WSOP Main Event Final Table Profile: Alex Lynskey

Chad Holloway PR & Media Manager

Jul 12, 2018 3 min read Last updated Jul 13, 2018

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Alex Lynskey WSOP Main Event Final Table Profile

Seat:	3
Chip Count:	25,925,000 (5/9)
Hometown:	Melbourne, Australia
Age:	28
Twitter:	@lynskey_99

“Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi.”

Those words haven’t echoed at the Amazon Room's ESPN Main Event Final Table Stage since Joe Hachem took down the World Series of Poker Main Event back in 2005. On the final table of the 2018 WSOP Main Event, they may be heard against as Alex Lynskey has become the first Australian to make it to the final nine since Hachem.

“Mostly relieved, I’m absolutely exhausted.”

Prior to his deep run, Lynskey had $1,769,666 in live tournament earnings, including a prior best of $426,663 for finishing second to Joseph Rojas in the 2017 WSOP Event #23: $2,620 Marathon. Other highlights on his poker resumé include a fourth place in the 2016 Aussie Millions for $311,530, winning the 2016 Australasian Poker Challenge Sydney for $165,308, and placing sixth in the 2015 World Poker Tour Choctaw for $135,504.

“[I'm] mostly relieved, I’m absolutely exhausted,” Lynskey said after making the final table. “I’d like a day off, but it is what it is. It was a bad last level, but I’m still sitting alright.”

HOW HE GOT HERE

Day	End-of-Day Chip Count	Rank
1c	67,100	1,482/3,470
2c	270,500	135/1,655
3	211,000	674/1,182
4	1,635,000	86/310
5	3,655,000	46/109
6	22,045,000	5/26

KEY HAND

Early on Day 7, Lynskey dispatched Eric Frohlich in a cooler hand. Lynskey four-bet with kings and Froelich, who had queens, five-bet all in. Lynskey called and held as the board ran out nine high.

“I’d like a day off, but it is what it is. It was a bad last level, but I’m still sitting alright.”

In another hand, which was blind on blind, Michael Dyer limped the small blind, and Lynskey checked his option. Lynskey called a bet on the ten-high flop and then another when a king appeared on the turn. Dyer fired a third barrel on the jack river, and Lynskey called with ten-eight for a pair of tens. It was good as he’d picked off Dyer’s bluff with four-three.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

Lynskey is one of the more experienced players remaining as he has some final tables under his belt. He’s got the short stacks to his right and bigger stacks to his left, so his position isn’t the greatest. However, with a 43-big-blind stack expect him to play patient and pick his spots carefully.

2018 WSOP Main Event Final Table Seating

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Artem Metalidi	Ukraine	15,475,000	26
2	John Cynn	United States	37,075,000	62
3	Alex Lynskey	Australia	25,925,000	43
4	Tony Miles	United States	42,750,000	71
5	Nicolas Manion	United States	112,775,000	188
6	Aram Zobian	United States	18,875,000	31
7	Michael Dyer	United States	109,175,000	182
8	Joe Cada	United States	23,675,000	39
9	Antoine Labat	France	8,050,000	13

There is 1:23:57 remaining in Level 36 (300,000/600,000, with a 100,000-ante).

2018 WSOP Main Event Final Table Payout

Position	Prize
1	$8,800,000
2	$5,000,000
3	$3,750,000
4	$2,825,000
5	$2,150,000
6	$1,800,000
7	$1,500,000
8	$1,250,000
9	$1,000,000

2018 WSOP Main Event Final Table Stats

Player	WSOP Cashes	WSOP Bracelets	Career Earnings	Biggst Cash	GPI Ranking
Joe Cada	33	3	$10,779,041	$8,546,435	849th
Alex Lynskey	14	0	$1,769,666	$426,663	525th
Artem Metalidi	25	0	$2,131,437	$350,806	567th
John Cynn	16	0	$944,786	$650,000	3,926th
Antoine Labat	2	0	$194,789	$52,842	13,662nd
Aram Zobian	10	0	$110,444	$47,000	1,946th
Michael Dyer	2	0	$95,020	$65,905	179,657th
Tony Miles	5	0	$54,333	$18,000	16,766th
Nicolas Manion	1	0	$16,739	$9,850	32,585th