Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day 3 Started
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,245,050
Entries
1,663
Level
30
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
1,000
Who Will Win the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Bracelet?
Welcome back to the final day of Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed here at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. In total, there were 1,663 players that sat down over the past two days, but only 27 of them will return today at noon local time. With a first-place prize of $378,743 and the coveted gold WSOP bracelet on the line, the action for today is expected to be full-on, especially with the six-handed format.
The player in the lead is the German Gabriel Baumgartner with 987,000 in chips, but he is closely followed by the Belgian Alexandro Tricarico with 983,000. These two players have actually been drawn onto the same table for today which they will share with another Belgian, Bart Lybaert (716,000) who also finished in the top five of the chip counts. Also on the table is one-time WSOP bracelet winner Ryan D’Angelo (585,000) and Alexandr Lipkin (346,000).
Third in the chip counts is Luke Brereton from the United Kingdom with 767,000 in chips who will be sharing the felt with Kanzuki Ikeuchi (710,000) and Ivan Deyra (237,500). Yue Du (749,000) will be seated at the same table as Jamie Rosen (638,000) and Pierre Calamusa (690,000). Other players to keep an eye on include bracelet winners Nick Schulman, Tristan Wade who both have 280,000 in chips, Joey Weissman (364,000), and Adrian Buckley with only 72,000 which is seven big blinds.
The 27 remaining players will return to play Level 21 with a small blind of 5,000, big blind of 10,000, and the running ante of 1,000. Levels will last 60 minutes each with a 15-minute break after every two levels. A 60-minute dinner break will take place after the first six levels have been played.
The plan is to play down to a winner today and PokerNews will be here from start till end, from bet to bust, from double-up to dust off, from all in to all out, until the final card has been dealt, so keep your eyes on the live updates!
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 424 | 1 | Yue Du | China | 749,000 | 75 |
| 424 | 2 | Ognyan Dimov | Bulgaria | 380,000 | 38 |
| 424 | 3 | Jamie Rosen | United States | 638,000 | 64 |
| 424 | 4 | Hon Cheong Lee | Hong Kong | 418,000 | 42 |
| 424 | 5 | Pierre Calamusa | France | 690,000 | 69 |
| 424 | 6 | Antonio Barbato | Italy | 534,000 | 53 |
| 432 | 1 | Markus Kuhnen | United Kingdom | 293,000 | 29 |
| 432 | 2 | Arunas Sapitavicius | Lithuania | 587,000 | 59 |
| 432 | 4 | Dilip Ravindran | United States | 245,000 | 25 |
| 432 | 5 | Nick Schulman | United States | 280,000 | 28 |
| 432 | 6 | Affif Lemos Do Prado | Brazil | 271,000 | 27 |
| 433 | 1 | Victor Figueroa | United States | 223,000 | 22 |
| 433 | 2 | Kanzuki Ikeuchi | Japan | 710,000 | 71 |
| 433 | 3 | Ivan Deyra | France | 237,500 | 24 |
| 433 | 4 | Luke Graham | United States | 171,000 | 17 |
| 433 | 5 | Jason Brin | United States | 580,000 | 58 |
| 433 | 6 | Luke Brereton | United Kingdom | 767,000 | 77 |
| 440 | 1 | Alexandr Lipkin | United States | 346,000 | 35 |
| 440 | 3 | Bart Lybaert | Belgium | 716,000 | 72 |
| 440 | 4 | Gabriel Baumgartner | Germany | 987,000 | 99 |
| 440 | 5 | Alexandro Tricarico | Belgium | 983,000 | 98 |
| 440 | 6 | Ryan D'Angelo | United States | 585,000 | 59 |
| 441 | 1 | Christian Iacobellis | United States | 230,000 | 23 |
| 441 | 2 | Tristan Wade | United States | 280,000 | 28 |
| 441 | 4 | Adrian Buckley | United States | 72,000 | 7 |
| 441 | 5 | Joey Weissman | United States | 364,000 | 36 |
| 441 | 6 | Oliver Biles | United Kingdom | 189,000 | 19 |
Shuffle Up and Deal
The starting announcement has been made and play is now underway.
Level: 21
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Schulman Doubles Through Sapitavicius
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Nick Schulman just doubled up with 
in the cutoff against the 
of Arunas Sapitavicius in the big blind. The board read 
to give Schulman two pair, jacks and eights.
On the other table, the 2015 Millionaire Maker Champion, Adrian Buckley, had doubled up and is now playing around 150,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
568,000 | 288,000 |
|
307,000 | -280,000 |
|
150,000 | 78,000 |
Deyra Eliminated by Brereton
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Ivan Deyra raised from the cutoff and Luke Brereton three-bet to 45,000 from the big blind. Deyra reacted by moving all in, and his opponent called.
Ivan Deyra: 
Luke Brereton:
Board: 
Brereton took a big lead after flopping the nut flush, and Deyra's elimination was confirmed by the turn. The Frenchman departed in 27th place for $11,987 as Brereton becomes the first player to break the 1M-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000 | 283,000 |
|
Busted |
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Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
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Kuhnen Takes Lemos Do Prado Out
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Affif Lemos Do Prado has just been eliminated with 
on the 
board by Markus Kuhnen who held 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
283,000 | -10,000 |
|
Busted |
Buckley Loses to Biles But Then Doubles Twice
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Adrian Buckley was all in with 
against Oliver Biles who held 
. Biles needed help to survive and found it after the board ran out to give him the nut flush.
Buckley was left with just 44,000 (four big blinds) but was able to hit two rivers in two hands to move back up to 220,000.
In the first hand, Tristan Wade raised to 21,000 and Buckley put his stack into the middle.
Tristan Wade: 
Adrian Buckley: 
Board: 
Buckley hit two pair on the river to secure his first double before again calling Wade's shove from the small blind in the very next hand.
Tristan Wade: 
Adrian Buckley: 
Board: 
Buckley again found a miracle river this time, hitting one of his three outs to survive once more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000 | 70,000 |
|
200,000 | 11,000 |
|
150,000 | -130,000 |
Dimov Shoves on Rosen and Lee
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Ognyan Dimov raised to 22,000 from the button and was called by both Jamie Rosen and Hon Cheong Lee in the blinds.
The flop came 
, Rosen checked, Lee bet 30,000, Dimov looked at his cards once more and then decided to shove. Both Rosen and Lee quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000 | 82,000 |
|
422,000 | 4,000 |
|
375,000 | -5,000 |