Event #74: Big Blind Antes $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-13-2018 18:22 UTC-7

Volpe Doubles Through Andress

Milko van Winden

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Paul Volpe raised to 90,000 and Bin Duan called. John Andress three-bet all in for 1,055,000 and Volpe pushed all in as well for a little bit less. Duan got the clock called on him and ended up folding.

Paul Volpe:
John Andress:

The board ran out and Volpe doubled up while Andress is left with 125,000

Andress tripled up in the next hand and is back at 420,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	2,000,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

John Andress	420,000 -680,000	-680,000

Tags: John Andress Bin Duan Paul Volpe

07-13-2018 18:05 UTC-7

Ivens Versus Volpe

Milko van Winden

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

One of the returning battles on the outer table are the battles between Todd Ivens and Paul Volpe.

Paul Volpe raised from 90,000 from the under the gun position and Todd Ivens called from the big blind. The flop came down and Ivens checked to Volpe. Volpe bet 75,000 and Ivens raised to 275,000. Volpe called.

The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Ivens decided to lead out with a big bet of 450,000. Volpe called and Ivens tabled the nut flush with and Volpe opened up for an inferior flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Ivens	2,300,000 150,000	150,000
Paul Volpe	900,000 -800,000	-800,000

Tags: Paul Volpe Todd Ivens

07-13-2018 17:52 UTC-7

Deeb Wins Five Million Pot

AaronMcBride

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Scott Margereson was in the cutoff and up against Shaun Deeb in the big blind. The flop was down , and the two players got all their chips into the middle.

Scott Margereson:
Shaun Deeb:

Deeb had two pair, and Margereson had the nut flush draw. It was to be a big sweat with the pot at 5m. The turn was no good to Margereson, and the river secured the win for Deeb. The WSOP Player of the year contender collected the pot, and Margereson chipped down to 1.1m.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	5,000,000 2,800,000	2,800,000

Scott Margereson	1,100,000 -2,250,000	-2,250,000

Tags: Scott Margereson Shaun Deeb

07-13-2018 17:47 UTC-7

Mike Watson Eliminated in 9th Place ($54,831)

AaronMcBride

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The board was down when Martin Zamani, in the big blind, check-called a 200,000 bet from Mike Watson.

When the river was revealed to be the , Zamani checked again. Watson bet 600,000 and Zamani put his 850,000 stack into the middle. Watson, who was covered by Zamani, called and they revealed their hands.

Martin Zamani:
Mike Watson:

It was house-over-house as Zamani had slow played pocket aces and Watson was the next player to hit the rail in 9th place for $54,831.

The players are now just one more elimination from reaching the unofficial final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	2,600,000 900,000	900,000

Mike Watson	Busted

Tags: Martin Zamani Mike Watson

07-13-2018 17:43 UTC-7

Matthijs Aerts Eliminated in 10th Place ($54,831)

Milko van Winden

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

John Andress moved all in from the cutoff for about 700,000. Matthijs Aerts called from the small blind for his last 300,000 as he lost a lot of small pots to have less than ten big blinds left.

John Andress:
Matthijs Aerts:

The flop was good for Aerts and the was a blank, but the river was the and Aerts was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Ivens	2,150,000 650,000	650,000
Bin Duan	2,000,000 725,000	725,000
Paul Volpe	1,700,000 -570,000	-570,000

John Andress	1,100,000 550,000	550,000

Matthijs Aerts	Busted

Tags: Matthijs Aerts John Andress

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

07-13-2018 17:35 UTC-7

Sam Greenwood Eliminated in 11th Place ($41,721)

AaronMcBride

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Sam Greenwood has exited the event in 11th place after losing the majority of his chips to Mike Watson.

Watson raised to 60,000 on the button and Greenwood three-bet from the small blind. Watson moved all in for around 600,000 and Greenwood called.

Mike Watson:
Same Greenwood:

Board:

Watson was in great shape to double preflop, and the board was good to him. The former moved up over 1.4m, as Greenwood was left with just five big blinds.

Just a couple of hands later Greenwood moved all in for 140,000 from the cutoff, and Shaun Deeb raised to 240,000 on the button. Both players in the blinds folded and Greenwood needed help from the board to survive with . Deeb held , and after the five cards came down, he was still ahead and Greenwood exited in 11th place.

With ten players remaining, there are now two tables of five players after Romain Lewis was moved to the feature table to restore the balance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	1,400,000 600,000	600,000
Sam Greenwood	Busted

Tags: Mike Watson Romain Lewis Sam Greenwood Shaun Deeb

07-13-2018 17:28 UTC-7

Preflop Action Only

Milko van Winden

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The outer table stands in contrast with the featured table where all the action is happening. Most of the pots that happen on the table are taken down preflop.

07-13-2018 17:26 UTC-7

Mark Teltscher Eliminated in 12th Place ($41,721)

AaronMcBride

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Mark Teltscher was on the button and got all his chips into the middle after Martin Zamani had raised from the cutoff. Zamani was happy to put the rest of his stack into the middle as well, and Telscher was the player at risk of elimination.

Mark Teltscher:
Martin Zamani: