Event #24: $2,620 THE MARATHON No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-11-2018 20:04 UTC-7

Ruzicka in Action

AaronMcBride

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Vojtech Ruzicka entered the Marathon field at the start of level 4 and has already won a sizeable pot.

There was a raise to 1,200 from middle position and a flat from the button before Ruzicka three-bet to 4,850. Only the initial raiser called and they were heads-up to a flop of . Both players checked, and the action mirrored on the turn before Ruzicka bet 3,400 on the river.

'Did I let your jack get there?' he said, before making the call.

Ruzicka tabled , and his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Vojtech Ruzicka

06-11-2018 20:13 UTC-7

Chip Counts

Milko van Winden

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Olivier Busquet	100,000 34,000	34,000
Dan Shak	80,000 31,000	31,000

Paawan Bansal	72,000 -8,000	-8,000
Joey Weissman	65,000 22,000	22,000

Jake Baumgartner	41,000 -4,000	-4,000
Neil Blumenfield	40,000
Mike Dentale	34,500 5,500	5,500
Martin Jacobson	29,000

Marcel Vonk	26,000 -3,000	-3,000

Ana Marquez	23,000 -14,000	-14,000
Cliff Josephy	20,500 -8,000	-8,000

Faraz Jaka	17,000

06-11-2018 20:25 UTC-7

Chip Counts Continued

AaronMcBride

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Lybaert	85,000 58,800	58,800
Stephen Song	76,000 76,000	76,000

Maria Lampropulos	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jessica Dawley	26,200 26,200	26,200

06-11-2018 20:25 UTC-7

Hof Gives Up

Milko van Winden

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Natalie Hof was involved in a hand that went four-way to the flop.

The flop of was checked to Hof who bet out 1,825 and only got called by the player on the button, the other two players in the hand folded.

Hof checked-folded on the turn and was left with 22,000.

Right now they're starting to break up tables in the Pavillion room because more people are busting out than entering the tournament at this point.

Player	Chips	Progress
Natalie Hof	22,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Natalie Hof

06-11-2018 20:27 UTC-7

Pavillion Counts

Milko van Winden

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	100,000

Andre Akkari	76,000 46,000	46,000

Scotty Nguyen	55,000 31,000	31,000

Cherish Andrews	45,000
Steven van Zadelhoff	36,000 11,000	11,000
Matas Cimbolas	30,000 10,000	10,000
Vivian Saliba	18,000 -8,200	-8,200

Athanasios Polychronopoulos	17,000 -11,000	-11,000

06-11-2018 20:40 UTC-7

Cohen Doubles With a Knockout

AaronMcBride

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

The action was opened from middle position with a raise to 1,200 and the cutoff player called before Samantha Cohen three-bet to 3,600 from the button. Both her opponents made the call, and the flop came down .

The action checked through to the turn and Cohen called a bet of 5,500 after the cutoff player had folded.

When the hit the river, Cohen saw her opponent move all in and she snap-called.

Samantha Cohen:
Opponent:

It was runner-runner nut flush for Cohen and two pair for her opponent who was covered and ultimately sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Cohen	45,000 18,800	18,800

Tags: Samantha Cohen

06-11-2018 20:49 UTC-7

Big Stack Metaal Shows Strength

Milko van Winden

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Govert Metaal had about 120,000 in front of him before the last hand. He saw a player open to 1,300 and when it folded to his right neighbor, Mike Del Vecchio, he put in a three-bet to 3,600 and it was up to Metaal in the small blind to decide what to do.

After a minute Metaal made it a little more than 8,000 and every player in the hand quickly folded.

Mike Del Vecchio showed to Metaal and he returned the favor by showing .

Player	Chips	Progress
Govert Metaal	125,000 5,000	5,000
Mike Del Vecchio	18,000 -8,200	-8,200

Tags: Govert Metaal Mike Del Vecchio

06-11-2018 20:56 UTC-7

Sylvia Takes a Seat

AaronMcBride

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

2012 Main Event runner-up for $5,295,149, Jesse Sylvia has joined the Marathon field halfway through the penultimate level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Sylvia	26,200

06-11-2018 21:14 UTC-7

Ramdin Gets Full Value With Aces

Milko van Winden

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Victor Ramdin limped under the gun and it folded around to the small blind Joey Weissman. He decided to raise it to 2,500 and the player in the big blind folded. The action was back on Ramdin and he three-bet to 6,100. Weissman called.

The flop was and both players checked. Weissman check-called a bet of 5,700 on the turn.

Weissman checked again on the river and this time Ramdin fired out 20,000. Weissman thought about it for a couple of minutes and he eventually called to see Ramdin holding .