Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$74,015,600
Entries
7,874
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
500,000
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
"I am a live newcomer," David Lehnen said, as he doesn't have any WSOP cashes yet. The first three levels have been kind to the German as he jumped up to almost three times the starting stack.
Meanwhile, Jonathan Little, also seated in the Purple section, has experienced quite the opposite.
"I lost the minimum with top pair, top kicker against a set and lost kings to aces." Little will enter the fourth level of the day with half the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
90,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
|
80,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
80,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
38,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
||
|
38,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
24,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Christopher Cobb limped from middle position. Charles Barker, in the hijack, raised to 1,200. Stig Billgren called on the button.
Players saw a flop of 
. Cobb checked and Barker bet 1,400. Billgren and Cobb called. The turn brought the 
and Cobb checked again. Barker checked. Billgren fired a bet of 3,250 and that was enough to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Brian Rast and Bruce Virga were heads-up on the 
flop and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Rast led out with a bet of 2,600 into a main pot of about 9,000.
Virga called and the river was the 
. Rast fired out a bet of 8,500 and Virga moved all in for 10,125. Rast quickly called, turning over 
for a set of nines and Virga showed 
. Rast dragged in the pot and Virga was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
A player raised to 1,000 and Toby Lewis called. One seat over, Ernest Hammerschmidt pushed all in for a total of 54,300. George Hamati was in the next seat and he wanted a count. When the amount was confirmed, Hamati called and the blinds and other players in the hand folded.
George Hamati: 
Ernest Hammerschmidt: 
The board ran out 
and Hamati took down the 270-big-blind pot with a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
131,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
126,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
||
|
74,500
8,250
|
8,250 |
|
|
||
|
45,800
-4,200
|
-4,200 |
|
|
20,800
-3,200
|
-3,200 |
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Matt Berkey got off to a red-hot start and he was one of the first players to cross the century chip mark. He has been involved in plenty of pots and his aggressive strategy is paying off.
Berkey is showing no signs of slowing down as he continues to add to his stack and he is now sitting behind a mountain of 217,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
217,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Michael Perrone opened to 1,000 from middle position. Lisa Pickell in the cutoff called, along with Don Aylor in the small blind.
The flop came 
. Aylor bet 1,000 and Perrone raised to 2,500. Pickell folded, but Aylor three-bet to 5,000. Perrone called.
The turn came the 
. Aylor moved all in for 11,400 and Perrone called. Aylor tabled 
, but that wasn't good enough as Perrone showed . The 
river completed the board and Aylor was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
The board read 
and a player checked from early position. Govert Metaal bet 5,000 from middle position and his opponent called.
The 
landed on the river, the early-position player bet 5,000, Metaal raised to 17,000, and his opponent thought for several moments before making the call.
Metaal tabled 
for the nut flush and his opponent said, "So unreal!" as he turned over 
for the second-nut flush. Metaal took down the pot with his flush and will be looking to add a lot more to his stack by day's end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
119,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Antonio Esfandiari appears to be the far shortest stack on the three feature tables right now and John Vossoughi has become the biggest stack ahead of Brian Yoon and Julian Stuer. Qui Nguyen is no longer featured and joined the list of former Main Event champions on the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
182,000
182,000
|
182,000 |
|
124,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
||
|
106,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
87,000
39,200
|
39,200 |
|
65,000
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
||
|
51,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
|
||
|
37,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
34,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
14,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
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