Event #71: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-11-2018 12:26 UTC-7

Hicks Gets There; Virani Eliminated

Yori Epskamp

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Eric Hicks and Mohsin Virani got it preflop in the middle, with Hicks slightly covering Virani's stack.

Mohsin Virani:
Eric Hicks:

The board ran out and Hicks got there on the river. "I'm the devil!" he exclaimed as the fortunate river card landed his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Hicks	540,000 240,000	240,000
Mohsin Virani	Busted

Tags: Eric Hicks Mohsin Virani

Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

07-11-2018 12:34 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Weis	Busted

Boeree Eliminated in Two Hands

Shirley Ang

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Liv Boeree has just been eliminated in two hands where she first lost a big one to Phil Hellmuth:

Matt Glantz raised to 25,000 from early position and was called by Hellmuth on the button, Chance Kornuth, and Boeree in the blinds.

The flop came rainbow. Kornuth, Boeree, and Glantz all checked. Hellmuth bet 43,000, Boeree check-raised to 100,000 and Hellmuth called.

The turn brought them the , Boeree checked. Hellmuth shoved with a similar stack to Boeree's and she called with for the flopped set of fours. Hellmuth tabled for the turned higher set of eights.

The river paired the board with the to make it a full house in the end for both but with Hellmuth having the upper hand and leaving Boeree with 10,000.

The hand after that, Shawn Daniels raised to 25,000 from early position and action folded to Boeree in the small blind who was all-in for her remaining 8,000.

Liv Boeree:
Shawn Daniels:

The board ran out to give Boeree a pair of eights on the flop but no further help arrived on the turn nor river and Boeree was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	970,000 502,000	502,000

Shawn Daniels	312,000 122,000	122,000

Liv Boeree	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth Liv Boeree Matt Glantz Phil Hellmuth Shawn Daniels

07-11-2018 12:41 UTC-7

Sternberg Takes Out Saout

Yori Epskamp

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Antoine Saout was preflop all in with and Alan Sternberg had looked him up with . The board came and the two-time Main Event final tablist didn't improve beyond a wheel draw to finish in 30th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Sternberg	800,000 540,000	540,000

Antoine Saout	Busted

Tags: Alan Sternberg Antoine Saout

07-11-2018 12:47 UTC-7

Fontan Takes Jattin Out

Shirley Ang

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Farid Jattin shoved from the small blind and was called by Paul Fontan in the big blind.

Farid Jattin:
Paul Fontan:

The board ran out and Fontan's high cards held to send Jattin to the payout desk in 29th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Fontan	800,000 442,000	442,000
Farid Jattin	Busted

Tags: Farid Jattin Paul Fontan

07-11-2018 12:51 UTC-7

Guerrero Out in Two Steps

Yori Epskamp

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Jimmy Guerrero's run in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em run has ended in 28th place. Guerrero lost a sizable pot against Paul Fontan which cost him the majority of his stack.

The pot was already up to 250,000 when the river was dealt on . Both players checked and Guerrero, first to act, showed for jack-high. Fontan showed to leave Guerrero with a few big blinds. He lost those a couple of hands later against Aliaksei Boika and became the last player to collect $11,176.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Fontan	790,000 -10,000	-10,000
Aliaksei Boika	355,000 250,000	250,000
Jimmy Guerrero	Busted

Tags: Aliaksei Boika Paul Fontan Jimmy Guerrero

07-11-2018 12:55 UTC-7

Three Table Seat Draw

Shirley Ang

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Seat	Table #492	Table #493	Table #494
1	Rob Tepper	Alan Sternberg	Aliaksei Boika
2	Ralph Wong	Phil Hellmuth	Chi Zhang
3	Steven Wolansky	Markus Gonsalves	Ajay Chabra
4	Chance Kornuth	Shawn Daniels	Griffin Benger
5	Grayson Ramage	Jeremy Ausmus	Robert Georato
6	Paul Fontan	Koray Aldemir	Darryll Fish
7	Igor Yaroshevskyy	Matt Glantz	Ken Fishman
8	Petar Kalev	Reagan Silber	Nitesh Rawtani
9	Paul Hoefer	Jonathan Abdellatif	Eric Hicks

07-11-2018 12:57 UTC-7

Kornuth Eliminates Yaroshevskyy

Yori Epskamp

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Igor Yaroshevskyy was the first player to be eliminated after the three-table redraw. Yaroshevskyy was all in with and up against the of Chance Kornuth.

The board brought no help to Yaroshevskyy and he bowed out in 27th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	880,000 258,000	258,000

Igor Yaroshevskyy	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth Igor Yaroshevskyy

07-11-2018 13:03 UTC-7

Chip Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Fishman	925,000 462,000	462,000
Jonathan Abdellatif	860,000 106,000	106,000

Alan Sternberg	790,000 -10,000	-10,000

Eric Hicks	680,000 140,000	140,000
Matt Glantz	630,000 157,000	157,000
Ralph Wong	465,000 -25,000	-25,000
Paul Hoefer	455,000 -124,000	-124,000

Markus Gonsalves	440,000 -282,000	-282,000
Steven Wolansky	400,000 -98,000	-98,000

Petar Kalev	300,000 82,000	82,000
Jeremy Ausmus	220,000 60,000	60,000

Chi Zhang	190,000 -407,000	-407,000
Griffin Benger	130,000 -140,000	-140,000
Grayson Ramage	125,000 -130,000	-130,000
Darryll Fish	110,000 -16,000	-16,000