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

Some Notables in Amazon Purple and Gold

Level 1 : 75/150, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Huong Do ca
Huong Do
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Muskan Sethi in
Muskan Sethi
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Javier Gomez es
Javier Gomez
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Yosuke Sekiya jp
Yosuke Sekiya
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Benjamin Leblond ca
Benjamin Leblond
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Alexander Greenblatt us
Alexander Greenblatt
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Jaspal Brar ca
Jaspal Brar
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Artan Dedusha gb
Artan Dedusha
50,000
Profile photo of Taylor Black us
Taylor Black
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Samuel Chartier
Samuel Chartier
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Kitai Continues His Good Start

Level 1 : 75/150, 0 ante

The action was opened with a raise to 350 by the player under the gun, and Davidi Kitai called in middle position before Justin Bond, in the hijack, three-bet to 1,550. The initial raiser folded and Kitai called.

On the {2-Spades}{2-Hearts}{j-Hearts} flop, Kitai check-called a 1,000 bet from Bond and on the {3-Hearts} turn both players checked.

The river came the {8-Hearts}, and Kitai check-called a 2,400 bet. Bond tabled {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} for ace-high, and Kitai took the pot with {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
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Davidi Kitai
57,000
5,500
5,500
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Davidi KitaiJustin Bond

Moreira de Melo and Arai Chop

Level 1 : 75/150, 0 ante

Fatima Moreira de Melo sat down in the Main Event and is already battling for pots. She checked it down with her opponent Masatoshi Arai, and when the {8-Spades}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} board was on the table.

Arai showed {Q-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}. Moreira de Melo showed {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts} and tried to claim the pot by joking that her hand was suited, which caused the table to laugh.

Player Chips Progress
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Fatima Moreira de Melo
50,000
Profile photo of Masatoshi Arai jp
Masatoshi Arai
50,000
50,000
50,000

Tags: Fatima Moreira De Melo

Sotiropoulos on Heaps Right Away

Level 1 : 75/150, 0 ante

Georgios Sotiropoulos was first to act in a battle of the blinds and had built a pot of about 47,000 with his opponent. The board read {6-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} and Sotiropoulos was deep in the tank when we arrived. After staring at Brady Hinnegan for a couple of minutes, Sotiropoulos bet 14,000. Hinnegan didn't take long to call, but when he did, Sotiropoulos revealed {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for trips and dragged a massive early pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Georgios Sotiropoulos
88,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Georgios SotiropoulosBrady Hinnegan

More players in Brasilia Room

Level 1 : 75/150, 0 ante

More and more players joined the field in Brasilia Room, including the defending champion of The Little One for One Drop - $1,000 +111 No-Limit Hold'em, Adrian Moreno, final tabler in last year's Main Event Nine Benjamin Pollack and the 2016 winner of $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, David Peters.

Player Chips Progress
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Nick Yunis
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
50,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Ioli us
Mark Ioli
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Otto Richard fr
Otto Richard
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Adrian Moreno us
Adrian Moreno
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
50,000
50,000
50,000

Hennigan Off to a Fast Start

Level 1 : 75/150, 0 ante
John Hennigan
John Hennigan

The Brasilia room is filling up fast and the chips are already flying here in first level. John Hennigan is off to a red hot start and has quickly chipped up to 70,000.

Cliff Josephy has been active early and he has already chipped up to over 60,000.

Player Chips Progress
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John Hennigan
70,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
61,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Spencer Champlin us
Spencer Champlin
51,000
Profile photo of Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
49,700
-300
-300
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Cliff JosephyJohn Hennigan

Savage Shakes One Every Street

Level 1 : 75/150, 0 ante

2018 Poker Hall of Fame nominee Matt Savage raised to 375 from middle position and received calls from Terrance Landucci (button), Desmond Culbert (small blind) and Stefan Ivanov (big blind). The flop was {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Savage bet 750. Landucci folded, both Culbert and Ivanov stuck around.

On the {8-Hearts} turn, both blinds checked, Savage bet 1,600, and only Culbert peeled another street. The river brought the {5-Hearts} and Culbert check-folded to a quick 2,800 bet from Savage.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Savage
53,000
3,000
3,000

Tags: Matt Savage

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Level 1 : 75/150, 0 ante

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