2018 World Series of Poker

Event #68: $1,000 + 111 The Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Guoliang Wei
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
$559,332
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,111
Prize Pool
$4,258,800
Entries
4,732
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000

Liberto Eliminated

Level 8 : 250/500, 75 ante
Justin Liberto (picture from a previous event)
Justin Liberto (picture from a previous event)

The player under the gun raised, and Justin Liberto moved all in for his last 8,500. It folded back to the initial raiser who quickly called to create the following showdown.

Justin Liberto: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{j-Spades}

It was a typical flip situation and the {k-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{k-Spades} gave the winning hand to his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Justin Liberto

Laak Wins Without Showdown

Level 8 : 250/500, 75 ante

The board showed {7-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{10-Spades} with already around 11,000 in the middle when Phil Laak and his opponent checked. The turn {3-Diamonds} brought no more action and the dealer revealed a {8-Spades} on the river. Laak tossed a chip of 5,000 and it was enough to make his opponent fold his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
67,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Phil Laak

Utley Gets Lucky With the Ladies

Level 8 : 250/500, 75 ante

John Utley and another player had all of their chips in the middle before the flop ran out, with his opponent having around 45,000. They both turned over their cards and his opponent would be at risk.

John Utley: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Opponent: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}

The board ran out {j-Spades}{q-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and Utley's spiked queen on the flop took down the pot, eliminating his opponent and putting him near the top of the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
John Utley us
John Utley
130,000
Day 1A Chip Leader

Tags: John Utley

Chipcounts and Eliminations

Level 8 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
[Removed:82] fr
[Removed:82]
105,000
105,000
105,000
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
62,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Renato Nomura br
Renato Nomura
53,000
21,800
21,800
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
14,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
9,200
-7,600
-7,600
WSOP 4X Winner
Kami Hudson us
Kami Hudson
Busted
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
Busted
Sadan Turker gb
Sadan Turker
Busted
Fabien Perrot fr
Fabien Perrot
Busted
Adam Asadoorian us
Adam Asadoorian
Busted
Michael Comisso us
Michael Comisso
Busted
John Esposito us
John Esposito
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Ian Steinman us
Ian Steinman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Aylar Lie no
Aylar Lie
Busted
Julie Polatchek us
Julie Polatchek
Busted

Barrese Loses Some Chips

Level 8 : 250/500, 75 ante

The action started with Katherine Barrese who opened for 2,500 and a player three-bet to 6,000. It folded back to Barrese who thought about it for a minute and made the call.

The flop fell {9-Spades}{4-Spades}{a-Spades} and Barrese checked and faced a bet for 5,150 from her opponent. Barrese quickly folded her hand.

Player Chips Progress
Katherine Barrese us
Katherine Barrese
21,500
15,700
15,700

Tags: Katherine Barrese

Sholze Doubles on Hesp

Level 8 : 250/500, 75 ante

The board read {a-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{a-Spades}{9-Spades} when we got to the table and the players were heads-up.

John Hesp moved all in, putting Thomas Scholze's tournament at risk and the latter snap-called with a stack worth 5,250. Scholze tabled {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} for trip aces and Hesp sent his hand into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
John Hesp gb
John Hesp
20,000
-6,800
-6,800
Thomas Sholze de
Thomas Sholze
18,500
7,500
7,500

Tags: John HespThomas Scholze