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Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #50: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em BOUNTY
Day: 1
Event Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,601,450
Total Entries
1,927
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 1,927
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Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
A player in early position opened to 350. Action folded to the player in the cutoff who three-bet all in for a total of 3,225. The button and the small blind folded. Karl Held made the call from the big blind.
Karl Held: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Karl Held won the pot, eliminating his opponent and winning a bounty.
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 25
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Players are now on a 20-minute break to clear their heads
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
"You're not dead," said Natasha Mercier who was all in.
"Really?" came the reply from her opponent Jeremy Joseph.
Action was on the turn with the board reading 
and Mercier had check-raised all in for her last 5,225.
"Don't you want to be bounty chip leader?" asked Mercier, pointing out her opponent's stack of bounty chips.
Joseph thought for a while longer. "I'm curious," he said, fondling the stack of chips required to make the call.
"Yesss!" said Mercier, causing Joseph to go into the tank for a while longer.
Eventually Joseph called. "Two pair," announced Mercier, showing 
. Joseph showed 
for top pair.
The river was the 
, counterfeiting Mercier's two pair and eliminating her.
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
A player in the cutoff opened to 250. Michael Laake called from the button as did both blinds.
The dealer spread a flop of 
. Action checked to Laake who bet 500. The player in the small blind called as did the player in the big blind. The original raiser folded.
The turn came the 
. The small blind and the big blind checked again, and Laake continued for 1,300. The player in the small blind stuck around with a call, but the big blind folded.
The 
river completed the board and the player in the small blind checked. Laake moved all in for a total of 4,775. His opponent tanked for a minute before giving up his hand, and Laake claimed the pot.
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
A player in middle position opened to 250. Action folded to the player on the button, who three-bet to 1,000. Kenny Hallaert, in the small blind, four-bet to 2,600. Li Fu in the big blind responded by moving all in for a total of 5,900. The player in the middle position and the button folded. Hallaert made the call.
Li Fu: 
Kenny Hallaert: 
Li Fu hit a pretty favorable flop of 
. The turn and 
river completed the board. Li Fu doubled up and Hallaert was left with fumes.
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
November Niners Griffin Benger (7th - 2016) and Pierre Neuville (7th - 2015) have joined Kenny Hallaert (6th - 2016) in the field. The 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson is also in attendance.
2017 bracelet winner Chris Moorman, who won his first bracelet just under two weeks ago in the $3,000 6-Max, is also seated in this event.
