Nacho Barbero Bags Nearly 10 Starting Stacks to Kick Off Final $5K of WSOP
Though it seems like mere days ago that the 2017 World Series of Poker got underway, July has almost arrived, and with it, the last $5K of the summer at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em kicked off Thursday and drew 623 players, of which about 248 survived the 10-level day.
At the top of the chip counts is a mix of recognizable and less heralded names. Nacho Barbero (230,300) and Juha Helppi (193,200) are already known to many poker fans after having won major titles and piled up millions in live cashes. Meanwhile David Coleman (205,200) and Carlos Chang (197,600) are seeking to build their stars with big wins in an event that will pay $618,285 to the winner.
Matt Berkey (165,500), Michael Mizrachi (148,900), Olivier Busquet (144,000), Dietrich Fast (94,500), Ari Engel (91,100) and Dzmitry Urbanovich (47,600) also made it on to Day 2.
It wasn't a banner day for everyone taking a seat in the Amazon Room, of course. Plenty of notable players fell by the wayside during the course of play, including Kenny Hallaert, Justin Bonomo, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Faraz Jaka and Chris Ferguson.
Ferguson has been making a run for WSOP Player of the Year honors, much to the chagrin of many players and fans. However, his chance to gain any points in this event ended late in the day when he reshipped 14 big blinds over a raise and failed to hold with pocket queens against ace-ten.
Those who did advance return Friday at noon. They'll be playing 600/1,200/200, and you can find coverage throughout the day here on PokerNews.
Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brasilia | 702 | 1 | Cheng Liu | China | 87,400 | 73 |
Brasilia | 702 | 2 | Alex Miningham | United States | 24,500 | 20 |
Brasilia | 702 | 3 | Fred Berger | United States | 13,000 | 11 |
Brasilia | 702 | 4 | Raymond Langbraaten | Norway | 158,700 | 132 |
Brasilia | 702 | 5 | Mike Watson | Canada | 128,100 | 107 |
Brasilia | 702 | 6 | Miguel Seoane | United States | 23,600 | 20 |
Brasilia | 702 | 7 | Simon Mattsson | United States | 15,400 | 13 |
Brasilia | 702 | 8 | Huidong Gu | Macau | 63,500 | 53 |
Brasilia | 702 | 9 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | United States | 61,400 | 51 |
Brasilia | 703 | 2 | Jeff Gross | United States | 49,000 | 41 |
Brasilia | 703 | 3 | Alexander Farahi | United States | 52,200 | 44 |
Brasilia | 703 | 4 | Shane Smith | United States | 44,700 | 37 |
Brasilia | 703 | 5 | Aymon Hata | United States | 40,600 | 34 |
Brasilia | 703 | 6 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 102,700 | 86 |
Brasilia | 703 | 7 | Mike Vanier | United States | 64,500 | 54 |
Brasilia | 703 | 8 | Andy Spears | United States | 49,100 | 41 |
Brasilia | 703 | 9 | Ravi Raghavan | United States | 57,600 | 48 |
Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Joseph Marchal | United States | 21,700 | 18 |
Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Martin Staszko | Czech Republic | 75,100 | 63 |
Brasilia | 704 | 3 | Jacob Bazeley | United States | 59,000 | 49 |
Brasilia | 704 | 4 | Kelly Minkin | United States | 96,700 | 81 |
Brasilia | 704 | 5 | [Removed:153] | Sweden | 111,500 | 93 |
Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Michael Tureniec | Sweden | 49,600 | 41 |
Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Joshua Hillock | United States | 38,100 | 32 |
Brasilia | 704 | 9 | Federico Butteroni | Italy | 47,200 | 39 |
Brasilia | 705 | 1 | Ryan Drossel | United States | 39,700 | 33 |
Brasilia | 705 | 2 | Ken Fishman | United States | 50,000 | 42 |
Brasilia | 705 | 3 | DID NOT REPORT 2 | United States | 1 | 0 |
Brasilia | 705 | 4 | Keven Stammen | United States | 104,400 | 87 |
Brasilia | 705 | 5 | Kenneth Figueredo | United States | 12,800 | 11 |
Brasilia | 705 | 6 | Lauren Roberts | United States | 44,700 | 37 |
Brasilia | 705 | 8 | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | 100,900 | 84 |
Brasilia | 705 | 9 | Tony Ruberto | United States | 48,500 | 40 |
Brasilia | 706 | 1 | Frank Stepuchin | United States | 65,700 | 55 |
Brasilia | 706 | 2 | Terry Fan | Taiwan | 27,100 | 23 |
Brasilia | 706 | 3 | Adam Geyer | United States | 63,500 | 53 |
Brasilia | 706 | 4 | Alfie Adam | United Kingdom | 26,700 | 22 |
Brasilia | 706 | 5 | Donis Agnelli | IT | 184,600 | 154 |
Brasilia | 706 | 6 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 70,000 | 58 |
Brasilia | 706 | 7 | Dietrich Fast | Ireland | 94,500 | 79 |
Brasilia | 706 | 8 | Arkadiy Tsinis | United States | 107,700 | 90 |
Brasilia | 706 | 9 | Luis Velador | United States | 42,500 | 35 |
Brasilia | 707 | 1 | Huihan Wu | United States | 43,500 | 36 |
Brasilia | 707 | 2 | Jim Carroll | United States | 70,300 | 59 |
Brasilia | 707 | 3 | Sixiao Li | China | 47,500 | 40 |
Brasilia | 707 | 4 | Simon Lam | United States | 117,600 | 98 |
Brasilia | 707 | 5 | Dominik Wagner | Germany | 132,700 | 111 |
Brasilia | 707 | 6 | Daniel Dizenzo | United States | 99,300 | 83 |
Brasilia | 707 | 7 | Tom McCormick | United States | 52,700 | 44 |
Brasilia | 707 | 8 | Bryan Piccioli | United States | 43,100 | 36 |
Brasilia | 707 | 9 | Steve Foutty | United States | 103,100 | 86 |
Brasilia | 708 | 1 | Lisa Hamilton | United States | 53,900 | 45 |
Brasilia | 708 | 2 | Robert Brobyn | United States | 42,000 | 35 |
Brasilia | 708 | 3 | Taylor Black | United States | 46,900 | 39 |
Brasilia | 708 | 4 | Maria Ho | United States | 19,400 | 16 |
Brasilia | 708 | 5 | Yaron Zeev Malki | Israel | 99,200 | 83 |
Brasilia | 708 | 6 | Daniel Zack | United States | 52,400 | 44 |
Brasilia | 708 | 7 | Pablo Fernandez Campo | United Kingdom | 22,800 | 19 |
Brasilia | 708 | 8 | Robert Peacock | United States | 18,700 | 16 |
Brasilia | 708 | 9 | James Cavanaugh | United States | 34,400 | 29 |
Brasilia | 709 | 1 | Pratyush Buddiga | United States | 72,000 | 60 |
Brasilia | 709 | 2 | George Konkle | United States | 24,700 | 21 |
Brasilia | 709 | 3 | Richard Lowe | United States | 53,100 | 44 |
Brasilia | 709 | 4 | Nathan Weed | United States | 28,800 | 24 |
Brasilia | 709 | 5 | Craig McCorkell | United States | 52,200 | 44 |
Brasilia | 709 | 6 | Li Fu | China | 63,200 | 53 |
Brasilia | 709 | 7 | Ayman Qutami | United States | 10,000 | 8 |
Brasilia | 709 | 8 | Ryan Laplante | United States | 49,700 | 41 |
Brasilia | 709 | 9 | Aleks Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 92,800 | 77 |
Brasilia | 710 | 1 | Onur Unsal | United States | 83,700 | 70 |
Brasilia | 710 | 2 | Adrian Attenborough | Australia | 51,700 | 43 |
Brasilia | 710 | 3 | Aditya Agarwal | Canada | 135,000 | 113 |
Brasilia | 710 | 4 | Samuel Ganzfried | United States | 22,400 | 19 |
Brasilia | 710 | 5 | James Hughes | United States | 56,500 | 47 |
Brasilia | 710 | 6 | Calvin Anderson | United States | 72,200 | 60 |
Brasilia | 710 | 7 | Damian Salas | Argentina | 95,300 | 79 |
Brasilia | 710 | 8 | Jonathan Therme | France | 83,400 | 70 |
Brasilia | 710 | 9 | Tim West | United States | 64,800 | 54 |
Brasilia | 711 | 1 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 53,500 | 45 |
Brasilia | 711 | 2 | Steven Tabb | United States | 40,300 | 34 |
Brasilia | 711 | 3 | Steven Mccartney | United States | 27,000 | 23 |
Brasilia | 711 | 4 | Henry Fewster | United Kingdom | 53,400 | 45 |
Brasilia | 711 | 5 | Ari Engel | United States | 91,100 | 76 |
Brasilia | 711 | 6 | Kayhan Molaci | Turkey | 25,400 | 21 |
Brasilia | 711 | 7 | Zorlu Er | Turkey | 108,600 | 91 |
Brasilia | 711 | 8 | Bahar Musa | Bulgaria | 23,900 | 20 |
Brasilia | 711 | 9 | Jason Pritchard | Australia | 108,500 | 90 |
Brasilia | 712 | 1 | Benoit Lam | France | 27,000 | 23 |
Brasilia | 712 | 2 | Kework Besiktasliyan | Ireland | 60,800 | 51 |
Brasilia | 712 | 3 | Greg Merson | United States | 21,900 | 18 |
Brasilia | 712 | 4 | Markus Gonsalves | United States | 51,100 | 43 |
Brasilia | 712 | 5 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 193,200 | 161 |
Brasilia | 712 | 6 | Ivan Luca | Argentina | 23,700 | 20 |
Brasilia | 712 | 7 | Fiodor Martino | Italy | 51,600 | 43 |
Brasilia | 712 | 8 | Allen Pock | United States | 90,700 | 76 |
Brasilia | 712 | 9 | Jeff Hakim | Lebanon | 55,100 | 46 |
Brasilia | 713 | 1 | Jose Tavares | United States | 50,000 | 42 |
Brasilia | 713 | 2 | Anatoly Filatov | United States | 82,000 | 68 |
Brasilia | 713 | 3 | Ognjen Sekularac | Germany | 66,500 | 55 |
Brasilia | 713 | 4 | Herb Montalbano | United States | 41,400 | 35 |
Brasilia | 713 | 5 | Eric Blair | United States | 14,000 | 12 |
Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Chad Layne | United States | 131,700 | 110 |
Brasilia | 713 | 7 | Mark Rabkin | United States | 71,900 | 60 |
Brasilia | 713 | 8 | Fernando Brito | Germany | 38,500 | 32 |
Brasilia | 713 | 9 | Mark Scacewater | United States | 22,000 | 18 |
Brasilia | 714 | 1 | Greg Jennings | United States | 55,300 | 46 |
Brasilia | 714 | 2 | Brett Shaffer | United States | 15,000 | 13 |
Brasilia | 714 | 3 | Favio Gandelman | United States | 40,100 | 33 |
Brasilia | 714 | 4 | Nacho Barbero | Canada | 230,300 | 192 |
Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Adam White | United States | 88,800 | 74 |
Brasilia | 714 | 7 | Kenneth Smaron | United States | 83,000 | 69 |
Brasilia | 714 | 8 | Olivier Busquet | United States | 144,000 | 120 |
Brasilia | 714 | 9 | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | 82,100 | 68 |
Brasilia | 715 | 1 | Anton Astapau | Latvia | 24,400 | 20 |
Brasilia | 715 | 2 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | Greece | 138,600 | 116 |
Brasilia | 715 | 3 | Hon Cheong Lee | Hong Kong | 35,200 | 29 |
Brasilia | 715 | 4 | Kristofer Homerding | United States | 34,700 | 29 |
Brasilia | 715 | 5 | Ramon Sorgatto | Brazil | 91,000 | 76 |
Brasilia | 715 | 6 | Darren Rabinowitz | United States | 67,100 | 56 |
Brasilia | 715 | 7 | Thomas Lutz | United States | 59,300 | 49 |
Brasilia | 715 | 8 | Natasha Mercier | United States | 24,400 | 20 |
Brasilia | 715 | 9 | Robert Hankins | United States | 60,500 | 50 |
Brasilia | 716 | 1 | Till Kollender | Germany | 80,900 | 67 |
Brasilia | 716 | 2 | Erich Gmur | United States | 29,200 | 24 |
Brasilia | 716 | 3 | Thomas Miller | United States | 41,600 | 35 |
Brasilia | 716 | 4 | Peter Braglia | United States | 95,600 | 80 |
Brasilia | 716 | 5 | Ken Einiger | United States | 45,500 | 38 |
Brasilia | 716 | 6 | Haixia Zhang | United States | 43,500 | 36 |
Brasilia | 716 | 7 | Bart Hanson | United States | 73,800 | 62 |
Brasilia | 716 | 8 | Davidi Kitai | United States | 16,900 | 14 |
Brasilia | 716 | 9 | Zhaoxing Wang | United States | 62,800 | 52 |
Brasilia | 717 | 1 | Kristina Holst | United States | 49,300 | 41 |
Brasilia | 717 | 2 | Pascal Hartman | Germany | 35,200 | 29 |
Brasilia | 717 | 3 | Tong Li | China | 50,000 | 42 |
Brasilia | 717 | 4 | Ronald Connor | United States | 43,900 | 37 |
Brasilia | 717 | 5 | Feng Zhou | China | 78,700 | 66 |
Brasilia | 717 | 6 | Jason Mercier | United States | 131,900 | 110 |
Brasilia | 717 | 7 | Stuart Gelwarg | United States | 47,500 | 40 |
Brasilia | 717 | 8 | Romain Lewis | France | 33,100 | 28 |
Brasilia | 717 | 9 | David Coleman | United States | 205,200 | 171 |
Brasilia | 718 | 1 | Farhad Jamasi | United States | 64,100 | 53 |
Brasilia | 718 | 2 | Justin Liberto | United States | 87,700 | 73 |
Brasilia | 718 | 3 | Mitchell Watson | Australia | 4,000 | 3 |
Brasilia | 718 | 4 | Jean-Pascal Savard | United States | 56,100 | 47 |
Brasilia | 718 | 5 | Jerry Odeen | Greece | 10,700 | 9 |
Brasilia | 718 | 6 | Justin Adams | United States | 74,300 | 62 |
Brasilia | 718 | 7 | Ivan Deyra | France | 15,800 | 13 |
Brasilia | 718 | 8 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 54,000 | 45 |
Brasilia | 718 | 9 | Joel Ettedgi | United Kingdom | 15,000 | 13 |
Brasilia | 719 | 1 | Jonathan Concepcion | Spain | 58,200 | 49 |
Brasilia | 719 | 2 | Paul Volpe | United States | 32,900 | 27 |
Brasilia | 719 | 3 | Walter Treccarichi | Canada | 41,800 | 35 |
Brasilia | 719 | 4 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 126,600 | 106 |
Brasilia | 719 | 5 | Dmitry Yurasov | Russia | 35,500 | 30 |
Brasilia | 719 | 6 | Sergio Cabrera | Greece | 84,200 | 70 |
Brasilia | 719 | 7 | Christian Rudolph | Germany | 37,900 | 32 |
Brasilia | 719 | 8 | Michael Osullivan | Ireland | 80,200 | 67 |
Brasilia | 719 | 9 | Andrew Wilmot | United States | 65,300 | 54 |
Brasilia | 720 | 1 | Claas Segebrecht | Hungary | 100,300 | 84 |
Brasilia | 720 | 2 | Chun Yam | United Kingdom | 107,700 | 90 |
Brasilia | 720 | 3 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 170,000 | 142 |
Brasilia | 720 | 4 | Sean Getzwiller | United States | 28,800 | 24 |
Brasilia | 720 | 5 | Guy Pariente | France | 23,500 | 20 |
Brasilia | 720 | 6 | Joseph Elpayaa | United States | 51,400 | 43 |
Brasilia | 720 | 7 | Andy Park | United States | 38,700 | 32 |
Brasilia | 720 | 8 | Maria Lampropulos | Argentina | 49,200 | 41 |
Brasilia | 720 | 9 | Raul Martinez Requena | United Kingdom | 40,400 | 34 |
Brasilia | 721 | 1 | Daniel Houlbrook | United States | 53,700 | 45 |
Brasilia | 721 | 2 | Jesse Yaginuma | United States | 48,700 | 41 |
Brasilia | 721 | 3 | Carlos Chang | Taiwan | 197,600 | 165 |
Brasilia | 721 | 4 | Jonathan Little | United States | 99,100 | 83 |
Brasilia | 721 | 5 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 41,300 | 34 |
Brasilia | 721 | 6 | Michael Delvecchio III | United States | 87,800 | 73 |
Brasilia | 721 | 7 | Giuseppe Pantaleo | Germany | 67,400 | 56 |
Brasilia | 721 | 8 | Chris Klodnicki | United States | 93,500 | 78 |
Brasilia | 721 | 9 | Cate Hall | United States | 42,900 | 36 |
Brasilia | 722 | 1 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 36,000 | 30 |
Brasilia | 722 | 2 | Brent Hanks | United States | 29,400 | 25 |
Brasilia | 722 | 3 | David Kelsey | United States | 34,300 | 29 |
Brasilia | 722 | 4 | Kiryl Radzivonau | Russia | 73,400 | 61 |
Brasilia | 722 | 5 | Matt Berkey | United States | 165,500 | 138 |
Brasilia | 722 | 6 | Mark Zullo | United States | 110,000 | 92 |
Brasilia | 722 | 7 | Ty Reiman | United States | 68,500 | 57 |
Brasilia | 722 | 8 | Zhong Wang | United States | 60,400 | 50 |
Brasilia | 722 | 9 | Julian Stuer | Germany | 157,600 | 131 |
Brasilia | 723 | 1 | Remy Biechel | France | 40,500 | 34 |
Brasilia | 723 | 2 | Philip Tom | United States | 75,600 | 63 |
Brasilia | 723 | 3 | Saurabh Patel | United States | 70,300 | 59 |
Brasilia | 723 | 4 | Dong Zhao | China | 100,800 | 84 |
Brasilia | 723 | 5 | Stephen Cartner | Canada | 109,800 | 92 |
Brasilia | 723 | 6 | Joshua Beckley | United States | 69,700 | 58 |
Brasilia | 723 | 7 | Pierre Neuville | Belgium | 53,500 | 45 |
Brasilia | 723 | 8 | Xuming Qi | China | 22,800 | 19 |
Brasilia | 723 | 9 | Joshua Gordon | United States | 44,800 | 37 |
Brasilia | 724 | 1 | Laurent Polito | France | 84,500 | 70 |
Brasilia | 724 | 2 | Fumimasa Hirasawa | Japan | 39,500 | 33 |
Brasilia | 724 | 3 | Jay Sharon | United States | 24,600 | 21 |
Brasilia | 724 | 4 | Daniel Fischer | United States | 37,500 | 31 |
Brasilia | 724 | 5 | Nick Schulman | United States | 98,400 | 82 |
Brasilia | 724 | 6 | Gil Morgensztern | Australia | 72,000 | 60 |
Brasilia | 724 | 7 | Andrew Ryan | United States | 16,700 | 14 |
Brasilia | 724 | 8 | Edouard Echinard | United States | 63,200 | 53 |
Brasilia | 724 | 9 | Adrien Delmas | United Kingdom | 23,200 | 19 |
Brasilia | 725 | 1 | Kane Kalas | United States | 53,500 | 45 |
Brasilia | 725 | 2 | [Removed:14] | United States | 104,400 | 87 |
Brasilia | 725 | 3 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 47,600 | 40 |
Brasilia | 725 | 4 | Hoan Nguyen | United States | 57,400 | 48 |
Brasilia | 725 | 5 | Robert Henderson | United States | 11,300 | 9 |
Brasilia | 725 | 6 | Yin Liu | China | 93,300 | 78 |
Brasilia | 725 | 7 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 27,900 | 23 |
Brasilia | 725 | 8 | Greg Buonocore | United States | 55,700 | 46 |
Brasilia | 725 | 9 | Norberto Korn | Germany | 29,300 | 24 |
Brasilia | 726 | 1 | Lev Milman | United States | 24,600 | 21 |
Brasilia | 726 | 2 | Akash Malik | Germany | 28,600 | 24 |
Brasilia | 726 | 3 | Yaxi Zhu | China | 135,500 | 113 |
Brasilia | 726 | 4 | Bertrand Rosique | France | 42,400 | 35 |
Brasilia | 726 | 5 | Yunsheng Sun | China | 35,000 | 29 |
Brasilia | 726 | 6 | Babak Badkoubei | United States | 63,800 | 53 |
Brasilia | 726 | 7 | Matt Affleck | United States | 69,800 | 58 |
Brasilia | 726 | 8 | Marc-Andre Ladouceur | Canada | 102,400 | 85 |
Brasilia | 726 | 9 | Andy Hwang | United States | 125,000 | 104 |
Brasilia | 727 | 1 | Isaac Baron | United States | 37,400 | 31 |
Brasilia | 727 | 2 | Alexander Ivarsson | Sweden | 116,200 | 97 |
Brasilia | 727 | 3 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | 148,900 | 124 |
Brasilia | 727 | 4 | Philip Leibow | United States | 21,000 | 18 |
Brasilia | 727 | 5 | Bradley Snider | United States | 28,500 | 24 |
Brasilia | 727 | 6 | Peter Robinson | United Kingdom | 47,200 | 39 |
Brasilia | 727 | 7 | Kunal Patni | United States | 85,600 | 71 |
Brasilia | 727 | 8 | Jimmy Guerrero | France | 54,000 | 45 |
Brasilia | 727 | 9 | Ardit Kurshumi | United States | 22,400 | 19 |
Brasilia | 728 | 1 | Jan Eric Schwippert | Germany | 63,500 | 53 |
Brasilia | 728 | 2 | Ankush Mandavia | United States | 30,400 | 25 |
Brasilia | 728 | 3 | Danny Wong | United States | 71,300 | 59 |
Brasilia | 728 | 4 | Matthew Greenwald | United States | 13,400 | 11 |
Brasilia | 728 | 5 | Jeffrey Epstein | United States | 19,200 | 16 |
Brasilia | 728 | 6 | Matt Stout | United States | 82,300 | 69 |
Brasilia | 728 | 7 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | 35,500 | 30 |
Brasilia | 728 | 8 | Artem Metalidi | Ireland | 55,900 | 47 |
Brasilia | 728 | 9 | Barny Boatman | United Kingdom | 70,000 | 58 |
Brasilia | 729 | 1 | Matt Salsberg | United States | 37,100 | 31 |
Brasilia | 729 | 2 | Benjamin Heath | United Kingdom | 114,700 | 96 |
Brasilia | 729 | 3 | Didier Guerin | United States | 16,200 | 14 |
Brasilia | 729 | 4 | Quang Ngo | United States | 30,100 | 25 |
Brasilia | 729 | 5 | Manuel Mutke | Germany | 51,300 | 43 |
Brasilia | 729 | 6 | Felix Bleiker | Switzerland | 34,000 | 28 |
Brasilia | 729 | 7 | Mike Sowers | United States | 114,900 | 96 |
Brasilia | 729 | 8 | Gary Klionsky | United States | 14,600 | 12 |
Brasilia | 729 | 9 | Steve Karp | United States | 48,900 | 41 |