2018 World Series of Poker

Event #24: $2,620 THE MARATHON No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 5
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$653,581
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,620
Prize Pool
$3,485,124
Entries
1,637
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Hands #156-160: Addamo Chipping Up

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Hand #156: Michael Addamo raised to 300,000 on the button and Mark Sleet called in the big blind. On the {4-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{Q-Spades} flop, Sleet checked, Addamo bet 235,000, and Sleet folded.

Hand #157: Bart Lybaert raised to 330,000 on the button and Addamo defended his big blind. On the {2-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{5-Spades} flop, Addamo checked, Lybaert bet 300,000, and Addamo made it 1.05 million after long think. Lybaert folded.

Hand #158: Sleet raised to 325,000 on the button and Lybaert called. On the {9-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop, Lybaert checked, Sleet bet 300,000, and Lybaert let it go.

Hand #159: Lybaert made it 400,000 from the small blind and took the pot.

Hand #160: Lybaert raised to 330,000 on the button and Addamo called in the big blind. On the {3-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{4-Clubs} flop, Addamo checked, Lybaert bet 375,000, and Addamo raised it up to 1.13 million. Lybaert let it go and Addamo took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
15,600,000
-1,700,000
-1,700,000
Profile photo of Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
14,900,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Sleet us
Mark Sleet
12,400,000
400,000
400,000
Day 4 Chip Leader

Tags: Michael AddamoMark SleetBart Lybaert

Hands #151-155: Some for Sleet

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Hand #151: Mark Sleet raised to 300,000 from the button and Bart Lybaert called in the big blind. The flop came {8-Clubs}{q-Spades}{k-Spades}. Lybaert check-folded to the 300,000 bet of Sleet.

Hand #152: Lybaert completed his small blind and Sleet checked. The flop came and Lybaert bet, which caused Sleet to fold.

Hand #153: Lybaert raised to 330,000 and Sleet called in the small blind. The flop came {3-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, Sleet checked, Lybaert bet 300, Sleet raised to 600,000, and Lybaert called. The turn brought them the {5-Spades} on which they both checked to the {8-Diamonds} on the river. They both checked again. Sleet tabled {J-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} to take the pot.

Hand #154: Michael Addamo raised his small blind to 300,000 and Lybaert folded.

Hand #155: Addamo raised to 300, Sleet call in the big blind. The flop came {4-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{q-Spades}, Sleet checked, and Addamo bet 235,000. Sleet folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
17,300,000
-1,800,000
-1,800,000
Profile photo of Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
13,500,000
300,000
300,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Sleet us
Mark Sleet
12,000,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
Day 4 Chip Leader

Tags: Bart LybaertMark SleetMichael Addamo

Level: 29

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 15,000

Hands #145-150: Some for Addamo

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #145: Michael Addamo completed in the small blind and Bart Lybaert checked his option. On the {Q-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop, Addamo bet 100,000, Lybaert made it 300,000, and Addamo let it go.

Hand #146: Lybaert completed in the small and Mark Sleet raised to 200,000. Lybaert called and the flop was {K-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades}. Lybaert check-called 200,000 and the turn was the {J-Hearts}.

Both players checked the turn and the {5-Hearts} river and Lybaert's king-four was good.

Hand #147: Addamo got a walk.

Hand #148: Addamo limped the small blind, Lybaert raised to 400,000 in the big blind, and Addamo folded.

Hand #149: Addamo raised to 250,000 on the button and Sleet three-bet to 850,000 in the big blind. Addamo called and the flop was {9-Hearts}{3-Spades}{9-Spades} and Sleet bet 600,000. Addamo called.

The turn was the {Q-Spades} and Sleet checked. Addamo bet 1 million and Sleet folded.

Hand #150: Lybaert raised to 300,000 on the button and Addamo called in the big blind. The flop came {4-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{4-Hearts} and Addamo checked. Lybaert bet 230,000 and Addamo called.

The turn brought the {10-Clubs} and Addamo checked again. Lybaert bet 520,000 this time and Addamo called. On the {2-Clubs} river, both players checked and they showed down.

Addamo: {K-Hearts}{7-Spades}
Lybaert: {K-Clubs}{3-Clubs}

Both players had kings up with a ten kicker for the chop.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
19,100,000
600,000
600,000
Profile photo of Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
13,200,000
1,300,000
1,300,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Sleet us
Mark Sleet
10,600,000
-1,800,000
-1,800,000
Day 4 Chip Leader

Tags: Michael AddamoBart LybaertMark Sleet

Hands #140-144: Lybaert Four-Bets

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #140: Michael Addamo raised to 250,000 from the button and Bart Lybaert called in the small blind. The flop came {j-Clubs}{5-Spades}{9-Spades}. Lybaert check-folded to the 100,000 bet of Addamo.

Hand #141: Mark Sleet completed his small blind and Addamo raised to 450,000. Sleet looked at his cards again and then folded.

Hand #142: Sleet raised to 250,000 from the button and Addamo three-bet to 1,130,000 in the small blind. Lybaert four-bet to 3,000,000 and Sleet quickly folded. Addamo considered it for a while but then folded.

Hand #143: Sleet got a walk.

Hand #144: Lybaert raised to 300,000 from the button and both Sleet and Addamo folded their blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
18,500,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
Profile photo of Mark Sleet us
Mark Sleet
12,400,000
-500,000
-500,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
11,900,000
-800,000
-800,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Bart LybaertMark SleetMichael Addamo

Hands #136-139: Sleet Doubles Through Addamo

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Mark Sleet
Mark Sleet

Hand #136: In the first hand of three-handed play, Mark Sleet folded his button, Michael Addamo limped the small blind, and Bart Lybaert checked his option.

The flop came {7-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{6-Spades}, Addamo checked, and Lybaert bet 150,000. After several seconds of thought, Addamo let it go.

Hand #137: Addamo raised to 250,000 on the button and Sleet moved all in from the big blind for 6.13 million. Addamo quickly called and was ahead.

Sleet: {A-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}
Addamo: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}

The board came {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{4-Spades} — clean for Addamo — but the {A-Spades} river gave the pot and the double-up to Sleet.

Hand #138: Sleet raised to 250,000 in the small blind and Addamo defended. They took a flop of {6-Hearts}{8-Spades}{4-Spades} and Sleet led 300,000.

Addamo called and the turn brought the {A-Hearts}. Sleet bet 600,000 this time and Addamo let it go.

Hand #139: Addamo completed in the small blind and Lybaert checked his option. On {3-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}, Addamo checked, Lybaert bet 510,000, and Addamo called.

The turn was the {2-Clubs} and Addamo checked again. Lybaert checked back and the river brought the {9-Clubs}.

Both players checked and Addamo's {K-Hearts}{4-Clubs} was good for the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
17,300,000
-500,000
-500,000
Profile photo of Mark Sleet us
Mark Sleet
12,900,000
6,800,000
6,800,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
12,700,000
-6,100,000
-6,100,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Mark SleetMichael AddamoBart Lybaert

Taylor Paur Eliminated in 4th Place ($210,995)

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Taylor Paur
Taylor Paur

Hand #135: Taylor Paur raised to 225,000 from the under-the-gun position and Addamo three-bet to 1,000,000. Paur looked at his cards again and called.

The flop came {6-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{k-Hearts}. Addamo continued with a bet of 700,000. Paur stared at the board and called. The turn brought them the {7-Diamonds}, Addamo tanked for a while, and then bet 1,300,000. Paur called.

The river completed the board with the {q-Clubs}. Addamo shoved, putting Paur at risk. Paur called.

Paur tabled {6-Hearts}{6-Spades} for the flopped set of sixes. But Addamo held {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for the turned straight to take Paur out of the running.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
18,800,000
8,100,000
8,100,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
17,800,000
-100,000
-100,000
Profile photo of Mark Sleet us
Mark Sleet
6,100,000
-200,000
-200,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
Busted
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Michael AddamoTaylor Paur

Hands #128-132: Addamo on the Rise

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Michael Addamo
Michael Addamo

Hand #128: Mark Sleet raised to 250,000 from the cutoff and Taylor Paur called in the big blind. Both players checked the {3-Spades}{5-Hearts}{7-Hearts} flop and Paur bet 275,000 on the {7-Diamonds} turn. Sleet folded and Paur took the pot.

Hand #129: Michael Addamo raised to 250,000 on the button and Bart Lybaert called in the big blind. The flop was {A-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and Lybaert checked. Addamo bet 200,000 and Lybaert quickly folded.

Hand #130: Addamo raised to 225,000 in the cutoff and Lybaert three-bet to 1 million in the small blind. Addamo called and they took a flop of {4-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}.

Lybaert bet 1,130,000 and Addamo called. The turn brought the {K-Spades} and Lybaert checked.

Addamo put together a bet of 1.6 million and Lybaert let it go.

Hand #131: Lybaert opened to 250,000 on the button and Sleet three-bet to 750,000 from the small blind. Lybaert called and they took a flop of {10-Spades}{5-Spades}{A-Hearts}.

Sleet quickly moved all in for 4.95 million and Lybaert quickly folded.

Hand 132: Sleet raised to 250,000 on the button. Addamo called in the small blind before Paur bumped it up to 1.1 million in the big blind. Sleet let his cards go and Addamo called.

The flop came {K-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and Addamo checked. Paur bet 750,000 and Addamo let it go.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
17,900,000
-3,100,000
-3,100,000
Profile photo of Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
10,700,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
8,100,000
1,700,000
1,700,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Sleet us
Mark Sleet
6,300,000
300,000
300,000
Day 4 Chip Leader

Tags: Michael AddamoBart Lybaert