2018 World Series of Poker

Event #34: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$644,224
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$5,130,000
Entries
5,700
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
100,000

Liu Spotted in the Field

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante

The 2018 COLOSSUS runner-up, Sang Liu, has been spotted in the field and is already playing with an above-average stack.

Harald Sammer raised to 700 from the hijack and everyone folded, including Liu in the big blind.

Player Chips Progress
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Sang Liu
28,000
28,000
28,000
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Vladimir Burstein
26,600
-900
-900
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Maxime Heroux
26,000
26,000
26,000
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Maria Konnikova
16,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
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Harald Sammer
10,750
5,350
5,350

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Minkin Makes Some More

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante
Kelly Minkin
Kelly Minkin

It seems as if Kelly Minkin's stack is only ever growing. Minkin has 20 series cashes under her belt and is looking to add another in this event. Most recently, she won a pot on {8-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}.

Having chosen to delay her continuation until the turn, the 1,000 bet was enough to take it down.

Player Chips Progress
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Kelly Minkin
39,100
6,800
6,800

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Pham Eliminated

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante
David Pham
David Pham

David Pham has just been eliminated when he ran his {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} into the {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts} of his opponent. The board came {q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{X-}{X-} and Pham quickly made his way out of the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
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Fahredin Mustafov
49,000
-6,000
-6,000
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Sergio Castelluccio
43,000
43,000
43,000
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Pierre Neuville
30,000
30,000
30,000
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Martin Finger
16,000
6,700
6,700
WSOP 1X Winner
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Steven van Zadelhoff
10,000
10,000
10,000
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Erik Cajelais
8,000
-2,500
-2,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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David Pham
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

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Hallaert Takes Two

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante
Kenny Hallaert
Kenny Hallaert

The board read {8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{4-Spades} and the player in the big blind had gone all in. The player in mid-position contemplated his options but decided to also shove. Kenny Hallaert was sitting on the button and snap-called.

The player in the big blind held {9-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for the turned flush but the player in mid-position had {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for the higher flush. But Hallaert had them both beat with {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds} as he had flopped the full house to take both players out of the running.

Player Chips Progress
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Kenny Hallaert
45,000

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Lybaert Looking For Another Good Day

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante
Bart Lybaert
Bart Lybaert

Bart Lybaert finished in third place yesterday during THE MARATHON for $290,315 and has taken his seat here at the tables again.

The player in the under-the-gun position raised to 1,000 and Lybaert three-bet to 2,500 from the late position. The player in the cutoff shoved for 6,600. The initial raiser folded and Lybaert called.

Cutoff: {K-Spades}{J-Spades}
Bart Lybaert: {2-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}

The flop came {8-Hearts}{3-Spades}{7-Spades} to give Lybaert's opponent a flush draw. The {8-Diamonds} on the turn and the {6-Diamonds} on the river didn't help him though, as he was eliminated (for now).

Player Chips Progress
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Bart Lybaert
20,000
20,000
20,000

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Registration Hits 2,000

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante

We have 2,087 runners who have already entered into Day 1a of this inaugural event. Late registration is open for eight levels, so until 9:15 p.m, leaving plenty of time for that number to rise.

Kerstetter and Abdellatif Win

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante
Jamie Kerstetter
Jamie Kerstetter

The board read {4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}, Jamie Kerstetter had just checked her big blind and the player in the cutoff made it 1,300. Kerstetter raised to 3,300 and her opponent folded after thinking about it for a while. Kerstetter showed {4-Spades}{4-Clubs} for the turned quad fours.

A few hands later on the same table, the board read {5-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and Jonathan Abdellatif check-raised to 3,300 when his opponent had bet 1,000. His opponent also gave up. Abdellatif didn't show his hole cards though.

Also seated at the same table are Mathijs Storms, Jonas Lauck, and Sebastian Pauli.

Player Chips Progress
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Mathijs Storms
67,000
4,000
4,000
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Sebastian Pauli
30,000
30,000
30,000
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Jonas Lauck
20,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Jamie Kerstetter
19,000
19,000
19,000
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Jonathan Abdellatif
17,000
17,000
17,000

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