Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 25
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #34: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$5,130,000
Entries
5,700
Level
41
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
100,000
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Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
11 times ring winner Maurice Hawkins just added a small pot to his stack. He began by limping in early position and got two calls behind, before the blinds came along too.
There was no further action on the 
flop or the 
turn but the 
river saw a bet by Hawkins to 600 and it was good to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
The board read 
and there was already around 5,000 in the middle.
Boris Kolev had checked in the big blind and his opponent in the cutoff bet 5,000. Kolev looked at his opponent and the board several times before finally putting in the call, The cutoff showed 
for ace-high and Kolev had that beat with 
for the flopped pair of jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,500
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
||
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
The player in mid-position raised to 400 and Matt Stout called in late position. The player in the hijack three-bet to 1,500. The initial raiser folded and Stout called.
The flop came 
, and Stout bet 2,000. The hijack raised to 5,000 and Stout snap-shoved for 9,175 in total, His opponent instantly called with the bigger stack.
Matt Stout: 
Hijack: 
Stout had flopped two pair and his opponent had an overpair and straight draw.
The turn brought the 
to give the hijack her straight but the river ended that fairy tale as it was the 
to give Stout a full house, tens over nines, to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,975
11,975
|
11,975 |
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
18,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
18,000
8,750
|
8,750 |
|
16,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
13,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
12,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
11,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
11,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
9,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
4,400
-5,600
|
-5,600 |
|
||
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
We haven't been back from the break long but that hasn't stopped players from getting tangled in pots. Georgios Sotiropoulos was one of those players and he just lost a small pot that takes him down to 6,075 chips.
He started the betting with a raise to 300 and only found one caller in middle position.
It was a 
flop and Sotiropoulos continued for 325, which was called. He slowed down on the 
turn, electing to check and folded to a 600 bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,700
-600
|
-600 |
|
10,400
1,750
|
1,750 |
|
|
||
|
6,075
-2,925
|
-2,925 |
|
|
||
|
4,800
300
|
300 |
|
4,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
||
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
With about 1,000 in the middle already, the flop read 
. The player in the small blind check-called the 350 bet of Eyal Bensimhon.
The turn brought them the , Bensimhon's opponent check-folded to the 1,900 bet of Bensimhon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
More new players have taken their seats here in the Brasilia room after the break, including:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000 | |
|
10,000 | |
|
10,000 | |
|
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|
10,000 | |
|
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||
|
10,000 | |
|
10,000 | |
|
10,000 | |
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The players have just gone for their first 20-minute break of the day. The tournament clock is currently showing 1,470 entries in total up till now.