The WSOP 2017 Thread

Angmar2626

Just tried to find a clear concise update on wsop.com and no joy. Came here instead and found exactly what I wanted to know straight away! Thanks for the top work

jdsallstar

I see mr hesp made the main page of bbc news and second biggest ever cash for a brit. Well played sir.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-40691415

FCHD

First big hand of the final day. Ott had been picking up most of the first few hands, but cae up against Blumstein who had King high, with Ott having pocket eights. The flop came Ace high, all clubs (giving Blumstein the nut flush draw and Ott having the 8c). Blumstein bet 16m on the flop, called, 20m on the turn, called and emptied the clip with a bluff shove on the river. Ott didn't take too long to think about it considering how many chips were in the pot and folded to extend Blumstein's chip lead.

FCHD

Blumstein seems to know exactly where he is in every hand, and has made large gains to extend his stack. He has well over 200m, Ott and Pollak both in the 40-50m range

FCHD

All in and a call with Ott having AQ of hearts, Pollak having eights and we're off to the races. Ott is the all in player and needs help. No need for him to put his hoody over his mouth now. Flop is AQ5 one heart moving Ott ahead, 10c on the turn is a blank, and Pollak can't hit his 2-outer on the river with another 6 coming down. Ott doubles up to 68.5m, Pollak down to 23.4m. A little confusion about the size of the stacks, Jack Effel needed to come in and make sure everything is OK down to the last chip, understable with the number of individual chips in play and the stakes they're playing for now.

Blumstein still has about 75% of the chips in play.

FCHD

Pollak at about 11BB goes all in with J10 suited, no takers. Soon after repeats with A3 of diamonds, Blumstein takes him on with 54 of clubs. Flop is blank-tastic, 7-2-K one diamond no clubs. Turn is 7 of diamonds. Pollak needs to avoid 5s and 4s and does so with the 10 of diamonds with the Frenchman making an unnecessary flush, doubling up and moving back into second place.

And, lightweight that I am, 4:22am is late enough for me, and I'll have to come back to find out the eventual result later on.

FCHD

Well. I didn't expect it to be till going on at this time. Pollak has been knocked out, so its down to Baumstein and Ott still left, with the former having a 10:1 chip lead. I don't want to go back to the updates to see any details in case it has been decided during the half hour delay, so I will pick that up later.

All I know at the moment on Pollak's exit hand was that he shoved, Ott re-shoved and Blumstein made it a family pot which the chip leader won.

FCHD

And they think it's all over.... it is now

Ott managed one double up when he hit one of his two overcards to Blumstein's pocket sixes (according to ESPN it was the first time in 60-odd heads up hands that either player had a pocket pair), and after it took until partway through the next hand to sort the chips out, Ott had 64m, just over 21BB

On the next hand, Ott raised with A8, and Blumstein shoved over the top with A2. Ott though quite a long time by his standards before calling. The flop and turn brought bricks, but a two on the river sealed the deal and Blumstein celebrations ensued

3 Benjamin Pollak ($3.5m)
2 Daniel Ott ($4.7m)
1 Scott Blumtein ($8.15m)

Turns out the biggest hand of the whole tournament was the hand where Blumstein's Pocket Aces got the better of John Hesp's A10 yesterday, giving him a big chip lead which he never let slip away.

That's about it from me for a while. Thanks for all for the kind comments during the thread. I'll resurrect it for the WSOPE in Rozadov from October 19 to November 10, but it won't be in anything like the amount of detail as before. It's not the same, is it?

Details of Pollak's exit hand - Pollak shoved from the button for 35m with Q10. Big blind at this point was 2.4m, so less than 15BB. Ott shoved over the top for 46m with the optimistic K9, and Blumstein called it off with AQ. It could have been all over there and then but a KJ3 flop kept everyone interested - Ott with top pair, Pollak was open-ended and Blumstein still had a gut shot (and of course could still pair his ace to win too). It was brick city on the turn and the river and Ott had more than doubled up and it was Au Revoir for Monsieur Pollak.

One more thing
Player of the Year standings
1 Chris Ferguson 898 points
2 Ryan Hughes 876 points
3 John Monnette 865 points
4 John Racener 853 points
5 Ray Henson 768 points
...
10 Daniel Negreanu 717 points
...
18 Chris Moorman 616 points (top Brit)
...
70 David Bach 454 points (double bracelet winner)

(Blumstein earned 432 points for the Main Event win)

rabdeniro

HU was pretty boring to watch to be honest, played 64 hands before there was a pocket pair (66), and I think that was the only pocket pair HU, Ott was just hanging on waiting for premium hands but they never came.

Enut

Brilliant thread and thanks so much for writinig it again.

pomfrittes

  LOve this thread every year, TY Barney.

extraman

great coverage barney thanks for all your hardwork

bromley04

Must come in and say thank you for this thread.  To repeat what has already been said the posts are not only concise but offer such a different take from all the other threads out there. 

I eagerly await the WSOPE thread.

Dollie

Really has been a great read, thanks for the coverage.  You deserve a gold medal for "thread of the year".

NChanning

 Just wanted to mention that I love this thread. I have read it every couple of days throughout although I haven't posted much on it, mostly due to reading it on the move with dodgy internet.

 I particularly wanted to thank Barney for his help in looking through the Hendon Mob results for all the table-opponents of the Sky players and myself in the main event...that stuff takes a bit of time and when you are rushing about and need every bit of sleep it's great that someone takes the time to do it for you.

 I owe you a beer next time I see you Barney.