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Level: 16
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 0
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #16: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$571,600
Total Entries
114
Level
58
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 114
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Level 15
: 800/1,600, 0 ante
Jake Abdalla just eliminated Daniel Merrilees.
Daniel Merrilees: 
Jake Abdalla: 
The board ran out 
to give Abdalla trip kings and the elimination. Abdalla now advances to the Round of 32, which is scheduled to start at 9:30pm local time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
100,000
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100,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 800/1,600, 0 ante
- Galen Hall defeated Pablo Fernandez
- Nicolai Morris defeated Dario Sammartino
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
200,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 15
: 800/1,600, 0 ante
As we arrived, Justin Bonomo bet 6,000 from the big blind on 
. David Laka called.
The 
on the turn saw Bonomo bet 14,000. Once again, Laka called.
With the 
completing the board, Bonomo shoved for 28,300. Laka tanked for a bit before he tossed in a chip to indicate the call. Laka soon had to add some more chips as his 
was no match for Bonomo's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,600
5,600
|
5,600 |
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91,400
5,600
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5,600 |
Level 15
: 800/1,600, 0 ante
Kane Kalas knocked off back-to-back $10k Heads-Up Championship Runner-Up John Smith in the first round of this year's event. He tells us how he was able to gain the upper hand against an absolute legend.
Level 15
: 800/1,600, 0 ante
Following the river of a 
board with about 15,000 in the pot, Samuel Higgs bet about 10,000 from the big blind. Martijn Gerrits raised all in from the button with a covering stack and Higgs tanked for a bit before he called all in for roughly 41,000.
Gerrits tabled for a flush, besting Higgs' 
trip kings to advance to the Round of 32.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 800/1,600, 0 ante
The flop read 
and Ferguson had just check-called the 9,000 bet of Matthew Diehl.
The turn brought them the , now Ferguson check-called the 7,000 bet of Diehl.
The river completed the board with the 
, Ferguson checked for the last time. Diehl bet 25,000 which sent Ferguson into the tank. After about three minutes, Ferguson called. Diehl tabled 
for the full house, queens over eights, for the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
133,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
67,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
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Level 15
: 800/1,600, 0 ante
- Jason Mo defeated Joe McKeehen
- Mark McGovern defeated Jeremy Wien
- Bassil Karam defeated Sam Soverel
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Level: 15
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
Level 14
: 600/1,200, 0 ante
When we arrived, Cary Katz and Jan-Eric Schwippert were shaking hands with the dealer pushing all the chips to Schwippert's side of the table.
When Katz had exited, Schwippert told us he had jammed with 
from the button. Katz, down to fewer than 10 big blinds at that point, called with 
. We're unsure of the runout, but Schwippert did win the hand and he's through to the next round.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted | |
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