2018 World Series of Poker

Event #77: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$1,650,773
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$6,144,000
Entries
128
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000

Jason Koon Eliminated in 11th Place ($115,102)

Level 20 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Jason Koon
Jason Koon

Jason Koon fired a bet of 230,000 from the big blind on the flop of a {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} board. The pot had gone three ways to the flop and Ben Yu made the call from early position while Elio Fox check-folded from the small blind.

Both players checked the {3-Diamonds} on the turn and the {k-Diamonds} river brought four diamonds on the board.

Koon checked once more but this time, Yu put out a stack of 100,000 chips easily covering Koon and Koon went into the tank.

"What a f*cking day," said Koon. "I have an ace and a six."

Koon used up four time-extensions before eventually putting in his stack.

Yu tabled the {q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} for a flush and Koon turned over the {a-Spades}{6-Clubs} before he said goodbye to his tablemates, exiting in 11th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
7,055,000
1,980,000
1,980,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Jason Koon
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once

Tags: Ben YuElio FoxJason Koon

Benjamin Pollak Eliminated in 10th Place ($139,699)

Level 20 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Benjamin Pollak
Benjamin Pollak

Action folded around to the blinds where Ben Yu shoved all in for about 725,000 effective. Benjamin Pollak was in the big blind and he sweated his cards for a bit before calling.

Ben Yu: {J-Clubs}{5-Spades}
Benjamin Pollak: {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}

The board ran out {K-Clubs}{J-Spades}{6-Spades}{A-Clubs}{9-Clubs} thought and Yu made a pair of jacks to eliminate Pollak. Pollak will collect $139,699 for his 10th place finish.

The final 9 players are now on an unscheduled 15-minute break while they move to the Brasilia feature table.

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Yu
7,725,000
670,000
670,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Benjamin Pollak
Busted

Tags: Ben YuBenjamin Pollak

Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts

Level 20 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
TableSeatPlayerChip Count
Brasilia Feature1Manig Loeser3,650,000
Brasilia Feature2Sean Winter2,850,000
Brasilia Feature3John Racener2,340,000
Brasilia Feature4Isaac Haxton1,200,000
Brasilia Feature5Igor Kurganov3,400,000
Brasilia Feature6Ben Yu7,700,000
Brasilia Feature7Elio Fox3,025,000
Brasilia Feature8Jake Schindler3,400,000
Brasilia Feature9Nick Petrangelo5,100,000
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
7,700,000
-25,000
-25,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
5,100,000
-100,000
-100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
3,650,000
850,000
850,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
3,400,000
-400,000
-400,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jake Schindler us
Jake Schindler
3,400,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
3,025,000
-525,000
-525,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
2,850,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of John Racener us
John Racener
2,340,000
140,000
140,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Isaac Haxton
1,200,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Yu Check-Raises Fox

Level 20 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Elio Fox opened to 210,000 under the gun and Ben Yu defended his big blind. A {4-Spades}{10-Hearts}{8-Spades} flop fanned out and Yu checked. Fox continued for 375,000 only to see Yu check-raise to 1,000,000, Fox quickly folded stating his pocket jacks must not be good.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
8,250,000
550,000
550,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
2,900,000
-125,000
-125,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Ben YuElio Fox

Racener Shoves on Fox

Level 20 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Elio Fox raised to 210,000 and Jake Schindler called. John Racener defended his big blind.

The flop came {4-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{9-Spades}. Racener checked to Fox who bet 200,000. Schindler folded and Racener check-raised to 525,000. Fox called.

The pair checked the {10-Hearts} turn and the river was the {4-Clubs}. Racener moved all in and Fox folded.

Player Chips Progress
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John Racener
3,100,000
760,000
760,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
2,100,000
-800,000
-800,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Elio FoxJake SchindlerJohn Racener

Level: 21

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

Kurganov Gets There To Double Through Winter

Level 21 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Sean Winter
Sean Winter

Sean Winter opened with a raise to 240,000 from the cutoff and action folded to the big blind where Igor Kurganov called.

The flop came down {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and Kurganov checked. Winter put out a bet of 425,000 and Kruganov tanked for a bit. After one time extension, Kurganov moved all in for 2,550,000. Winter thought for a bit himself then called.

Igor Kurganov: {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Sean Winter: {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

The turn was the {2-Clubs} which didn't change much but did give Winter two pair. The river was the {J-Spades} though and that filled in Kurganov's straight. It allowed him to double up to over five million while Winter was left short with a stack just over one million.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
5,700,000
2,300,000
2,300,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
1,025,000
-1,825,000
-1,825,000

Tags: Igor KurganovSean Winter

Yu Keeps on Crushing

Level 21 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Elio Fox opened to 250,000 under the gun and found callers in Igor Kurganov out of the small blind and Brn Yu in the big. The flop came down {6-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts} and two checks saw Fox bet 275,000.

Kurganov check-folded but Yu check-called and the {6-Diamonds} hit the turn. Both players checked this time and the {8-Diamonds} completed the board.

Yu used a time extension before moving all in and Fox used one as well before folding.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
9,450,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
1,780,000
-320,000
-320,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Elio FoxIgor Kurganov

Loeser Doubles Through Schindler

Level 21 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Manig Loeser opened to 250,000 and Jake Schindler defended his big blind.

The flop came {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{3-Spades} and Schindler checked to Loeser who bet 200,000. Schindler check-raised to 700,000 and Loeser called.

The turn was the {5-Spades}. Schindler used up one of his time extensions before moving all in and Loeser snap-called.

Schindler showed {a-Spades}{q-Clubs} for top pair while Loeser held a set of nines with {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}. Loeser was all in for 1,665,000 and the river was the {2-Hearts}, securing him the double-up.

Player Chips Progress
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Manig Loeser
5,400,000
1,750,000
1,750,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jake Schindler us
Jake Schindler
450,000
-2,950,000
-2,950,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jake SchindlerManig Loeser