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

Minkin Leaves Greco with Zero

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Mina Greco
Mina Greco

Kelly Minkin opened to 50,000 from early position and Mina Greco shoved all in for around 170,000 from the cutoff. The action was back on Minkin who made the call rather quickly.

Kelly Minkin: {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Mina Greco: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

The flop came {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Minkin hit one of her live cards twice to leave Greco in bad shape. The turn was the {a-Diamonds} to give Greco some hope, but the {6-Clubs} on the river spelled an end to Greco's run.

Player Chips Progress
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Kelly Minkin
3,685,000
510,000
510,000
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Mina Greco
Busted

Tags: Kelly MinkinMina Greco

Patel Doubles Through Pillai

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The board was down {2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades}, and Kunal Patel was on the button with all his chips in the middle being counted. The hand in front of him was pocket nines and his opponent Shankar Pillai was being made to sacrifice 525,000 from his stack after Patel secured a full double up during the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Shankar Pillai
1,500,000
-500,000
-500,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Kunal Patel
1,200,000
858,000
858,000

Tags: Kunal PatelShankar Pillai

A Reunion of Sorts

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Joe Cada - James Akenhead
Joe Cada - James Akenhead

It's been nine years since Joe Cada won the Main Event back in 2009 and while he earned the recognition and the glory after taking down Darvin Moon heads up, there was another player at the final table who is still left in the field as well. James Akenhead came 9th in 2009 taking home a prize of $1,263,602 for his run in the event while Cada took home $8,546,435 for winning.

And now, by the luck of the draw, the two are having a reunion of sorts except this time, Cada is the one with the short stack with just under 500,000 chips and Akenhead sits healthy with a stack of almost 2.4 million. The two are both seated just two seats away from eachother in the Amazon Orange section at table 525.

As players are already deep into this Main Event which has a massive field size, it is quite impressive to see these two once again, trading blows across the table as there is sure to be an interesting dynamic between them.

Player Chips Progress
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James Akenhead
2,385,000
198,000
198,000
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Joe Cada
495,000
-64,000
-64,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: James AkenheadJoe Cada

Shorr Picks Off Minkin

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Shannon Shorr
Shannon Shorr

Shannon Shorr and Kelly Minkin were heads up on the {8-Spades}{7-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts} board. Shorr checked and Minkin bet 125,000 into a main pot of over 300,000. Shorr called and the river was the {2-Spades}.

Shorr checked and Minkin threw out a bet of 250,000. Shorr quickly called and Minkin turned over {a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} for just ace high. Shorr tabled {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for eights and deuces to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Shannon Shorr
4,100,000
1,100,000
1,100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Kelly Minkin
3,300,000
-385,000
-385,000

Habib Clocked into Muck

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Noe Cantu opened early and called a three-bet to 200,000 from Ubaid Habib in the cutoff. The flop came {8-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades} and Cantu checked. Habib bet 150,000 and Cantu made it 450,000. He had about 700,000 back and Habib tanked a couple of minutes until a clock was called. He timed down until his hand was dead.

Player Chips Progress
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Ubaid Habib
2,840,000
-460,000
-460,000
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Noe Cantu
1,800,000
670,000
670,000

Tags: Noe CantuUbaid Habib

Balzano Eliminated; Macdonald More Than Doubles

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Paul Balzano opened and Loc Nguyen three-bet to 135,000. Thomas Macdonald called before Balzano four-bet all in for 381,000. Nguyen flat-called and Macdonald five-bet all in for 1,172,000.

Nguyen went into the tank, apologizing to his tablemates before making the call.

Loc Nguyen: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Paul Balzano: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Thomas Macdonald: {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}

Macdonald was in a commanding position to secure the double up. The flop came {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{4-Hearts} with Balzano calling for hearts. However, the {4-Clubs}{10-Spades} runout secured the double for Macdonald and sent Balzano to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Macdonald
2,750,000
1,499,000
1,499,000
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Loc Nguyen (TX)
325,000
-649,000
-649,000
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Paul Balzano
Busted

Tags: Loc NguyenPaul BalzanoThomas Macdonald

Albrinck Eliminated by Novotny

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

While it's unclear how all the money got in the middle and one what street, Brad Albrinck was all in and at risk against Tomas Novotny. Novotny had the covering stack and was holding {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} while Albrinck just had {A-Spades}{4-Hearts}. The board was showing {10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{A-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and while both player flopped a pair of aces, Novotny also flopped a second pair of nines. Albrinck never caught up and that meant he was sent to the rail while Novotny moved over one million chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Tomas Novotny
1,360,000
426,000
426,000
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Brad Albrinck
Busted

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289th - 310th Place Finishers

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Tom Cannuli
Tom Cannuli

The following players earned $37,705 for their efforts.

Player Chips Progress
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Tommy Townsend
Busted
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Beau Wilshire
Busted
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Brad Albrinck
Busted
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Paul Balzano
Busted
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Andrew Rose
Busted
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Barbara Enright
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Jake Schindler
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Mina Greco
Busted
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Sung Yi
Busted
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Tom Cannuli
Busted
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Chris Brand
Busted
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Matt Mercurio
Busted
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[Removed:297]
Busted
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Zakarya Wolgamott
Busted
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Johan De Graaff
Busted
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Mohamed Mokrani
Busted
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Christopher Fitzgerald
Busted
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Michael Bailey
Busted
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Richard Ali
Busted
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Sunil Verma
Busted
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Jimmy Fedorkevich
Busted
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Erwin Dewald
Busted