The players have just gone for their 75-minute dinner break and will return around 7 p.m. local time.
2018 World Series of Poker
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 |
---|---|---|
Sang Liu |
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Vladimir Burstein |
26,600
-900
|
-900 |
Maxime Heroux |
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Maria Konnikova |
16,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
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Harald Sammer |
10,750
5,350
|
5,350 |
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 .
Having chosen to delay her continuation until the turn, the 1,000 bet was enough to take it down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kelly Minkin |
39,100
6,800
|
6,800 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Niall Farrell |
36,300
14,300
|
14,300 |
|
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Thomas Boivin |
32,800
-5,375
|
-5,375 |
Kyle Hartree |
17,600
-19,400
|
-19,400 |
Jon Kyte |
15,575
-4,425
|
-4,425 |
Aylar Lie |
14,025
2,025
|
2,025 |
Arnold Spee |
14,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
David Pham has just been eliminated when he ran his into the of his opponent. The board came and Pham quickly made his way out of the tournament area.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fahredin Mustafov |
49,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Sergio Castelluccio |
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
Pierre Neuville |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Martin Finger |
16,000
6,700
|
6,700 |
|
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Steven van Zadelhoff |
10,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Erik Cajelais |
8,000
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
||
David Pham | Busted | |
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The board read 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 for the turned flush but the player in mid-position had for the higher flush. But Hallaert had them both beat with as he had flopped the full house to take both players out of the running.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kenny Hallaert | 45,000 |
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:
Bart Lybaert:
The flop came to give Lybaert's opponent a flush draw. The on the turn and the on the river didn't help him though, as he was eliminated (for now).
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bart Lybaert |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Bill Klein has just won a pot at showdown with on an ace-high board. The substantial pot took his chips up to three and a half times starting stack, to 35,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bill Klein |
35,500
25,125
|
25,125 |
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.
The board read , 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 for the turned quad fours.
A few hands later on the same table, the board read 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 |
---|---|---|
Mathijs Storms |
67,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Sebastian Pauli |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jonas Lauck |
20,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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Jamie Kerstetter |
19,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Jonathan Abdellatif |
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |