2018 World Series of Poker

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

Orange Amazon Chip Counts

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Krasimir Yankov bg
Krasimir Yankov
910,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Kaylen Lebaron us
Kaylen Lebaron
910,000
-60,000
-60,000
Profile photo of Nicholas Cushman us
Nicholas Cushman
840,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Smain Mamouni fr
Smain Mamouni
650,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Kelly Minkin us
Kelly Minkin
600,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
555,000
75,000
75,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
530,000
44,000
44,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Arne Ruge de
Arne Ruge
494,000
-12,000
-12,000
Profile photo of Robert Hankins us
Robert Hankins
480,000
249,500
249,500
Profile photo of Nicholas Dashineau us
Nicholas Dashineau
416,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
374,000
-6,000
-6,000
Profile photo of Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
320,000
160,000
160,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Fraser MacIntyre gb
Fraser MacIntyre
285,000
-85,000
-85,000
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
285,000
37,000
37,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jake Schindler us
Jake Schindler
282,000
177,000
177,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
265,000
-22,000
-22,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Juan Ramirez us
Juan Ramirez
242,000
41,900
41,900
Profile photo of Stoyan Obreshkov bg
Stoyan Obreshkov
240,000
-110,000
-110,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Allen Cunningham us
Allen Cunningham
230,000
-33,000
-33,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Dong Kim us
Dong Kim
230,000
-45,000
-45,000
Profile photo of Tom Hall gb
Tom Hall
200,000
-70,000
-70,000
Profile photo of Aymon Hata gb
Aymon Hata
102,000
-43,000
-43,000
Profile photo of Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
92,500
40,500
40,500
Profile photo of Ladislav Cerveny sk
Ladislav Cerveny
83,000
3,000
3,000

Shorr Gets a Five-Bet Through

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The action folded to the cutoff who opened with a raise to 12,000. Shannon Shorr was in the small blind and three-bet to 38,500. With the action back on the cutoff, he pushed forward a four-bet to 107,000.

Shorr went into the tank for a bit before announcing a five-bet shove all in, putting his opponent to the test for his remaining 245,000 chips. He quickly elected to fold and Shorr dragged in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
670,000
240,000
240,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Shannon Shorr

Iodice Takes One from Rettenmaier

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The player in middle position opened to 13,000. Marvin Rettenmaier, on the cutoff, called, along with Marco Iodice in the small blind.

The flop came {q-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs}. The original raiser bet 15,000. Rettenmaier and Iodice called.

The turn brought the {8-Hearts}. The original raiser checked. Rettenmaier fired 38500. Iodice called. The original raiser folded.

The {4-Clubs} river completed the board. Both players opted to check. Iodice showed {2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} for a set and Rettenmaier sent his hand to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Marco Iodice it
Marco Iodice
340,000
Profile photo of Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
160,000
-190,000
-190,000

Tags: Marco IodiceMarvin Rettenmaier

Elias Making Use of His Short Stack

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Just after the dinner break, Darren Elias was sitting on a stack of under 60,000 and was in danger of being eliminated before reaching the money. However, after one double-up, Elias opened to 11,000 from early position. The action folded to the big blind who jammed all in for around 45,000 and Elias called.

Darren Elias: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Opponent: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

The flop came {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{8-Spades} and Elias took the lead with a pair of aces. The {k-Hearts} came on the turn and the {10-Spades} on the river, giving Elias the best hand and sending his opponent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
136,000
41,000
41,000

Tags: Darren Elias

Flush For Cabrera

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

David Cabrera raised from early position and Matt Mercurio defended his big blind. Mercurio check-called a bet on the {5-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{7-Spades} flop, and both players checked on the {2-Hearts} turn.

The river was the {q-Hearts} and Mercurio checked once more. Cabrera fired for 37,500 and Mercurio gave himself a minute to think before he called.

"Flush," said Cabrera, as he revealed {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, and Mercurio mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Cabrera es
David Cabrera
660,000
210,000
210,000
Profile photo of Matt Mercurio us
Matt Mercurio
270,000
-148,000
-148,000

Tags: David CabreraMatt Mercurio

Volpe Calls a Bluff

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Paul Volpe
Paul Volpe

Three-time bracelet winner Paul Volpe checked from the big blind on a flop of {J-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and a player in middle position bet 7,000. Volpe check-raised to 22,000 and his opponent called.

The {10-Spades} fell on the turn and Volpe check-called a bet of 40,000 from the middle-position player.

The river brought the {6-Clubs} and Volpe checked. His opponent bet 125,000, and after a bit of time in the tank, Volpe called. He tabled {7-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and took the pot with his flush against his opponent's {K-Hearts}{9-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
750,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Paul Volpe

No Church in the Wild

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey

On a board of {5-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{7-Clubs} with roughly 60,000 in the middle, Phil Ivey checked from the hijack over to his opponent Naor Slobodskoy on the button.

Slobodskoy bet out 24,000, and Ivey called as the river landed the {10-Spades}.

Ivey now led for 60,000, and after a few moments, Slobodskoy slid out two stacks of orange 5,000-denomination chips for a raise to 200,000.

Immediately, Ivey shot him a stare like he was looking deep into his soul for an answer.

Ivey continued to riffle chips in his right hand as his trademark open-mouth blank stare followed.

A crowd of spectators and ESPN cameras had gathered around the table to sweat Ivey's decision, and for the 10-time WSOP bracelet winner, he continually traded glances between Slobodskoy and into blank space.

Several minutes went by, and Ivey removed his headphones and continued looking at Slobodskoy who had remained motionless the entire time since he slid out the raise.

Ivey continued to search for an answer, and with a multitude of camera crews now surrounding his table, Ivey slowly pushed his cards to the muck.

Slobodskoy reached forward to pull back his 200,000 raise, and Ivey tapped the table and acknowledged Slobodskoy as the pot was pushed to Slobodskoy, and the players at the table returned to normal play as the surrounding media vacated the area.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Naor Slobodskoy il
Naor Slobodskoy
750,000
503,600
503,600
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
351,500
-83,500
-83,500
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Naor SlobodskoyPhil Ivey

More Amazon Purple Chip Counts

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of In Sun Geoum us
In Sun Geoum
1,400,000
-50,000
-50,000
Profile photo of Julius Malzanini de
Julius Malzanini
1,300,000
182,000
182,000
Profile photo of Samuel Bernabeu es
Samuel Bernabeu
1,100,000
-14,000
-14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of John Cynn us
John Cynn
950,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
680,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu
635,000
-60,000
-60,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of William Kopp us
William Kopp
620,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Gooch us
Jason Gooch
600,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
565,000
-75,000
-75,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alan Cutler us
Alan Cutler
485,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Shawn Daniels us
Shawn Daniels
449,000
-116,000
-116,000
Day 2AB Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Lee Markholt us
Lee Markholt
395,000
-41,000
-41,000
Profile photo of Ian Johns us
Ian Johns
340,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
280,000
18,000
18,000
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
226,000
81,000
81,000
Profile photo of Jordan Spurlin us
Jordan Spurlin
155,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
155,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Mina Greco us
Mina Greco
155,000
-50,000
-50,000
Profile photo of Ferenc Deak hu
Ferenc Deak
Busted

New Arrivals in Amazon Tan; Beylin Busts Lieu

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Amal Bounahra won a pot off Brian Yoon after betting the river of a board {Q-Spades}{J-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{J-Hearts} for 45,000 in late position and forcing a fold from Yoon in the cutoff.

One table over from Yoon is another new face in the Amazon Tan section in Katie Stone, who just lost a medium-size pot. It started with a raise from under the gun and Stone eventually called a bet of 30,000 on the river of a board {K-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. Her opponent turned over {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds} for top two and Stone mucked the {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}.

Last but not least, Konstantin Beylin called the shove of Paul Lieu for around 55,000 with the {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and Lieu turned over {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}. The {Q-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{2-Spades} flop favored Lieu, but the {3-Spades} turn and {7-Hearts} river runout gave Beylin a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Konstantin Beylin us
Konstantin Beylin
720,000
160,000
160,000
Profile photo of Brian Yoon us
Brian Yoon
640,000
210,000
210,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Amal Bounahra us
Amal Bounahra
530,000
205,000
205,000
Profile photo of Eric Wasylenko ca
Eric Wasylenko
420,000
-27,000
-27,000
Profile photo of Frederik Brink dk
Frederik Brink
260,000
260,000
260,000
Profile photo of Katie Stone us
Katie Stone
155,000
-133,000
-133,000
Profile photo of Paul Lieu us
Paul Lieu
Busted

Tags: Amal BounahraBrian YoonKatie StoneKonstantin BeylinPaul Lieu

Malzanini Slips

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Julius Malzanini
Julius Malzanini

Julius Malzanini opened to 11,000 from middle position, the player on the button called, and William Kopp called from the big blind.

The flop came down {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Kopp checked to Malzanini who continued for 12,000. The button called and Kopp folded.

The turn was the {2-Hearts} and both players checked.

The river was the {4-Hearts}, Malzanini bet 38,000, and his opponent called.

Malzanini showed {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}, but his opponent showed {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Julius Malzanini de
Julius Malzanini
1,230,000
-70,000
-70,000
Profile photo of William Kopp us
William Kopp
610,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Julius MalzaniniWilliam Kopp