Film and television producer Randall Emmett chats with us at the World Series of Poker about Poker After Dark, his win in a daily deepstack tournament, Gotti, and more!
2018 World Series of Poker
Timothy McReynolds has eliminated Chad Eveslage over on Table #69. McReynolds will be taking a stack of 66,600 with him to Round 2 tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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66,000
33,500
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33,500 |
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Busted | |
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Martin Zamani has finished top of his table. The final hand played out in unusual fashion, with Zamani opting to limp-call the 1,000 bet of his opponent.
Flop: ![]()
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The other player checked in the dark and it was checked behind by Zamani. The turn was a
, giving Zamani a straight. His opponent (still in the dark) made a bet and Zamani raised.
Finally, the river card was a
. The other player elected to lead and Zamani moved all in. After checking his cards, his opponent called but couldn't beat the nuts. Zamani will take 66,400 through to Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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66,400
66,400
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66,400 |
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The following players have managed to win their tables and are all guaranteed $5,227 for going through to Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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66,500
66,500
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66,500 |
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65,800
65,800
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65,800 |
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64,800
64,800
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64,800 |
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63,800
63,800
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63,800 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
Jesse Sylvia has just advanced to Day 2 by beating Jason Johnson heads up when his ace-jack won against the pocket fours of Johnson. Sylvia managed to hit an ace on the flop and an ace on the river for trip aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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66,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Thomas Taylor has clinched his place in Day 2 after taking down his table just now. He has already secured a cash and will return tomorrow with 66,400 to play with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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66,400
66,400
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66,400 |
Matthew Waxman has seen off all of his opponents to win the first round of the $1,500 Shootout. He has just bagged 66,200 to take through to Round 2 tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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66,200
66,200
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66,200 |
Wayne Harmon is the victor, following a heads-up battle with Jasper Liu.
The final hand saw a very short-stacked Liu get the last of his chips in versus Harmon and though he was live, he was the slight underdog and looking to hit.
Wayne Harmon: ![]()
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Jasper Liu: ![]()
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Flop: ![]()
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It was a great flop for Harmon and Liu only had running outs in order to stay in the tournament.
The
turn was the end of it and the
river changed nothing. Harmon will bring 65,600 through to tomorrow for Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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65,600
65,600
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65,600 |
Table #74: Joao Vieira is still in on a four-handed table.
Table #77: Sylvain Loosli is heads up but behind with about 15,000 in chips.
Table #78: JJ Liu is still battling it out against three others.
Table #79: Jeff Madsen is heads up against Andrew Thompson with pretty even stacks.
Table #87: Aliaksei Boika, Mike Watson, and Georgios Sotiropoulos are three-handed.
Table #89: Luigi Knoppers is still in but short with around 6,000 with three opponents.
Table #90: Vladimir Burstein just started his heads-up battle against Thomas Dean. Dean has a 2:1 lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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41,000
41,000
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41,000 |
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35,000
27,600
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27,600 |
|
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35,000
27,400
|
27,400 |
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|
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31,000
23,400
|
23,400 |
|
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|
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31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
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|
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31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
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17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
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|
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16,000
6,800
|
6,800 |
|
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15,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
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|
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15,000
8,400
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8,400 |
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10,000
7,300
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7,300 |
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7,000
400
|
400 |
|
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6,400
12,100
|
12,100 |
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6,100
16,900
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16,900 |