Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marti Roca de Torres |
65,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Fernando Pons |
63,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Juan Pardo |
60,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Humberto Brenes |
56,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
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Allen Kessler |
43,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Mike Del Vecchio |
42,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
2018 World Series of Poker
Three players saw an flop and two of them checked to Bryan Pellegrino, who bet 1,600. One player check-called the bet.
On the turn, the player check-called 3,600 from Pellegrino and on the river, he snap-called a bet of 12,400.
Confidently, Pellegrino turned over for a set of sevens but it wasn't best. His opponent tabled for a set of kings and Pellegrino had to part with some of his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bryan Pellegrino |
138,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
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 . Both checked the and Morgan jammed on the 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 |
---|---|---|
Benjamin Morgan |
133,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
Liang Xu |
120,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
The board read , 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 and both players checked. The 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 |
---|---|---|
Nicholas Augustino |
191,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
After the break, the feature tables will have a new line-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Davidi Kitai |
115,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
||
Joseph Cheong |
106,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
Alessio Isaia |
100,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Cliff Josephy |
99,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
Daniel Negreanu |
18,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
||
Matt Bond |
13,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
Players are now on their final 20-minute break of the day before they'll come back to play one more 120-minute stretch.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Patrik Antonius |
226,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
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Emmanuel Lopez Lasuen |
140,000
125,200
|
125,200 |
Sam Abernathy
|
118,500
63,000
|
63,000 |
Pontus Anderberg
|
62,500
20,000
|
20,000 |
Natalie Hof |
55,700
15,500
|
15,500 |
Eric Baldwin |
51,000
24,100
|
24,100 |
|
||
Martin Finger |
19,800
-39,200
|
-39,200 |
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Level: 5
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
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 1a | Day 1b | Day 1c | Day 1d | Total | Prize 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 | ||||
2008 | 1,297 | 1,158 | 1,928 | 2,461 | 6,844 | $64,333,600 |
2009 | 1,116 | 873 | 1,696 | 2,809 | 6,494 | $61,043,600 |
2010 | 1,125 | 1,489 | 2,314 | 2,391 | 7,319 | $68,798,600 |
2011 | 897 | 985 | 2,181 | 2,802 | 6,865 | $64,531,000 |
2012 | 1,066 | 2,114 | 3,418 | - | 6,598 | $62,021,200 |
2013 | 943 | 1,942 | 3,467 | - | 6,352 | $59,708,800 |
2014 | 771 | 2,144 | 3,768 | - | 6,683 | $62,820,200 |
2015 | 741 | 1,716 | 3,963 | - | 6,420 | $60,348,000 |
2016 | 764 | 1,733 | 4,240 | - | 6,737 | $63,327,800 |
2017 | 795 | 2,164 | 4,262 | - | 7,221 | $67,877,400 |
2018 | 925 | 2,378 | 4,571 | - | 7,874 | $74,015,600 |
Dietrich Fast was in the middle position, firing 8,000 into a pot of around 5,500 with the board reading . His opponent thought for a moment and then threw in calling chips. Fast turned up for a pure bluff and his opponent successfully picked him off with .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dietrich Fast |
76,500
-11,200
|
-11,200 |
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