Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 1a | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-02-2018 15:49 UTC-8

Defending Champion Blumstein Eliminated on Feature Table

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

The ESPN feature tables kicked off at the start of Level 3 and among those to take a seat in the main spotlight were Jean Montury, Lacey Jones, defending champion Scott Blumstein, and Brian Yoon. The latter two tangled in a big pot that left the defending champion devastated, as he was sent to the rail early on.

Blumstein raised to 800 and Yoon three-bet to 3,700 in late position, which Blumstein called. On the flop, Blumstein check-called a bet of 3,000 and did so again on the turn for 10,000. The appeared on the river and Blumstein checked with 27,350 behind. Yoon moved all in and Blumstein called it off with the only for Yoon to turn over for the back door nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	131,000 48,000	48,000

Jean Montury	46,000 -6,000	-6,000
Lacey Jones	40,000 -8,000	-8,000
Scott Blumstein	Busted

Tags: Brian Yoon Jean Montury Lacey Jones Scott Blumstein

07-02-2018 15:56 UTC-8

Laieta Scoops a Big One

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TKBluffs

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

A player in early position raised to 600 and it folded to Chris Laieta in the big blind who reraised to 2,600. The original raiser called and they went heads-up to the flop.

Laieta checked and his opponent threw out a bet of 4,500. Laieta called and the dealer burned and turned the . Laieta check-called a bet of 6,500 and the hit the river.

Laieta checked for a third time and his opponet bet 17,000. Laieta called and the player shook his head, turning over . Laieta tabled for aces and jacks and dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Laieta	82,000 82,000	82,000

Tags: Chris Laieta

07-02-2018 16:01 UTC-8

Chanthabouasy Calls Hurlbut's River Bet

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MartianNews

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

The board read and Rodney Hurlbut bet 6,000 into a pot around 4,500. Steve Chanthabouasy thought for several moments before making the call and the two then revealed their hands.

Hurlbut turned over for flopped trip kings and Chanthabouasy turned over for trip kings with a higher kicker. Chanthabouasy let out a sigh of relief as he scooped in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Chanthabouasy	85,400 85,400	85,400
Rodney Hurlbut	54,600 54,600	54,600

Tags: Rodney Hurlbut Steve Chanthabouasy

07-02-2018 16:05 UTC-8

Turn Raise Works for Strelitz

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Sandra Barbour

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Daniel Strelitz opened to 800 from early position. Noe Cantu, on the button, called along with Paul Lee in the small blind and Hassan Mechammil in the big blind.

The flop came . Lee and Mechammil checked. Strelitz bet 2,000 and Lee was the only caller. The turn came the and Lee led for 2,500. Strelitz raised to 20,000. Lee snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Strelitz	92,000 -13,000	-13,000

Noe Cantu	57,000 57,000	57,000
Hassan Mechammil	48,000 -7,000	-7,000
Paul Lee	12,200 12,200	12,200

Tags: Daniel Strelitz Hassan Mechammil Noe Cantu Paul Lee

07-02-2018 16:09 UTC-8

Kruk Chops it Up

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Milko van Winden

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

When we arrived at the table, Christopher Kruk was already all in. There was about 50,000 in the pot and Kruk was all in for 35,000. The board read . Kruk's opponent was deep in the tank and Owen Crowe called the clock on him.

When the floor arrived, they told the player he had 25 seconds plus a five-second countdown to make his decision. After a couple seconds, he asked who called clock and then made the call.

Kruk turned over and the player that called had a matching . They chopped up the pot and proceeded to the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Kruk	70,000 -17,000	-17,000

Tags: Christopher Kruk Owen Crowe

07-02-2018 16:10 UTC-8

Assorted Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Toby Joyce	125,000
Matt Berkey	120,000 10,000	10,000
Aymon Hata	115,000 25,000	25,000
Peyman Luth	90,000 5,000	5,000
Steven Van Zadelhoff	84,000 2,000	2,000
Juha Helppi	75,000 2,000	2,000

Katie Stone Cappuccio	65,000 12,000	12,000
Joe Hachem	60,000 -5,500	-5,500

Victor Ramdin	55,000 15,000	15,000
Ben Lamb	54,000 2,500	2,500

Matt Glantz	50,000

Silviu Baltateanu	42,000 7,000	7,000

07-02-2018 16:13 UTC-8

Maudlin Takes From Esfandiari

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Antonio Esfandiari has bounced back from a mediocre start here on Day 1a and climbed back to starting stack before losing a pot against David Maudlin on the main feature stage.

Esfandiari had raised to 775 and was called by Maudlin in the small blind and Robert Stuve in the big blind. The trio checked through the flop. On the turn, Maudlin bet 1,375 and Stuve folded, but Esfandiari called. Maudlin bet again on the river for 3,200 and received a call by Esfandiari. Maudlin rolled over for trips jacks to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Stuve	65,000 -24,000	-24,000
David Maudlin	63,000 15,000	15,000
Frank Kassela	50,000 2,000	2,000

Antonio Esfandiari	41,000 3,000	3,000

Kalidou Sow	18,000 -17,500	-17,500

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari David Maudlin Robert Stuve

07-02-2018 16:17 UTC-8

Margets All In on the Flop

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MartianNews

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

The flop showed , Leo Margets checked from the small blind, and Fadi Barakeh checked as well from the big blind. An opponent in late position bet 2,000 and Margets raised to 6,500.

Fadi Barakeh called, the late-position opponent three-bet to 15,000, and Margets moved all in for 39,875. Fadi Barakeh thought for several moments, making the call for his remaining 24,150, and the late-position opponent folded face up.

Margets turned over for a flopped set and Barakeh showed for a nut flush draw. The turn made Margets shake her head as it came a spade, but it was the that hit the table and she quickly smiled after realizing it gave her a dominating full house.

Margets now had Barakeh drawing dead to the on the river and she scooped in a nice pot with her full house, eliminating Barakeh from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Margets	86,500 44,500	44,500

Fadi Barakeh	Busted

Tags: Fadi Barakeh Leo Margets

07-02-2018 16:20 UTC-8

Pupillo's Kicker is Best

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TKBluffs

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

A player in late position limped in and the player on the button raised to 2,200. Nick Pupillo called from the small blind and the late-position player called.

They went three-handed to the flop and the action checked around. The turn was the and again all three players knuckled the felt. The river was the and Pupillo led out with a bet of 10,000.