2018 World Series of Poker

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

Pellegrino Value Bets the Worst Hand

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Three players saw an {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}{7-Clubs} flop and two of them checked to Bryan Pellegrino, who bet 1,600. One player check-called the bet.

On the {2-Hearts} turn, the player check-called 3,600 from Pellegrino and on the {J-Hearts} river, he snap-called a bet of 12,400.

Confidently, Pellegrino turned over {7-Spades}{7-Hearts} for a set of sevens but it wasn't best. His opponent tabled {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} for a set of kings and Pellegrino had to part with some of his stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Bryan Pellegrino
138,000
-9,000
-9,000

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Morgan Over Xu in Five-Bet Pot

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

According to Jack Sinclair, action went crazy preflop between Liang Xu in late position and Benjamin Morgan in the small blind. Xu opened for 1,000, Morgan made it 3,000, Xu came back with 9,000 and Morgan fired in 20,000. Xu called and then called 20,000 more on {5-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{q-Hearts}. Both checked the {q-Diamonds} and Morgan jammed on the {9-Hearts} river.

Xu went into the tank awhile before deciding to fold. He said afterward he had only ace-high but almost called.

"Ace-high?!" said a shocked Morgan with a smile. "I'm not gonna bluff you again."

Player Chips Progress
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Benjamin Morgan
133,000
133,000
133,000
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Liang Xu
120,000
-40,000
-40,000

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Augustino is the Table Captain

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante
Nicholas Augustino
Nicholas Augustino

The board read {4-Hearts}{k-Spades}{5-Clubs}, a middle position player checked to Nicholas Augustino who bet 2,000 and his opponent check-raised to 10,000.

Augustino made the call, the turn fell the {4-Diamonds} and both players checked. The {q-Spades} hit the felt on the river, action checked to Augustino who bet 6,000 and his opponent folded, giving Augustino another pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Nicholas Augustino
191,000
47,000
47,000

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Level: 5

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

The Biggest WSOP Starting Day Ever

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

When it was announced earlier this year that Day 1c of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event would take place on the fourth of July, which of course is America’s Independence Day, some speculated the turnout might be stunted. As it turns out, nothing could've been further from the truth.

A massive 4,571 players on 1c made it the largest starting flight in WSOP history, surpassing the 4,262 set on 1c in 2017. That number is well ahead of the entire 2004 WSOP field, and five times as big as the 2003 WSOP Main Event when Chris Moneymaker changed the poker world forever.

Along with 1a’s 925 runners and 2,378 from 1b (also the largest 1b flight in history surpassing 2017’s 2,164) the total field climbed to 7,874 players, which generated a $74,015,600 prize pool and made it the second-largest WSOP Main Event behind the 2006 field (8,773 players).

Detailed numbers only go back until 2008, and up until 2011, the WSOP ran four starting flights. The largest flight between then was the 2009 WSOP’s 2,809 players on Day 1d followed by 2,802 on 1d in 2011. In 2009, registration closed with 2,809 players registered, as there was no space for more entrants. Players like Patrik Antonius and TJ Cloutier were famously locked out of playing the event that year.

We’ll have to wait and see who bags up the most chips later this evening, but for those wondering, last year saw Jerome Brion finished with 247,900 to claim the chip lead among the surviving 3,300 players.

Day 1a saw 659 players bag from the 925 that entered. Last night, 1,794 players survived Day 1b from the 2,378 that signed up.

 Day 1aDay 1bDay 1cDay 1dTotalPrize Pool
2000    512$5,120,000
2001    613$5,946,220
2002    631$5,931,000
2003    839$7,802,700
2004    2,576$24,224,400
2005    5,619$52,818,610
2006    8,773$82,512,162
2007    6,358$59,784,954
20081,2971,1581,9282,4616,844$64,333,600
20091,1168731,6962,8096,494$61,043,600
20101,1251,4892,3142,3917,319$68,798,600
20118979852,1812,8026,865$64,531,000
20121,0662,1143,418-6,598$62,021,200
20139431,9423,467-6,352$59,708,800
20147712,1443,768-6,683$62,820,200
20157411,7163,963-6,420$60,348,000
20167641,7334,240-6,737$63,327,800
20177952,1644,262-7,221$67,877,400
20189252,3784,571-7,874$74,015,600

Fast's Overbet Unsuccessful

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Dietrich Fast was in the middle position, firing 8,000 into a pot of around 5,500 with the board reading {2-Hearts}{3-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{10-Spades}. His opponent thought for a moment and then threw in calling chips. Fast turned up {K-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a pure bluff and his opponent successfully picked him off with {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
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Dietrich Fast
76,500
-11,200
-11,200
WSOP 1X Winner

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