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

07-02-2018 20:24 UTC-8

Nia Wins Three-Way All-in, Eliminates Song

Sandra Barbour

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Michael Nia raised to 1,000 from the button. The player in the small blind three-bet shoved for 7,600. The big blind called. Nia tank-called.

A flop of . The big blind moved all in. Nia called, putting at risk his last 11,500, and the cards were tabled.

Michael Nia:
Bonggi Song:
Opponent:

The turn came the and the river completed the board, giving Nia a straight to scoop the pot, eliminating Song.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Nia	47,000 26,600	26,600
Bonggi Song	Busted

Tags: Bonggi Song Michael Nia

07-02-2018 20:26 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Berkey	215,000 -2,000	-2,000
Peyman Luth	135,000 45,000	45,000
Luigi Petrone	115,000 115,000	115,000
Ronald Mcginnity	78,000 16,000	16,000
Ray Romano	60,000 13,000	13,000
Victor Ramdin	59,000 -14,000	-14,000
Ben Lamb	29,000 -25,000	-25,000

Stenholm Gets a Fold

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Sandra Barbour

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Romain Lewis opened to 1,100 from middle position. [Removed:153] three-bet to 3,700 in the hijack. Action folded back to Lewis who made the call.

The flop was and was checked around to the turn. Again, both players checked. The river brought the . Lewis checked again. Stenholm fired 3,200. Lewis went deep into the tank for a few minutes, but proceeded to give up his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:153]	131,000 131,000	131,000
Romain Lewis	32,000 -4,000	-4,000

Tags: Romain Lewis

07-02-2018 20:33 UTC-8

Daubach Eliminates Schmauch in Coinflip

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Milko van Winden

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

A player raised to 1,000 and Marc Daubach raised to 2,500. When the action was on Corentin Schmauch, he pushed all in for 9,300. The initial raiser folded and Daubach called.

Marc Daubach:
Corentin Schmauch:

The board ran out and Schmauch was sent to the rail after he failed to win the coinflip against Daubach.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Daubach	140,000 140,000	140,000
Corentin Schmauch	Busted

Tags: Corentin Schmauch Marc Daubach

07-02-2018 20:34 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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MartianNews

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Hicks	126,000 126,000	126,000
Chris Bolek	80,000 13,000	13,000
Justin Bonomo	60,500 -5,500	-5,500

Chuck Thompson	57,000 7,000	7,000
Gavin Griffin	56,000 -75,000	-75,000

Dejuante Alexander	49,000 3,000	3,000

Maria Konnikova	47,500 3,200	3,200

Felipe Ramos	Busted

07-02-2018 20:38 UTC-8

Assorted Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Vossoughi	220,000 38,000	38,000
Gavin Cochrane	130,000 73,500	73,500
Kevin Boudreau	120,000 21,000	21,000
Igor Merda	95,000 -7,000	-7,000
Dylan Honeyman	95,000 15,000	15,000
Cary Katz	80,000 40,000	40,000

Aditya Prasetyo	75,000 14,000	14,000
Tom Marchese	68,000 -12,000	-12,000

Christopher Kruk	65,000 -18,000	-18,000
Mina Greco	60,000 10,000	10,000
Andre Haneberg	30,000 -30,000	-30,000
Jason Koon	19,000 -8,000	-8,000

07-02-2018 20:41 UTC-8

Nguyen Chipping Up

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TKBluffs

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

It has been all Chris Fraser and Matt Berkey here on Day 1 in the Amazon Gold section, but another player is chipping up. Truyen Nguyen has flown a bit under the radar but he has quietly amassed one of the largest stacks in the room.

Nguyen is now playing about 220,000 and will look to finish strong with less than one level of play left in the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Truyen Nguyen	220,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: Chris Fraser Matt Berkey Truyen Nguyen

07-02-2018 20:47 UTC-8

Banfield's Hopes Still Alive

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Down to his last 12,975, Jason Banfield got the remainder of his stack in after the flop and turned over , facing one overcard of his table neighbor with . The turn and river were no threat and Banfield doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Banfield	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Jason Banfield

07-02-2018 20:53 UTC-8

Metaal Shows a Monster

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MartianNews

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

The board read and Govert Metaal bet 2,000 from the big-blind position into a pot of about 10,500. Chuck Myers made the call from the cutoff position.

The river came down the and Metaal fired out a massive bet of 22,650. Myers threw his cards in the muck and Metaal announced, "I don't have aces!" as he turned up for quad cowboys.

Player	Chips	Progress
Govert Metaal	125,000 -8,000	-8,000
Chuck Myers	47,000 -6,000	-6,000

Tags: Chuck Myers Govert Metaal

07-02-2018 21:01 UTC-8

Two Pair for Lewis

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Milko van Winden

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Shawn Daniels raised to 1,200 from middle position and Romain Lewis called from the big blind. The flop was and both players checked.

Lewis fired out a bet of 2,000 on the and Daniels called to see the river complete the board. Lewis threw in a 5,000 chip and Daniels had to think about for a moment. After about a minute he called and Lewis opened up for the winning hand. Daniels mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Daniels	50,000

Romain Lewis	36,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Romain Lewis Shawn Daniels