2018 World Series of Poker

Event #37: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$319,580
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,795,500
Entries
1,330
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 1330

Kurtz Doubles on the First Hand of Play

Level 21 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Thomas Kurtz
Thomas Kurtz

From the cutoff, Thomas Kurtz moved all in for roughly 120,000. Action folded around to the big blind where Stephen Song called.

Stephen Song: {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Thomas Kurtz: {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts}

The flop came down {10-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} putting Kurtz in a big hole, but he picked up a few outs on the {J-Diamonds} turn. The river was the {9-Hearts} and that completed Kurtz's straight, earning him a double-up on the first hand of play and knocking Song down to about 500,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
500,000
123,000
123,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Thomas Kurtz
240,000
120,000
120,000

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