Break
With 690 players remaining the tournament is going on its second break. When they return the blinds will be 40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 big blind ante.
With 690 players remaining the tournament is going on its second break. When they return the blinds will be 40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 big blind ante.
Jason Baldridge started the action with a raise to175,000. Kuo Chen Hung three-bet to 475,000 and the player on the button moved all in for a stack around 1,500,000. Baldridge thought about it for a minute and made the fold. Hung called and the players tabled their cards:
His opponent:
Kuo Chen Hung:
Hung was in good shape to win the big pot, which he did after the runout, eliminating his opponent in the process. Baldridge said he also had a pair of tens.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jason Baldridge | 6,200,000 | 2,300,000 |
Kuo Chen Hung | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
John Richards | 6,900,000 | -700,000 |
Catherine Valdes | 6,400,000 | 1,200,000 |
Michael Carter | 5,500,000 | 3,625,000 |
Ludovic Geilich | 5,500,000 | 3,735,000 |
Ioannis Angelou Konstas | 4,000,000 | 1,985,000 |
Mario Mosbock | 3,100,000 | 1,900,000 |
Saya Ono
|
2,900,000 | -100,000 |
Eric Nathan | 1,300,000 | -645,000 |
Ismael Bojang
|
1,300,000 | 915,000 |
The action started with Lawrence Brandt who opened in middle position. The player in the cut-off called as well as Femi Fashakin on the button. The big blind moved all-in for 450,000 and Brandt reshoved for 1,000,000. The cut-off called and after some thinking, Fashakin let it go.
Lawrence Brandt
Small blind:
Cut off:
The dealer brought a board , giving Edward a pair of aces on the turn for the winning hand and a pot over 3 million.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Femi Fashakin
|
4,300,000 | 3,350,000 |
Lawrence Brandt
|
3,000,000 | 1,455,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Adrian Curry | 8,900,000 | 2,700,000 |
John Richards | 7,600,000 | |
Daniel Gamer | 7,000,000 | 2,975,000 |
Joshua Suyat | 5,900,000 | 3,860,000 |
Michael Needle | 5,500,000 | 3,520,000 |
Gary Klein | 4,800,000 | 4,240,000 |
Jerald Williamson
|
3,800,000 | -900,000 |
Paul Lentz | 2,700,000 | 700,000 |
Allen Cunningham
|
1,600,000 | 1,050,000 |
Some players have definitely chipped up nicely today, but so far none nicer than John Richards, who currently appears to have the biggest stack in the room.
Richards is a well-known mid-west poker player and a regular on the World Series of Poker Circuit. With over $500,000 in lifetime earnings, the biggest cash of his career came in January 2017, when he finaled the WSOPC Choctaw Main Event, finishing in 8th place for $46,708.
Last year at the WSOP he won a Daily Deepstack for $32,350, and in 2017 he final tabled Event #3: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout for $31,955. He will be hoping for another deep run in this, the largest poker tournament of all time.
When asked how he's managed to chip up, he simply said, "Won a few big pots, just running well."
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
John Richards | 7,600,000 | 5,775,000 |
After the button player opened, Leandro Padilla moved all in for his last 385,000 chips. The big blind and the button player called.
The flop went the button folded after a bet for 200,000 from the big blind. Holding against for his opponent, Padilla had the best hand to win the pot with a pair. The rest of the board brought , improving his hand to a set of trees and Padilla grabbed the chips with a smile.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Leandro Padilla
|
1,200,000 | 645,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Tyler Zielinski | Eliminado | |
Donald Scott | Eliminado | |
Kelly Kellner | Eliminado | |
Jamil Mattar | Eliminado | |
Bradley Thome | Eliminado | |
Xiaosong Xu | Eliminado | |
Farid Labibkiyarash | Eliminado | |
Roberto Freire | Eliminado | |
Lilian Blinn | Eliminado | |
Kegham Dawidian | Eliminado | |
Wadih Kaawar | Eliminado | |
Paul Kutzler | Eliminado | |
Petar Kalev | Eliminado | |
David Champion | Eliminado | |
Scott Watkins | Eliminado | |
Sirous Jamshidi | Eliminado | |
Brett Haggard | Eliminado | |
Rafael Villalon Huisman | Eliminado | |
Louis Ganser | Eliminado | |
Alan Te | Eliminado | |
Brett Stern | Eliminado | |
Jiawei Liu | Eliminado | |
Lenox Baza | Eliminado | |
Marc Rangel | Eliminado | |
Michal Nahum | Eliminado |
The action started with the button who opened to 125,000. Adrian Curry made the call in the big blind.
The flop fell and Curry check-called a bet for 100,000. Both players checked on the turn .
A appeared on the river and Curry tossed a pile of chips for a bet around 750,000. His opponent let it go and Curry took down the pot. He has now reached a stack above 6 million.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Adrian Curry | 6,200,000 | 2,600,000 |
Nível: 24
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000