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

Moorman Makes Even More of his Stack

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Chris Moorman
Chris Moorman

888poker Ambassador Chris Moorman was down to around 20,000 at one point but is now sporting a stack of well over 200,000.

He first won a hand where the board read {5-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{4-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Hearts} and his opponent had bet 6,500. Moorman needed some time but ended up calling with {a-Spades}{7-Spades} for the pair of eights on the board with the ace kicker and that was more than enough as his opponent tabled {6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}.

A few minutes later, Moorman doubled up to around 90,000 when he was all in and called with {q-}{j-} on a queen-high board.

Then about another 10 minutes later, Moorman got another double-up and he was kind enough to tell the live reporting team what had happened.

Moorman had {a-}{a-} and he raised. The player in the four-seat three-bet and Moorman responded with a four-bet and his opponent called which created a pot of around 22,000 before the flop was dealt.

The flop came {k-}{6-}{3-}, Moorman continued with a bet of 13,700, and was called.

The turn brought them a {10-} and Moorman's continuation-bet for 19,000 was called again.

The river completed the board with another {10-} and Moorman jammed for 51,000 and got called again. Moorman showed his aces and doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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Chris Moorman
210,000
163,200
163,200

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Timoshenko Goes to Town on the River

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

A player opened in the cutoff with a raise to 3,600 and Yevgeniy Timoshenko called from the small blind. The big blind called as well so it was three-way action heading to a flop.

The flop was {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and all three players checked to see the {4-Spades} on the turn. There, all three players checked again.

The river was the {2-Spades} and Timoshenko led out with a small bet of 2,500 before the big blind went into the tank, then decided to raise, making it 10,000 to go. Action folded back to Timoshenko and he thought for about a minute before raising, making it 36,000 total.

His opponent dipped back into the tank but ultimately decided to fold so Timoshenko was awarded the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Yevgeniy Timoshenko
180,000
20,900
20,900

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Forss Takes One Down

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Four players limped and Mike McDonald checked his big blind.

The flop came down {3-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades} and they checked to the player in early position. They bet 2,100 and it folded to Nils Forss in the cutoff who raised to 6,000. The early-position player called.

The turn was the {J-Clubs} and both players checked.

On the river came the {10-Spades} and the early position led out with a bet of 4,500 and Forss called. His opponent mucked his hand so Forss took it down without having to show his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Nils Forss
120,000
45,000
45,000

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Updated Chip Counts from Brasilia Red

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Farid Jattin
435,000
-10,000
-10,000
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Simeon Naydenov
375,000
163,000
163,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Danny Steinberg
275,000
103,000
103,000
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Andrew Kelsall
260,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Oliver Weis
250,000
130,200
130,200
WSOP 1X Winner
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Kevin Gerhart
231,000
220,500
220,500
WSOP 4X Winner
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Taylor Paur
230,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Stephen Ma
130,500
500
500
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Artur Koren
127,000
17,000
17,000
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Leif Force
119,000
-51,000
-51,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Shannon Shorr
88,500
-43,500
-43,500
WSOP 2X Winner
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Peter Eichhardt
60,100
-23,900
-23,900
WSOP 1X Winner

Big Stack Sfez Loses to Umdenstock

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Eric Sfez raised from early position, and Joseph Umdenstock called in the big blind. The flop came down {3-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and both players checked. On the {7-Diamonds} turn, Umdenstock bet 7,000 and Sfez called.

The river brought the {5-Diamonds}, and Umdemstock's 22,900 bet was called.

Joseph Umdenstock: {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Eric Sfez: {10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Both players held a flush, but it was Umdenstock that took the pot with the ace of diamonds.

Despite losing this hand, Eric Sfez has been able to build up a big stack today and is currently sitting with 550,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Eric Sfez
550,000
431,600
431,600
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Joseph Umdenstock
160,000
-48,600
-48,600

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Touil Check-Raises Heidt

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

On a board reading {a-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts}{9-Clubs}, the action was on Mitchell Heidt in middle position. Heidt tossed in a bet of 16,000 into a pot of around 24,000. Touil thought for a couple of minutes before check-raising all in from the big blind.

Heidt was put to the test for his remaining 120,000 plus chips and needed a minute to decide if he wanted to play for them all. He elected to lay his hand down but was allowed to pick one card from Touil. He turned over the {2-Spades} which sparked some oohs and ahhs from the table.

Player Chips Progress
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Samuel Touil
290,000
72,000
72,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
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Mitchell Heidt
121,000
-20,000
-20,000

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Steinberg Has a Weaker Kicker

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Five-way to the {7-Clubs}{9-Spades}{5-Clubs}{5-Hearts} turn, a player in the big blind fired 2,500, earning a call from middle position. Danny Steinberg raised to 9,000 on the button, forcing out the initial aggressor, but the player in the middle position back-raised to 25,000. Steinberg called.

The river was the {4-Clubs} and Steinberg paid a small bet of 10,000 to see his opponent's cards. He showed {K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and Steinberg revealed that he was just behind, turning up {Q-Spades}{5-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
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Danny Steinberg
215,000
-60,000
-60,000

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Sanchez Takes Massive Chip Lead

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Ignacio Sanchez
Ignacio Sanchez

Ignacio Sanchez raised to 3,500 from early position and was called by the player in the hijack and Cliff Josephy on the button.

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and Sanchez continued with a bet of 5,000. The player in the hijack called but Josephy raised to 22,000. Sanchez was the only one willing to call.

The turn brought them the {8-Clubs}, Sanchez checked, and Josephy bet 36,000. Sanchez responded with a shove which sent Josephy into the tank. The ESPN camera crew noticed the hand and swarmed the table. After a while, Josephy folded.

Cliff Josephy folds
Cliff Josephy folds

Sanchez showed {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs} for the turned flush and raked in the pot which takes him to the top of the chip counts with quite a big lead.

Player Chips Progress
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Ignacio Sanchez
623,000
159,000
159,000
Day 2C Chip Leader
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Cliff Josephy
329,000
-146,000
-146,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Cliff JosephyIgnacio Sanchez