Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1:03 PM Local Time
Day 1a Chip Leader Morten Mortensen Drops One, But Still Healthy
One player opened to 1,500 from the cutoff before he was three-bet by Morten Mortensen from the button. Mortensen made it 4,200 and his opponent called.
The flop came and Mortensen's opponent checked it over to him. Mortensen put out a repeat bet of 4,200 and the player made a pained face, then called.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the on the river. There, the cutoff player bet 6,000 and Mortensen thought for a bit, then called. The player showed for a turned set and a rivered full house and that was good to get a muck from Mortensen.
Mortensen is still healthy despite losing that pot, supporting a chip stack well over 200,000.
| Morten Mortensen | 243,500 | -25,500  |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1:03 PM Local Time
Joe Hachem Flops a Pair and Holds
Danielle Andersen opened to 1,500 in early position and got calls from Carolyn Tulloch on the button and former Main Event champion Joe Hachem in the big blind. The flop came and Hachem and Andersen checked. Tulloch bet 2,500, Hachem called, and Andersen folded.
They were heads up to the turn, and Hachem checked. Tulloch bet another 3,000 and Hachem called. The river was the and Hachem checked once more. Tulloch checked back and Hachem announced "jack." Tullock nodded her head and Hachem tabled for a pair of jacks, which was good for the pot.
Hachem complimented Tulloch after the hand on her aggressive play, and added, "If you bet again on the river, I don't know if I can call."
| Carolyn Tulloch | 106,000 | -3,000 |
| Joe Hachem | 43,600 | 8,600  |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1:02 PM Local Time
Berman Busts Hengen on the River
Catching the action on the board of , Lyle Berman called David Hengen's all in.
Berman:
Hengen:
With Hengen flopping a straight and Berman flopping top set, Hengen would need to fade the board pairing to stay alive.
Unfortunately for him, the river landed the to see Berman improve to a full house and send Hengen to the rail.
| Lyle Berman | 141,000 | 14,000 |
| David Hengen | 0 | -24,100 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1:01 PM Local Time
Zal Irani Finds New Life
Zal Irani raised to 2,500 from under the gun and got calls from Michael Rosenfeld in late position and the player in the big blind.
The flop came and the big blind checked. Irani bet 5,000, with 6,000 behind, and Rosenfeld called, while the big blind folded.
Before the hit the turn, Irani moved all in blind for his last 6,000. Rosenfeld tanked and eventually called.
Irani taled for top pair two kings and queens, and Rosenfeld showed for a pair of queens with an ace kicker. The river was the and Irani doubled through, chipping up to 31,000 after starting the day with just 11,300.
| Michael Rosenfeld | 78,000 | -30,300 |
| Zal Irani | 31,000 | 19,700 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:58 PM Local Time
Hunichen's Flush is Good
With about 4,000 chips already in the pot on a flop of , Chris Hunichen was in the small blind and heads-up against the hijack. Hunichen checked, his opponent bet 2,000, and Hunichen called.
The turn brought the and both players checked.
The river was the and Hunichen checked. His opponent checked behind and Hunichen instantly tabled for the second-nut flush.
| Chris Hunichen | 56,500 | 8,500 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:57 PM Local Time
Defending the Blinds: With Christopher Vitch and Calvin Anderson
A player raised to 1,500 in middle position and the player in the cutoff called. Christopher Vitch called as well from the big blind.
The flop came and Vitch took about 20 seconds before betting 2,200. Both his opponents folded.
Calvin Anderson is at a nearby table and was in the small blind. He faced a middle position raise to 1,500 and called from the small blind. The big blind called as well.
The flop came and Anderson led for 2,800. Both his opponents folded.
Anderson has 29 WSOP cashes for $973,379 in earnings. He owns one WSOP gold bracelet from 2014 when he won the $1,500 Stud Eight or Better event for $190,538.
Vitch just won his second bracelet this summer in the $10,000 Stud Eight or Better tournament and has won a bracelet the past two years, winning his first in 2016 in the $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball tournament.
| Christopher Vitch | 147,000 | 66,000 |
| Calvin Anderson | 63,000 | -20,600 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:56 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Brasilia
| Sam Grafton | 247,000 | 15,400 |
| Chris George | 215,000 | 135,400 |
| Anatoly Filatov | 162,000 | 20,500 |
| Barny Boatman | 151,000 | -10,000 |
| Mike Ross | 132,600 | -17,400 |
| Yung Hwang | 95,000 | -8,600 |
| Doug Polk | 63,000 | 0 |
| Andy Bloch | 58,000 | 5,000 |
| Hoyt Corkins | 56,000 | -28,300 |
| Jared Griener | 52,000 | -17,900 |
| Kevin Song | 46,000 | -7,900 |
| Harold Lilie | 42,300 | -4,300 |
| Jorn Walthaus | 20,000 | -40,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:54 PM Local Time
An Assortment of Chip Counts Fron Amazon Gold
| Grayson Ramage | 240,000 | 16,000 |
| Dave Stefanski | 130,000 | -5,200 |
| Raminder Singh | 115,000 | 35,200 |
| Allan Le | 115,000 | -8,500 |
| Jack Salter | 107,000 | 14,600 |
| Paul Vas Nunes | 102,000 | 9,900 |
| Steve Brecher | 85,000 | 25,400 |
| Jake Schwartz | 85,000 | 400 |
| Andrew Kelsall | 83,000 | -15,600 |
| Adam Horowitz | 82,000 | -32,600 |
| Taylor Paur | 75,000 | 0 |
| Matt Vengrin | 72,000 | 42,300 |
| Leo Wolpert | 70,000 | -16,900 |
| Chris Bolek | 60,000 | 14,000 |
| Jerry Wong | 47,000 | -5,800 |
| Tim Reilly | 46,000 | 46,000 |
| Dietrich Fast | 25,000 | -34,000 |
| Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | 16,000 | -27,100 |
| Keith Lehr | 5,400 | 5,400 |
| Michael Gagliano | 0 | -7,500 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:54 PM Local Time
Updated Feature Table Chip Counts
| Brandon Adams | 161,000 | -42,500 |
| Drew Dumanski | 159,500 | 77,800 |
| Barry Greenstein | 129,400 | -17,400 |
| Lyle Berman | 127,000 | 41,600 |
| Noah Bronstein | 113,900 | 20,000 |
| Gaelle Baumann | 90,000 | 2,900 |
| Qui Nguyen | 85,400 | -11,300 |
| Feizal Satchu | 82,700 | -17,300 |
| Amit Makhija | 74,500 | -7,300 |
| Steve Hwang | 72,100 | 19,600 |
| Jeffrey Reimer | 65,600 | 17,200 |
| James Akenhead | 60,800 | 24,100 |
| Huidong Gu | 56,100 | 5,600 |
| Jonathan Krela | 48,100 | -12,600 |
| Gregory Benac | 40,900 | 5,400 |
| Adam McLaughlin | 33,000 | -21,700 |
| Frederick Li | 32,100 | -8,700 |
| Phil Laak | 0 | -78,900 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:53 PM Local Time
More Counts from Amazon Purple
| Aaron Jones | 160,000 | 18,800 |
| Adrian Mateos | 139,000 | 10,000 |
| Jonathan Dimmig | 138,000 | 21,100 |
| Davide Suriano | 107,000 | 31,000 |
| Jyri Merivirta | 104,000 | -5,000 |
| Ben Lamb | 100,000 | 22,800 |
| Justin Oliver | 84,000 | -5,100 |
| Danielle Andersen | 80,000 | -2,300 |
| Jeffrey Turton | 78,000 | -21,400 |
| David Vamplew | 59,000 | -14,300 |
| Vivian Saliba | 52,000 | 28,600 |
| Tom Marchese | 51,300 | -6,000 |
| Joe Hachem | 35,000 | -27,500 |
| Rick Alvarado | 34,500 | -22,600 |
| Abdel Hamid | 32,000 | 13,000 |
| Martin Staszko | 27,000 | -19,000 |
| Paul-François Tedeschi | 26,000 | 1,500 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:49 PM Local Time
Main Event Stats
The World Series of Poker Main Event registration is closed, so it's time to take a look at all the stats.
The Main Event attracted a whopping 7,221 entries (3rd most ever), creating a $67,877,400 prize pool and will see a record 1,084 players take home money and the winner will walk away with $8,150,000.
This year's WSOP will go down as the largest on record, both in terms of participation and in terms of prize money awarded. Thus far, a record 116,604 entries have been recorded in official gold bracelet events, with prize money awarded at $227,058,974. The 2017 WSOP is about $700,000 away from the most prize money awarded in a single-year, but they expect another $3-4 million in the prize pool for the last event, to break the record.
| Value of the chips in play: | 361,050,000 | |
| Physical chips in play: | 245,514 | (Each player started with 34 individual poker chips) |
| Number of dealers utilized: | 920 | |
| Number of decks of cards: | 1,626 | |
The average age of 2017 WSOP Main Event participants is 40.59. For males, the average is 40.54 and for females, 41.80.
| Average Age: | 40.59 | (up from 40.08 in 2016) |
| Oldest player: | William Wachter | Mahopac, New York, USA – 96 years old (5th consecutive year he's the oldest player in this event) |
| Youngest player: | Alex Conklin | Webster, New York, USA – 21 years old exactly (survived Flight B with 83,500 in chips) |
| Male participants: | 6,949 | |
| Female participants: | 272 | |
Here's a more detailed look at the age ranges of this year's participants.
| Age Range | Total | Male | Female |
|---|
| 21-25 | 347 | 346 | 1 |
| 26-30 | 1,520 | 1,472 | 48 |
| 31-35 | 1,478 | 1,411 | 67 |
| 36-40 | 895 | 857 | 38 |
| 41-45 | 731 | 705 | 26 |
| 46-50 | 753 | 725 | 28 |
| 51-55 | 613 | 582 | 31 |
| >56 | 884 | 851 | 33 |
| | | | |
| Total | 7,221 | 6,949 | 272 |
Players from a total of 83 unique countries participated in the Main Event this year, up from 79 in 2016. The United States leads the charge, followed by Canada and the United Kingdom.
| # | Country | Players | # | Country | Players | # | Country | Players | # | Country | Players |
|---|
| 1 | United States | 5,218 | 23 | Ukraine | 19 | 44 | Philippines | 5 | 65 | Ecuador | 2 |
| 2 | Canada | 380 | 24 | Mexico | 16 | 45 | Colombia | 5 | 66 | Paraguay | 2 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 324 | 25 | Belgium | 16 | 46 | Greece | 5 | 67 | Vietnam | 2 |
| 4 | France | 107 | 26 | Denmark | 14 | 47 | Belize | 5 | 68 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1 |
| 5 | Germany | 93 | 27 | Malta | 12 | 48 | Costa Rica | 5 | 69 | Uruguay | 1 |
| 6 | Brazil | 88 | 28 | Turkey | 12 | 49 | Hong Kong | 4 | 70 | Qatar | 1 |
| 7 | Australia | 83 | 29 | Switzerland | 12 | 50 | Luxembourg | 4 | 71 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 |
| 8 | Austria | 65 | 30 | Poland | 11 | 51 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 72 | Moldova | 1 |
| 9 | Russia | 62 | 31 | Hungary | 10 | 52 | Belarus | 3 | 73 | Chile | 1 |
| 10 | Israel | 56 | 32 | Lithuania | 9 | 53 | Bolivia | 3 | 75 | Mongolia | 1 |
| 11 | China | 52 | 33 | Latvia | 9 | 54 | Peru | 3 | 76 | Armenia | 1 |
| 12 | Japan | 50 | 34 | Finland | 8 | 55 | Haiti | 3 | 77 | Panama | 1 |
| 13 | Italy | 49 | 35 | Romania | 8 | 56 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 78 | Indonesia | 1 |
| 14 | Spain | 44 | 36 | Taiwan | 8 | 57 | Jamaica | 3 | 79 | Bermuda | 1 |
| 15 | Ireland | 41 | 37 | Korea | 8 | 58 | Cyprus | 2 | 80 | Thailand | 1 |
| 16 | Argentina | 32 | 38 | Singapore | 7 | 59 | Slovenia | 2 | 81 | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 32 | 39 | New Zealand | 7 | 60 | Venezuela | 2 | 82 | Guam | 1 |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 31 | 40 | Portugal | 7 | 61 | Croatia | 2 | 83 | Macedonia | 1 |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 31 | 41 | Puerto Rico | 6 | 62 | Macao | 2 | | | |
| 20 | Sweden | 30 | 42 | South Africa | 6 | 63 | Lebanon | 2 | | | |
| 21 | India | 30 | 43 | Slovakia | 5 | 64 | Malaysia | 2 | | | |
| 22 | Norway | 23 | | | | | | | | | |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:48 PM Local Time
Cherish Andrews Chipping Up
Cherish Andrews raised to 1,500 from early position, a player in middle position called, the player on the button three-bet to 4,000, and both Andrews and the player in middle position called.
The flop came down and Andrews checked. The middle-position player bet 2,000, the button called, and Andrews called. The turn was the and all three players checked. The river was the and Andrews checked. The middle-position player bet 12,500 after tanking for about three minutes, the button folded, and Andrews called.
The middle-position player showed , while Andrews took down the pot with for kings and tens.
| Cherish Andrews | 155,000 | 23,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:47 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Brasilia
| Jonathan Little | 274,000 | -1,000 |
| Morten Mortensen | 269,000 | -7,000 |
| Mickey Craft | 216,000 | 85,100 |
| Jonathan Dwek | 144,000 | 39,400 |
| Steven van Zadelhoff | 138,000 | 19,500 |
| Richard Seymour | 110,000 | -4,000 |
| Mike Matusow | 85,000 | 7,000 |
| Jon Turner | 76,500 | -27,400 |
| Mark Radoja | 57,000 | 1,000 |
| Yueqi Zhu | 44,000 | -13,500 |
| Jason Lester | 39,400 | -21,900 |
| Mimi Luu | 17,500 | -10,800 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:46 PM Local Time
Jennifer Shahade Eliminated by Sean Lindsey
There had been two early casualties over on table 620, as Javier Montano and Wesley Clark were no longer in their seats. They were replaced with Sean Lindsey and Jennifer Shahade, and those two just clashed.
Lindsey checked a flop of and Shahade bet 4,500 before Lindsey check-raised all in. Shahade called and the cards were turned over.
Jennifer Shahade:
Sean Lindsey:
The turn and river were of no help and Shahade was eliminated in the first level of the day. Lindsey joined the big stacks on his table that also include Adam Hsu and Gjergj Sinishtaj.
| Gjergj Sinishtaj | 155,000 | 77,000 |
| Sean Lindsey | 155,000 | 21,800 |
| Adam Hsu | 140,000 | -1,000 |
| Jennifer Shahade | 0 | -50,100 |
| Javier Montano | 0 | -19,100 |
| Wesley Clark | 0 | -5,200 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:45 PM Local Time
Jacobson Loses a Little
With about 6,500 already in the pot and the board reading , Martin Jacobson was on the button and heads-up against the small blind, who checked. Jacobson checked behind.
The fell on the river and the small blind bet 3,000. After some consideration, Jacobson folded and the small blind took the pot.
| Martin Jacobson | 28,400 | -7,700 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:45 PM Local Time
Zachary Donovan Trips Up Noah Schwartz
With about 5,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Zachary Donovan led out for 1,600 from the hijack and Noah Schwartz called on the button.
The turn was the and Donovan bet 4,600 this time. Schwartz thought about it for a moment and called again.
The river was the . Donovan paused and then led out for 10,600. Schwartz tanked for about a minute and eventually called.
Donovan said, "I have an eight" and tabled . Schwartz just glared at him, looked back at his cards one last time and paid the bet.
| Zachary Donovan | 170,000 | 32,000 |
| Noah Schwartz | 53,000 | 8,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:45 PM Local Time
Andy Frankenberger Avoids a Trap
Andy Frankenberger raised to 1,500 from the cutoff and got a call from the big blind. The flop came and the big blind checked. Frankenberger continued for 1,500 and his opponent called. They both checked the turn and the river and his opponent tabled for queens full of tens on the flop.
"So you're saying my turn bet wouldn't have gotten through?" Frankenberg asked. His opponent just smiled.
Frankenberger added, "I'm glad you checked the river. I was going to have to call a bet."
| Andy Frankenberger | 132,000 | 15,600 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:45 PM Local Time
Amazon Orange: Hallaert Rising, Yoon & Marquez Busted
Kenny Hallaert is continuing to roll after a strong Day 1, crossing over the 200,000 chip mark. Meanwhile, Brian Yoon and Ana Marquez have recently hit the rail.
| Serge Chechin | 235,000 | 5,200 |
| Kenny Hallaert | 221,000 | 48,200 |
| Jonathan Prince | 195,000 | 10,500 |
| Simon Mattsson | 176,000 | 10,300 |
| Brian Okin | 160,500 | 86,100 |
| Chris Johnson | 124,300 | -2,700 |
| Melanie Weisner | 111,700 | 42,800 |
| Jacob Bazeley | 108,500 | 7,600 |
| Robert Varkonyi | 108,000 | 44,000 |
| Charlie Carrel | 106,500 | 21,200 |
| Tony Bracy | 106,000 | 10,000 |
| Bryn Kenney | 88,000 | -26,000 |
| Joao Simao | 86,200 | 36,500 |
| Scott Davies | 73,600 | -12,500 |
| Erwann Pecheux | 53,200 | -6,500 |
| Vitaly Lunkin | 45,100 | -6,400 |
| Brian Hastings | 24,000 | 9,800 |
| David Bach | 23,100 | -10,200 |
| Marc Convey | 23,000 | -18,500 |
| Fabian Quoss | 21,900 | 6,400 |
| Brian Yoon | 0 | -29,500 |
| Ana Marquez | 0 | -56,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:41 PM Local Time
Syverud Returns for Day 2
Many readers were touched by the recent story of Wisconsin's Rick Syverud, who is playing in the Main Event while battling Stage 4 cancer. He hit a $10,000 slot jackpot two weeks ago to make his dream come true in the WSOP. He made it through Day 1 and has 67,000 in chips so far on Day 2.
"I'm feeling pretty good and won a couple hands," he told PokerNews.
Many readers loved Syverud's positivity and outlook on life. He received many nice comments, he said, and appreciated all the kind words. To read his amazing story, click here.
| Richard Syverud | 67,000 | 4,200 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:40 PM Local Time
Lykov Gets Value from De Laat
Bas De Laat raised from early position and picked up one caller in Maxim Lykov on the button. De Laat bet the flop and the turn, the latter for 7,800, and Lykov called both times. After the fell on the river, De Laat slowed down and checked. Lykov made it 14,200 to go and De Laat called before quickly mucking to Lykov's for a set of eights.
| Maxim Lykov | 109,000 | -8,100 |
| Bas De Laat | 16,000 | -42,600 |