Tag Archives: 2017 WPO

Event 1: Dinner Break Update

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Heading to Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 20/892

A portion of Quyen Hoang’s chip leading stack

The remaining 20 players are in the midst of their 40-minute dinner break. Cards go back in the air at roughly 7:35pm with each having locked up a payday of $2,230. Leading the way at this point is Quyen Hoang. Hoang claims 2,340,000 chips good for 117 big blinds.

Here’s a look at who’s left on dinner:

Table 1
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Pete Walsworth
Seat 3: Alex Beece
Seat 4: Justin Harrell
Seat 5: Joseph Orsino
Seat 6: Quyen Hoang
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: — Empty —
Seat 9: William Kopp

Table 2
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Phil Salewski
Seat 3: Josh Lowing
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Cedric Tercy
Seat 6: Gil Aboodi
Seat 7: Jaya Malapati
Seat 8: Joe Godbolt
Seat 9: Forrest Jahn

Table 3
Seat 1: Mark “Bud” Wiser
Seat 2: David Nadeau
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Toby Boas
Seat 5: Rami Mikhail
Seat 6: Xu Jiaqi
Seat 7: Brandon Caputo
Seat 8: Nashaat Antonious
Seat 9: — Empty —

Event 1: Justin Harrell Eliminates Randy Spain in 22nd Place ($2,230)

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 23/892

Justin Harrell

Justin Harrell’s KcQd was best versus Randy Spain’s 7s7h on a Qd6s3h2dJh board. Spain, who had his last roughly 190,000 in the middle, was eliminated in 22nd place.

Justin Harrell – 1,350,000
Randy Spain – Eliminated in 22nd place ($2,230)

Event 1: Start-of-Day Chip Leader Jim Brinkley Eliminated

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 23/892

Jim Brinkley

After cruising along for much of the day, Jim Brinkley was down to 102,000 and got his stack in the middle versus Joe Godbolt.

Godbolt: AsTd
Brinkley: 9c8d

Runout: 7s4h2h5d2d

Godbolt’s AsTd was good and he eliminated the start-of-day chip leader in 24th place.

Joe Godbolt – 1,645,000
Jim Brinkley – Eliminated in 24th place ($2,230)

Event 1: Three Tables Remain; Eliminations through 27th Place

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 26/892

Following a flurry of bustsouts, just 26 players remain and they’ve consolidated to the final three tables.

Here’s the room at a glance followed by the remaining payouts and an updated look at the results:

Table 1
Table 2
Table 3

1st – $102,583 + Guitar Trophy
2nd – $59,764
3rd – $36,572
4th – $30,105
5th – $24,530
6th – $20,070
7th – $16,056
8th – $12,042
9th – $8,474
10th-12th – $5,575
13th-15th – $4,014
16th-18th – $2,631
19th-26th – $2,230

27th: Jared Reinstein – $2,230
28th: Ty Wilson – $1,918
29th: Christopher Davis – $1,918
30th: Li Zhou – $1,918
31st: Bill McKown – $1,918
32nd: James McKeon – $1,918
33rd: Joe Steur – $1,918
34th: Matt Leecy – $1,918
35th: John Dolan – $1,918
36th: Sebastien Syssau – $1,918
37th: Harry Johnson – $1,695
38th: Bradley Patton – $1,695
39th: Alberto Serino – $1,695
40th: Salvador Ramos – $1,695
41st: John Pizano – $1,695
42nd: Monir Maher – $1,695

Event 1: Ty Wilson Doubles with Pocket Kings

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 37/892

Ty Wilson

A middle position player shoved for about 140,000 and Ty Wilson jammed for less — 105,000 — from the button. The blinds folded and Wilson was at risk.

Wilson: KcKh
Opponent: Qh[jhc]

Runout: AdQc5sKdJs

Both players improved — Wilson to a set and his opponent to two pair — but Wilson was best. He doubled up.

Ty Wilson – 246,000

Event 1: Double-Up for Mark “Bud” Wiser

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 40/892

Mark “Bud” Wiser

An middle-position player raised to 17,000 and Mark “Bud” Wiser shoved for 39,000 from late position. It was on the button and they raised to 85,000. It was back on the original raiser and they got out of the way. Wiser was at risk and behind against a lone opponent.

Button: TsTh
Wiser: Kc9s

Runout: Ks7c4cQdJd

Wiser paired his king and doubled through the button player.

Mark “Bud” Wiser – 123,000

Event 1: Eliminations through 43rd Place

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 42/892

51st: Karl Manouchakian – $1,516

43rd: Abhishek Chhallani – $1,695
44th: Tom Nguyen – $1,695
45th: David Lawrence – $1,695
46th: Russell Waggoner – $1,516
47th: Blake Kouwenhoven – $1,516
48th: Rusty Moorer – $1,516
49th: Chad Kitchen – $1,516
50th: Nikolaos Costarelis – $1,516
51st: Karl Manouchakian – $1,516
52nd: Joseph Boulais – $1,516
53rd: Jenny Marczynski – $1,516
54th: Mark Medlinskas – $1,516
55th: Ricardo Rodriguez – $1,338
56th: John Racener – $1,338
57th: William Muniz – $1,338
58th: Andrew Roush – $1,338
59th: Larry Lee – $1,338
60th: Laudrey McCray – $1,338
61st: Carlos Loving – $1,338
62nd: Derek Worley – $1,338
63rd: John O’Neal – $1,338
64th: Keith Eidschun – $1,204
65th: Peter Kosakowski – $1,204
66th: Andrew Boyer – $1,204
67th: Peter Hsu – $1,204

61st: Carlos Loving – $1,338

Additional results are available in the posts below.

Event 1: Josh Lowing Doubles through Matt Leecy

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 48/892

Josh Lowing

In a three-way pot, the board read Ah8h7s. An early-position player checked and Josh Lowing bet 32,000. Action was on Matt Leecy, who finished runner-up in last year’s Winter Poker Open Main Event, and he raised to 89,000. The early-position player checked and Lowing moved all-in for 159,000. Leecy called and the hands were uo.

Lowing: AcKc for top, top
Leecy: 9h6h for open-ended straight and flush draws

Turn and river: 6sQc

Leecy’s draws came up dry and Lowing doubled.

Josh Lowing – 415,000
Matt Leecy – 725,000

Event 1: Good News and Bad News for Joe Godbolt

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 19: 4,000/8,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 59/892

The 1,450,00 chips of the leader Joe Godbolt

The good news for Joe Godbolt is that he owns more than 1,400,000 chips and leads the field by a huge margin. The bad news is he now has John Dolan on his direct right and John Racener two to his left. Those two Tampa pros combine for more than $14,000,000 in reported tournament earnings and shared a final table in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Godbolt is running hot, but has his work cut out for him at Table 3.

John Dolan (Seat 2), Joe Godbolt (Seat 3) and John Racener (Seat 5)

Joe Godbolt – 1,450,000
John Dolan – 504,000
John Racener – 155,000