Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 3 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-07-2018 14:11 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts From Brasilia Red

TKBluffs

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Frankie Flowers	718,000 -89,000	-89,000
Brian Altman	620,000 -20,000	-20,000
Paul Varano	550,000 199,700	199,700
Henrik Hecklen	495,000 244,000	244,000
Josh Arieh	395,000 -45,000	-45,000

Aditya Agarwal	320,000 5,000	5,000

Max Altergott	250,000 10,000	10,000
Linda Kenney Baden	230,000 25,300	25,300
Keith Tilston	190,000 88,400	88,400

Ben Palmer	152,000 60,300	60,300
Renata Colache	140,000 49,900	49,900
Ian O'Hara	110,000 -24,000	-24,000
Roland Israelashvili	107,000 14,300	14,300
Farhad Jamasi	87,000 -416,400	-416,400
David Diaz	79,000 -130,000	-130,000

Stanley Lee	33,000 -8,000	-8,000
Timothy Adams	Busted

Matt Waxman	Busted

07-07-2018 14:12 UTC-8

Elias Three-Bets from the Big

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tRaMSt0p

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Following an open to 5,000, Amal Bounahra called on the button before the action turns to Darren Elias in the big blind.

Elias splashes out a three-bet to 22,000, and both the original raiser and Bounahra fold.

As Elias gathered the pot, 2010 WSOP World Champion Jonathan Duhamel joined the table

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	385,000 25,000	25,000
Amal Bounahra	153,000 -22,000	-22,000
Jonathan Duhamel	133,000 56,000	56,000

Tags: Amal Bounahra Darren Elias Jonathan Duhamel

07-07-2018 14:12 UTC-8

Marsico and Saltus Lead Amazon Tan Section

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Anthony Marsico and Brian Saltus are the current chip leaders in the Amazon Tan section, while Ashton Griffin was just eliminated by Patrik Antonius. On the rise on the very same table is Aurelie Reard, who chipped up early thanks to sending a shorter stack to the rail with pocket queens versus , Reard immediately flopped a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Marsico	700,000 352,800	352,800
Brian Saltus	680,000 10,000	10,000
Andrew Brown	380,000 80,000	80,000
Matas Cikinas	340,000 110,000	110,000
Patrik Antonius	310,000 50,000	50,000

Richard Pachoca	310,000 40,000	40,000
Gary Hasson	300,000 13,700	13,700
Loni Harwood	300,000 80,000	80,000

Sonke Jahn	300,000
Ralph Perry	290,000 120,000	120,000

Ronni Borg	280,000 44,600	44,600
Paul Volpe	275,000 -85,000	-85,000

Aurelie Reard	230,000 146,900	146,900
Phachara Wongwichit	175,000 -125,000	-125,000
Lauren Kling	110,000 5,000	5,000
Josep Galindo	42,000 -158,000	-158,000
Ashton Griffin	Busted
Won Lee	Busted
Aristeidis Moschonas	Busted

Tags: Ashton Griffin Aurelie Reard Brian Saltus Patrik Antonius

07-07-2018 14:12 UTC-8

Kassouf Folds to Kings

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Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Action folded to the player on the button, he raised to 5,500, and William Kassouf called from the big blind.

The flop came and Kassouf checked. The button bet 6,000 and Kassouf folded.

"You got lucky. Show one?" Kassouf asked as the dealer pushed the pot to the button.

The button slid both of his cards face-down to Kassouf for him to look at. Kassouf peeked at both and then held the up for the table to see.

"He bluffed me with this," Kassouf said before he flashed the button's other card, the .

Player	Chips	Progress
William Kassouf	31,800 -28,200	-28,200

Tags: William Kassouf

07-07-2018 14:13 UTC-8

Alaei Wins a Big Flip

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Adam Lamers

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

After a raise from under the gun, Daniel Alaei three-bet in middle position and the action folded back to the initial raiser. He moved all in and Alaei called, having him slightly covered.

Daniel Alaei:
Opponent:

It was a coin flip with Alaei needed to hit the board. The flop came and the pocket tens were still in the lead. The turn was the and the river brought the . Alaei spiked an ace on the river to eliminate his opponent much to the amazement of Antonio Esfandiari.

"It's just that easy for some people," Esfandiari said as Alaei dragged in a healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Alaei	265,000 168,400	168,400

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Daniel Alaei

07-07-2018 14:18 UTC-8

Recent Dutch Chip Counts

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Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Martijn Gerrits	460,000 172,000	172,000
Govert Metaal	330,000 170,000	170,000
Rens Feenstra	310,000 105,000	105,000
Michael Verhaaf	302,000 42,000	42,000
Joep Raemaekers	293,000 46,000	46,000
Bas De Laat	230,000 -36,900	-36,900
Luigi Knoppers	142,000 16,700	16,700
Pim de Goede	137,000 -7,800	-7,800
Steven Van Zadelhoff	121,000 -9,000	-9,000
Oscar Kemps	80,000 30,000	30,000
Gregor Prizmic Martini	Busted

07-07-2018 14:18 UTC-8

Wang Gives Up On the Flop

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MrCleverFox

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

There was a raise on the button to what looked like 10,000 before Mike Wang made it 33,000 from the small blind. Action folded back to the button player who called.

The flop came down and Wang quickly checked then folded to a bet of 30,000 from his opponent. After losing the pot, Wang dropped to just under 150,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	147,500 -32,500	-32,500

Tags: Mike Wang

07-07-2018 14:21 UTC-8

Deeb Takes Plesuv Out

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Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Pavel Plesuv raised from the under-the-gun position and action folded to Shaun Deeb on the button who three-bet. Plesuv four-bet shoved and Deeb called.

Pavel Plesuv:
Shaun Deeb:

The board ran out to give Deeb a set of queens on the flop and to improve to a full house on the turn to eliminate Plesuv from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	545,000 265,000	265,000

Pavel Plesuv	Busted

Tags: Shaun Deeb Pavel Plesuv

07-07-2018 14:23 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts in Brasilia Blue & Silver

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AaronMcBride

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Daniels	545,000 95,000	95,000

Chris Da Silva	492,000 -5,000	-5,000
Chris Moorman	440,000 215,000	215,000

Phil Ivey	425,000 -55,000	-55,000

Cliff Josephy	400,000 80,000	80,000

Brian Yoon	303,000 18,000	18,000

Tom Hall	285,000 8,500	8,500
Kyle Julius	270,000 -5,000	-5,000

Christian Soto	230,000 15,000	15,000
Jake Cody	210,000 90,000	90,000

Juha Helppi	180,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tim Marsters	120,000 55,000	55,000
Keith Lehr	110,000 -110,000	-110,000

Leif Force	105,000 -75,000	-75,000

Jackie Glazier	80,000 -30,000	-30,000

Scott Clements	40,000 -40,000	-40,000

Benjamin Dobson	36,000 -29,000	-29,000

07-07-2018 14:23 UTC-8

Second Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The field size on Day 3 has been reduced to fewer than 2,000 hopefuls with 1,979 players still in contention according to the screens. They have been sent off into their second 20-minute break of the day, and some players may end up getting a minute or two fewer with the ongoing chip race of the T-100 denominations.