminé

Jordan Young	Eliminé
Joe McKeehen	Eliminé

Dan Shak	Eliminé

Michael Wang	Eliminé

Chris Johnson	Eliminé
Chance Kornuth	Eliminé

Justin Bonomo	Eliminé

Maurice Hawkins	Eliminé
Upeshka De Silva	Eliminé

Jeff Gross	Eliminé

Double K.O. for Kassela

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Niveau 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Frank Kassela was in early position and raised to 3,800. Martin Jacobson was in middle position and three-bet to 10,000. Jonathan Abdellatif was in the cutoff and moved all in for 53,800. Kassela called, having him covered, and Jacobson called being the shortest of the three players with about 15,000.

Kassela:
Jacobson:
Abdellatif:

The board ran out and Kassela paired his ace to take down this massive pot and eliminate two very tough opponents in the process. Kassela is a three-time bracelet winner and is no stranger to having a big stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Frank Kassela	145,000 85,000	85,000

Martin Jacobson	Eliminé

Jonathan Abdellatif	Eliminé

Tags: Frank Kassela Jonathan Abdellatif Martin Jacobson

2017-06-23 17:46 UTC-7

Ryan Riess Doubles Up Before Dinner Break

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Niveau 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

There was around 5,000 in the pot and the flop was . Ryan Riess was in the big blind and was heads up with the small blind. The small blind led out for 1,800 and Riess called.

The turn was the and the small blind bet 4,300. Riess moved all in for 19,600 and his opponent called. Riess showed and his opponent tabled . The river brought the and Riess found a lucky river card to stay alive.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ryan Riess	56,000 27,900	27,900

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2017-06-23 17:52 UTC-7

Updated Counts Heading into Dinner Break

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Niveau 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Players are on a 90-minute dinner break and according to the board 197 players remain.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alex Keating	189,600 146,100	146,100

Anthony Zinno	115,000 115,000	115,000

Jonathan Duhamel	82,000 30,000	30,000

Jaspal Brar	80,000 62,000	62,000

Jimmy Tran	78,000 -6,000	-6,000
Tony Dunst	76,000 5,900	5,900

James Chen	73,000 32,000	32,000

Dan Heimiller	62,500 -7,500	-7,500

Ryan Riess	47,000 -9,000	-9,000

[Removed:153]	32,000 8,800	8,800

Niveau: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

2017-06-23 19:32 UTC-7

Luca Busts Baldwin

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Niveau 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Ivan Luca was in middle position and raised what appeared to be 4,000. Eric Baldwin was in the hijack and moved all in for roughly 50,000, Luca called.

Luca:
Baldwin:

The board ran out and Luca took it down with his two pairs.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ivan Luca	183,000 83,000	83,000

Eric Baldwin	Eliminé

Tags: Eric Baldwin Ivan Luca

2017-06-23 19:37 UTC-7

Timoshenko Pushes All In

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Niveau 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The action was folded around to the cutoff who raised to 4,500. Yevgeniy Timoshenko called from the small blind and the big blind tagged along as well. The flop came and both blinds checked to the initial raiser. He bet 7,500 and Timoshenko pushed all in for 23,200. The big blind folded and his remaining opponent thought for a couple moments. He also decided to fold and Timoshenko raked in the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	44,200 -19,300	-19,300

Tags: Yevgeniy Timoshenko

2017-06-23 19:49 UTC-7

Broadway for Dunst

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Niveau 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Tony Dunst raised to 4,500 from middle position and Anthony Zinno three-bet him from the small blind. The action was back on Dunst who moved all in for 77,900 and Zinno called.

Dunst:
Zinno:

The flop came and Dunst actually picked up one more out than he had before. The turn brought the , causing Dunst to start getting out of his chair. The river landed the and Dunst was able to sit back down as he just made a Broadway straight.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Tony Dunst	157,300 81,300	81,300

Tags: Tony Dunst Anthony Zinno

2017-06-23 19:50 UTC-7

Neel Murthy With Back-to-Back Wins

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Niveau 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

In the first of two hands, Neel Murthy was in late position and raised to 5,000. Bertrand Grospellier was on the button and called.

The flop was and both players checked to the turn which was the . Murthy led for 6,500 and Grospellier called. The river was the and both players checked.

Murthy tabled to take it down as Grospellier mucked his hand. This got Murthy up to 280,000.

In the following hand, Murthy was in middle position and raised to 5,000. The hijack and big blind both called.

The flop was and it was checked around to the turn which was the . The big blind led for 10,500 and Murthy snap-raised to 25,000. The player in the hijack then reraised to 41,500. The big blind moved all in for his remaining 32,000 roughly and Murthy moved all in, having both players covered. The hijack thought for a minute before folding his hand.

Murthy:
Big blind:

The river was the , locking up the hand for Murthy who seems unstoppable at the moment. He appears to be the chip leader but chips are moving around furiously.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Neel Murthy	370,000 284,000	284,000
Bertrand Grospellier	61,000 7,800	7,800

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Neel Murthy

Niveau: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300