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

Sejer Sends Varano to the Rail

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

A short-stacked Paul Varano got his last 225,000-or-so chips in against a raise by Martin Sejer and the Dane snap-called to create the following showdown.

Paul Varano: {A-Clubs}{3-Clubs}
Martin Sejer: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}

"Queen on the flop!" one player at the table joked, but instead it came {J-Spades}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts} to give Varano a gutshot. The {10-Hearts} on the turn and the {K-Clubs} on the river failed to improve Varano and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Martin Sejer dk
Martin Sejer
1,600,000
1,036,000
1,036,000
Profile photo of Paul Varano us
Paul Varano
Busted

Tags: Martin SejerPaul Varano

Updated Chip Counts from Amazon Orange

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
2,700,000
920,000
920,000
Profile photo of Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai
2,600,000
700,000
700,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
2,400,000
850,000
850,000
Profile photo of Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
1,820,000
270,000
270,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Nirath Rean us
Nirath Rean
1,800,000
-500,000
-500,000
Profile photo of Michael Lavenburg us
Michael Lavenburg
1,320,000
-1,260,000
-1,260,000
Profile photo of Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
1,300,000
400,000
400,000
Profile photo of Justin Harvell us
Justin Harvell
1,000,000
250,000
250,000
Profile photo of Dennis Wilke de
Dennis Wilke
975,000
-1,125,000
-1,125,000
Profile photo of Michael Haddad us
Michael Haddad
950,000
280,000
280,000
Profile photo of Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
900,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Loc Nguyen (TX) us
Loc Nguyen (TX)
700,000
-285,000
-285,000
Profile photo of Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
620,000
-70,000
-70,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of William Tonking us
William Tonking
600,000
210,000
210,000
Profile photo of Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
354,000
-11,000
-11,000
Profile photo of Cash Carpenter us
Cash Carpenter
295,000
15,000
15,000

Updated Counts

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alex Livingston ca
Alex Livingston
2,350,000
1,970,000
1,970,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of James Obst au
James Obst
1,975,000
75,000
75,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Ema Zajmovic ba
Ema Zajmovic
1,620,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
1,365,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
1,265,000
645,000
645,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Jake Schwartz us
Jake Schwartz
1,170,000
350,000
350,000
Profile photo of Samuel Bernabeu es
Samuel Bernabeu
1,095,000
45,000
45,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gal Yifrach us
Gal Yifrach
525,000
-75,000
-75,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jake Schindler us
Jake Schindler
452,000
-118,000
-118,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Dong Kim Doubles with Trips

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Dong Kim
Dong Kim

On a board of {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}, the small blind moved all in, and Dong Kim called all in from the big blind for 132,000.

Kim: {A-Spades}{8-Spades}
Opponent: {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs}

The river landed the {3-Clubs}, and Kim secured the double to over 400,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dong Kim us
Dong Kim
410,000
229,000
229,000

Tags: Dong Kim

Assorted Counts From Amazon Orange

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chris Da-Silva gb
Chris Da-Silva
3,105,000
-648,000
-648,000
Profile photo of Alexander Gross us
Alexander Gross
2,270,000
-30,000
-30,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Hilton us
Jonathan Hilton
2,075,000
-325,000
-325,000
Profile photo of Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
1,820,000
-180,000
-180,000
WSOP 3X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Noe Cantu us
Noe Cantu
1,530,000
-320,000
-320,000
Profile photo of Vi Do us
Vi Do
1,520,000
420,000
420,000
Profile photo of Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
1,370,000
470,000
470,000
Profile photo of Michael Lavenburg us
Michael Lavenburg
1,300,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
1,300,000
35,000
35,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Ospina co
Daniel Ospina
1,140,000
640,000
640,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shigeho Yoshioka jp
Shigeho Yoshioka
1,120,000
-480,000
-480,000
Profile photo of Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
980,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu
900,000
-120,000
-120,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Jukich us
Mike Jukich
750,000
-150,000
-150,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Adam Levy us
Adam Levy
530,000
80,000
80,000
StakeKings
Profile photo of Gregory Perry us
Gregory Perry
502,000
97,000
97,000
Profile photo of Barbara Enright us
Barbara Enright
270,000
-90,000
-90,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Paulo Goncalves br
Paulo Goncalves
250,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Pedro Correa br
Pedro Correa
150,000
-440,000
-440,000

Haro Eliminates Elias to Vault to the Top

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Darren Elias
Darren Elias

Alexander Haro is now sitting behind a mountain of chips and he filled us in on just how he acquired them. According to Haro he raised to 35,000 and Darren Elias re-raised to 110,000 from the button. Haro called and they went heads up to the {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Hearts} flop.

Haro check-called a bet of 90,000 from Elias and the turn was the {4-Diamonds}. Haro led out with a bet of 200,000 and Elias called.

The river was the {7-Clubs} and Haro moved all in covering Elias who had 550,000 behind. Elias called showing {k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a straight but Haro showed {6-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for a rivered flush.

Elias was eliminated and Haro now finds himself at the top of the chip counts with less than one level of play left in the night.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alexander Haro us
Alexander Haro
4,625,000
3,065,000
3,065,000
Profile photo of Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
Busted

Tags: Alex HaroDarren Elias

Pileggi Doubles Through Josephy

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Following a flop of {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}, Larry Pileggi was all in for 358,000 with {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} from middle position against Cliff Josephy in the big blind with {A-Spades}{8-Clubs}.

The {J-Spades} turn and {9-Spades} river completed the board, giving Pileggi Broadway to double through Josephy.

Player Chips Progress
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Cliff Josephy
1,720,000
-345,000
-345,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Larry Pileggi us
Larry Pileggi
960,000
495,000
495,000

Tags: Cliff JosephyLarry Pileggi

Kitai Shoves Into Aces

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Davidi Kitai
Davidi Kitai

Davidi Kitai opened to 35,000 from under the gun and Tony Miles three-bet to 115,000 just a couple of seats over. The action folded back to Kitai who four-bet jammed all in for around 350,000. Miles snapped him off and it was for good reason.

Tony Miles: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Davidi Kitai: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came {6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and Miles was still well out front with his pocket aces. The {3-Hearts} on the turn meant Kitai was drawing to one of two tens in the deck. The river brought the {9-Spades} and the table all gasped as they thought it was a ten. Unfortunately for Kitai, it was not and he was sent to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
1,890,000
890,000
890,000
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Davidi Kitai
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Davidi KitaiTony Miles

Chip Counts From Amazon Purple; Jeckeln Jumps Ahead

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andres Jeckeln ar
Andres Jeckeln
4,800,000
900,000
900,000
Profile photo of Peter Campo us
Peter Campo
3,000,000
1,250,000
1,250,000
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
2,400,000
1,330,000
1,330,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Martijn Gerrits nl
Martijn Gerrits
2,100,000
450,000
450,000
Profile photo of Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
1,300,000
465,000
465,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Cory Albertson us
Cory Albertson
1,250,000
490,000
490,000
Profile photo of Carter Swidler ca
Carter Swidler
1,180,000
-14,000
-14,000
Profile photo of Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
1,140,000
414,000
414,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brad Albrinck us
Brad Albrinck
1,050,000
770,000
770,000
Profile photo of Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
980,000
180,000
180,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Plens ca
Jonathan Plens
780,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Bruno Politano br
Bruno Politano
700,000
295,000
295,000