Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Dia 7 | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-07-17 14:26 UTC-7

Chip Counts From the Secondary Table at Break

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Nível 33 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Christian Pham	32,275,000 1,265,000	1,265,000

Benjamin Pollak	27,200,000 -900,000	-900,000
Ben Lamb	17,075,000 -485,000	-485,000

Dan Ott	13,825,000 345,000	345,000
Karen Sarkisyan	9,525,000 335,000	335,000
Michael Krasienko	7,750,000 50,000	50,000
Alexandre Reard	4,750,000 -130,000	-130,000

2017-07-17 14:26 UTC-7

First Break of the Day

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Nível 33 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

The players are in the midst of a 20-minute break.

2017-07-17 14:25 UTC-7

Secondary Table Hands #46-51: Pham's Check-Raise Gets Lamb to Fold

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Nível 33 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #46: Benjamin Pollak raised to 675,000 from the button and Karen Sarkisyan called from the big blind.

The flop came down and Sarkisyan check-called a bet from Pollak. The turn fell and Sarkisyan check-folded to a bet from Pollak.

Hand #47: Michael Krasienko raised to 800,000 from the hijack and received no action.

Hand #48: Pollak raised to 650,000 from the hijack, Sarkisyan three-bet to 1,650,000 from the button, and Pollak folded.

Hand #49: Ben Lamb raised to 675,000 from the button and Christian Pham called from the big blind.

The flop came down , Pham checked, Lamb bet 575,000, and Pham check-raised to 2,750,000. Lamb folded, and Pham won the pot.

Hand #50: Pollak raised to 675,000 from under the gun, Lamb three-bet 1,600,000, and Pollak folded.

Hand #51: Dan Ott raised to 650,000 from under the gun and collected the blinds and antes.

Tags: Ben Lamb Benjamin Pollak Christian Pham Dan Ott Karen Sarkisyan Michael Krasienko

2017-07-17 14:25 UTC-7

Outer Table Hands #38-41: Blumstein Check-Raises the River

Nível 33 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #38: Scott Blumstein raised to 650,000 from early position, Antoine Saout three-bet to 1,775,000 from the cutoff, and Pedro Oliveira four-bet to 3,600,000 from the small blind. Blumstein folded and Saout five-bet shoved for 8,175,000, sending Oliveira into the tank. He ultimately folded and Saout took the pot.

Hand #39: Scott Blumstein raised to 650,000 from under the gun and Valentin Messina called from the cutoff. The flop fell and Blumstein bet 500,000. Messina called and the turn brought the . Blumstein checked, Messina bet 1,200,000, and Blumstein called. The river was the and Blumstein checked. Messina bet 2,800,000 and Blumstein check-raised to 7,200,000, sending Messina into the tank. He eventually called and Blumstein tabled for a flopped set. Messina mucked and Blumstein took the pot.

Hand #40: Pedro Oliveira raised to 725,000 from the cutoff, Richard Gryko three-bet to 2,650,000 from the small blind, and Oliveira folded.

Hand #41: Valentin Messina raised to 675,000 from middle position, Richard Gryko called from the button, and Richard Dubini called from the big blind. The flop came and Dubini checked. Messina bet 700,000, Gryko folded, and Dubini called. The turn brought the , Dubini bet 1,600,000, and Messina called. The river was the , Dubini bet 4,000,000, and Messina went into the tank before he ultimately folded and Dubini took the chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Scott Blumstein	34,975,000 9,975,000	9,975,000

Pedro Oliveira	20,600,000 -3,400,000	-3,400,000
Valentin Messina	17,550,000 -12,750,000	-12,750,000
Richard Dubini	15,725,000 2,725,000	2,725,000

Antoine Saout	12,900,000 4,200,000	4,200,000
Richard Gryko	11,925,000 2,675,000	2,675,000

David Guay	5,450,000 -1,050,000	-1,050,000

Tags: Antoine Saout Pedro Oliveira Richard Dubini Richard Gryko Scott Blumstein Valentin Messina

2017-07-17 14:21 UTC-7

Feature Table Hands #36-41: Salas Adds to His Short Stack

Nível 33 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #36: John Hesp raised it up to 800,000 on the button and the new chip leader picked up the blinds and antes. Hesp flashed a queen and a jack.

Hand #37: Jonas Mackoff raised to 700,000 from middle position and Michael Ruane defended his big blind. The flop came and Ruane checked. Mackoff bet 500,000 and Ruane folded, sending the pot to the Canadian.

Hand #38: Scott Stewart raised to 600,000 from the cutoff and raked in the blinds and antes.

Hand #39: Action folded to Jack Sinclair in the small blind and he raised to 900,000. Bryan Piccioli decided to defend his big blind. The flop came and Sinclair checked, as did Piccioli. The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Sinclair tabled for king-high and Piccioli mucked.

Hand #40: Damian Salas moved all in for 4,110,000 from the hijack and everyone folded.

Hand #41: Salas raised it up to 600,000 from late position and Randy Pisane defended his big blind. The flop came and Pisane checked, as did Salas. The turn was the . Pisane checked and Salas bet 550,000. Pisane called. The river was the and both players checked. Pisane tabled first, but it was no good against Salas' .

Tags: Bryan Piccioli Damian Salas Jack Sinclair John Hesp Jonas Mackoff Michael Ruane Randy Pisane Scott Stewart

2017-07-17 14:13 UTC-7

Outer Table Hands #33-37: Blumstein Overbet Shoves

Nível 33 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #33: Valentin Messina raised to 675,000 and folded to a shove from Alexandre Reard, who had about 5 million in the cutoff.

Hand #34: Messina opened to 675,000 second to act and got called by Pedro Oliveira on his left. Again, a player shoved all in though. This time, it was Richard Gryko, on the button. He had about 9.5 million and got two folds.

Hand #35: Oliveira raised to 700,000 and took it down.

Hand #36: Scott Blumstein raised in the cutoff with 700,000 worth of chips, though the actual raise may have been a lesser amount as it looked like he said something to the dealer that we couldn't hear. Richard Dubini repopped it to 1.6 million on the button.

Blumstein came along to see an flop. Both players checked. On the turn, Blumstein bet fairly big with 2.2 million and Dubini called. Blumstein moved all in after about a minute of thought on the river. It was about 13 million, so more than the size of the pot. Dubini thought only briefly before folding.

Hand #37: Messina completed the blind and Oliveira checked. Messina bet 300,000 on the flop and 900,000 more on the turn. He barreled a final time for 1.4 million on the river.

"My friend from France," Oliveira mused. "What can you have?"

He tossed in a call after about a minute but couldn't beat .

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Valentin Messina	30,300,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Scott Blumstein	25,000,000 3,600,000	3,600,000

Pedro Oliveira	24,000,000
Richard Dubini	13,000,000 -1,975,000	-1,975,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard Pedro Oliveira Richard Dubini Richard Gryko Scott Blumstein Valentin Messina

2017-07-17 14:13 UTC-7

Secondary Table Hands #40-45: One Flop, No Showdowns, Reard Joins the Table

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Nível 33 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #40: Christian Pham raised to 625,000 and he was three-bet by Karen Sarkisyan who moved all in for 7,465,000 total. Action folded back to Pham and he folded, awarding the pot to Sarkisyan.

Hand #41: Sarkisyan opened with a raise to 725,000 from the button and both Ben Lamb in the small blind, as well as Alexandre Reard, who just moved to the table into the big blind, folded.

Hand #42: Michael Krasienko opened with a raise to 800,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Pham who folded in the big blind. That allowed Krasienko to take down the pot without a struggle.

Hand #43: Lamb opened with a raise to 675,000 from the cutoff and Pham just called from the small blind and the two took a flop.

On the flop Pham checked to Lamb. Lamb bet 875,000 and Pham folded, awarding the pot to Lamb.

Hand #44: Pham raised to 750,000 from the button and everyone folded, awarding him the blinds and antes.

Hand #45: Pham raised again, opened to 750,000 from the cutoff and he took down the blinds and antes again.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Alexandre Reard	4,880,000 -1,720,000	-1,720,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard Ben Lamb Christian Pham Michael Krasienko

2017-07-17 14:13 UTC-7

Feature Table Hands #31-35: Hesp Takes the Lead with a Flush

Nível 33 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #31: The action was folded to Michael Ruane on the button who raised to 750,000. Jack Sinclair folded his small blind and Bryan Piccioli called from the big blind. The flop came and Piccioli checked. Ruane bet 1,100,000 and Piccioli stuck around to see the on the turn. Piccioli checked again and Ruane shipped all-in for 5,460,000. Piccioli gave it some thought but decided to lay his hand down.

Hand #32: Randy Pisane raised to 650,000 from under the gun and John Hesp called from early position. Jonas Mackoff also came along from the big blind. The flop came and Mackoff checked. Pisane bet 1,300,000 and Hesp min-raised to 2,600,000. Mackoff folded and Pisane called to go heads-up to the turn.

The landed on the turn and Pisane checked to Hesp who bet 2,600,000. Pisane called and the completed the board. Pisane checked again and Hesp announced a bet of 4,000,000. Pisane thought for a minute before making the call and Hesp tabled . Hesp made a flush and Pisane pushed his cards to the muck, sending Hesp a chip-leading pot.

Hand #33: Ruane raised to 750,000 from the hijack and Jack Sinclair called from the cutoff. Randy Pisane also called from the big blind and the flop came . The action was checked to Sinclair who bet 700,000. Pisane folded and Ruane called. The came on the turn and both players checked to the river card. Both players checked again and Ruane tabled , good enough to earn him the pot.

Hand #34: Scott Stewart shoved all-in from under-the-gun for 4,820,000 and everyone passed. Stewart picked up the blinds and antes for his short stack.

Hand #35: Jonas Mackoff raised to 700,000 from the cutoff and the blinds folded.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
John Hesp	41,065,000 10,300,000	10,300,000
Jack Sinclair	37,145,000 -1,850,000	-1,850,000

Michael Ruane	12,260,000 4,700,000	4,700,000
Bryan Piccioli	11,175,000 -2,350,000	-2,350,000

Jonas Mackoff	8,860,000 -305,000	-305,000
Randy Pisane	8,115,000 -11,100,000	-11,100,000
Scott Stewart	5,320,000 250,000	250,000
Damian Salas	4,760,000 -250,000	-250,000

Tags: Bryan Piccioli Jack Sinclair John Hesp Jonas Mackoff Michael Ruane Randy Pisane Scott Stewart

2017-07-17 14:04 UTC-7

Marcel Luske Eliminated in 23rd Place ($263,532)

Nível 33 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

Secondary Table Hand #39: Action folded to Christian Pham in middle position and he raised to 625,000. Benjamin Pollak called in the cutoff, as did Dan Ott on the button. Marcel Luske was in the small blind and three-bet to 2,625,000. Pham folded and Pollak four-bet to about 17,000,000, Ott folded and Luske called all in for his total remaining stack of 4,620,000.

Benjamin Pollak:
Marcel Luske:

The board ran out and the "Flying Dutchman" was unable to connect and was eliminated in 23rd place.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Benjamin Pollak	28,000,000 6,990,000	6,990,000
Marcel Luske	Eliminado

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Marcel Luske

2017-07-17 13:52 UTC-7

Feature Table Hands #26-30: Sinclair Extends His Lead

Nível 33 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #26: Damian Salas raised to 700,000 from early position, and Jack Sinclair called in the hijack. Randy Pisane also called in the small blind, as did John Hesp in the big blind. The four-handed flop went , and it checked to Salas, who fired out 1.1 million. All three of his opponents released their hands, and Salas took down the pot.

Hand #27: Action folded around to Hesp in the small blind, and he limped in. Scott Stewart moved all in from the big blind for his final 4.67 million, and Hesp folded face up. Stewart returned the favor by flashing , and he took down the pot.

Hand #28: Bryan Piccioli raised it up to 750,000 from early position, and Hesp called on the button. The blinds folded, and they went heads up to a flop of . Piccioli led out for 900,000, and Hesp quickly released his hand.

Hand #29: Jack Sinclair raised it up to 750,000 from under the gun, and everyone else folded their hands, giving him the pot.

Hand #30: Action folded around to Salas, who raised it up to 700,000 on the button. Sinclair called in the big blind, and the flop came down . Sinclair tapped the felt, and Salas did the same. The turn brought the , and Sinclair bet out one million. Salas called, and the completed the board. Sinclair fired out 3.3 million on the river, and Salas called. Sinclair showed for top two pair, and Salas mucked his hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jack Sinclair	38,995,000 5,450,000	5,450,000

John Hesp	30,765,000 -1,950,000	-1,950,000
Randy Pisane	19,215,000 -900,000	-900,000
Bryan Piccioli	13,525,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Jonas Mackoff	9,165,000 -200,000	-200,000
Michael Ruane	7,560,000 -500,000	-500,000
Scott Stewart	5,070,000 350,000	350,000
Damian Salas	5,010,000 -3,200,000	-3,200,000

Tags: Bryan Piccioli Damian Salas Jack Sinclair John Hesp Randy Pisane Scott Stewart