Day 5 Gets Underway at 11 a.m.
Day 5 of the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event starts at 11 a.m. sharp. Just 297 players remain, all guaranteed $35,267 at this point. Day 5 will feature 5.5 levels of play, with play wrapping up around 12:50 a.m. The dinner break should be around 5:45 today, and lasts 90 minutes.
The feature table is Table 704, featuring Charlie Carrel and Greg Mueller. Table 725 is the outer feature table, and Table 703 is the secondary feature table. Play begins with one hour remaining in Level 21 (10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante).
You can follow all the updates today on PokerNews.com. ESPN2 has a live stream of the action from 11 a.m. through 1 p.m., with PokerGO taking over after that with coverage on a half hour delay till 6:15 p.m.
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 60 minutes | 10,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
| 22 | 60 minutes | 12,000 | 24,000 | 4,000 |
| 20 minutes break | ||||
| 22 | 60 minutes | 12,000 | 24,000 | 4,000 |
| 23 | 60 minutes | 15,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| 20 minutes break | ||||
| 23 | 60 minutes | 15,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| 24 | 60 minutes | 20,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 |
| 90 minutes break | ||||
| 24 | 60 minutes | 20,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 |
| 25 | 60 minutes | 25,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 |
| 20 minutes break | ||||
| 25 | 60 minutes | 25,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 |
| 26 | 60 minutes | 30,000 | 60,000 | 10,000 |
| 20 minutes break | ||||
| 26 | 60 minutes | 30,000 | 60,000 | 10,000 |
Day 4 Action
Yesterday on Day 4, as 1,084 survivors returned for Day 4, players were in the money but those numbers wouldn’t last long. Within only a few hours, the field had been thinned to about 700, and more players began to fall throughout the day. When the action was over, only 297 remained, including 2016 November Niner Kenny Hallaert who sits in third place in the chip counts and is looking for a second-straight final table. Five other November Niners also remain in the field hoping for another deep run: Ben Lamb, Antoine Saout, Eoghan O'Dea, Chino Rheem, Tom Cannuli, Michael Ruane, Matt Giannetti, and Jake Balsiger.
Argentina’s Damian Salas leads the field with 4,678,000 chips, and has more than $900,000 in tournament winnings. He’s looking to parlay his success into his first WSOP bracelet. Following him is Sebastien Comel with 4,198,000 and Hallaert with 4,145,000. Comel has $458,000 in winnings and looking for his first major win.
The 35-year-old Belgian Hallaert may be the story of Day 4 as he attempts the Herculean feat of back-to-back Main Event final tables. In 2016, he took sixth for $1.5 million and had a good run this summer with eight cashes for more than $350,000. That total includes two final tables: third in Event #36: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed for $238,855, and seventh in Event #66: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $58,803. Despite having many close calls and $2.2 million in WSOP winnings, he is still looking for that first bracelet.
Other notables with above-average stacks include JP Kelly (3,923,000), Jonas Mackoff (3,076,000), Mickey Craft (2,389,000), Dario Sammartino (1,769,000), Martin Finger (1,658,000), Charlie Carrel (1,598,000), Matt Bond (1,488,000), Isaac Haxton (1,436,000), and 888 Ambassador Dominik Nitsche (1,404,000).
, giving him a bit of a sweat but keeping him in the lead. He remained safe on the 
turn and 
river and that allowed him to double up. 
, giving Phillips a pair of kings on the river to eliminate Giannetti.
. The board ran out 
and Schmiess made a set while Ly did not improve and he was sent to the payout desk.
and that kept Hanrahan in the lead the whole way, allowing him to eliminate both Rheem and Chung from the tournament, while he moved past 2 million chips.
turn and 
river both bricked. Hegele, who started the day with 1.7 million in chips, had his opponent covered and soared up to 4.5 million.
landed on the turn and Sammartino checked again. Hallaert made a bet of 265,000 and Sammartino called again. 
and Sammartino checked one more time. Hallaert thought for a couple minutes before moving a bet of 675,000 into the pot. Now it was Sammartino's turn to think, as he tanked for nearly five minutes before tossing in a single chip to call. Hallaert's cards went straight to the muck and Sammartino tabled 
and Talley thought for a bit, asked Senat how much he was playing, then decided to check. Senat made a bet of 275,000. Talley moved all in with a slightly covering stack, and Senat stood up from his chair. 
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keeping Senat in the clear. "One more, baby. Let's go," Senat continued. The river was the 
and that improved Senat to a full house. He gave a fist pump as the dealer counted out his chips. 
