Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-06-05 21:25 UTC-7

Dinner Break

Nível 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

The field is on a one-hour dinner break in the Colossus with 90 players left as they race off the 1,000-denomination chips.

2017-06-05 21:07 UTC-7

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Nadav Assyag	1,000,000	864,000

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Tom Hall	2,150,000	-400,000
Erkut Yilmaz	2,050,000
Ellen Lambeth	1,950,000	250,000
Matt Affleck	1,710,000	-390,000
Sebastian Pauli	1,650,000	350,000
Robert Hankins	900,000	705,000
Ismael Bojang	750,000
Katie Lindsay	400,000	-170,000
John Kim	400,000	-140,000

Luke Vrabel Doubles; Goes Nuts

Nível 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

There was an open to 50,000 from late position, and Luke Vrabel three-bet to 115,000 on the button. That wasn’t the end of it, though, as the player in the small blind four-bet jammed for 450,000. The original raiser got out of the way, and Vrabel called.

Small Blind: .
Luke Vrabel:

The flop was a fairly safe , but the turn card gave Vrabel’s opponent a double-gutter. Vrabel was out of his seat anticipating the pain to come if his opponent got there on the river.

The final card, though, was a .

“F#%k yes!” Vrabel screamed, going nuts as the chips were pushed his way. He eliminated a player to crest one million chips for the first time in the Colossus.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Luke Vrabel	1,100,000	748,000

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2017-06-05 20:41 UTC-7

Ronald Lemco Couldn't Have Written it Better

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Nível 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

We met Ronald Lemco earlier today, and he said we'd be reporting on one of his hands sooner or later. He told us he's a writer of several novels and that we should look him up.

We arrived at Ronald Lemco's table to see the player in Seat 6 going all in preflop with his stack of 27,000 chips. The player on the button raised to 65,000, and Lemco called in the small blind.

The flop came . Lemco checked to see the button bet 60,000, which he called. The turn was the . Lemco checked again, and the button bet 150,000. Lemco called again. The river brought the . Lemco checked again, the button bet 200,000, and Lemco snap-called.

The button showed the for second-nut flush, but that could not beat the nut flush of Lemco as he showed the .

The player in Seat 6 showed his for everyone's information and walked away to get his payout.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ronald Lemco	1,300,000	1,300,000

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2017-06-05 20:37 UTC-7

Ellen Lambeth Building a Stack

Nível 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Ellen Lambeth is building a nice stack and has her faithful dog beside her for company.

There was an open from under the gun, and it folded round to Lambeth, who raised and then faced a four-bet to 300,000. She clarified the bet and called.

A flop of saw it checked to Lambeth, who bet 225,000, and her opponent his hand go.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ellen Lambeth	1,700,000	500,000

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2017-06-05 20:37 UTC-7

Matt Affleck Stacks Another One

Nível 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Matt Affleck raised to 55,000 from under the gun, a player in middle position called, and the player in the cutoff moved all in for 250,000. Affleck reshoved, and after a few moments of consideration, the middle-position player folded. Affleck tabled , and his opponent showed .