It's that time again. Players are taking a 15 minute break and will return to blind level 600/1,200 and a 200 ante.
2018 World Series of Poker
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
There has been a three all-ins between Jann Bednar and Tony Hoang since the last break. Every time the all-in player has won the pot, so it is still all to play for, for the two players.
Table #53: 2017 Main Event Champion Scott Blumstein defeated James Rann heads-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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71,700
40,700
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40,700 |
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71,700
71,700
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71,700 |
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70,700
70,700
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70,700 |
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66,900
66,900
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66,900 |
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66,600
66,600
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66,600 |
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66,500
66,500
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66,500 |
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66,500
66,500
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66,500 |
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66,500
66,500
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66,500 |
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66,400
66,400
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66,400 |
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66,300
28,300
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28,300 |
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66,300
66,300
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66,300 |
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66,300
63,300
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63,300 |
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66,100
66,100
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66,100 |
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66,100
66,100
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66,100 |
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66,100
66,100
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66,100 |
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65,900
65,900
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65,900 |
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65,900
65,900
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65,900 |
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65,800
65,800
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65,800 |
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65,800
35,800
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35,800 |
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65,600
65,600
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65,600 |
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65,600
65,600
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65,600 |
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65,400
40,400
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40,400 |
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65,100
65,100
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65,100 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Caleb Clarke has just played his last hand for the evening and it has secured him a place in the second round.
Clarke was the massive chip leader and set Mark Radoja all-in. After some deliberation, Radoja made the call and they turned their cards on their backs.
Clarke ![]()
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Radoja ![]()
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The ![]()
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flop left Radoja drawing very thin but the
gave him a little hope with a gutshot. The
couldn't get there for him and it is Clarke who was left to bag up his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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66,100 | |
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Busted | |
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One of the first tables to reach heads-up, featured Christopher Audrain and Arthur Conan. It has just come to an end though and sadly for Conan, he will not make it through to Day 2.
Audrain had ![]()
when Conan shoved all-in with ![]()
. The runout favored the sevens and Audrain bagged up 66,000 to take through to the second round.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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66,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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72,900
72,900
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72,900 |
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71,900
71,900
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71,900 |
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66,600
66,600
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66,600 |
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65,900 | |
There are currently three tables left:
Table #9: Jan Bednar is playing heads-up and has around 40,000 against the 26,000 of Tony Hoang.
Table #25: Bas de Laat is playing heads-up against Peter Neff.
Table #57: Grant Elmer is playing heads-up against Edward Yam.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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48,000
48,000
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48,000 |
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41,000 | |
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40,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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26,000
26,000
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26,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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18,000
18,000
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18,000 |
Edward Yam would've been hoping it was all over. His opponent Grant Elmer, was down 13,200, which is less than 10 big blinds. After a raise from Yam, Elmer shipped it all-in and Yam couldn't call quick enough.
Edward Yam ![]()
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Grant Elmer ![]()
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The flop was ![]()
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, which was looked very much in Yam's favour. The
turn brought out an open-ended for Elmer and the
river won him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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26,800
1,800
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1,800 |