Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER Day 1a | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-09-2018 20:09 UTC-8

Bad Beat for Baumann

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Lyle Bateman

Level 9 : 300/600, 100 ante

Gaelle Baumann under the gun opened to 1,400, the player in the big blind called.

The flop came , Baumann continued for 1,800, her opponent instantly shoved all in and Baumann snap-called.

Baumann: for trips
Her opponent: for top pair

The and the river turned Baumann's opponent's hand into a full house and she slipped down to 5,300

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaelle Baumann	5,300 26,700	26,700

Tags: Gaelle Baumann

06-09-2018 20:00 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Gathy	80,000 64,000	64,000

Michael Cohen	44,000
Jason Wheeler	38,000 4,000	4,000

Athanasios Polychronopoulos	33,000 3,000	3,000

Gaelle Baumann	32,000 10,000	10,000
Salim El Boustani	30,000 15,000	15,000
Joe Cada	23,000 17,300	17,300

Martin Jacobson	23,000 10,000	10,000

Manig Loeser	18,000

Sam Phillips	17,000 11,000	11,000
Kathy Liebert	16,000

Rainer Kempe	11,000

Tony Dunst	10,000 1,000	1,000

Jonathan Abdellatif	8,000
Ana Marquez	Busted

Baumann Doubles Up

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Lyle Bateman

Level 9 : 300/600, 100 ante

A player opened in middle position and the button player called. Gaelle Baumann, on the big blind, pushed all in for 10,200 and both players made the call.

fell on the flop and the initial raiser bet 11,000. The button player let it go.

Gaelle Baumann:
Her opponent:

The turn and river didn't change anything and Baumann's flopped set earned the pot and the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaelle Baumann	22,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Gaelle Baumann

06-09-2018 19:45 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	41,500 10,500	10,500
Tom Marchese	21,000 3,000	3,000

Scotty Nguyen	20,000 13,200	13,200

Jake Baumgartner	18,000
Bart Hanson	16,000 3,000	3,000
Dario Sammartino	15,000

Bart Lybaert	13,000 5,500	5,500
Mohsin Charania	13,000 1,000	1,000

Maria Lampropulos	8,000
Harry Lodge	8,000 3,000	3,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	7,500

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	15,000 15,000	15,000

Kural Wins Big Pot

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Milko van Winden

Level 9 : 300/600, 100 ante

Nuri Kural won a big when he got involved in a three-way all-in. He got all his chips in the middle with , but he wasn't the favorite to win the hand against and .

The flop brought Kural two extra outs when the dealer spread out . Kural hit one of his outs when the turn was the and the river was the to Give Koral the 50,000 pot where he busted one player and left another short stacked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nuri Kural	50,000

Tags: Nuri Kural

06-09-2018 19:30 UTC-8

Registration Closed

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Milko van Winden

Level 9 : 300/600, 100 ante

The registration is closed and the final numbers for Day 1a are in. The total number of entries for today stands at 3,050 with 880 people still remaining. Play will continue until 15% of the field remains.

06-09-2018 19:29 UTC-8

New Chipcounts and Faces

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 9 : 300/600, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Erwann Pecheux	47,000 47,000	47,000
Martin Jacobson	13,000

Alexandre Reard	13,000 13,000	13,000

Ana Marquez	12,000 12,000	12,000
Gaelle Baumann	10,000 3,500	3,500
Samuel Phillips	10,000 2,500	2,500
Chris Ferguson	7,500 7,500	7,500

Ryan Riess	7,500 7,500	7,500

Russell Thomas	7,000
Mark Radoja	7,000 7,000	7,000

Dylan Wilkerson	6,000 6,000	6,000