Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 4 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-08-2018 12:28 UTC-8

Josephy vs. Volpe

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Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

With the board reading , Paul Volpe bet out 53,000 from middle position and Cliff Josephy called in the cutoff.

The river landed the , and both players knuckled back.

Volpe revealed his for a busted flush and straight draw, and just ace-high. Josephy tabled his for queens-up, and he was pushed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	771,000 -94,000	-94,000

Cliff Josephy	740,000 235,000	235,000

Tags: Cliff Josephy Paul Volpe

07-08-2018 12:33 UTC-8

Teh Shoves on Loeser

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MrCleverFox

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Action was on the river with the board showing and Manig Loeser was first to act. With over 200,000 already in the pot, Loeser checked over to Natalie Teh, his only opponent. With a covering stack, Teh moved all in for about 235,000 effective. Loeser wasted no time letting go of his hand and Teh was able to take down the pot with no showdown, chipping up to over 900,000 while Loeser was left with just over 200,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Natalie Teh	905,000 488,000	488,000
Manig Loeser	235,000 -75,000	-75,000

Tags: Manig Loeser Natalie Teh

07-08-2018 12:35 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts from Orange Section

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mnuwwarah

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Green	1,200,000 320,000	320,000

Allen Cunningham	850,000 340,000	340,000

Drazen Ilich	750,000 117,000	117,000
Ray Henson	525,000 4,000	4,000
Sparrow Cheung	400,000 -50,000	-50,000
Billy Chattaway	400,000 145,000	145,000
Eugene Katchalov	360,000 -7,000	-7,000

Jessica Dawley	300,000 -155,000	-155,000

Matthew Smith	298,000 -170,000	-170,000
Theo Tran	220,000 -33,000	-33,000
Mina Greco	165,000 1,000	1,000
Andrew Watson	128,000 -319,000	-319,000

07-08-2018 12:37 UTC-8

941st-963rd Place Finishers

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Mickey Doft

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The following players earned $17,025 for their respective showings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Colpoys	Busted
Andrew Kaplan	Busted
Padraig O'Neill	Busted
Christopher Weber	Busted

Jason Loehrs	Busted
Raad Farida	Busted
Milos Skrbic	Busted
Stuart Elkin	Busted
Robert Markham	Busted
Brian Kim	Busted

Deon Chavon	Busted
Abdul Al Magableh	Busted
Oliver Rusing	Busted
Dennis Martin	Busted
Vladimir Geshkenbein	Busted
Markku Koplimmaa	Busted
William Firebaugh	Busted
Jen-Yue Chiang	Busted
Raymond Joll	Busted
Carlos Cordero	Busted
Naor Slobodskoy	Busted
Hoang Quach	Busted
Stoyan Obreshkov	Busted

07-08-2018 12:37 UTC-8

The Master Finds a Double

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Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Men "The Master" Nguyen opened to 22,000 before the big blind shoved from the big blind for 108,000. Nguyen called all in for 105,000, and the cards were revealed.

Nguyen:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Nguyen spiked a double to over 220,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Men Nguyen	223,000 148,000	148,000

Tags: Men Nguyen

07-08-2018 12:40 UTC-8

Hicks Takes from Zullo

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Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

From the cutoff, Eric Hicks opened to 20,000 and Mark Zullo called on the button as the flop landed .

Hicks continued for 25,000, and Zullo called as the turn fell the .

Hicks bet 35,000, and after a minute of deliberation, Zullo mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Hicks	1,290,000 -255,000	-255,000
Mark Zullo	1,090,000 -50,000	-50,000

Tags: Mark Zullo Eric Hicks

07-08-2018 12:40 UTC-8

Pillai Has the Blades

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mnuwwarah

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Shankar Pillai opened for 18,000 in middle position and called the three-bet shove of Jordan Siegel, who had about 100,000 on his left. Pillai had the goods with and Siegel was left shrugging in frustration and showing down . The board ran out and Pillai added to an already mountainous stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shankar Pillai	1,380,000 385,000	385,000

Jordan Siegel	Busted

Tags: Jordan Siegel Shankar Pillai

07-08-2018 12:41 UTC-8

Demers Doubles Through Josephy

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TKBluffs

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Cliff Josephy raised to 18,000 from middle position and Gionni Demers re-raised to 36,000 leaving himself just 6,000 behind. It folded back to Josephy who looked at Demers' stack. "I'm thinking about calling and then shoving the flop" joked Josephy.

That was not the case as Josephy moved all in and Demers threw his last 6,000 into the pot.

Gionni Demers:
Cliff Josephy:

The dealer spread the flop and Josephy picked up a gutshot straight draw. The turn and river improved Demers to aces and jacks and he doubled his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cliff Josephy	700,000 -40,000	-40,000

Gionni Demers	105,000 -32,000	-32,000

Tags: Cliff Josephy Gionni Demers

07-08-2018 12:45 UTC-8

Brown Cracks Kings to Survive

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TKBluffs

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

In the first hand back from break Rob Brown moved all in for about 120,000 holding but ran into . The board ran out and Brown rivered a straight to double up and stay alive.

First hand back from break shove 15bbs lowjack 88 into kings.... 743 6 5 runout full double 260k
— RBP (@RobBrownPro)

Tags: Rob Brown

07-08-2018 12:47 UTC-8

Kopp Eliminates Opponent

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tRaMSt0p

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The action folded to William Kopp in the hijack, and he raised to 17,000. Lumni Zhuta called next to act in the cutoff, as did Darren Elias on the button, and the player in the small blind.

The player in the big blind then moved all in for 156,000, and Kopp called as the three players in the middle all folded.

Kopp:
Opponent:

The dealer spread a board, and Kopp eliminated his opponent and surpassed the one-million chip mark.