Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Completed

06-30-2017 23:25 UTC-8

Ari Engel Among Leaders at the End of Day 2 in Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em

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Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Day 2 of Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em is in the books, and Canadian pro Ari Engel has bagged one of the top stacks heading into Day 3 on Canada Day tomorrow. He ended the day with 977,000 chips and hopes to earn Canada's second bracelet of the series on his country's 150th birthday.

Hungary's Marton Czuczor leads the remaining 32 players with 1,352,00 chips, worth 112 big blinds going into Day 3 when blinds start at 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante. Behind him in second is Argentina's Norberto Korn with 1,098,000 chips, followed by Venezuela's Donis Agnelli (980,000) in third, Canada's Ari Engel (977,000) in fourth, and United States' Simon Lam rounding off the top five with 785,000. Interestingly enough, the top five stacks are represented by five different countries, showing what a diverse community the poker world has become.

The entire tournament brought forth a total of 623 entries, paying out 94 spots. The eventually winner will earn a whopping $618,285, but most importantly the coveted gold WSOP bracelet. A min-cash was worth $7,414, and the remaining 32 players are guaranteed to pocket $14,183 when they begin Day 3.

The day began with 250 players and dwindled down to just 32 to end the night. The bubble burst just after the dinner break, and it was Steve Karp who was responsible for bringing 94 players into the money. Jeff Hakim was the eventual bubble boy after losing a flop with ace-king, up against Karp's queens. A king hit the river, but it also completed a straight for Karp so he was eliminated in 95th place.

Jack Salter was one of the early chip leaders but gave up half of his stack after attempting to bluff Juha Helppi before the dinner break. Helppi tank-called after about five minutes and his straight was good to double up, making him one of the chip leaers. Ari Engel also built up a stack and stayed consistent throughout the day. Engel made a hero call, and followed that with winning a big pot with queens against Jonathan Concepcion's pocket tens. He clearly kept up with the momentum, bagging heaps at the end of the night.

The field today was stacked, so there's certainly a large list of notable players that made it through to Day 3 including Dietrich Fast (672,000), Juha Helppi (658,000), Damian Salas (481,000), Ravi Raghavan (467,000), Mike Watson(445,000), Matt Stout (389,000), Barny Boatman (361,000), Pierre Neuville (320,000), Matt Affleck (304,000), Aditya Agarwal (201,000), Andy Spears (197,000), and Darren Rabinowitz (174,000).

Final Table Payouts:

Prize	Place (USD)
1	$618,285
2	$382,122
3	$264,306
4	$185,794
5	$132,767
6	$96,472
7	$71,300
8	$53,615
9	$41,031

Many big names made their way to Day 2, and a lot of them made the money but weren't able to go deep, including Ivan Luca (36th place - $14,183), Jack Salter (37th place - $12,147), Benjamin Heath (43rd place - $12,147), Matt Berkey (44th place - $12,147), Olivier Busquet (61st place - $9,466), Cate Hall (73rd place - $8,020), and Chris Hunichen (88th place - $7,626).

Only 94 players made the money, meaning a good chunk of the field hit the rail without cash in their pockets, including the likes of Jason Mercier, Ryan Laplante, Maria Ho, Federico Butteroni, Gerg Merson, Matt Salsberg, Paul Volpe, Jeff Gross, and Natasha Mercier.

Keep following along as PokerNews reports all of the action over the next two days on the way to crowning a winner in this event.

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Brasilia	718	1	Barny Boatman	United Kingdom	361,000	30
Brasilia	718	2	Huihan Wu	United States	117,000	10
Brasilia	718	4	[Removed:14]	United States	561,000	47
Brasilia	718	5	Mike Vanier	United States	709,000	59
Brasilia	718	6	Julian Stuer	Germany	289,000	24
Brasilia	718	7	Sergio Cabrera	Granada, ES	303,000	25
Brasilia	718	8	Matt Affleck	United States	304,000	25
Brasilia	718	9	Dietrich Fast	Germany	672,000	56

Brasilia	722	1	Dong Zhao	China	95,000	8
Brasilia	722	3	Guy Pariente	France	350,000	29
Brasilia	722	4	Marton Czuczor	Hungary	1,352,000	113
Brasilia	722	5	Pascal Hartman	Germany	361,000	30
Brasilia	722	6	Ari Engel	United States	977,000	81
Brasilia	722	7	Andy Spears	United States	197,000	16
Brasilia	722	8	Damian Salas	Argentina	486,000	41
Brasilia	722	9	Mark Zullo	United States	462,000	39

Brasilia	726	2	Simon Lam	United States	785,000	65
Brasilia	726	3	Pete Chen	Taiwan	315,000	26
Brasilia	726	4	Mike Sowers	United States	652,000	54
Brasilia	726	5	Thomas Boivin	Belgium	651,000	54
Brasilia	726	6	Mike Watson	Canada	445,000	37
Brasilia	726	7	Norberto Korn	Germany	1,098,000	92
Brasilia	726	8	James Hughes	United States	108,000	9
Brasilia	726	9	Pierre Neuville	Belgium	320,000	27

Brasilia	727	1	Matt Stout	United States	389,000	32
Brasilia	727	2	Ravi Raghavan	United States	467,000	39
Brasilia	727	3	Carlos Chang	Taiwan	126,000	11
Brasilia	727	4	Aditya Agarwal	India	201,000	17
Brasilia	727	5	Donis Agnelli	Italy	980,000	82
Brasilia	727	7	Darren Rabinowitz	United States	174,000	15
Brasilia	727	8	Yaron Zeev Malki	Israel	681,000	57
Brasilia	727	9	Juha Helppi	Finland	658,000	55

Tags: Aditya Agarwal Andy Spears Ari Engel Barny Boatman Ben Heath Cate Hall Dietrich Fast Federico Butteroni Greg Merson Ivan Luca Jack Salter Jason Mercier Jeff Gross Jeff Hakim Jonathan Concepcion Juha Helppi Marton Czuczor Matt Affleck Matt Berkey Matt Salsberg Matthew Stout Mike Watson Natasha Mercier Norberto Korn Olivier Busquet Pierre Neuville Ravi Raghavan Ryan Laplante Simon Lam

06-30-2017 22:57 UTC-8

Day 2 End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marton Czuczor	1,352,000 452,000	452,000
Andres Korn	1,098,000 -152,000	-152,000

Donis Agnelli	980,000 280,000	280,000
Ari Engel	977,000 192,000	192,000

Simon Lam	785,000 235,000	235,000
Mike Vanier	709,000 119,000	119,000
Yaron Zeev Malki	681,000 581,800	581,800
Dietrich Fast	672,000 -168,000	-168,000

Juha Helppi	658,000 -47,000	-47,000

Mike Sowers	652,000 114,000	114,000
Thomas Boivin	651,000 301,000	301,000
[Removed:14]	561,000 11,000	11,000
Damian Salas	481,000 -194,000	-194,000

Ravi Raghavan	467,000 82,000	82,000
Mark Zullo	462,000 462,000	462,000
Mike Watson	445,000 135,000	135,000

Matt Stout	389,000 -16,000	-16,000
Barny Boatman	361,000 -89,000	-89,000

Pascal Hartman	361,000 -63,000	-63,000
Guy Pariente	350,000 265,000	265,000
Pierre Neuville	320,000 5,000	5,000
Pete Chen	315,000 55,000	55,000

Matt Affleck	304,000 164,000	164,000
Sergio Cabrera	303,000 303,000	303,000
Julian Stuer	289,000 49,000	49,000

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06-30-2017 22:51 UTC-8

Tim West Can't Fade the River

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Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Tim West moved all in for his last 252,000 and Marton Czuczor moved all in from the cutoff.

West tabled , at risk against Czuczor's .

The board ran out and Czuczor hit an ace on the river to eliminate West.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marton Czuczor	900,000 290,000	290,000
Tim West	Busted

Tags: Marton Czuczor Tim West

06-30-2017 22:40 UTC-8

Five More Hands

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Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The clock has been paused and players will battle it out for just five more hands before bagging for the night!

Stay tuned for chip counts and a full recap.

Day 3 begins at noon on Saturday, July 1st.

06-30-2017 22:32 UTC-8

Updated Stacks: Norberto Korn Leads Late in the Day

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Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andres Korn	1,250,000 700,000	700,000

Dietrich Fast	840,000 250,000	250,000

Ari Engel	785,000 110,000	110,000

Juha Helppi	705,000 15,000	15,000

Damian Salas	675,000 385,000	385,000

Marton Czuczor	610,000 -210,000	-210,000
Mike Vanier	590,000 450,000	450,000
[Removed:14]	550,000 150,000	150,000
Simon Lam	550,000 90,000	90,000
Darren Rabinowitz	455,000 95,000	95,000

Barny Boatman	450,000 90,000	90,000

Matt Stout	405,000 -110,000	-110,000
Ravi Raghavan	385,000 -50,000	-50,000
Pierre Neuville	315,000 105,000	105,000
Aditya Agarwal	310,000 95,000	95,000

Mike Watson	310,000 60,000	60,000

Tim West	295,000 43,000	43,000
Pete Chen	260,000 40,000	40,000

Julian Stuer	240,000 -20,000	-20,000
Thomas Boivin	200,000 50,000	50,000
Keven Stammen	190,000 90,000	90,000

Andy Spears	161,000 31,000	31,000
Matt Affleck	140,000 -110,000	-110,000
Ivan Luca	Busted

Tags: Norberto Korn

06-30-2017 22:32 UTC-8

Agnelli Sends Luca to the Rail

Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Ivan Luca has been grinding a small stack for quite some time now and was even down to just 7,000 chips. Luca worked his way back to a reasonable stack of around 200,000 until he ran into Donis Agnelli.

Luca and Agnelli got all of their chips in the middle preflop with Luca showing , but Agnelli tabled . The board ran out and Luca was eliminated late in the evening.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donis Agnelli	700,000 -80,000	-80,000
Ivan Luca	Busted

Tags: Ivan Luca

06-30-2017 22:15 UTC-8

Tim West Has the All-In Button on Speed Dial

Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Tim West was down to his last 65,000 chips and after Marton Czuczor raised to 25,000 and received a call, West put his last few chips to work. Czuczor pushed all-in over the top and the two were heads-up with West being the one at risk. Czuczor tabled and West held . The board ran out clean for West and more than doubled up his stack.

In just a few hands later, West moved all-in for around 135,000 and Mike Watson pushed all-in as well. When the action was complete both players showed pocket kings and chopped the pot.

The next two hands, West shipped all-in both time and picked up the blinds and antes as he now sits over 250,000 chips.