2017 World Series of Poker

Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kkq10
Prize
$231,438
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,174,500
Entries
870
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 0

Jonas Van Baelen Eliminated in 17th Place ($7,995)

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Jonas Van Baelen
Jonas Van Baelen

Oskar Silow opened the cutoff for 27,000 and his neighbor Jonas Van Baelen called from the button. Big blind Jordan Spurlin came along as well and checked after the flop came {4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}. Initial raiser Silow checked as well, then Van Baelen bet 50,000. Spurlin called, and Silow folded.

The {8-Clubs} hit the turn and Spurlin bet out for 105,000. Van Baelen tanked for a bit and eventually moved all in. We did not get a count, as Silow called instantly.

Jonas Van Baelen: {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}{J-Hearts}{9-Spades} — queens and nines
Jordan Spurlin: {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} — straight

The river {4-Diamonds} was a blank and Van Baelen exited.

Player Chips Progress
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Jordan Spurlin
800,000
385,000
385,000
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Jonas Van Baelen
Busted

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Howard Quadruples Up

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Lance Howard quadruples up
Lance Howard quadruples up

After falling deathly short, Lance Howard got his last remaining 42,000 in the middle preflop via a reraise-shove and received calls from Timothy Batow on the button, Fabian Schoneck in the big blind, and Loren Klein under the gun, who had made the initial raise.

The flop came {a-Spades}{7-Clubs}{j-Hearts} and Klein tossed out a bet of 75,000, forcing folds from Batow and Schoneck.

Lance Howard: {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}
Loren Klein: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

The turn was the {k-Hearts} and river the {3-Spades}, and Howard made a straight to stay alive and quadruple up.

Player Chips Progress
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Loren Klein
800,000
120,000
120,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Lance Howard
168,000
48,000
48,000

Tags: Fabian SchoneckLance HowardLoren Klein

Schoneck Doubles Through Barbarez, Then Howard

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Fabian Schoneck
Fabian Schoneck

Fabian Schoneck first put himself at risk against Sergej Barbarez, moving all in preflop.

Fabian Schoneck: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Sergej Barbarez: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}

The board ran out {8-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{j-Spades} and Schoneck scored a much needed double-up.

The very next hand, Schoneck three-bet pot preflop and was called by Lance Howard. The flop fanned out {4-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} and Schoneck moved all in for 102,000. Howard went into the tank for just a moment before making the call.

Fabian Schoneck: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}
Lance Howard: {q-Clubs}{9-Spades}{6-Hearts}{5-Hearts}

Schoneck faded all Howard's outs when the board completed with the {j-Diamonds} then the {5-Diamonds}, and he survived again, leaving Howard as the short stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Sergej Barbarez
520,000
-50,000
-50,000
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Fabian Schoneck
360,000
236,000
236,000
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Lance Howard
120,000
-391,000
-391,000

Tags: Fabian SchoneckLance HowardSergej Barbarez

Shankar Pillai Eliminated in 18th Place ($7,995)

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Shankar Pillai
Shankar Pillai

Shankar Pillai announced pot on a {5-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop making the bet 48,000, leaving himself just 68,000 behind. Loren Klein made the call and bet the remaining 68,000 when the {9-Diamonds} fell on the turn. Pillai called, putting himself at risk.

Shankar Pillai: {k-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{5-Spades}{3-Spades}
Loren Klein: {K-Spades}{10-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}

The river was the {2-Hearts}, giving Klein a flush, and it was enough to eliminate Pillai in 18th place, good for $7,995.

Player Chips Progress
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Loren Klein
680,000
180,000
180,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Shankar Pillai
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

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Lisandro Doubles Through Klein, Law Takes a Chunk Too

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

On a {3-Hearts}{10-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop, Jeff Lisandro moved all in and was put at risk by Loren Klein.

Jeff Lisandro: {a-Clubs}{9-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Spades}
Loren Klein: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}

The board ran out {8-Clubs}{4-Clubs} and Lisandro doubled with his trip threes.

During the previous hands, Klein had also lost chips both to Lance Howard and Chun Law. Howard won the first two pots of the day, making a straight against Shankar Pillai and then forcing out Klein in a pot on the flop.

Law then took down the next pot of roughly 200,000 with a bet of 100,000 on the river that Klein wasn't able to call. With those chips Law has nudged into the lead.

Player Chips Progress
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Chun Law
720,000
82,000
82,000
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Lance Howard
511,000
102,000
102,000
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Loren Klein
500,000
-219,000
-219,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Jeff Lisandro
250,000
129,000
129,000
WSOP 6X Winner

Tags: Chun LawJeff LisandroLoren KleinShankar Pillai

Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 0

Loren Klein Leads to Start Final Day But Two Six-Time Champs Linger

Loren Klein
Loren Klein

Two six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winners will be part of the field for the third and final day of Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha. One — TJ Cloutier — is sitting near the top of the chip counts, while the other-- Jeff Lisandro is all the way at the bottom.

Just 18 players remain as to battle for the bracelet this afternoon. Cloutier begins the day with 449,000 — sitting sixth of 18 — while Lisandro comes in with the shortest stack, wielding 121,000. Loren Klein, however, has a WSOP bracelet of his own as well and comes into Day 3 with the chip lead.

Klein bagged 719,000 when the clock was paused on Day 2. Holding a slight lead over Chun Law with 638,000, Klein has the experience and skill set to conquer another WSOP final table. With over $1.2M in career WSOP cashes, Klein has made six final tables including two runner-up finishes in pot-limit Omaha events, not to mention his bracelet which he captured last year in a mixed no-limit hold’em/pot-limit Omaha event.

Sergej Barbarez (570,000), Jeff Williams (553,000) and Mark Wahba (462,000) currently round out the top five in the counts, with notables Danny Wong (299,000), Shankar Pillai (200,000) and Benjamin Juhasz (172,000) in the mix as well.

Pillai also holds a WSOP bracelet, capturing his back in 2007 in a $3,000 no-limit hold’em event. At least a third-place finish in this event will put Pillai over the $1 million mark in career WSOP earnings, as he currently rests at $925,596.

Other than the bracelet waiting for the eventual champ, so is a top prize of $231,483. By the end of the night, somebody will own both.

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Day 3 Seat Draw

RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
Brasilia7001Mark WahbaUnited States462,00039
Brasilia7002Jeff WilliamsUnited States553,00046
Brasilia7003Benjamin JuhaszHungary172,00014
Brasilia7004TJ CloutierUnited States449,00037
Brasilia7005Oskar SilowSweden421,00010
Brasilia7006Jonas VanbaelenGermany350,00029
Brasilia7007Danny WongUnited States299,00025
Brasilia7008Jordan SpurlinUnited States415,00035
Brasilia7009Raymond WaltonUnited States177,00015
       
Brasilia7011Lance HowardUnited States409,00034
Brasilia7012Jeff LisandroAustralia121,00010
Brasilia7013Sergej BarbarezUnited States570,00048
Brasilia7014Timothy BatowUnited States295,00025
Brasilia7015Chun LawUnited States638,00053
Brasilia7016Fabian SchoneckGermany124,00010
Brasilia7017Shankar PillaiUnited States200,00017
Brasilia7018Loren KleinUnited States719,00060
Brasilia7019Robert ParkUnited States150,00013

Tags: Benjamin JuhaszChun LawFabian SchoneckJeff LisandroJonas VanbaelenLoren KleinShankar PillaiTJ Cloutier

Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

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