2018 World Series of Poker

Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
123
Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
$173,568
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$804,600
Total Entries
596
Level Info
Level
30
Limits
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 596
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Chris Ferguson Jumped In Last Minute

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 0 ante
Chris Ferguson
Chris Ferguson

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, the 2000 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion, jumped in the event at the very end of late registration.

He has his eyes on adding a seventh gold bracelet to his resume.

Level: 9

Limits: 600/1,200

Ante: 0

Vieira Builds a Stack

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

After a first bet, a player three-bet and only Joao Vieira made the call. The flop came down {5-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} and Vieira called another bet.

On the {10-Hearts} turn, the same action happened and the dealer revealed a {3-Clubs} on the river. This time, the first player checked and called a bet from Vieira. The Portuguese player tabled {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}, and was ahead of his opponent's {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}. Vieira has now a stack around 12,200 chips.

Tags: Joao Vieira

Short Stay for Keating

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Alex Keating came into the proceedings in level 8 which meant he would need to spin his stack up quickly to remain, but unfortunately for him, that was not the case.

Keating raised and saw both the blinds call which included Rex Clinkscales in the big blind. The flop fell {3-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} and both the blinds check-called his flop bet. There was a diamond card on the turn, and Keating was allowed to continue with the betting lead, the small blind folded, but Clinkscales raised and Keating called.

On the {j-Clubs} river, Clinkscales bet which was enough to put Keating all in, and the latter made the call to see Clinkscales had a flush with {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} to win the pot and send Keating to the rail.

Tags: Alex KeatingRex Clinkscales

Amongst the Eliminations

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Nguyen Takes it on the River

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Nguyen Nguyen called in the big blind after the action was opened from an opponent in middle position. Nguyen check-called a bet on the {3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} flop, before check-raising on the {q-Diamonds} turn. His opponent called and on the river Nguyen bet and was called for the final time.

Nguyen Nguyen: {k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

The river had hit top pair for Nguyen, and it was enough for him to take down the pot and move up to 45,000.

Tags: Nguyen Nguyen

Small Win for Semin

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

The player under the gun raised and the action folded to Mikhail Semin in the small blind who made the call.

The flop fell {k-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and Semin check-called his opponent's bet. The turn {7-Hearts} brought the same action. On the river {q-Hearts}, Semin bet and his opponent called but quickly mucked his hand when Semin tabled {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}.

Tags: Mikhail Semin

Keating Jumps In

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante
Alex Keating
Alex Keating

With just over 30-minutes of late registration still available, Alex Keating is the latest player to join the field.

Keating, who has $440,216 in WSOP cashes, is now sat down in the seat left vacant by recent bust-out, Andre Akkari.

Tags: Alex KeatingAndre Akkari

Kyte Loses Some Chips

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

A first player bet and it was three-bet by the player one seat over. The action folded to Jon Kyte on the button who called, as well as the initial raiser.

The flop came {5-Hearts}{6-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and after a check and a bet, Kyte raised and was only called by one player. The turn was the {j-Clubs} and Kyte's opponent check-called his bet.

On the river {9-Spades}, both players checked and Kyte mucked his hand when his opponent revealed {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}.

Tags: Jon Kyte