Event #3: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em SHOOTOUT Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-01-2018 16:42 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Phillips	280,000	35,000
Ihar Soika	275,000	15,500
Joshua Turner	218,500	69,500
Chris Moorman	205,000	64,000
Anthony Reategui	198,000	27,000
Taylor Wilson	197,000	-128,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert	188,000	12,000
Ismael Bojang	185,000	45,000
James Hughes	178,000	47,000
Matt Stout	170,000	100,000
Phil Hellmuth	125,000	-30,900
Christian Pham	120,000	-2,000
Jiacong Zhang	120,000	9,000
Eli Elezra	115,000	-1,000
Maxime Heroux	103,000	13,000
Tim Reilly	70,000	-40,000
JJ Liu	40,000	-44,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Williams	294,000	5,000
Jeffrey Trudeau	284,000	100,500
Patrick Eskandar	250,000	-6,000
Mao Qiu	249,000	162,300
Jack Maskill	190,500	92,900
Joe McKeehen	169,500	37,100
Harry Lodge	162,000	-5,000
Kenny Hallaert	130,500	22,800
Jon Gogola	110,500	-11,000
Arkadiy Tsinis	110,000	29,000
Orson Young	62,500	-51,500
Ivan Galinec	61,500	-102,500
Myung Shin	59,000	12,800
John Reading	Busted
Brandon Meyers	Busted

Cada Doubles Through Ruge Before Break

Shirley Ang

Level 21 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Just before the break, Joe Cada completed his small blind. Arne Ruge raised to 9,000 in the big blind and Cada called.

The flop came , Cada checked, Ruge bet 9,000. Cada raised to 33,300 and Ruge pondered his options. Ruge shoved with the bigger stack and Cada snap-called.

Joe Cada:
Arne Ruge:

They both had a flush draw with Cada also having a pair of sixes and the upper-hand with the higher club cards. Ruge also had a gut-shot straight draw.

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn to give Cada trip sixes and the on the river completed the story for Cada as he made it a full house in the end. After counting out the stacks, Cada had 121,200 in total, which meant that Ruge was back to just below a ton.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Cada	262,000	115,600
Bryce Yockey	110,000	-17,000
Arne Ruge	94,500	-97,100
Alexander Lynskey	81,000	9,500

Tags: Arne Ruge Joe Cada

06-01-2018 16:35 UTC-7

Phil Hellmuth Wants to Make You Money

[user357925]

Level 21 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Phil Hellmuth discusses the recent twitter debate regarding buying parts in players and just how you will make money. Some players say the markups are outrageous, Phil stands by making money via players regardless and explains why. The argument over this started at the super high roller. The WSOP 2018 has a lot of players staking. Many of the players staked at WSOP are champs that have made people a lot of money. What difference does it make marking up a small margin? Phil wants to make you money, none it seems - if as usual you choose wisely!

Level: 21

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

06-01-2018 16:20 UTC-7

Players Are Now on Break

MartianNews

Level 20 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The tournament will now be taking a 15-minute break and will be chipping up all blacks from play. The blinds will be resuming at 1500/3000 with a 500 ante.

06-01-2018 16:17 UTC-7

Soika's Flush is Good for the Table Lead

MartianNews

Level 20 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The board read and Ihar Soika raised all in over Taylor Paur's initial bet. Paur called with the remainder of his chips and players then revealed their hands with Paur at risk,

Ihar Soika:
Taylor Paur:

The turn came the and Soika had Paur drawing dead to the on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ihar Soika	259,500	162,000
Arne Ruge	191,600	1,600
Phil Hellmuth	155,900	-23,000
Joe Cada	146,400	53,400
Bryce Yockey	127,000	-16,000
Eli Elezra	116,000	-26,000
Alexander Lynskey	71,500	-4,200
Taylor Paur	Busted

Tags: Eli Elezra Ihar Soika Phil Hellmuth Taylor Paur

06-01-2018 16:08 UTC-7

D'Ambrosio and Pantaleo Both Out

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Frank Williams raised to 5,500 from the button, Jimmy D'Ambrosio shoved all in for 19,800 in total from the small blind. Williams considered his options and then reluctantly called.

Jimmy D'Ambrosio:
Frank Williams:

The board ran out - Williams hit a runner-runner straight to eliminate D'Ambrosio.

"That was a fun sweat!" D'Ambrosio said, not realizing he had lost the hand. "Oh my god, I didn't see the ten" he exclaimed when the fact he had lost was pointed out to him.

Shortly after, Giuseppe Pantaleo, was also eliminated from the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Williams	289,000	202,000
Jimmy D'Ambrosio	Busted
Giuseppe Pantaleo	Busted

Tags: Frank Williams Giuseppe Pantaleo Jimmy D'Ambrosio

06-01-2018 15:59 UTC-7

Use the PokerNews MyStack App To Keep Friends and Family Up-To-Date

Webjoker

Level 20 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

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06-01-2018 15:59 UTC-7

Is This a Step into the Future for Pokers Real Grinders? 14000 Poker Players Unite!

[user357925]

Level 20 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Is the Real Grinders lounge a look into the future for the real grinders of Poker? Some of Pokers biggest names can be found in the lounge as you step inside. They all have the same ideas, relax, chat and rejuvenate. During the WSOP 2018 over fourteen thousand Real Grinders members could walk through the lounge where they will rest, eat & drink on their poker break. We found Jeff Madsen and Dan Heimiller hanging out there today between events. Real Grinders very own Raymond Davis was also there with quite a number of Real Grinders members lounging.

https://www.pokernews.com/video/is-this-a-step-into-the-future-for-pokers-real-grinders-1400-11482.htm