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

07-07-2018 18:33 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Cory Albertson	1,335,000 135,000	135,000
Jeffrey Benhart	910,000 157,000	157,000
Eric Hicks	845,000 -45,000	-45,000
Eric Froehlich	775,000 462,600	462,600

Ben Yu	680,000 -23,000	-23,000

Sparrow Cheung	535,000 535,000	535,000
Eugene Katchalov	390,000 147,600	147,600

Ema Zajmovic	360,000 10,000	10,000
Joe Kuether	320,000 288,000	288,000
Lacey Jones	280,000 -50,000	-50,000
Jordan Young	280,000 10,000	10,000
Jack Peterson	266,000 1,000	1,000
Chip Jett	245,000 75,000	75,000
Eric Blair	240,000 60,000	60,000
Allan Le	200,000 -10,000	-10,000

Jordan Cristos	170,000 -65,000	-65,000
Men Nguyen	165,000 60,000	60,000

Nick DiVella	95,000 -75,000	-75,000
Michael Tran	75,000 31,400	31,400
Anthony Zinno	60,000 -10,000	-10,000

Some Orange Amazon Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	658,000 328,000	328,000

Jan Mach	648,000 180,000	180,000
Jeff Trudeau	575,000 159,000	159,000
Ivan Luca	555,000 -85,000	-85,000

Ludovic Geilich	504,000 254,000	254,000
Uri Reichenstein	490,000 40,000	40,000
Kyle Julius	322,000 -3,000	-3,000

Steven Buckner	317,000 257,300	257,300
Pedro Correa	300,000 45,000	45,000
Ralph Massey	290,000 186,000	186,000
Cliff Josephy	280,000 -55,000	-55,000

Jonathan Tamayo	204,000 -146,000	-146,000

Joao Vieira	200,000 162,000	162,000

07-07-2018 18:34 UTC-8

Hicks Building

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Sandra Barbour

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

Eric Hicks raised to 10,000 from the button. The player in the big blind called.

The dealer spread a flop of . The big blind checked. Hicks bet 10,000. The big blind called. The turn was the . The big blind checked again and Hicks continued for 20,000. The big blind check-called. The river filled up the board and the big blind checked a third time. Hicks moved all in for around 840,000. His opponent gave up his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Hicks	900,000 55,000	55,000

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07-07-2018 18:35 UTC-8

A Few More Amazon Purple Chip Counts

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Mickey Doft

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

In Sun Geoum is up to about 1.5 million, having just picked up pocket aces and eliminating an opponent who held pocket kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
In Sun Geoum	1,450,000 1,080,500	1,080,500
Julius Malzanini	1,300,000 1,196,800	1,196,800
Alexandro Tricarico	950,000 773,400	773,400
John Cynn	930,000 791,100	791,100

Johannes Becker	670,000 380,500	380,500

Jason Gooch	590,000 265,000	265,000
Chino Rheem	560,000 225,000	225,000
William Kopp	540,000 227,900	227,900

Adam Levy	520,000 320,000	320,000

Per Hildebrand	480,000
Lee Markholt	436,000 21,000	21,000
Ian Johns	350,000 294,600	294,600

Ryan Van Sanford	335,000 100,000	100,000
Ferenc Deak	280,000 -212,000	-212,000
Todd Brunson	185,000 -95,000	-95,000

Joe Cada	165,000 -30,000	-30,000

Darren Elias	95,000 35,000	35,000

07-07-2018 18:35 UTC-8

Esfandiari Builds Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Over on the secondary feature table, Antonio Esfandiari raised to 10,000 and Lars Gronning called. Gronning check-called bets of 8,500 on the flop and 14,500 on the turn. The fell on the river and Gronning check-called another 38,500 before mucking immediately when Esfandiari rolled over the for a straight.

Over on the outer table, Yoon Kim and Daniel Tang tangled in a bigger pot and the board showed . Kim checked and Tang made it 69,000 to go. Eventually, the clock was called on Kim and he folded after being given 30 seconds to make a decision.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frankie Flowers	1,250,000 -51,000	-51,000
Yoon Kim	460,000 241,300	241,300
Daniel Tang	380,000 -131,500	-131,500
Antonio Esfandiari	360,000 247,500	247,500

Lars Gronning	326,000 -29,000	-29,000
Daniel Alaei	275,000 -28,500	-28,500

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Daniel Tang Lars Gronning Yoon Kim

07-07-2018 18:37 UTC-8

Chattaway Can't Win Against Aces

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Shirley Ang

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

Billy Chattaway raised to 9,000 from the under-the-gun position and was called by the player in the small blind.

They both checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. The small blind bet 10,000 and Chattaway called.

The river completed the board with the on which they both checked again. The player in the small blind tabled and Chattaway mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Billy Chattaway	320,000 10,000	10,000

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07-07-2018 18:41 UTC-8

Kling Doubles

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

Action folded around to Lauren Kling in the cutoff and she jammed for 37,500. After verifying the bet, the big blind called to put Kling at risk.

Lauren Kling:
Big blind:

Kling had the advantage with the bigger of the two pocket pairs and the big blind needed to improve to stack her. The board ran out and Kling took the pot with fives full of jacks to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauren Kling	82,000 46,500	46,500

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07-07-2018 18:43 UTC-8

Zoughari Takes it on the Turn

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Sandra Barbour

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

Moundir Zoughari raised to 8,000 from the hijack. The player in the small blind and the big blind called.

A flop reading was dealt and checked through to the turn. The blinds checked again. Zoughari threw in a bet of 17,000, and that was enough to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Moundir Zoughari	940,000 577,700	577,700

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07-07-2018 18:48 UTC-8

Bicknell Folds to Cabrera

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AaronMcBride

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

David Cabrera raised from middle position, and Kristen Bicknell defended her big blind. The flop came down , and Bicknell check-called an 11,000 bet from Cabrera. The turn was the and Bicknell again checked and saw Cabrera fire 33,000.

Bicknell had to think through her decision for a couple of minutes, but ultimately she decided to sacrifice the pot to Cabrera.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Cabrera	450,000 -33,800	-33,800
Kristen Bicknell	170,000 -78,000	-78,000

Tags: David Cabrera Kristen Bicknell

07-07-2018 18:49 UTC-8

Bernabeu Takes from Kelsall

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Adam Lamers

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

The action was folded around to Andrew Kelsall in the small blind who raised it up to 13,000. Samuel Bernabeu called from the big blind and the dealer fanned a flop of .

Both players checked to the on the turn and Kelsall led out for 12,500. Bernabeu called and the completed the board. Kelsall fired another 27,000 and Bernabeu thought for a minute before calling. Kelsall tossed his cards to the muck and Bernabeu didn't have to show his cards to be awarded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Bernabeu	1,215,000 80,000	80,000

Andrew Kelsall	326,000 -74,000	-74,000

Tags: Andrew Kelsall Samuel Bernabeu