Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Samuel Bernabeu |
400,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
David Cabrera
|
380,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Smain Mamouni |
340,000
40,500
|
40,500 |
Ben Yu |
270,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
Christopher Brammer |
125,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
Fraser MacIntyre |
110,000
-124,000
|
-124,000 |
Eli Elezra |
80,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
||
Anatoly Filatov |
20,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
Dara O'Kearney | Busted | |
Natalia Breviglieri | Busted |
2018 World Series of Poker
Sean Perry had been using his large chip stack to bully around the table, and his opponent started to become non-believers. Perry opened again from middle position and this time Paul Degiulio was the one to defend his big blind.
The flop came and Degiulio checked to Perry who continued for 3,200. Degiulio check-raised to 17,000 and Perry made the call. The turn brought the and Degiulio moved all in for 55,200 which was snap-called by Perry.
Degiulio turned over for two pair and Perry tabled . The on the river was safe for Degiulio as he earned a full double up at the hands of Perry.
"I didn't think you were that strong," Degiulio said from across the table. "It's hard to believe you have a hand."
"Sometimes you wake up with a hand," Perry replied as he pushed chips across the table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sean Perry |
161,400
-12,600
|
-12,600 |
Paul Degiulio |
150,500
98,900
|
98,900 |
Darren Elias and Ben Yu have been seated at the same table since the start of the day and they were bound to find themselves in a pot together at some point. On a flop reading , Yu checked from the big blind and Elias tossed in a bet of 5,200 from late position. Yu called and the landed on the turn.
Yu checked again and Elias continued to bet, this time for 14,000. Yu called again and checked on the river as well. Elias pushed in a bet of 36,000 and Yu paid him off. Elias flipped over and Yu was unable to beat it as he sent his cards to the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Yu |
223,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
|
||
Darren Elias |
164,500
32,200
|
32,200 |
On the four-way turn of , George Hamati bet 35,000 and Christopher Kruk was the only caller, while Kory Kilpatrick and another player sent their cards into the muck.
When the appeared on the river, Hamati asked Kruk how many chips he had behind, and once he had a look at it, moved all in. Kruk was talking through all possible hand combinations and eventually called for his last 61,200.
Hamati turned over for a straight and Kruk had that beat with for a full house.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher Kruk |
230,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
George Hamati |
75,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
A pot with roughly 34,000 in the middle and a board reading lay in front of Matt Berkey and his heads-up opponent.
Berkey's opponent bet 21,000 and after a moment, Berkey raised to 72,000. A couple moments went by before his opponent made the call and Berkey tabled the , making a straight on the river to take the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Berkey |
128,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Small blind Chris Ferguson three-bet over a button-raise and his left-hand opponent cold called while the initial aggressor folded. Ferguson fired 7,100 when the landed and received one more call before the turn and river were checked down. Ferguson's beat and the reigning WSOP Player of the Year collected the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Ferguson |
164,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
Scott Margereson was involved in a three-way pot with Steven van Zadelhoff and another player. When the flop came down it checked to Margereson and he bet out 3,400. Both his opponents folded and the pot was shoved in his direction.
On another table, it was Jason Mcconnon who three-bet preflop and continued on the flop. He slowed down and check-folded on the turn.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Scott Margereson |
160,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Jason Mcconnon |
80,000
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
Matt Berkey opened to 3,000 from early position. Jason Koon, on the cutoff, called, along with the small blind and the blind.
A flop of was dealt and checked through to the turn and river. The blinds checked. Berkey bet 9,000. Koon called. The blinds folded. Berkey showed and Koon showed to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Berkey |
252,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
Jason Koon |
57,000
40,300
|
40,300 |
|
Jeffrey Chang made it 2,300 in middle position and Alex Foxen three-bet to 11,300 out of the small blind. Chang called to see the flop and Foxen continued for 8,000. Chang called again and the appeared on the turn.
Foxen fired a big barrel of 26,700 but Chang stuck around, calling. They saw the complete the board and Foxen finally tapped. Chang checked back and Foxen announced ace-high, turning up what looked like . Chang showed and collected a huge pot just before the players headed out for a break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Foxen | 225,000 | |
|
||
Jeffrey Chang | 150,000 |
Eric Hicks had gathered quite some attention from the ESPN cameras, claiming to be the chip leader, and he indeed has been hovering near the top of the counts. Just now he knocked out an opponent with aces versus eights when both hit a set, then folded to an open-shove for 35,000 and mucked the out of the big blind face up.
Not in anymore is Germany's Robin Hegele, who walked out of the tournament area and explained that his four-bet shove with pocket tens was called by an opponent with queen-jack suited, a queen appeared on the flop and that was it for the 27th place finisher of the previous year.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eric Hicks |
394,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Robin Hegele | Busted |