2018 World Series of Poker

Event #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK
Day: 4
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$1,037,451
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$8,451,000
Entries
6,260
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000

Updated Counts from Table 439

Level 34 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Francis Rusnak us
Francis Rusnak
7,900,000
2,050,000
2,050,000
Profile photo of Shyam Srinivasan ca
Shyam Srinivasan
6,700,000
-1,300,000
-1,300,000
Profile photo of Raul Manzanares es
Raul Manzanares
4,700,000
-1,450,000
-1,450,000
Profile photo of Colin McHugh ca
Colin McHugh
2,600,000
-310,000
-310,000
Profile photo of David Neiman us
David Neiman
2,500,000
Profile photo of Michael Benko ca
Michael Benko
2,400,000
-800,000
-800,000
Profile photo of Daniel Sprung us
Daniel Sprung
2,000,000
-300,000
-300,000
Profile photo of Tommy Nguyen ca
Tommy Nguyen
1,900,000
-120,000
-120,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Chong Secures Massive Double into Chip Lead

Level 34 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

Jimmy Chen opened to 350,000 and got calls from James Carroll, Chris Chong and Harald Sammer.

Sammer checked the {9-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop to Chen who continued for 800,000. Carroll raised to 1,900,000 and Chong three-bet all in for 5,645,000.

Sammer and Chen folded and Carroll asked for a count before calling.

James Carroll: {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Chris Chong: {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

Carroll could have chipped up to more than 25 percent of the chips in play with still 16 players remaining, but was behind to the better flush draw of Chong. The {5-Hearts} turn and {k-Hearts} river bricked out, and Chong secured a huge double into the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chris Chong sg
Chris Chong
13,000,000
6,000,000
6,000,000
Profile photo of James Carroll us
James Carroll
10,600,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
Profile photo of Harald Sammer at
Harald Sammer
5,200,000
-3,050,000
-3,050,000
Profile photo of Jimmy Chen us
Jimmy Chen
2,600,000
-2,400,000
-2,400,000

Tags: Chris ChongHarald SammerJames CarrollJimmy Chen

Level: 34

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 30,000

Manzanares Wins a Flip

Level 33 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Raul Manzanares Lozano opened to 320,000 from the cutoff and Tommy Nguyen announced all in from the big blind. Manzanares thought for a brief moment, realizing he would be the one at risk, and then made the call.

Manzanares tabled {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs} and was up against the {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs} of Nguyen. The flop came {8-Hearts}{7-Spades}{3-Clubs} and Manzanares flopped a set of sevens, leaving Nguyen drawing dead already. The insignificant {a-Clubs} and {2-Spades} completed the board and Manzanares continued his comeback with another big double up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Raul Manzanares es
Raul Manzanares
6,150,000
2,850,000
2,850,000
Profile photo of Tommy Nguyen ca
Tommy Nguyen
2,020,000
-1,430,000
-1,430,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Raul Manzanares LozanoTommy Nguyen

James Salmon Eliminated in 17th Place ($44,833)

Level 33 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
James Salmon
James Salmon

Daniel Sprung just left a sour taste in Tommy Nguyen's mouth after cracking his aces with {k-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. It was a blind-versus-blind situation and the board ran out {q-Spades}{9-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{8-Clubs} to give Sprung a straight and leave Nguyen with just his overpair.

In the next hand, the action folded to Nguyen in the small blind who limped in. James Salmon was in the big blind and shipped all in for around 1,650,000. Nguyen instantly called and the cards were on their backs.

Tommy Nguyen: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
James Salmon: {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

Nguyen was in a dominating position again and was hoping for a better result this time around. The flop came {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{8-Hearts} giving both players a pair of kings, with Nguyen holding the better kicker. The turn was the {8-Diamonds} and the river the {4-Hearts}. Nguyen's two pair with an ace-kicker held on to eliminate Salmon in 17th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tommy Nguyen ca
Tommy Nguyen
3,450,000
-50,000
-50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Sprung us
Daniel Sprung
2,300,000
1,700,000
1,700,000
Profile photo of James Salmon us
James Salmon
Busted

Tags: Daniel SprungJames SalmonTommy Nguyen

McHugh Runs Queens Into Rusnak's Aces

Level 33 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Shyam Srinivasan raised to 325,000 from middle position and Francis Rusnak just called from the cutoff. Colin McHugh was in the small blind and reraised to 1,300,000. Srinivasan quickly got out of the way and Rusnak shoved all in for 2,795,000. McHugh asked for a count and then made the call.

Rusnak turned over {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} while McHugh had {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}. The flop came {k-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Spades} and Rusnak's aces were still out front. The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and McHugh was left drawing to one of two queens in the deck. The dealer burned and slid the {k-Diamonds} across the board as the rail almost exploded, thinking it was a queen. As it turned out, Rusnak held on to score a double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Francis Rusnak us
Francis Rusnak
5,850,000
2,650,000
2,650,000
Profile photo of Colin McHugh ca
Colin McHugh
2,910,000
1,510,000
1,510,000

Tags: Colin MchughFrancis RusnakShyam Srinivasan

Manzanares Doubles Through Salmon

Level 33 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Raul Manzanares Lozano moved all in for 1,560,000 from under the gun. It folded to James Salmon in the hijack who three-bet all in for a little over two million. The remaining players folded.

Raul Manzanares Lozano: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
James Salmon: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

The board ran out {5-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{q-Spades} to give both players sets, but Manzanares' was best and he doubled up to 3.3 million, leaving Salmon with just 850,000 behind.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Raul Manzanares es
Raul Manzanares
3,300,000
1,700,000
1,700,000
Profile photo of James Salmon us
James Salmon
850,000
-3,450,000
-3,450,000

Tags: James SalmonRaul Manzanares Lozano

Justin Quincannon Eliminated in 18th Place ($44,833)

Level 33 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Justin Quincannon
Justin Quincannon

On a flop of {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{4-Hearts}, Rittie Chuaprasert checked from the big blind to Justin Quincannon in the hijack. Quincannon threw in a bet of 375,000 and Chuaprasert check-raised to 1,600,000. Quincannon snap-shoved all in for 5,800,000 which drew a response from Chuaprasert.

"What?" Chuaprasert asked, making sure he heard his opponent correctly. Chuaprasert thought for a moment and then made the call for what would be the biggest pot of the tournament. Chuaprasert turned over {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a flush and Quincannon held {a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} for the nut flush draw.

The turn brought the {q-Diamonds} and the river was the {5-Diamonds} — two red cards, but neither was a heart as Chuaprasert took down the pot with a flush. The chip stacks were compared and Quincannon was barely covered, sending him to the payout desk in 18th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rittie Chuaprasert us
Rittie Chuaprasert
13,200,000
5,800,000
5,800,000
Profile photo of Justin Quincannon us
Justin Quincannon
Busted

Tags: Justin QuincannonRittie Chuaprasert

Sammer Gets a Four-Bet Through

Level 33 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Justin Quincannon opened to 350,000 in the cutoff and Chris Chong three-bet to 880,000 from the button. Harald Sammer was in the big blind and eyed both of his opponent's stacks. He thought for a minute, then four-bet shoved all in for 6,630,000.

Quincannon quickly disposed of his cards, but Chong had a bigger decision to make. Chong went into the tank for over three minutes, but decided he did not want to put his tournament in jeopardy and his cards hit the muck as well.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Harald Sammer at
Harald Sammer
8,250,000
750,000
750,000

Tags: Chris ChongHarald SammerJustin Quincannon