Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 5 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-09-2018 19:21 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Lybaert	9,300,000 -200,000	-200,000
Frederik Brink	7,150,000 150,000	150,000
Brian Yoon	6,900,000 1,315,000	1,315,000

Paulo Goncalves	6,400,000 180,000	180,000
Nirath Rean	5,700,000 -600,000	-600,000
Thomas Macdonald	4,750,000 480,000	480,000
Roger Lussier	4,000,000 -660,000	-660,000
Artur Koren	3,560,000 -90,000	-90,000
Sharukh Shaw	2,900,000 -1,570,000	-1,570,000
Brian Altman	2,700,000 -180,000	-180,000
Jared Palmer	2,600,000 -205,000	-205,000
Matt Sabia	2,500,000 -565,000	-565,000
Vicent Bosca Ramon	2,500,000 -825,000	-825,000
Franklin Azevedo	1,800,000 -200,000	-200,000
Sylvain Loosli	1,700,000 500,000	500,000

Alex Lynskey	1,700,000 -15,000	-15,000
Michael Feil	1,650,000 570,000	570,000
Nils Tolpingrud	1,600,000 640,000	640,000
Ralph Massey	1,475,000 120,000	120,000
Richard Robinson	1,400,000 25,000	25,000
Jordan Cristos	1,350,000 160,000	160,000
Ryan Phan	1,350,000 -500,000	-500,000
Adam Rude	1,200,000 -620,000	-620,000
Scott Davies	565,000 -255,000	-255,000

Chun Wins Off Da-Silva

tRaMSt0p

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Alexander Ziskin opened to 115,000 from early position and Chris Da-Silva called from the hijack. The action was on Philip Chun on the button, and he three-bet to 385,000 total.

Ziskin folded, but Da-Silva called as the flop landed and Da-Silva checked.

Chun bet out 335,000, and Da-Silva deliberated for several minutes before eventually finding a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Chun	5,700,000 2,900,000	2,900,000
Alexander Ziskin	4,700,000 440,000	440,000
Chris Da-Silva	3,350,000 -450,000	-450,000

Tags: Alexander Ziskin Chris Da-Silva Philip Chun

07-09-2018 19:28 UTC-8

Mosbock Takes From Minkin

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AaronMcBride

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Kelly Minkin raised from middle position and Mario Mosbock defended his big blind. Mosbock then check-called a bet on the flop before he again called a bet from Minkin on the turn, this time for 365,000.

When the river came the both players checked and Mosbock, who has played professional soccer in Austria, took the pot at showdown with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelly Minkin	2,700,000 -700,000	-700,000
Mario Mosbock	2,700,000 700,000	700,000

Tags: Kelly Minkin Mario Mosbock

07-09-2018 19:28 UTC-8

A Few More Updated Chip Counts

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Mickey Doft

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cole Miller	4,900,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Randall Lack	4,700,000 -1,300,000	-1,300,000
Mark Stockton	3,900,000 1,810,000	1,810,000
Ognjen Sekularac	3,800,000 565,000	565,000
Steven Federspiel	3,350,000 1,920,000	1,920,000
Clayton Fletcher	3,300,000 -150,000	-150,000
Tony Miles	3,080,000 80,000	80,000
Peter Nguyen	1,600,000
Nicolas Manion	1,210,000 -185,000	-185,000

Brent Ballentine	1,100,000 -515,000	-515,000

07-09-2018 19:30 UTC-8

Drokin Doubles Through Bell

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mnuwwarah

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Volodymyr Drokin got his stack of 335,000 in on the button with and was in need of a hold against held by small blind Kerry Bell. The board ran out , no help to Bell.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kerry Bell	3,175,000 -1,275,000	-1,275,000
Volodymyr Drokin	765,000 -335,000	-335,000

Tags: Kerry Bell Volodymyr Drokin

07-09-2018 19:30 UTC-8

Xi Doubles Through Beylin

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MrCleverFox

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

All the money went in preflop with Ming Xi all in and at risk against Konstantin Beylin for 490,000.

Ming Xi:
Konstantin Beylin:

The board ran out and that gave Xi the winning pair of aces and allowed him to double to over one million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Beylin	3,890,000 640,000	640,000
Ming Xi	1,010,000 570,000	570,000

Tags: Konstantin Beylin Ming Xi

07-09-2018 19:30 UTC-8

Ved Getting Short

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Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Kartik Ved raised to 100,000 from under the gun and Rifat Palevic defended his big blind. Palevic check-called a bet of 100,000 on the flop and the turn was the . Both players checked and the river was the . Palevic bet 260,000 and Ved called.

Palevic showed for two pair and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rifat Palevic	4,700,000 560,000	560,000

Kartik Ved	450,000 -350,000	-350,000

Tags: Kartik Ved Rifat Palevic

07-09-2018 19:31 UTC-8

Esfandiari's 2018 Main Event Comes to an End

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Adam Lamers

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Antonio Esfandiari opened to 115,000 in the hijack and Bas De Laat flat-called on the button. The two players went heads-up to a flop of . Esfandiari led out for 135,000 and De Laat raised to 345,000. Esfandiari called to see the on the turn.

Esfandiari checked this time and De Laat slid in a bet of 415,000. Esfandiari thought for a minute and moved all in for around 1,500,000. De Laat instantly called and Esfandiari got the bad news.

De Laat tabled for a set of fours and Esfandiari was drawing dead with . The chips were verified and it was confirmed that De Laat had Esfandiari covered. The cameras followed him out the door as 'The Magician' saw his 2018 Main Event hopes come to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bas De Laat	4,320,000 3,020,000	3,020,000
Antonio Esfandiari	Busted

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Bas De Laat

07-09-2018 19:32 UTC-8

Kepper Eliminated by Haro

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Mickey Doft

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Alexander Haro raised from early position, Eric Kepper reraised all in for 740,000 from middle position, and Haro called with , slightly trailing Kepper's .

The board ran out , giving Haro a pair of kings to eliminate Kepper.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Haro	5,550,000 265,000	265,000
Eric Kepper	Busted

Tags: Alexander Haro Eric Kepper

07-09-2018 19:33 UTC-8

Hobrecker Eliminated by Obst

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tRaMSt0p

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

With around 400,000 in the middle and the flop reading , James Obst checked over to Jeff Hobrecker who bet 310,000.

Obst responded with a check-raise all in for close to 2,000,000, and after a lengthy period in the think-tank, Hobrecker called all in for his 1,080,000 total.

Obst:
Hobrecker:

Hobrecker was in the lead, but at risk against Obst's pair and flush draw.

The turn landed the to improve Obst to two pair, and when the river landed the , Hobrecker was eliminated from the Main Event.