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

07-07-2018 16:40 UTC-8

Stacked Table

Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Kelly Minkin and Farukh Tach have been moved to the Amazon room, into the orange section. They have been drawn onto Table #500 which also features Nicholas Cushman and Daniel Ospina who have pretty big stacks already.

With Minkin and Tach joining them, it is expected that fireworks could happen on this table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Cushman	860,000 618,900	618,900
Farukh Tach	803,000 12,000	12,000
Daniel Ospina	700,000 368,800	368,800

Kelly Minkin	640,000 143,000	143,000

Tags: Daniel Ospina Farukh Tach Kelly Minkin Nicholas Cushman

07-07-2018 16:40 UTC-8

Greenblatt Flops a Straight Against Aces

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AaronMcBride

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Mitchell Greenblatt was heads-up to the flop, and his opponent got all his chips into the middle for a showdown.

Mitchell Greenblatt:
Opponent:

Greenblatt had flopped the straight and held as the board completed to score a knockout and move up to 710,000 in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mitchell Greenblatt	710,000 247,000	247,000

Tags: Mitchell Greenblatt

07-07-2018 16:42 UTC-8

Reilly Folds to Prendiville

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Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The player in early position had raised to 5,000 and was called by the player in mid-position. Nesrine Reilly three-bet to 25,000 from late position and then Sean Prendiville four-bet to 60,000 from the button. Only Reilly called.

The flop came , Reilly checked, and Prendiville shoved for 143,000 in total which had Reilly covered. Reilly tanked.

"Sorry..." Reilly said to her tablemates while she was going through her options in her head.

After about four to five minutes, the clock was called on her and the floor came over. The floor asked the dealer is she had had enough time to take a decision and Reilly herself confirmed that she did.

After 25 seconds, the floor started counting down and Reilly folded when the count was at zero.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Prendiville	280,000 155,000	155,000
Nesrine Reilly	74,000 -195,000	-195,000

Tags: Nesrine Reilly Sean Prendiville

07-07-2018 16:47 UTC-8

Loeser Wins One; Loses One

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Manig Loeser defended his big blind against the under-the-gun raise of Chris Da Silva and checked the flop, Da Silva checked back. On the turn, Loeser bet 10,000 and Da Silva raised to 26,000, which the German called. On the river, both players checked and Loeser showed to win the pot with kings and eights.

Loeser then three-bet an open-raise from 7,500 to 23,000 and was called by Nathan Henry in the big blind. The flop came and Henry check-called a bet of 16,000. The turn went check, check, and a bet of 25,000 on the river by Henry forced a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	440,000 -45,000	-45,000

Chris Da Silva	400,000 -92,000	-92,000
Nathan Henry	280,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Chris Da Silva Manig Loeser Nathan Henry

07-07-2018 16:47 UTC-8

Luca Versus Geilich

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Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Ivan Luca has been moved to the Amazon room and found himself seated with Ludovic Geilich.

The player in mid-position opened, Luca three-bet from the hijack, and Geilich four-bet to 45,000 from the button. The initial raiser folded and Luca called.

The flop came and Luca checked. Geilich bet 68,000 and Luca tanked. After about two or three minutes, Luca grabbed one stack of orange 5,000-value chips and added some more to it. Luca bet 169,000 in total. Geilich looked at his cards again and then folded.

"Queen-ten of hearts!" Geilich said to Luca!

Luca laughed while raking in the chips and then decided to flip over the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Luca	640,000 300,100	300,100

Ludovic Geilich	250,000 -82,000	-82,000

Tags: Ivan Luca Ludovic Geilich

07-07-2018 16:47 UTC-8

Elezra Sent to the Rail

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

On a flop of , Eli Elezra checked from the big blind to Guillaume Dupuy in middle position. Dupuy tossed in a bet of 9,000 and Elezra check-raised all in for a little over 90,000. Dupuy went into the tank and Elezra gave a little speech.

"Just let it go, I have you beat," he said. "They always call when I say that," he continued with a laugh.

Indeed Dupuy called and Elezra also had him beat. Elezra showed for two pair but Dupuy had outs with . The turn brought the and Dupuy made a straight to jump into the lead. The on the river bricked off and Elezra exited the tournament area just before players went on break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Dupuy	427,000 156,100	156,100
Eli Elezra	Busted

Tags: Eli Elezra Guillaume Dupuy

07-07-2018 16:48 UTC-8

Third Break of Day 2

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The third level of the day has come to an end with some 1,504 players remaining, and they have been sent into a 20-minute break.

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

07-07-2018 17:08 UTC-8

Outer Feature Table Line Ups

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The outer table features big stack Frank Flowers along with Daniel Tang and Shawn Daniels, while the table of Antonio Esfandiari and Daniel Alaei has been moved over to the secondary feature table for the upcoming fourth level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frankie Flowers	1,094,500 -30,500	-30,500
Shawn Daniels	565,000 75,000	75,000

Daniel Tang	511,500 225,500	225,500
Daniel Alaei	303,500 68,500	68,500

Antonio Esfandiari	112,500 -23,500	-23,500

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Daniel Alaei Daniel Tang Frank Flowers Shawn Daniels

07-07-2018 17:13 UTC-8

Bad Day at the Office for Liu

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

One table was still playing seven minutes into the last break and the completed board showed . William Hickey had checked in late position and Xuan Liu bet 15,000 on the button. Hickey check-raised to 100,000, essentially giving Liu the option to fold or continue with a short stack.

After some consideration, Liu called and Hickey turned over the for top set. Liu wanted to muck, and as per the all-in showdown rule, her was exposed.