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Welcome back to the 2017 World Series of Poker for Day 1 of Event #42: Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship!
One of the most anticipated events on the WSOP schedule, the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship always draws some of the biggest names in the game. Last summer's final table was stacked as Justin Bonomo, Nick Petrangelo, Chris Ferguson, and Davidi Kitai all locked up six-figure scores. In the end, it was Martin Kozlov who bested the field of 294 players to capture his first WSOP bracelet and the first-place prize of $665,709.
Players start with 50,000 in chips and the plan for Wednesday is to play 10 one-hour levels with 20-minute breaks after every two levels.
Play is set to kick off at 3 p.m. (PDT) and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to provide live updates of all the action from the 2017 WSOP and Event #42!
As recapped by Grayson Ramage, he raised to 1,200 from the hijack (in the last level) and found two callers.
The flop fell , and Ramage continued for 1,500. The player in the cutoff called, the player in the big blind check-raised to 5,150, Ramage called, the player in the cutoff raised to 26,500, the big blind folded, and Ramage called.
The turn was the , and both players checked. The river was the , and Ramage bet 15,000. His opponent raised all in for about 130,000, and Ramage called with for sevens full of kings. His opponent's hand was revealed to be for trip kings, and Ramage scored the elimination.
Cary Katz raised to 1,600 for from the button, Chris Moorman three-bet shoved for 23,000 from the small blind, Thomas Muehloecker tanked for a bit before he called from the big blind, and Katz folded.
Moorman:
Muehloecker:
The board came down , giving Muehlocker a set of aces to eliminate Moorman.
Following the river of a board with about 19,000 int he pot, defending champion Martin Kozlov bet 8,500 from the big blind. Matt O'Donnell raised all in with a covering stack from the cutoff and Kozlov tanked for about five minutes before the clock was called.
As time was winding down, Kozlov called all in for about 39,000 total.
O'Donnell showed for aces full, Kozlov mucked, and O'Donnell won the pot.
We got to the table to see on the board and Rainer Kempe, in the big blind, all-in. The player in the cutoff position was taking his time to make a decision as Kempe had him covered but ended up calling. Kempe showed for a full house and the other player got up and walked away as he was out.
Hand 2:
Kempe completed from the small blind and Phil Hellmuth opted to check. The flop came , Hellmuth opened to 1,800 and Kempe called.
The turn was the , Hellmuth bet 4,200 and Kempe called again.
The on the river completed the board.
"I think I have the best hand but I am going to check." Hellmuth said.
Kempe showed for top pair and Hellmuth showed which wasn't good enough and Kempe could add more chips to his stacks.
Day 1 of Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship is in the books after 10 one-hour levels. About 129 players remain from the 332 that registered today. Fifty players will make the money, cashing for at least $15,091, but they all have their sights set on the first-place prize of $775,923 and the World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Bagging the chip lead was Grayson Ramage (527,700). Having amassed a stack early in the day, Ramage was on top of the counts for the final four levels without ever really being challenged for the chip lead. Second in chips is bracelet winner Sam Stein (364,500), then William Stevenson (355,100), and he is followed by two-time bracelet winner Cliff Josephy (330,300).
Other big stacks include Ryan Leng (298,400), Goran Mandic (258,800), Rainer Kempe (254,400), Matt Berkey (253,000), Kristen Bicknell (239,400) and Olivier Busquet (201,400).
Defending champion Martin Kozlov failed to make it through the day as he ran into aces full against Matt O’Donnell. Some other notables who failed to survive were multiple bracelet winners Daniel Negreanu, Paul Volpe, Antonio Esfandiari, Shaun Deeb, Upeshka De Silva, Doug Polk and Jason Mercier.
Play resumes Thursday at 2 p.m. and the PokerNews team will be on hand to provide live updates on all of the action.