2018 World Series of Poker

Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$8,800,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$74,015,600
Entries
7,874
Level Info
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
500,000

Anderson Forces a Fold from Herzali

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante
Calvin Anderson
Calvin Anderson

Sarah Herzali opened to 800 from the cutoff and Calvin Anderson raised it to 1,700. The players in the blinds folded and Herzali made the call.

The flop came {2-Spades}{10-Clubs}{3-Hearts} and Herzali check-called Anderson's continuation bet for 2,500. The turn brought a {5-Clubs} and Herzali first checked, then called after some thought when Anderson fired for 4,700.

The dealer showed a {7-Clubs} on the river and Herzali bet 5,300. Anderson thought about his next move for some minutes and tossed a stack of 5,000 chips in for a raise worth 35,000. Herzali ended up folding her hand and Anderson grabbed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Calvin Anderson
85,000
23,000
23,000
WSOP 5X Winner
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Sarah Herzali
14,000
-23,000
-23,000

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Disciplined Lay Down by Somerville

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jason Somerville was involved in a pot where they went to a multi-way flop. The flop came down {3-Spades}{A-Clubs}{7-Hearts} and as it checked to Somerville he put in 2,100. Only the player in the big blind was interested and called.

The turn was the {K-Hearts} and the big blind checked to Somerville. The Twitch caster now bet 5,100 and his opponent countered that with a raise to 12,000.

Somerville ended up showing {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} as he folded and his opponent took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Somerville
51,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Mancini Bows Out

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Minutes before the end of the level, a short-stacked Edward Mancini got his last 8,400 in from early position and he was called by Brent Becker in the cutoff.

Mancini showed the {A-Spades}{J-Clubs} and was dominated by Becker's {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}, the board came {9-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and the kicker played to eliminate Mancini.

Player Chips Progress
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Brent Becker
60,000
60,000
60,000
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Edward Mancini
Busted

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Farber Wins Some Chips Back

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jay Farber opened from under the gun to 850 and it folded to the player in the big blind who made the call.

The flop came {3-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{k-Spades} and Farber's opponent check-called his continuation bet for 600. The turn was a {j-Diamonds} and brought no betting action.

On the river {2-Diamonds}, Farber bet 1,400 after another check from his opponent and the latter folded his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Jay Farber
47,000
16,000
16,000

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No More Stack for Rack

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

The flop read {a-Hearts}{3-Spades}{5-Spades} and Michael Rack, who had eliminated Max Steinberg in the first hand of the day, was all-in and the clock was called on Zixiao Zhang. The floor was already counting down and the rest of the table had already bagged their chips as they would be moved to the Amazon room. Zhang called.

Michael Rack: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Zixiao Zhang: {K-Hearts}{k-Spades}

The rest of the board was completed with the {10-Diamonds} on the turn and the {4-Spades} on the river to send Rack away from the tournament area for the rest of the Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
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Zixiao Zhang
97,000
97,000
97,000
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Michael Rack
Busted

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Gurney-Goldman Bets All Streets

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Steven Gurney-Goldman opened to 700 and got a call from Calvin Anderson in the blinds.

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Anderson check-called a 1,200 continuation bet. On the {4-Clubs} turn, it was the same again, with Anderson check-calling Gurney-Goldman's barrel.

The final card out was the {j-Hearts} and once again Anderson checked. Gurney-Goldman bet 4,500 and Anderson took some time before making the call. Gurney-Goldman tabled {a-Spades}{4-Spades} and Anderson sent his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Steven Gurney-Goldman
82,000
82,000
82,000
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Calvin Anderson
72,000
-13,000
-13,000
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Calvin AndersonSteve Gurney-Goldman

Last Break of the Night

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

The remaining players have been sent into their final 15-minute break of the day and the unofficial attendance stands at 2,379 entries. Another two hour level remains ahead of the bagging and tagging for all the remaining hopefuls.

Level: 5

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

Updated Chip Counts from Amazon Gold

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Richard Howe gb
Richard Howe
170,000
-14,500
-14,500
Profile photo of Albert Barbieri us
Albert Barbieri
149,000
149,000
149,000
Profile photo of Dan Walsh us
Dan Walsh
115,000
115,000
115,000
Profile photo of Michael Finstein us
Michael Finstein
112,800
22,800
22,800
Profile photo of Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
86,000
31,000
31,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Darryll Fish us
Darryll Fish
85,000
Profile photo of Ryan Jones us
Ryan Jones
78,500
18,500
18,500
Profile photo of Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
76,125
28,125
28,125
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Roman Valerstein us
Roman Valerstein
72,000
-23,000
-23,000
Profile photo of Simon Lam us
Simon Lam
68,000
13,000
13,000
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Ryan Riess
64,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Joe Reddick
60,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Matt Giannetti us
Matt Giannetti
52,800
10,800
10,800
Profile photo of Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
41,150
-26,850
-26,850
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Tuan Le us
Tuan Le
41,000
-8,500
-8,500
Profile photo of Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
36,000
26,000
26,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel
32,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
31,000
-36,000
-36,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Steve Karp us
Steve Karp
25,100
25,100
25,100
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
23,000
-11,300
-11,300
WSOP 7X Winner