WSOP 2017

[superwomble]

Lon McEachern‏ Verified account @lonmceachern 12h

Applause in Miranda for player who just ko'd @WilliamKassouf  @WSOP

[Doobs]

Just a great story.

https://www.pocketfives.com/articles/wsop-posthumous-gift-gives-five-friends-main-event-dream-593215/

[TightEnd]

After 15 cashes this summer thus far, Ryan Hughes bags up a top 5 stack on Day 2C of the Main Event. http://wsop.com/n/75j

[celtic]

Just a great story.

https://www.pocketfives.com/articles/wsop-posthumous-gift-gives-five-friends-main-event-dream-593215/

Love stories like this.

[superwomble]

Story about a Brit who made Day 2 from a $1 satellite:

https://www.pokernews.com/news/2017/07/888-qualifier-wsop-main-event-28495.htm

He knocked me out of a Redtooth national final last year but fair play!

[superwomble]

Just a great story.

https://www.pocketfives.com/articles/wsop-posthumous-gift-gives-five-friends-main-event-dream-593215/

Love stories like this.

+1, great story, apart from the sad part obv.

[TightEnd]

A total of 2,572 players have made it through to Day 3 of The Main Event. Take look at the remaining field: http://bit.ly/2t0NLFO

Longines, do your stuff please!

[TightEnd]

"generalist" article

Phil Ivey’s Semi-Bluff

Poker’s most mysterious and respected player is sitting out this year’s World Series. Is it because he doesn’t care about his legacy? Or because an international scandal threatens his gambling future?

https://theringer.com/phil-ivey-world-series-of-poker-51cd56b8cccf

[Longines]

No probs, first number is chip position.

I think blinds on day 3 start at 300-1000/2000. Average stack is 140,400.

1 Artan Dedusha LONDON, GB 680,000
2 Lawrence Bayley GB 618,000
4 Richard Gryko ROMFORD ESSEX, GB 564,800
34 Jonathan Prince HAMPSHIRE, GB 417,200
47 Sergi Reixach BOURNEMOUTH, GB 398,500
54 Paul McTaggart GB 391,500
100 Alex Goulder NOTTINGHAM, GB 344,300
105 Charlie Carrel LONDON, GB 343,000
151 Sam Grafton LEAMINGTON SPA, GB 314,900
154 Kevin Williams LEYTON STONE, GB 311,500
177 Matthew Moss LONDON, GB 300,200
193 Paul Otto EDINBURGH, GB 295,300
197 John Bonadies Ii BEDFORD, GB 291,700
215 Robert Cowen SWANSEA, GB 283,800
253 Louis Salter LONDON, GB 271,600
255 Sadan Turker LONDON, GB 270,600
299 Paul Vas Nunes GUILDFORD, GB 256,500
304 Fraser MacIntyre AYR, GB 255,300
317 Arron Fletcher KINGSTON, GB 251,100
355 Jack Sinclair LONDON, GB 242,900
366 Daniel James GODAMINO, GB 240,000
382 Peter Akery BRISTOL, GB 236,400
412 Niall Farrell GLASGOW, GB 230,000
439 Barny Boatman HENDON, GB 225,000
445 Adam Bonham HUSBANDS BOSWORTH, GB 224,500
460 Thomas Hall SHREWSBURY, GB 221,300
493 Lam Trinh LONDON, GB 214,900
620 Yudhishter Jaswal LONDON, GB 191,900
651 James Dempsey HOVE, GB 188,000
671 Jake Quinesee GB 184,900
715 Vera Kelleher LONDON, GB 178,900
753 Raul Martinez Requena LONDON, GB 173,500
781 Yiannis Liperis GB 168,500
789 Tom Middleton SLIDSEN, GB 167,300
793 Robert Heidorn LONDON, GB 167,000
806 Jost Beifuhs BRIGHTTEN, GB 165,400
829 Luke Marsh SCUNTHORPE, GB 162,500
875 Lee Taylor GB 157,400
886 Jack Sandford STEVENAGE, GB 156,000
888 Waikiat Lee SALFORD, GB 155,800
904 Tamer Kamel LONDON, GB 153,700
913 Daniel Tang SALFORD, GB 152,900
920 Chi Zhang NOTTINGHAM, GB 152,100
937 Joel Ettedgi EDGWARE, GB 150,000
953 Guy Taylor NASSINGTON, GB 148,800
998 Benjamin Heath GB 143,600
1123 Ben Farrell GB 132,000
1134 Martin Nielsen LONDON, GB 131,300
1159 Sergio Espina Aido LONDON, GB 129,100
1169 George Mcdonald GLASGOW, GB 127,700
1185 Rupom Pal ESSEX, GB 126,300
1233 Daniel Rudd ESSEX, GB 121,800
1260 Thomas Waters HITCHIN, GB 119,500
1269 Adam Monaghan LONDON, GB 117,700
1338 Steven Watts LONDON, GB 112,500
1362 Craig McCorkell WEST SUSSEX, GB 110,000
1364 Jeff Kimber LONDON, GB 109,900
1379 Mark Gardner GB 108,800
1384 Jake Cody ROCHDALE, GB 108,400
1474 Katie Swift KENT, GB 102,000
1485 Andrew Hills PRESTON, GB 100,900
1570 Ben Fitzgerald RUISLIP, GB 94,900
1640 Jules Dickerson KENT, GB 90,000
1655 Nabil Mohamed GB 89,100
1681 Talal Shakerchi ESHER, GB 87,200
1697 Charles Clark LONDON, GB 86,000
1700 James Barron BRIDLINGTON, GB 85,900
1718 Matthew Ashton LIVERPOOL, GB 84,500
1759 Alistair Hill REDLAND BRISTOL, GB 80,600
1789 Thomas Ward GB 79,000
1795 Jack Ellwood NEWCASTLE, GB 78,400
1829 Matt Davenport CHESHIRE, GB, GB 76,100
1830 Steffen Sontheimer BRIGHTON, GB 76,000
1847 James Akenhead LONDON, GB 74,500
1879 Liv Boeree EAST MOLESY, GB 72,500
1882 Frank (UK) Williams WOLVERHAMPTON, GB 72,400
1899 Luke Brereton GB 70,600
1933 Max Silver LONDON, GB 68,600
1949 Philip Rigby LONDON, GB 67,000
1966 Christopher Walker LONDON, GB 65,900
2009 Mark Hamilton GB 63,300
2043 Nicholas Zambas SOUTHEND ON SEA, GB 61,400
2048 Chiraag Thanki LONDON, GB 60,900
2090 Xizhe Yuan LONDON, GB 57,400
2093 Tim Hickling MANCHESTER, GB 57,000
2112 Jason Berry BOURNEMNOUTH , GB 55,500
2206 Tobias Hariefeld LONDON, GB 50,000
2215 Usman Siddique LONDON, GB 49,300
2251 Natalia Breviglieri GB 46,900
2357 David Boggon HARPENDEN HERTS, GB 37,900
2358 Marc Convey SURREY, GB 37,800
2391 Alberto Morales LONDON, GB 35,100
2406 Hemal Mehta BARNET, GB 33,900
2439 Daiva Byrne LONDON, GB 30,800
2485 Gabriel Blehaut LONDON, GB 25,400
2507 Damien Le Goff PLYMOUTH, GB 23,200
2510 Giulio Mascolo LONDON, GB 22,400

[TightEnd]

No probs, first number is chip position.

I think blinds on day 3 start at 300-1000/2000. Average stack is 140,400.

1 Artan Dedusha LONDON, GB 680,000
2 Lawrence Bayley GB 618,000
4 Richard Gryko ROMFORD ESSEX, GB 564,800
34 Jonathan Prince HAMPSHIRE, GB 417,200
47 Sergi Reixach BOURNEMOUTH, GB 398,500
54 Paul McTaggart GB 391,500
100 Alex Goulder NOTTINGHAM, GB 344,300
105 Charlie Carrel LONDON, GB 343,000
151 Sam Grafton LEAMINGTON SPA, GB 314,900
154 Kevin Williams LEYTON STONE, GB 311,500
177 Matthew Moss LONDON, GB 300,200
193 Paul Otto EDINBURGH, GB 295,300
197 John Bonadies Ii BEDFORD, GB 291,700
215 Robert Cowen SWANSEA, GB 283,800
253 Louis Salter LONDON, GB 271,600
255 Sadan Turker LONDON, GB 270,600
299 Paul Vas Nunes GUILDFORD, GB 256,500
304 Fraser MacIntyre AYR, GB 255,300
317 Arron Fletcher KINGSTON, GB 251,100
355 Jack Sinclair LONDON, GB 242,900
366 Daniel James GODAMINO, GB 240,000
382 Peter Akery BRISTOL, GB 236,400
412 Niall Farrell GLASGOW, GB 230,000
439 Barny Boatman HENDON, GB 225,000
445 Adam Bonham HUSBANDS BOSWORTH, GB 224,500
460 Thomas Hall SHREWSBURY, GB 221,300
493 Lam Trinh LONDON, GB 214,900
620 Yudhishter Jaswal LONDON, GB 191,900
651 James Dempsey HOVE, GB 188,000
671 Jake Quinesee GB 184,900
715 Vera Kelleher LONDON, GB 178,900
753 Raul Martinez Requena LONDON, GB 173,500
781 Yiannis Liperis GB 168,500
789 Tom Middleton SLIDSEN, GB 167,300
793 Robert Heidorn LONDON, GB 167,000
806 Jost Beifuhs BRIGHTTEN, GB 165,400
829 Luke Marsh SCUNTHORPE, GB 162,500
875 Lee Taylor GB 157,400
886 Jack Sandford STEVENAGE, GB 156,000
888 Waikiat Lee SALFORD, GB 155,800
904 Tamer Kamel LONDON, GB 153,700
913 Daniel Tang SALFORD, GB 152,900
920 Chi Zhang NOTTINGHAM, GB 152,100
937 Joel Ettedgi EDGWARE, GB 150,000
953 Guy Taylor NASSINGTON, GB 148,800
998 Benjamin Heath GB 143,600
1123 Ben Farrell GB 132,000
1134 Martin Nielsen LONDON, GB 131,300
1159 Sergio Espina Aido LONDON, GB 129,100
1169 George Mcdonald GLASGOW, GB 127,700
1185 Rupom Pal ESSEX, GB 126,300
1233 Daniel Rudd ESSEX, GB 121,800
1260 Thomas Waters HITCHIN, GB 119,500
1269 Adam Monaghan LONDON, GB 117,700
1338 Steven Watts LONDON, GB 112,500
1362 Craig McCorkell WEST SUSSEX, GB 110,000
1364 Jeff Kimber LONDON, GB 109,900
1379 Mark Gardner GB 108,800
1384 Jake Cody ROCHDALE, GB 108,400
1474 Katie Swift KENT, GB 102,000
1485 Andrew Hills PRESTON, GB 100,900
1570 Ben Fitzgerald RUISLIP, GB 94,900
1640 Jules Dickerson KENT, GB 90,000
1655 Nabil Mohamed GB 89,100
1681 Talal Shakerchi ESHER, GB 87,200
1697 Charles Clark LONDON, GB 86,000
1700 James Barron BRIDLINGTON, GB 85,900
1718 Matthew Ashton LIVERPOOL, GB 84,500
1759 Alistair Hill REDLAND BRISTOL, GB 80,600
1789 Thomas Ward GB 79,000
1795 Jack Ellwood NEWCASTLE, GB 78,400
1829 Matt Davenport CHESHIRE, GB, GB 76,100
1830 Steffen Sontheimer BRIGHTON, GB 76,000
1847 James Akenhead LONDON, GB 74,500
1879 Liv Boeree EAST MOLESY, GB 72,500
1882 Frank (UK) Williams WOLVERHAMPTON, GB 72,400
1899 Luke Brereton GB 70,600
1933 Max Silver LONDON, GB 68,600
1949 Philip Rigby LONDON, GB 67,000
1966 Christopher Walker LONDON, GB 65,900
2009 Mark Hamilton GB 63,300
2043 Nicholas Zambas SOUTHEND ON SEA, GB 61,400
2048 Chiraag Thanki LONDON, GB 60,900
2090 Xizhe Yuan LONDON, GB 57,400
2093 Tim Hickling MANCHESTER, GB 57,000
2112 Jason Berry BOURNEMNOUTH , GB 55,500
2206 Tobias Hariefeld LONDON, GB 50,000
2215 Usman Siddique LONDON, GB 49,300
2251 Natalia Breviglieri GB 46,900
2357 David Boggon HARPENDEN HERTS, GB 37,900
2358 Marc Convey SURREY, GB 37,800
2391 Alberto Morales LONDON, GB 35,100
2406 Hemal Mehta BARNET, GB 33,900
2439 Daiva Byrne LONDON, GB 30,800
2485 Gabriel Blehaut LONDON, GB 25,400
2507 Damien Le Goff PLYMOUTH, GB 23,200
2510 Giulio Mascolo LONDON, GB 22,400

superstar. thank you

[TightEnd]

a reminder

Prize pool for the Main Event:

1st place $8,150,000
9th place $1,000,000
Places Paid 1,084
Prize Pool $67,877,400

i suppose we are expecting tonight to be the bubble?

[tikay]

a reminder

Prize pool for the Main Event:

1st place $8,150,000
9th place $1,000,000
Places Paid 1,084
Prize Pool $67,877,400

i suppose we are expecting tonight to be the bubble?

That's gonna be really close, but with so many being paid I think play will slow to a crawl in today's last 2 levels.

1,084 get paid, & I'd expect - without any late stage slowing down - 1,100 to survive the day. It'd be rather nice if they played on tonight until the Money Bubble, then everyone who comes back tomorrow gets paid, but the play near the bubble in this, with 120 tables on the go, will be incredibly slow.   

[tikay]

Jack Effel announced that play will continue tonight until the money bubble bursts.

Good decision, imo.

[kp24]

No probs, first number is chip position.

I think blinds on day 3 start at 300-1000/2000. Average stack is 140,400.

1 Artan Dedusha LONDON, GB 680,000
2 Lawrence Bayley GB 618,000
4 Richard Gryko ROMFORD ESSEX, GB 564,800
34 Jonathan Prince HAMPSHIRE, GB 417,200
47 Sergi Reixach BOURNEMOUTH, GB 398,500
54 Paul McTaggart GB 391,500
100 Alex Goulder NOTTINGHAM, GB 344,300
105 Charlie Carrel LONDON, GB 343,000
151 Sam Grafton LEAMINGTON SPA, GB 314,900
154 Kevin Williams LEYTON STONE, GB 311,500
177 Matthew Moss LONDON, GB 300,200
193 Paul Otto EDINBURGH, GB 295,300
197 John Bonadies Ii BEDFORD, GB 291,700
215 Robert Cowen SWANSEA, GB 283,800
253 Louis Salter LONDON, GB 271,600
255 Sadan Turker LONDON, GB 270,600
299 Paul Vas Nunes GUILDFORD, GB 256,500
304 Fraser MacIntyre AYR, GB 255,300
317 Arron Fletcher KINGSTON, GB 251,100
355 Jack Sinclair LONDON, GB 242,900
366 Daniel James GODAMINO, GB 240,000
382 Peter Akery BRISTOL, GB 236,400
412 Niall Farrell GLASGOW, GB 230,000
439 Barny Boatman HENDON, GB 225,000
445 Adam Bonham HUSBANDS BOSWORTH, GB 224,500
460 Thomas Hall SHREWSBURY, GB 221,300
493 Lam Trinh LONDON, GB 214,900
620 Yudhishter Jaswal LONDON, GB 191,900
651 James Dempsey HOVE, GB 188,000
671 Jake Quinesee GB 184,900
715 Vera Kelleher LONDON, GB 178,900
753 Raul Martinez Requena LONDON, GB 173,500
781 Yiannis Liperis GB 168,500
789 Tom Middleton SLIDSEN, GB 167,300
793 Robert Heidorn LONDON, GB 167,000
806 Jost Beifuhs BRIGHTTEN, GB 165,400
829 Luke Marsh SCUNTHORPE, GB 162,500
875 Lee Taylor GB 157,400
886 Jack Sandford STEVENAGE, GB 156,000
888 Waikiat Lee SALFORD, GB 155,800
904 Tamer Kamel LONDON, GB 153,700
913 Daniel Tang SALFORD, GB 152,900
920 Chi Zhang NOTTINGHAM, GB 152,100
937 Joel Ettedgi EDGWARE, GB 150,000
953 Guy Taylor NASSINGTON, GB 148,800
998 Benjamin Heath GB 143,600
1123 Ben Farrell GB 132,000
1134 Martin Nielsen LONDON, GB 131,300
1159 Sergio Espina Aido LONDON, GB 129,100
1169 George Mcdonald GLASGOW, GB 127,700
1185 Rupom Pal ESSEX, GB 126,300
1233 Daniel Rudd ESSEX, GB 121,800
1260 Thomas Waters HITCHIN, GB 119,500
1269 Adam Monaghan LONDON, GB 117,700
1338 Steven Watts LONDON, GB 112,500
1362 Craig McCorkell WEST SUSSEX, GB 110,000
1364 Jeff Kimber LONDON, GB 109,900
1379 Mark Gardner GB 108,800
1384 Jake Cody ROCHDALE, GB 108,400
1474 Katie Swift KENT, GB 102,000
1485 Andrew Hills PRESTON, GB 100,900
1570 Ben Fitzgerald RUISLIP, GB 94,900
1640 Jules Dickerson KENT, GB 90,000
1655 Nabil Mohamed GB 89,100
1681 Talal Shakerchi ESHER, GB 87,200
1697 Charles Clark LONDON, GB 86,000
1700 James Barron BRIDLINGTON, GB 85,900
1718 Matthew Ashton LIVERPOOL, GB 84,500
1759 Alistair Hill REDLAND BRISTOL, GB 80,600
1789 Thomas Ward GB 79,000
1795 Jack Ellwood NEWCASTLE, GB 78,400
1829 Matt Davenport CHESHIRE, GB, GB 76,100
1830 Steffen Sontheimer BRIGHTON, GB 76,000
1847 James Akenhead LONDON, GB 74,500
1879 Liv Boeree EAST MOLESY, GB 72,500
1882 Frank (UK) Williams WOLVERHAMPTON, GB 72,400
1899 Luke Brereton GB 70,600
1933 Max Silver LONDON, GB 68,600
1949 Philip Rigby LONDON, GB 67,000
1966 Christopher Walker LONDON, GB 65,900
2009 Mark Hamilton GB 63,300
2043 Nicholas Zambas SOUTHEND ON SEA, GB 61,400
2048 Chiraag Thanki LONDON, GB 60,900
2090 Xizhe Yuan LONDON, GB 57,400
2093 Tim Hickling MANCHESTER, GB 57,000
2112 Jason Berry BOURNEMNOUTH , GB 55,500
2206 Tobias Hariefeld LONDON, GB 50,000
2215 Usman Siddique LONDON, GB 49,300
2251 Natalia Breviglieri GB 46,900
2357 David Boggon HARPENDEN HERTS, GB 37,900
2358 Marc Convey SURREY, GB 37,800
2391 Alberto Morales LONDON, GB 35,100
2406 Hemal Mehta BARNET, GB 33,900
2439 Daiva Byrne LONDON, GB 30,800
2485 Gabriel Blehaut LONDON, GB 25,400
2507 Damien Le Goff PLYMOUTH, GB 23,200
2510 Giulio Mascolo LONDON, GB 22,400

Amazing that 3 of the top 4 are from the uk lots of quality players in that chip count

[tikay]

From PokerNews;


When players returned from dinner break, one player's seat was empty, and the roughly 630,000 in chips he previously had in front of him were gone, as well. It turns out that this player had been banned from all Caesars properties and thus barred from entering World Series of Poker tournaments.

The player had knowingly bypassed security, going to great lengths to hide his real identity when registering for this tournament. When tournament organizers found out, his stack was terminated, and the chips were removed from the tournament. He left the premises without incident. His tournament buy-in remains in the prize pool, so the payout is not affected by this incident.