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 Gets Rivered

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Martin Sejer opened to 85,000 from the hijack and Seth Foster three-bet to 310,000 from the small blind. Noe Cantu came along from the big blind and Sejer also called. The flop came {10-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and Foster led out for 1,100,000. Cantu quickly folded and Sejer called just as fast.

Seth Foster: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Martin Sejer: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Sejer was in the lead with his pair of queens and was poised for a double-up. The turn was the {4-Spades} but the river brought the {k-Diamonds}. Foster hit a pair of kings on the river and Sejer was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Seth Foster
2,700,000
1,075,000
1,075,000
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Noe Cantu
1,100,000
-500,000
-500,000
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Martin Sejer
Busted

Tags: Martin SejerNoe CantuSeth Foster

Bercovici Loses Some to Adams

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

On a {8-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{a-Spades} flop, Hari Bercovici check-called a bet of 180,000 out of the small blind from Steven Adams in the big blind. The turn was the {j-Hearts} and Bercovici bet 375,000. Adams called.

The river was the {3-Spades}. Bercovici checked and Adams bet 975,000. Bercovici quickly folded and Adams took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Hari Bercovici
5,650,000
-220,000
-220,000
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Steven Adams
4,000,000
425,000
425,000

Tags: Hari BercoviciSteven Adams

McDermott Doubles Through Cikinas

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

All the money was in preflop with Timothy McDermott at risk for 515,000 against Matas Cikinas who had him covered.

Timothy McDermott: {A-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Matas Cikinas: {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

"It's a flip, guys," McDermott said to his rail. "I like this part, I don't have to do anything."

The board ran out {K-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} and that gave McDermott a winning two pair, allowing him to double up through Cikinas who was left with just 640,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Timothy McDermott
1,100,000
435,000
435,000
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Matas Cikinas
640,000
-705,000
-705,000

Tags: Matas CikinasTimothy McDermott

Ramon Picks Off Lynskey

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Vicent Bosca Ramon bet 75,000 from the button on {6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{3-Spades} and Alexander Lynskey check-raised to 230,000 in the big blind. Ramon reraised back to 390,000 and Lynskey peeled, seeing the {7-Diamonds}. Both checked and the {j-Spades} arrived. Lynskey bet 525,000 and Ramon called but he didn't have to show anything down as Lynskey just mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Vicent Bosca Ramon
3,325,000
925,000
925,000
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Alex Lynskey
1,800,000
-1,000,000
-1,000,000

Tags: Alexander LynskeyVicent Bosca Ramon

Newport Eliminated by Fox

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Jorden Fox opened to 120,000 from early position and Volodymyr Drokin called on the button. With the action on Nick Newport in the small blind, he three-bet to 485,000.

The big blind folded, and Fox announced he was all in and placed a stack of lavender 100,000-denomination chips into the pot.

Drokin folded, and rather quickly, Newport called all in for roughly 2,240,000.

Fox: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}
Newport: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}

It was the typical tournament coinflip, and once the ESPN cameras had arrived, the dealer was given the go-ahead to spread the {5-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{10-Clubs} flop.

The turn landed the {J-Spades} to now see Newport needing to fade an ace, king, or queen to stay alive, but when the dealer dropped the {A-Diamonds} on the river, he would be eliminated in a pot that was close to 5 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Jorden Fox
5,800,000
500,000
500,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Volodymyr Drokin
1,100,000
-475,000
-475,000
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Nick Newport
Busted

Tags: Jorden FoxNick NewportVolodymyr Drokin

Cordell Doubles Through Blangenwitsch

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

With 600,000 in the pot, the dealer was running out the turn and river between Martial Blangenwitsch, under the gun, and Mike Cordell in middle position. Cordell held {a-Clubs}{k-Spades} and was crushing Blangenwitsch's {a-Spades}{8-Spades}, with the king kicker holding on a final board of {10-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{10-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Cordell
1,750,000
445,000
445,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Martial Blangenwitsch
1,640,000
-835,000
-835,000

Tags: Martial BlangenwitschMike Cordell

Yang Falls Leaving Only Two Women Standing

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

According to Artur Koren, he opened from middle position and he was called by Alexandre Reard in the hijack as well as Xi Yang in the cutoff.

The flop came down {8-}{7-}{6-} and action checked to Yang who bet 150,000. Action was back on Koren who made it 375,000 with a check-raise. Reard folded and Yang moved all in for about a million. Koren called quickly.

Artur Koren: {6-}{6-}
Xi Yang: {9-}{9-}

The board completed with the {A-} and the {6-} and that gave Koren quads to eliminated Yang, leaving Kelly Minkin and Natalie Teh as the last two women alive in this year's Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
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Artur Koren
3,650,000
1,415,000
1,415,000
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Xi Yang
Busted

Tags: Alexandre ReardArtur KorenKelly MinkinNatalie TehXi Yang

Williams Wins it Versus Maeroff

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Cory Williams opened the action on the button with a raise to 85,000 and Jason Maeroff three-bet in the small blind to 250,000. Williams made the call, and the flop came down {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. Maeroff bet 375,000 and Williams responded by raising to 935,000.

Maeroff thought for a minute before asking for a count of the bet. Once it was verified, he decided to let his hand go.

Firefighter Williams, who qualified for the Main Event via a $500 satellite, moved up to 2.2 million.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Tang
2,700,000
200,000
200,000
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Seth Foster
2,600,000
-100,000
-100,000
Profile photo of Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
2,400,000
-200,000
-200,000
WSOP 3X Winner
StakeKings
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Cory Williams
2,200,000
880,000
880,000
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Bas De Laat
1,600,000
-265,000
-265,000
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Noe Cantu
945,000
-155,000
-155,000
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Jason Maeroff
560,000
-1,640,000
-1,640,000

Tags: Cory WilliamsJason Maeroff