Event #62: $50,000 Poker Players Championship (6-Handed) Jour 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-07-04 02:17 UTC-7

Michael Mizrachi vise le triplé, tous les Français dans le rail

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Niveau 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

9 joueurs se sont inscrits avant l'entame du Jour 2 du WSOP Poker Players Championship à 50.000$ l'entrée pour porter l'affluence du tournoi à 100 joueurs tout juste. Après l'élimination de David Benyamine lors de la première journée de compétition, les quatre Français encore en lice ont sauté durant les 6 niveaux de 100 minutes au programme.

Bruno Fitoussi, Alexandre Luneau, Fabrice Soulier et Bertrand Grospellier ne gagneront pas le tournoi et Brian Rast ne signera pas une troisième victoire. Le tenant du titre a rendu les armes et c'est donc Michael Mizrachi qui s'installe sous le feu des projecteurs.

Auteur d'un back to back légendaire, The Grinder a ouvert la porte à un exploit de folie. Alors qu'il reste 44 joueurs, l'Américain est en troisième position du chipcount avec un tout petit peu plus d'un million de jetons. Malgré un début de journée compliqué, Mizrachi a envoyé des sacoches pour mettre la pression et empiler des jetons.

Aaron Katz (1,642,000) et Talal Shakerchi (1,480,500) ont monté une fortune aussi et trônent en tête du classement provisoire. Rien n'est joué puisque des terreurs de la trempe de Matthew Ashton, Shaun Deeb, Jason Mercier, Mike Matusow, Phil Galfond, Daniel Negreanu et Mike Sexton sont encore dans le coup. James Obst, Robert Mizrachi, Daniel Alaei, Alexander Kostritsyn, Ian Johns, Paul Volpe, Marco Johnson, David Oppenheim, Stephen Chidwick et Justin Bonomo ont aussi encore des jetons...

Sur le point d'être éliminé, Daniel Negreanu a passé la vitesse supérieure dans les trois dernières heures pour finir au dessus de la moyenne. Toujours mieux que les autres victimes du jour : Dzmitry Urbanovich, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Gorodinsky ou encore Gus Hansen...

Reprise du jeu aux alentours de 23 heures dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi avec un tournoi à suivre au plus près sur PokerNews...

Le chipcount complet(moyenne 568 000)

Le Top 9 à l'issue du Jour 2

Aaron Katz US 1,642,000
Talal Shakerchi GB 1,480,500
Michael Mizrachi US 1,087,000
Elior Sion GB 1,033,500
Andrey Zaichenko RU 962,000
Matthew Ashton GB 910,500
Gary Benson AU 882,000
Anthony Zinno US 863,500
David Bach US 735,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Michael Mizrachi

2017-07-04 01:39 UTC-7

Mercier Surprises Sexton

KaleGozer

Niveau 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Mercier: / /
Sexton: / /

On fourth street, Jason Mercier bet with ace-five showing, and Mike Sexton called. Mercier checked fifth street to Sexton, who bet. Mercier called and also check-called on sixth street.

Mercier bet out on seventh street and Sexton called. Much to everyone's surprise, Mercier flipped up for a Broadway straight. Sexton showed for trip eights, which was second best, and had to surrender the pot to Mercier.

"Starts with ace-five, comes up with Broadway," chuckled Mike Matusow.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jason Mercier	600,000 35,000	35,000

Mike Sexton	290,000 -75,000	-75,000

Tags: Jason Mercier Mike Sexton

2017-07-04 01:17 UTC-7

Arieh Wins a Big Pot in Stud/8; Owen Departs

Jan_Kores

Niveau 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Three-way to sixth street, Josh Arieh bet into a large pot, earning calls from both Adam Owen and Talal Shakerchi. All players checked the river.

Adam Owen: / /
Talal Shakerchi: / /
Josh Arieh: / /

Nobody made a low, so the full 300,000 pot went to the highest hand shown. Josh Arieh rolled over his for kings up, which was enough to beat both of his opponents.

Owen was left with shrapnel. He posted the ante for the next hand and then completed with for all his remaining chips. Shakerchi called and Matthew Ashton raised it up with a queen. Shakerchi called but folded on fourth when Ashton paired his queen.

Talal Shakerchi: / - fold
Adam Owen: / /
Matthew Ashton:

Owen had aces in the hole but Ashton made a flush on the way to the river. Owen could still chop with a low card on seventh street, but he didn't find any and mucked.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Talal Shakerchi	1,350,000 490,000	490,000
Josh Arieh	520,000 80,000	80,000

Adam Owen	Eliminé

Tags: Adam Owen Josh Arieh Matthew Ashton Talal Shakerchi

2017-07-04 00:52 UTC-7

Negreanu Doubles Again

Jan_Kores

Niveau 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Around 200,000 lied in the middle with Harry Madoff and Daniel Negreanu battling on the turn. Madoff checked and Negreanu pushed all his chips towards the pot.

"How much do you have?" Madoff asked. It was exactly 160,000. Less than a minute after that, Madoff threw in some of his chips, calling.

Nergeanu rolled over for a flopped set but Madoff didn't want to turn up his hand.

"I got tens," he said. The dealer insisted Madoff had to turn his hand face down, following the showdown rule.

"I said I got tens, why would I lie?" Madoff replied, and then he finally showed his .

Negreanu dodged the deadly two-outer as the river improved his hand into a full house, securing him a large double up.

Negreanu was down to 40,000 but has grinded it back up to over 500,000 within the last hour.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Daniel Negreanu	520,000 375,000	375,000

Harry Madoff	192,000 -328,000	-328,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Harry Madoff

2017-07-04 00:44 UTC-7

Ross to the Rail

KaleGozer

Niveau 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Mike Ross has played his last hand of this tournament. Short-stacked, Ross got his last chips in on the turn during a blind battle with Mike Wattel.

The board was reading and Wattel showed . Ross only showed , indicating he was drawing to just the low portion of the pot. The on the river improved Wattel to Broadway, while Ross missed his low draw.

"Sorry Mike," said Wattel to Ross, who quickly left the tournament area.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mike Wattel	240,000 -41,000	-41,000

Michael Ross	Eliminé

Tags: Mike Ross Mike Wattel

2017-07-04 00:37 UTC-7

Dan Smith Falls to Jake Abdalla

Jan_Kores

Niveau 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Dan Smith shoved his last 31,000 from the cutoff and Nick Schulman called from the button. Small blind Jack Abdalla paused for quite some time, eventually pulling out 77,500. Smith then borrowed Joey Couden's sunglasses while Schulman thought about the situation. Schulman decided to call again.

The flop saw Abdalla fire another 75,000 and Schulman finally gave up, leaving the showdown to Abdalla and Smith.

Abdalla had and Smith turned up , hoping for a set or a runner-runner straight.

However, the turn and river were all but helpful for Smith who took off the sunglasses and returned them to Couden.

"Thanks for the help, appreciate it," Smith said before he left the table. "I tried," Couden replied.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jake Abdalla	810,000 80,000	80,000
Nick Schulman	170,000 -20,000	-20,000

Dan Smith	Eliminé

Tags: Dan Smith Jake Abdalla Joey Couden Nick Schulman

2017-07-04 00:02 UTC-7

Matusow Checks Back His Full Boat

Jan_Kores

Niveau 11 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Limit Hold'em

Jason Mercier three-bet from the small blind over Mike Matusow's raise from the cutoff. Matusow called to have a look at the flop.

Mercier continued when the hit the felt, and Matusow called again.

The turn was the and Mercier slowed down with a check, calling Matusow's bet.

No bets were made on the river as Matusow had thought out loud. "I put you on kings or queens," he said before checking back.

The showdown was shocking for all players at the table as Matusow tabled for a flopped full house.

Daniel Alaei started laughing while others were wondering why Matusow didn't bet.

"That flop was good for me, I'm not gonna lie," Matusow said before adding: "But that ace and queen..."

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jason Mercier	565,000 -80,000	-80,000

Mike Matusow	520,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Jason Mercier Mike Matusow

2017-07-03 23:53 UTC-7

Negreanu Triples Up

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Niveau 11 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Daniel Negreanu was already all in when we got to his table, with on the board. Isaac Haxton in the big blind and Harry Madoff in the cutoff had built a side pot of about 75,000, and the fell on the river. Haxton bet 85,000, and Madoff shook his head but called after about 30 seconds.

"King-high flush," Haxton said, showing .

It was no good, as Madoff held for the nut flush.

"I'll take the middle," Negreanu piped in, showing for sixes full of nines.

The showdown was much to the delight of the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Harry Madoff	600,000 190,000	190,000
Isaac Haxton	469,000 276,000	276,000

Daniel Negreanu	170,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Harry Madoff Isaac Haxton

2017-07-03 22:59 UTC-7

Phil Hellmuth Eliminated

KaleGozer

Niveau 11 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Limit Hold'em

Phil Hellmuth was down to his last 25,000 when Cary Katz opened from under the gun. Hellmuth stuck his last chips in from the big blind, and Katz wasn't folding.

Hellmuth:
Katz:

Hellmuth took an even bigger lead after the flop, slashing some of Katz's outs. A on the turn gave Katz an inside straight draw, and an on the river completed it. "The Poker Brat" calmly said his goodbyes and walked out of the tournament area.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Cary Katz	540,000 80,000	80,000
Phil Hellmuth	Eliminé

Tags: Cary Katz Phil Hellmuth

2017-07-03 22:47 UTC-7

Matt Glantz Eliminated by Elior Sion

Jan_Kores

Niveau 11 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Matt Glantz ended up all in on the flop, facing off with Elior Sion.

Matt Glantz:
Elior Sion:

Glantz was ahead, but Sion had plenty of outs with his combo draw. One of them emerged right on the turn as the hit the felt. Glantz immediately knew his rally was coming to a close, standing up from his chair. The river confirmed Sion's victory, and the players at the table offered, "Good game," to Glantz. Sion even apologized for the knockout, but Glantz took the beat like a good sport.

Sion is now only few big bets away from reaching a 1 million-chip mark.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Elior Sion	965,000 145,000	145,000

Matt Glantz	Eliminé

Tags: Elior Sion Matt Glantz