2018 World Series of Poker

Event #42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller
Day: 1
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Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa98
Prize
$1,402,683
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$5,462,500
Total Entries
230
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 230

Simao and Merrilees Enter

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Within quick succession, Joao Simao and Daniel Merrilees entered the competition with the field pushing towards 170 entries in the sixth level of the day.

Merrilees immediately got involved in a big pot and had invested some 20,000 along with Artem Babakhanyan and Dominykas Karmazinas. The completed board showed {7-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{3-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} and Babakhanyan was the one to bet the river, making it 38,200 to go. Karmazinas quickly folded and Merrilees came to the same conclusion.

Simao defended his big blind against a raise by Fraser MacIntyre and bet a flop of {4-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} for 3,700 into a pot of 5,500. MacIntyre raised it up to 15,000 and Simao called. On the {Q-Diamonds} turn, Simao checked and folded when facing a bet worth 26,000 by MacIntyre.

Tags: Artem BabakhanyanDaniel MerrileesDominykas KarmazinasFraser MacIntyreJoao Simao