Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 6 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-10-2018 19:57 UTC-8

Saechao Breaches 20 Million with a Five-Bet Against Rean

MrCleverFox

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

From the hijack seat, Nirath Rean opened with a raise to 350,000. Kao Saechao was next to act and he three-bet and made it 1,250,000. Action folded back to Rean who decided it was time to four-bet. He made it 3,350,000. With action back on Saechao he made it five-bets, raising to 8,800,000.

Rean and Saechao stared down each other, sitting right next to one another, both donning shades. After a few minutes in the tank, Rean opted to fold, letting go of his hand and the chip lead at his table, dropping to 15,200,000 while Saechao moved over 20,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kao Saechao	20,800,000 5,830,000	5,830,000
Nirath Rean	15,200,000 -3,400,000	-3,400,000

Tags: Kao Saechao Nirath Rean

07-10-2018 20:01 UTC-8

Cada Doubles With Pocket Nines

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AaronMcBride

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Alexander Haro raised to 350,000 from early position, and Xa Zhu called in the cutoff. Joe Cada was on the button and moved all in for 3.5m. Haro called, and Zhu got out the way.

Alexander Haro:
Joe Cada:

Board:

Cada held the advantage preflop, and the board was no help to Haro. 2009 Main Event Champion Cada doubled up to 7.9m and continues his run in this year's event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Cada	7,900,000 3,955,000	3,955,000

Alexander Haro	4,000,000 -3,485,000	-3,485,000

07-10-2018 20:02 UTC-8

Randall Lack Eliminated in 44th Place ($189,165)

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Mickey Doft

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Alex Lynskey opened to 325,000 from early position, Randall Lack called from the cutoff and Nicolas Manion called from the big blind.

The flop came down and action checked to Lack who bet 650,000. Manion called and Lynskey folded.

The turn was the , Manion checked and Lack shoved for 3,725,000.

"Why so much?" asked Manion, as he leaned back in his chair. After about 30 seconds, Manion called.

Lack showed for king-queen high, while Manion tabled for a pair of jacks.

"Good call, man" said Lack.

The river was the , ending Lack's Main Event in 44th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Manion	15,200,000 4,700,000	4,700,000

Randall Lack	Busted

Tags: Alex Lynskey Nicolas Manion Randall Lack

07-10-2018 20:05 UTC-8

Bernabeu Doubles Through Xi

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Will Shillibier

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Nishant Sharma raised to 350,000 from the hijack and Ming Xi called on the button. Samuel Bernabeu defended his big blind and the flop came .

Bernabeu checked to Sharma who continued for 425,000. Xi called and Bernabeu check-raised to 1,280,000. Sharma folded and Xi then re-raised to 2,525,000. Bernabeu moved all in for 3,665,000 and Xi called.

Samuel Bernabeu:
Ming Xi:

The turn gave Xi extra straight outs to bust Bernabeu, but the river was the and Bernabeu secured his double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Bernabeu	8,800,000 4,900,000	4,900,000

Ming Xi	8,150,000 -4,475,000	-4,475,000

Tags: Ming Xi Nishant Sharma Samuel Bernabeu

07-10-2018 20:05 UTC-8

Jeckeln Wins One; Another Pot for Trudeau

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Artem Metalidi raised to 350,000 first to act and Andres Jeckeln called in the hijack, as did Sylvain Loosli in the big blind. The flop of and the turn were checked through. On the river, action checked to Labat and his bet of 500,000 forced two folds.

One hand later, Jeff Trudeau raised to 325,000 and Antoine Labat called in the hijack, as did Loosli and Metalidi in the blinds. A flop of was checked to Trudeau and he made it 575,000 to go. Only Loosli called, then checked again the turn. Trudeau bet 1,300,000 and that ended the hand right there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Labat	23,500,000 -500,000	-500,000
Sylvain Loosli	13,700,000 -300,000	-300,000

Jeff Trudeau	11,100,000 1,650,000	1,650,000
Artem Metalidi	8,100,000 -1,010,000	-1,010,000
Andres Jeckeln	6,400,000 1,060,000	1,060,000

Tags: Andres Jeckeln Antoine Labat Artem Metalidi Jeff Trudeau Sylvain Loosli

07-10-2018 20:11 UTC-8

Metalidi Forced to Chop With Aces

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mnuwwarah

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Antoine Labat opened early for 350,000 and called a three-bet to 1,065,000 from Artem Metalidi. The flop came and Labat check-called 840,000. Both players checked the and the and Labat showed . Metalidi showed he'd been fortunate to get a chop: .

Tags: Antoine Labat Artem Metalidi

07-10-2018 20:18 UTC-8

Zhu Doubles Up as Rean Continues to Slide

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MrCleverFox

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Yueqi Zhu opened from early position with a raise to 350,000 and he was called by John Cynn in the cutoff and Nirath Rean in the big blind.

The flop came down and Rean led out with a bet of 500,000. Zhu raised to 1,113,000 and Cynn quickly folded. Rean called to see the turn.

The turn was the and Rean checked. Zhu put out a bet of 1,500,000 and Rean called again.

The river was the and Rean checked again. Zhu now moved all in for 1,520,000. Rean tanked it over for a good while but eventually, he called. Rean showed down his but it was no good. Zhu held and his two pair was superior and allowed him to double up to 9,600,000 while Rean continued to slide after the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nirath Rean	10,600,000 -4,600,000	-4,600,000
Yueqi Zhu	9,600,000 4,720,000	4,720,000

Tags: John Cynn Nirath Rean Yueqi Zhu

07-10-2018 20:19 UTC-8

Shorr Shoves; Beylin Three-Bets

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Yori Epskamp

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

The action at Table 431, one of the two tables left in the field, has slowed down post-dinner. Not many big pots were played in the past fifteen minutes.

In the last two hands, Shannon Shorr first open-shoved 1,570,000 from middle position to pick up the blinds and antes. Samuel Bernabeu opened the next hand in middle position but folded to a three-bet from Konstantin Beylin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Beylin	10,800,000 200,000	200,000
Samuel Bernabeu	8,450,000 -350,000	-350,000

Shannon Shorr	1,890,000 -410,000	-410,000

Tags: Konstantin Beylin Samuel Bernabeu Shannon Shorr

07-10-2018 20:24 UTC-8

Hecklen Caught Bluffing

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Aram Zobian made it 380,000 to go first to act and was called by Jeff Trudeau and Henrik Hecklen in the big blind. On the flop, and the turn all three players checked. The on the river paired the board and Hecklen bet 1,100,000, which forced a fold from Zobian.

Trudeau gave it some thought and called to get shown for a bluff by Hecklen, claiming the pot with his for queens and eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aram Zobian	25,300,000 -800,000	-800,000

Jeff Trudeau	13,000,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Henrik Hecklen	2,800,000 -1,650,000	-1,650,000

Tags: Aram Zobian Henrik Hecklen Jeff Trudeau

07-10-2018 20:25 UTC-8

Kerry Bell Eliminated in 43rd Place ($189,165)

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Mickey Doft

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Barry Hutter raised to 350,000 from the hijack and Kerry Bell called from the big blind.

The flop came down and Bell checked to Hutter who continued for 300,000. Bell called, the turn fell and both players checked. The river was the and Bell jammed for 1,555,000.