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

Break

Level 4 : 75/150, 25 ante

The players are now going for their second 20-minute break of the day. Here are some chip counts taken just before the break started.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
21,000
4,200
4,200
Profile photo of Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
18,500
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Adrian Moreno us
Adrian Moreno
18,000
-10,200
-10,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mikhail Semin ru
Mikhail Semin
16,500
6,500
6,500
Profile photo of Jonathan Tamayo us
Jonathan Tamayo
16,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
8,500
Profile photo of Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
4,500
-4,500
-4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
2,700
-4,650
-4,650
Profile photo of Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
2,400
-1,300
-1,300
WSOP 1X Winner

Little Change for Farrell

Level 4 : 75/150, 25 ante

Niall Farrell appears to have maintained his chip stack over the last two levels. As the tournament closes in on the second break of the day, Farrell just won a decent pot on a {2-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} board. He bet 4,000, which was enough to see off his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
28,100
200
200
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Niall Farrell

Kassouf and Politano Down But Not Out

Level 4 : 75/150, 25 ante
Bruno Politano
Bruno Politano

William Kassouf raised to 500 from the button and the player in the big blind called. The flop came {k-Spades}{a-Clubs}{8-Clubs}, the big blind players check-folded to the 750 bet of Kassouf.

On a few tables further down, the pot in the middle contained almost 3,000 already and the board read {7-Spades}{8-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}. Bruno Politano's opponent check-called the 2,350 bet.

The {10-Spades} on the river completed the board. Politano bet 3,075 after his opponent had checked again. After the snap-call, Politano revealed {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds} for an overpair but that couldn't beat the {8-Spades}{6-Spades} of his opponent as he had rivered a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of William Kassouf gb
William Kassouf
4,500
-4,900
-4,900
Profile photo of Bruno Politano br
Bruno Politano
4,000
-13,000
-13,000

Tags: Bruno PolitanoWilliam Kassouf

Margolin Joins the Fray

Level 4 : 75/150, 25 ante

The 2017 WSOPE Main Event Runner-Up, Timur Margolin, has taken his spot at the table and will be looking to make some deep runs here in Las Vegas.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vladimir Burstein cz
Vladimir Burstein
27,500
17,500
17,500
Profile photo of Grzegorz Wyraz pl
Grzegorz Wyraz
26,000
-2,700
-2,700
Profile photo of Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
14,000
3,600
3,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos
12,500
6,425
6,425
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Cory Waaland us
Cory Waaland
10,000
Profile photo of Timur Margolin il
Timur Margolin
10,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Joe Elpayaa us
Joe Elpayaa
9,700
Profile photo of Muhamet Perati it
Muhamet Perati
8,000
-2,000
-2,000

Tags: Timur Margolin

Sammer Takes a Little Back

Level 4 : 75/150, 25 ante

Harald Sammer has been under starting stack for a little while now but he just won a small pot on the turn, that will hopefully see the start of an upward trend for the Austrian.

Facing multiple opponents on a {10-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} board, a bet of 900 was enough to secure Sammer the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Harald Sammer at
Harald Sammer
6,800
-3,200
-3,200

Tags: Harald Sammer

Obreshkov Over Vrakas

Level 4 : 75/150, 25 ante

Stoyan Obreshkov and Georgios Vrakas know each other from the European poker scene and were just playing a hand against each other.

There was about 3,000 in the middle already and the board read {j-Spades}{4-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{2-Clubs} on both players had checked. The {j-Hearts} on the river completed the board and there was some table talk and laughs between the two. Obreshkov looked at the board and the pot again and then put in his stack of yellow 1,000-value chips in as a bet. Vrakas threw his hand into the muck without any hesitation.

Thomas Boivin is also on the same table and seemed to have made a big comeback as he now has around 30,000 in front of him. "Found some chips here and there." he remarked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Thomas Boivin be
Thomas Boivin
30,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Stoyan Obreshkov bg
Stoyan Obreshkov
16,000
6,000
6,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Michael Gagliano us
Michael Gagliano
12,000
3,100
3,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Richard Dubini ar
Richard Dubini
10,000
Profile photo of Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Luke Brereton gb
Luke Brereton
9,500
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Georgios Vrakas gr
Georgios Vrakas
5,575
-4,425
-4,425

Tags: Stoyan ObreshkovGeorgios VrakasThomas Boivin

Joldis Splits Pot

Level 4 : 75/150, 25 ante

The player in mid-position raised to 500 and action folded to Cosmin Joldis on the button. Joldis looked at his cards and shoved. The blinds quickly folded. The initial raised asked for a count and the dealer confirmed that it was 4,200 in total. He looked at his cards and stack once more and then called.

Cosmin Joldis: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Mid-position: {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

They both had the same hole cards, they each hoped to pick up the flush but the {10-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{j-Clubs} wasn't that. They split up the antes and blinds between them.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
10,500
-3,500
-3,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Pierre Merlin fr
Pierre Merlin
10,000
Profile photo of Cosmin Joldis ro
Cosmin Joldis
4,425

Tags: Cosmin Joldis