Event #20: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-08-2018 23:48 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	190,000 50,000	50,000
Kitty Kuo	160,000 -10,000	-10,000
Kenny Hallaert	124,000 15,000	15,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	115,000 34,000	34,000
Greg Merson	93,000 -17,000	-17,000

Georgios Sotiropoulos	85,000 31,000	31,000

David Peters	45,000 4,000	4,000

Bryn Kenney	42,500 5,500	5,500

Maria Ho	42,000 8,700	8,700

Jerry Wong	42,000 26,000	26,000

Scott Blumstein	38,000 12,000	12,000

Jake Schindler	34,000 -9,100	-9,100

Mike Matusow	31,500 -4,500	-4,500

Paul Volpe	18,000 -32,000	-32,000

Galen Hall	16,000 -34,000	-34,000

Sam Cohen	14,000 -8,900	-8,900

It's Hard to Get a Fold from Zisimopoulos

Jan_Kores

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Under the gun, Georgios Zisimpoulos fired 1,800 into the pot when the dealer rolled out a flop. He received a call from a player on the button and a fold from the small blind.

Heads-up to the turn, both players decided to check and saw the hit the felt for free.

Zisimopoulos went for a blocking bet, making it 600. His opponent raised to what looked like 4,800 and Zisimopulos called within a second with , besting his rivals .

"How do I get you guys to fold?" the other player asked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Zisimopoulos	37,000

Tags: Georgios Zisimopoulos

06-08-2018 23:33 UTC-7

Bryn Kenney opened in late position with a raise to 1,200 and action folded to the small blind where Nam Le moved all in for a bit over 4,000 chips. Action folded back to Kenney and took a quick glance at Le's stack, then called.

Nam Le:
Bryn Kenney:

The board ran out and Le earned the double up plus the blinds and ante with his two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryn Kenney	37,000

Nam Le	9,500 3,600	3,600

06-08-2018 23:27 UTC-7

Chen More than Doubles

Jan_Kores

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Last year's runner-up Pete Chen was down to only 3,900 but while his situation is far from comfortable, he doesn't have his back pushed against the wall anymore.

Chen found in the small blind and moved all-in over a raise to 1,800 from early position and a flat-call in the cutoff. The player who opened the action isolated with a 6,000 four-bet, forcing out the third player.

Chen found himself drawing live as he needed to beat the and he did so on the board, hitting a queen on the turn and even improving to a flush on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pete Chen	10,800 -4,800	-4,800

Tags: Pete Chen

06-08-2018 23:22 UTC-7

Some Counts and Some Bustouts

MrCleverFox

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Paur	112,000 51,000	51,000

Maria Lampropulos	93,300 43,800	43,800
Ankush Mandavia	79,400 17,300	17,300

Erik Seidel	75,200 1,200	1,200

Cliff Josephy	75,000 23,000	23,000

Stephen Chidwick	59,000 36,500	36,500

Bryan Piccioli	57,000 30,000	30,000

Jack Sinclair	47,000 2,500	2,500

Ralph Perry	45,900 -18,600	-18,600

Nick Pupillo	44,200 32,600	32,600

Tim Reilly	43,100 -21,900	-21,900
Mike Matusow	36,000 5,000	5,000

Sergio Aido	35,000 21,000	21,000

Maria Ho	33,300 3,300	3,300

Brian Yoon	32,000 -3,500	-3,500

Robert Mizrachi	24,000 -750	-750

Ben Yu	21,200 21,200	21,200

Elio Fox	10,000 -7,000	-7,000

Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Ian O'Hara	Busted
Steven van Zadelhoff	Busted
Joe Cada	Busted

Clayton Jiang	Busted
Joe Elpayaa	Busted
Antoine Saout	Busted

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06-08-2018 23:20 UTC-7

Le on a Nub after Value-Betting with Worse

Jan_Kores

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Nam Le raised to 1,400 in the cutoff and only a player in the big blind came along.

Le checked back the flop and called when his opponent led 3,000 on the turn.

The river was the and the action was checked to Le who bet another 3,000. He was quickly called and turned up his only to see his value-bet fail as his opponent flopped trips with .

That hand saw Le drop to 4,400 but he open-shoved on the very next hand, and while big blind Scott Blumstein seemed interested, he eventually let it go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nam Le	5,900 -7,600	-7,600

Tags: Nam Le

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

06-08-2018 22:55 UTC-7

Yaroshevskyy Wins a Four-Way Pot

Jan_Kores

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

Jerry Wong opened under the gun and Galen Hall (middle position), Igor Yaroshevksyy (cutoff), and Kitty Kuo (big blind) all accepted his 1,300-chip offer.

The flop was checked to Yaroshevskyy who fired 3,000. Only Wong called and they saw the land on the turn. Wong checked once again but gave up after Yaroshevskyy barreled for 5,300.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Yaroshevskyy	81,000 60,450	60,450
Jerry Wong	16,000 -4,000	-4,000

Tags: Galen Hall Igor Yaroshevskyy Jerry Wong Kitty Kuo

06-08-2018 22:55 UTC-7

Schindler Takes a Hit

MrCleverFox

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

Mikita Badziakouski opened with a raise to 1,200 from the cutoff and he was called by Jake Schindler on the button. The player in the big blind called as well, so it was three-way to a flop.

The flop was and all three players checked. The turn was the and action checked to Schindler who put out a bet of 3,000 this time. The big blind called while Badziakouski folded.

On the river, Schindler led out for 7,500. The big blind tanked for a good while before just calling. Schindler showed his for a straight, but the river gave the big blind a flush with his , so he would take down the pot while Schindler was clipped to right around 43,100 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Schindler	43,100 43,100	43,100

Mikita Badziakouski	17,200 -6,100	-6,100

Tags: Jake Schindler Mikita Badziakouski

06-08-2018 22:52 UTC-7

Ruzicka Keeps Rolling

Jan_Kores

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

While Kitty Kuo has been stacking giant piles on her table, Vojtech Ruzicka has been crushing the neighbouring one.

Ruzicka recently found himself in a preflop contest with against an opponent who trailed with . Ruzicka covered him by a ton as the other player had only about 20,000.

The board ran , giving Ruzicka a not-exactly-needed king-high flush. Ruzicka is now playing 140,000.