2018 World Series of Poker

Event #20: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
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Prize
$537,710
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,408,700
Entries
518
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
240,000
Players Left 1 / 518
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Liebert Earns a Massive Double Through Pham

Level 9 : 400/800, 800 ante

Action was heads-up between David Pham and Kathy Liebert. Liebert was under the gun and it appeared as if she raised and was three-bet by Pham in the blinds. Liebert then raised to what looked like 35,000 more with a bit behind. Pham was in the tank upon arrival at the table. Eventually, he decided to move all in for all of it and Liebert called off the rest

Kathy Liebert: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}
David Pham: {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}

The board ran out {J-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{10-Spades} and that kept Liebert's queen in the lead the whole way. Pham was forced to send over the chips and Liebert earned the double up to just under 100,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
93,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Pham us
David Pham
70,000
42,500
42,500
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Kathy LiebertDavid Pham

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
180,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
178,000
133,000
133,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
170,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
129,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
95,000
36,000
36,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Igor Yaroshevskyy ua
Igor Yaroshevskyy
87,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Maria Lampropulos ar
Maria Lampropulos
80,000
13,300
13,300
Profile photo of Mihai Niste ro
Mihai Niste
68,000
Profile photo of Jerry Wong us
Jerry Wong
60,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
50,000
36,000
36,000
Profile photo of Jake Schindler us
Jake Schindler
50,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
45,000
2,500
2,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Aymon Hata gb
Aymon Hata
40,000
1,500
1,500
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
38,500
6,500
6,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Blumstein us
Scott Blumstein
37,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos
36,000
49,000
49,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
33,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
32,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
24,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
18,500
2,700
2,700
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Nam Le us
Nam Le
15,000
5,500
5,500
Profile photo of Valentin Vornicu us
Valentin Vornicu
14,500
2,500
2,500
Profile photo of Pete Chen tw
Pete Chen
14,500
3,700
3,700
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
Busted

Bonomo on a Superior Level

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Justin Bonomo (as seen in the $10k Heads-Up Championship)
Justin Bonomo (as seen in the $10k Heads-Up Championship)

Justin Bonomo has been storming through 2018 like a hurricane. His heater is already comparable to those of Fedor Holz or Dan Colman, and it's debatable whether Bonomo has already exceeded them - and we're still in the first half of the year.

After crushing high rollers elsewhere in town, Bonomo arrived in Rio to play for bracelets. And, of course, he immediately snatched one today when he came out on top in the $10k Heads-Up event.

When you ride a gigantic wave of success, why'd you stop? That seems a rule for Bonomo who recently took his seat in the $5k NLH event. He's already up to 105,000.

The latest player to experience Bonomo's unbeatable aura was Christian Harder. We arrived at the table when a {10-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} flop was dealt and Harder fired 6,500 from under the gun. Bonomo called in the hijack and there was at least one player also on the flop. However, Harder and Bonomo remained heads-up to the turn as no other calls were made.

The turn was the {Q-Diamonds} and both players checked. The {4-Diamonds} river then double paired the board and Harder checked again. Bonomo threw in enough chips to cover Harder's remaining 16,000. Harder grabbed his cards, lifted them in the air, looked at them and then threw in his chips.

Bonomo showed {Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs} for a boat and Harder exited the tournament, mucking his cards. The dealer turned them up as it was an all-in situation, and it became clear that Harder was calling with pocket aces.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
105,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
Busted
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Justin Bonomo

Kuo Gets There; Sends Wong to the Rail

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Kitty Kuo
Kitty Kuo

A player opened in middle position to 2,500 and another player at the table called. Kitty Kuo called from the small blind before Jerry Wong made it 11,800 from the big blind. Action folded around back to Kuo who took a look at Wong's stack before calling.

The flop was {9-Spades}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs} and Kuo checked to Wong who bet 13,500. Kuo looked at Wong's stack again, then put forth a stack of orange T5,000 chips, enough to put Wong all in. Wong snap-called.

Kitty Kuo: {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Jerry Wong: {J-Clubs}{J-Spades}

The turn was the {J-Diamonds} which made Wong a massive favorite in the hand with a set, but Kuo got there on the river when the {10-Clubs} came, filling in her straight. Kuo laughed after the hand and stuck her tongue out a couple of times in jest as she raked in the pot. Wong wasn't offended though. He gave Kuo a hug, asked her in the hand was going to be on her twitter, then asked for a photo-op. He headed to the rail while Kuo scooped up another massive pot to put her just under 200,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
190,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Jerry Wong us
Jerry Wong
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jerry WongKitty Kuo

Raina Cracks Merson's Aces

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

We caught the action when Greg Merson four-bet from the second position, following Gaurav Raina's three-bet to 7,500 on the button. Raina called and they continued to the flop with an inflated pot in the middle.

The dealer revealed {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and Merson fired 16,800. Raina called.

The {Q-Diamonds} turn saw Merson check and Raina took his time before checking back.

The {J-Clubs} river paired the board and Merson checked one more time. Raina thought for a moment but then decided to play it safe and knuckled back.

Merson had a tough time against his opponent's range on that texture as the board looked all but pleasant for his {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}. Raina indeed hit much better, showing {J-Spades}{10-Spades} for a turned straight.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gaurav Raina us
Gaurav Raina
145,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
51,000
42,000
42,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Greg MersonGaurav Raina

Cohen Earns a Double Up

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Sam Cohen
Sam Cohen

Action was on the river with a board of {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{6-Diamonds} and there was a pot of roughly 30,000 already in the middle of the table. Sam Cohen was facing off against one other opponent and she was on the button. Action checked over to her and she moved all in with her stack of 18,900. He opponent dropped into the tank.

After over a minute, Valentin Vornicu who was also at the table called the clocked.

"I've called the clock on this same guy three times already," Vornicu said.

The floor was called over and the player was given a 30-second clock. At the very end of his time, he decided to call, but Cohen showed {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} for the nut flush and she scooped the pot for a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
80,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Sam Cohen

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Dan Colpoys knocked out Vojtech Ruzicka in a massive cooler towards the end of today's play, clashing with aces against kings. Then he busted another player with aces over queens, taking a runaway chip lead into Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Daniel Colpoys us
Daniel Colpoys
403,000
403,000
403,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Richard Tuhrim us
Richard Tuhrim
229,600
229,600
229,600
Profile photo of Jeremy Cate us
Jeremy Cate
180,800
180,800
180,800
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
175,800
70,800
70,800
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
175,300
2,700
2,700
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
170,800
76,800
76,800
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Long Nguyen us
Long Nguyen
155,800
Profile photo of Peter Neff us
Peter Neff
155,500
155,500
155,500
Profile photo of Ryan Olisar us
Ryan Olisar
149,600
149,600
149,600
Profile photo of Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
144,100
45,900
45,900
Profile photo of Kenneth Smaron us
Kenneth Smaron
139,700
139,700
139,700
Profile photo of Isaac Baron us
Isaac Baron
136,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Yoon us
Brian Yoon
134,900
102,900
102,900
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Gaurav Raina us
Gaurav Raina
133,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Adnan Mohammad us
Adnan Mohammad
131,600
131,600
131,600
Profile photo of Ran Ilani il
Ran Ilani
131,500
131,500
131,500
Profile photo of Timo Kamphues de
Timo Kamphues
128,000
128,000
128,000
Profile photo of Andrea Benelli it
Andrea Benelli
127,800
127,800
127,800
Profile photo of Lars Kamphues de
Lars Kamphues
124,400
124,400
124,400
Profile photo of Thomas Brown us
Thomas Brown
123,900
123,900
123,900
Profile photo of Richard Kirsch us
Richard Kirsch
120,000
120,000
120,000
Profile photo of Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
118,300
6,300
6,300
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Michael Gilbert us
Michael Gilbert
116,600
116,600
116,600
Profile photo of Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
116,000
41,000
41,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ross Schultz us
Ross Schultz
115,700
115,700
115,700

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