2018 World Series of Poker

Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 2c
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

Nitsche Looks into a Boat

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Dominik Nitsche raised from the middle and found one caller in the big blind. The flop of {3-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} was checked and Nitsche called 1,000 on the {7-Hearts} turn. The {3-Diamonds} river double paired the board and Nitsche faced a bet of 4,000. He grabbed the calling chips and thought about his decision for a while, then threw them in. Unfortunately for him, his opponent showed {A-Diamonds}{7-Spades} for a full house and Nitsche is now playing a half of the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Dominik Nitsche
25,100
-9,900
-9,900

Tags: Dominik Nitsche

Lehr Wins One

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Keith Lehr raised from the cutoff and was called by Michael Michnik and Ignacio Sanchez in the blinds.

The flop came {10-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{j-Diamonds} and both Michnik and Sanchez checked. Lehr bet another 2,500 and only Michnik called.

They both checked through the {8-Diamonds} on the turn to the {4-Hearts} on the river. Michnik check-called the 2,000 bet of Lehr. Michnik showed {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} and was beaten by the {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts} of Lehr.

Michnik wasn't too happy about losing the hand and commented: "Good raise there with eight-six offsuit...".

"Thank you!" Lehr responded laconically.

Player Chips Progress
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Keith Lehr
128,000
-79,000
-79,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Ronni Borg
115,000
-10,400
-10,400

Tags: Ignacio SanchezKeith LehrMichael Michnik

Updated Chip Counts from Pavilion Black

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Billy Chattaway gb
Billy Chattaway
209,000
209,000
209,000
Profile photo of Greg Himmelbrand us
Greg Himmelbrand
151,000
27,000
27,000
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
145,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nikolay Fal ru
Nikolay Fal
123,000
38,000
38,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alex Bilokur ru
Alex Bilokur
103,400
-17,200
-17,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
100,300
-17,200
-17,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jennifer Shahade us
Jennifer Shahade
90,000
-25,000
-25,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Tony Ruberto us
Tony Ruberto
64,600
-21,700
-21,700
Profile photo of Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
46,000
12,500
12,500
Profile photo of Randy Haddox us
Randy Haddox
40,000
-50,000
-50,000
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
37,000
-12,500
-12,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
19,000
-27,300
-27,300
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Koray Aldemir
19,000
-46,300
-46,300
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Burkhart Loses a Huge Portion of Her Stack; Eliminated Shortly After

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Jacqueline Burkhart - from the Ladies Event
Jacqueline Burkhart - from the Ladies Event

Anthony Reategui opened with a raise to 2,000 from the cutoff and the player in the small blind called before Jacqueline Burkhart made it 10,500 from the big blind. Reategui decided to four-bet, making it 22,000 and the small blind folded. Burkhart had other plans though and she called.

The flop was {j-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and Burkhart checked. Reategui put out a bet of 12,000 and Burkhart called.

The turn was the {7-Hearts} and Burkhart checked again. Reategui grabbed a chunk of orange T5,000 chips, enough to put Burkhart all in, and plopped them out in front of him. Burkhart quickly folded her hand, leaving herself with around 43,600 chips.

After the hand, Reategui made a comment about having {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}.

"You can stack someone's chips, and you can needle somebody, but it's poor etiquette to do both at the same time," Burkhart said after the hand.

Burkhart didn't last much longer, she was eliminated from the tournament just a few hands later.

Player Chips Progress
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Anthony Reategui
287,000
102,000
102,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jacqueline Burkhart
Busted
Jaka Coaching

Tags: Anthony ReateguiJacqueline Burkhart

Hellmuth Folds to the "Crazy Asian"

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Phil Hellmuth raised to 2,200 from the cutoff and was called by the big blind. The flop came {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}{8-Clubs} and the action checked to Hellmuth who continued for 2,600. His opponent called and the {5-Diamonds} landed on the turn.

Both players tapped the table and the {6-Spades} rolled off on the river. The big blind bet 2,500 and Hellmuth quickly sent his cards to the muck.

"No fear?" Hellmuth asked.

"Crazy Asian," his opponent responded, talking about himself.

"I like it."

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Hellmuth
82,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Various Counts From the Amazon Room

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
280,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Masayuki Hakoda jp
Masayuki Hakoda
280,000
258,700
258,700
Profile photo of Laurent Polito fr
Laurent Polito
120,000
-24,400
-24,400
Profile photo of Christian Christner de
Christian Christner
115,000
15,600
15,600
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
93,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
90,000
36,000
36,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of [Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
68,000
-25,000
-25,000
Profile photo of Brandon Butler us
Brandon Butler
65,000
-31,400
-31,400
Profile photo of Ashley Sleeth us
Ashley Sleeth
52,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
47,000
16,200
16,200
Profile photo of Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
45,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
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Natalie Hof
33,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
32,000
-24,700
-24,700
Profile photo of David Williams us
David Williams
14,000
-2,800
-2,800
WSOP 1X Winner
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Taylor von Kriegenbergh
Busted

Lovgren Doubles With Kings

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Sofia Lövgren
Sofia Lövgren

Sofia Lovgren had chipped down to 36,000 but has found a way back after picking up pocket kings.

The action was opened with a raise to 2,500 from middle position and after the player in the hijack had called, Lovgren three-bet to 7,700 from the cutoff. The initial raiser moved all in, the hijack player folded, and Lovgren made the call.

Sofia Lovgren: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}

Board: {3-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}

Lovgren's hand held and the 888poker ambassador moved back up to 78,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Sofia Lovgren
78,000
-7,000
-7,000

Tags: 888pokerSofia Lovgren

Wong Doubles Through Amirov

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

After a raise to 1,600 and two calls, Ilkin Amirov also called out of the small blind. Ralph Wong in the big blind moved all in for 21,600 and the initial raiser along with Christopher Staats and another player folded. Amirov gave it some thought and called.

Ralph Wong: {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
Ilkin Amirov: {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}

The board came {A-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and Wong doubled.

"I folded ace jack of hearts," Staats said in table chat, to which Amirov replied "just give me ace jack, that's such an easy fold."

Player Chips Progress
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Ilkin Amirov
50,000
-10,000
-10,000
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Ralph Wong
50,000
-10,100
-10,100

Tags: Christopher StaatsIlkin AmirovRalph Wong

Roca de Torres Busts Kang

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Picking up the action on the {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop, Miles Kang checked and called a bet by Marti Roca de Torres. On the {4-Diamonds} turn, Kang check-called once more for 3,800 and left himself 11,500 behind. The {9-Diamonds} river completed the board and Kang checked. Roca de Torres moved all in and Kang sighed, called all in.

As soon as Roca de Torres showed his {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs} for top pair, Kang immediately tossed his cards into the muck and quickly headed out of the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
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Marti Roca de Torres
90,000
33,000
33,000
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Miles Kang
Busted

Tags: Marti Roca de TorresMiles Kang