Event #74: The Little One for One Drop - $1,000 +111 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1c | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-07-14 00:35 UTC-7

Catching Up With PokerNews' Players to Watch

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Josh Reichard is one of PokerNews' Five American Circuit Players to Watch

Two of PokerNews' American circuit players to watch are seated just a few feet away from each other on adjacent tables.

Josh Reichard is seated on Miranda 631. We caught him in a recent pot with an opponent on a flop of . Reichard was first to act and he checked over to his one opponent. She bet 3,200 and Reichard called.

On the turn Reichard checked again and his opponent bet 5,000. Reichard released his hand.

"Whew," his opponent said. "I finally got there. Thanks for the chips."

"No problem," Reichard responded.

On the next table over, Johanssy Joseph raised from the button and took down the blinds, increasing his stack to just under 25,000. We'll be keeping a closer eye on these two players as the tournament goes one.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Josh Reichard	39,300 39,300	39,300
Johanssy Joseph	24,200 24,200	24,200

Tags: Josh Reichard Johanssy Joseph

2017-07-14 01:01 UTC-7

World Series of "I Busted the Main Event"

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"We're like seven off the money guys," JC Tran said. "Tighten up."

Tran was referring to the Main Event of course, not this tournament.

"Shut up man," Joseph Cheong said. "I don't wanna hear about that."

Cheong, Tran, and Danny Wong have been having some alcoholic beverages while playing in an effort to loosen up from busting the main event.

Cheong then opened from under the gun + 1 with a raise to 1,800.

"Let the record show that I folded this hand to Joseph Cheong's under the gun plus one raise," Wong said, flashing his behind him.

Action folded around to JC Tran who called from the small blind.

"Wow, it's the best player in the world," Wong said point to Tran. "Against the second best player in the world," Wong continued pointing to Cheong.

On the flop, Tran checked to Cheong who bet 1,500. Tran called.

"Oh my god, who has a king?" Wong said to no one in particular. "Who has a nine? Who has a king?"

The turn was the and Tran checked again. Cheong fired 4,000 and this time Tran folded. Despite all the fun the table seems to be having, Cheong and Tran have both still amassed big stacks here on day 1c. Wong on the other hand sits just a bit over starting stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Joseph Cheong	61,000 23,000	23,000

JC Tran	56,700 22,700	22,700
Danny Wong	16,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Danny Wong JC Tran Joseph Cheong

2017-07-14 02:53 UTC-7

World Series of Fun! Pantaleo Leads, Negreanu Shoves, Waaland Thinks Bink, While Cheong, Wong, and Tran Drink

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While today represents the worst day of the year for many poker players, specifically those who busted the Main Event, Event #74: $1,111 The Little One for One Drop provides many a chance to unwind and play one more World Series of Poker Event all while donating to a great cause, the One Drop Foundation. That was the case here today as Day 1c was full of poker, laughter, and just all around fun.

Take Daniel Negreanu for example who shoved all in blind for his first six buy-ins, only to finally find some stability late into the tournament. Or Cory ‘BiNks’ Waaland, who earlier in the summer preached to many the importance of making poker fun for everyone. Waaland was able to amass a huge stack today (96,700), admitting that he was “in the zone.” Of course, there was also the table of JC Tran, Joseph Cheong and Danny Wong who drank late into the night, shouting, laughing, and at one point accruing a penalty for Wong for shouting and swearing.

Event #74 represents a last chance for many players, or a summer saver as some may call it. Several players took the event very seriously. Chris Ferguson, for example, grinded out the day creating a large stack of 93,400 by the end of it, and despite his earlier shenanigans, Daniel Negreanu managed to bag as well, bringing 56,500 to Day 2. Phil Hellmuth late registered as well but wasn’t able to find a bag at the end of the night. At the end of the day, Guiseppe Pantaleo was the chip leader in the Miranda room, bagging up a stack of 335,800.

Some others returning Friday include Eric Wasserson (150,000), JC Tran (25,400), Joseph Cheong (80,600), Jean Gaspard (169,300), Tony Dunst (102,600), as well as former Main Event Champ Martin Jacobson (64,500).

All in all a total of 470 players made it through the day of the 2,484 who began, bringing the total field to 4,391 players with 784 surviving. All of them will return Friday at 2 p.m. to play ten more levels. Players should approach the money bubble on Friday as only 784 remain and 659 will make the money. All of those who squeak their way in will earn at least $1,500 while the eventual winner of this event will take home $528,316.

Be sure not to miss any of the action as PokerNews will be here to cover it all.

Tags: Chris Ferguson Cory Waaland Daniel Negreanu Eric Wasserson Giuseppe Pantaleo JC Tran Jean Gaspard Johanssy Joseph Joseph Cheong Phil Hellmuth Tony Dunst