Level: 33
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 20,000
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$8,451,000
Entries
6,260
Level
41
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000
Frank Flowers Eliminated in 19th Place ($35,819)
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Frank Flowers moved in with 
for his last 500,000 and was called by Harald Sammer with 
.
By the time the full board had been dealt, what was left of Flowers' stack had been taken by the Austrian, and the remaining 18 players are now redrawing around two tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,300,000 | 130,000 |
|
Busted |
Final Two Tables
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 431 | 1 | Vitor Rangel | United States | 5,700,000 |
| 431 | 2 | Harald Sammer | Austria | 7,500,000 |
| 431 | 3 | Rittie Chuaprasert | United States | 7,400,000 |
| 431 | 4 | Yu Chen | United States | 5,000,000 |
| 431 | 5 | Steve Billirakis | United States | 7,200,000 |
| 431 | 6 | Daniel Corbett | United Kingdom | 6,800,000 |
| 431 | 7 | James Carroll | United States | 8,600,000 |
| 431 | 8 | Justin Quincannon | United States | 6,300,000 |
| 431 | 9 | Chris Chong | Singapore | 7,000,000 |
| 439 | 1 | Colin Mchugh | United States | 1,400,000 |
| 439 | 2 | Daniel Sprung | United States | 600,000 |
| 439 | 3 | Tommy Nguyen | Canada | 3,500,000 |
| 439 | 4 | James Salmon | United States | 4,300,000 |
| 439 | 5 | David Neiman | United States | 2,500,000 |
| 439 | 6 | Shyam Srinivasan | Canada | 4,300,000 |
| 439 | 7 | Michael Benko | Canada | 2,800,000 |
| 439 | 8 | Francis Rusnak | United States | 3,200,000 |
| 439 | 9 | Raul Manzanares | Spain | 1,600,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,600,000 | 435,000 |
|
|
7,500,000 | 200,000 |
|
7,400,000 | -1,400,000 |
|
7,200,000 | 700,000 |
|
7,000,000 | -500,000 |
|
6,800,000 | 3,100,000 |
|
6,300,000 | -200,000 |
|
5,700,000 | -3,220,000 |
|
5,000,000 | 80,000 |
|
4,300,000 | 90,000 |
|
4,300,000 | -2,400,000 |
|
3,500,000 | 600,000 |
|
3,200,000 | 1,780,000 |
|
2,800,000 | -2,450,000 |
|
2,500,000 | -755,000 |
|
1,600,000 | -1,765,000 |
|
1,400,000 | -5,100,000 |
|
600,000 | -1,440,000 |
Sammer Gets a Four-Bet Through
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Justin Quincannon opened to 350,000 in the cutoff and Chris Chong three-bet to 880,000 from the button. Harald Sammer was in the big blind and eyed both of his opponent's stacks. He thought for a minute, then four-bet shoved all in for 6,630,000.
Quincannon quickly disposed of his cards, but Chong had a bigger decision to make. Chong went into the tank for over three minutes, but decided he did not want to put his tournament in jeopardy and his cards hit the muck as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,250,000 | 750,000 |
Justin Quincannon Eliminated in 18th Place ($44,833)
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
On a flop of 
, Rittie Chuaprasert checked from the big blind to Justin Quincannon in the hijack. Quincannon threw in a bet of 375,000 and Chuaprasert check-raised to 1,600,000. Quincannon snap-shoved all in for 5,800,000 which drew a response from Chuaprasert.
"What?" Chuaprasert asked, making sure he heard his opponent correctly. Chuaprasert thought for a moment and then made the call for what would be the biggest pot of the tournament. Chuaprasert turned over 
for a flush and Quincannon held 
for the nut flush draw.
The turn brought the 
and the river was the 
— two red cards, but neither was a heart as Chuaprasert took down the pot with a flush. The chip stacks were compared and Quincannon was barely covered, sending him to the payout desk in 18th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,200,000 | 5,800,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Manzanares Doubles Through Salmon
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Raul Manzanares Lozano moved all in for 1,560,000 from under the gun. It folded to James Salmon in the hijack who three-bet all in for a little over two million. The remaining players folded.
Raul Manzanares Lozano: 
James Salmon: 
The board ran out 
to give both players sets, but Manzanares' was best and he doubled up to 3.3 million, leaving Salmon with just 850,000 behind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,300,000 | 1,700,000 |
|
|
850,000 | -3,450,000 |
Salmon Doubles Through Benko
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
After doubling Raul Manzanares Lozano up, James Salmon got his remaining chips in with 
against the 
of Michael Benko.
The board ran out 
, providing no dangers for Salmon and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,200,000 | -400,000 |
|
|
1,700,000 | 850,000 |
McHugh Runs Queens Into Rusnak's Aces
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Shyam Srinivasan raised to 325,000 from middle position and Francis Rusnak just called from the cutoff. Colin McHugh was in the small blind and reraised to 1,300,000. Srinivasan quickly got out of the way and Rusnak shoved all in for 2,795,000. McHugh asked for a count and then made the call.
Rusnak turned over while McHugh had . The flop came 
and Rusnak's aces were still out front. The turn was the and McHugh was left drawing to one of two queens in the deck. The dealer burned and slid the across the board as the rail almost exploded, thinking it was a queen. As it turned out, Rusnak held on to score a double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,850,000 | 2,650,000 |
|
|
2,910,000 | 1,510,000 |
James Salmon Eliminated in 17th Place ($44,833)
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Daniel Sprung just left a sour taste in Tommy Nguyen's mouth after cracking his aces with 
. It was a blind-versus-blind situation and the board ran out 
to give Sprung a straight and leave Nguyen with just his overpair.
In the next hand, the action folded to Nguyen in the small blind who limped in. James Salmon was in the big blind and shipped all in for around 1,650,000. Nguyen instantly called and the cards were on their backs.
Tommy Nguyen: 
James Salmon:
Nguyen was in a dominating position again and was hoping for a better result this time around. The flop came giving both players a pair of kings, with Nguyen holding the better kicker. The turn was the 
and the river the . Nguyen's two pair with an ace-kicker held on to eliminate Salmon in 17th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,450,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
2,300,000 | 1,700,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Manzanares Wins a Flip
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Raul Manzanares Lozano opened to 320,000 from the cutoff and Tommy Nguyen announced all in from the big blind. Manzanares thought for a brief moment, realizing he would be the one at risk, and then made the call.
Manzanares tabled and was up against the of Nguyen. The flop came 
and Manzanares flopped a set of sevens, leaving Nguyen drawing dead already. The insignificant 
and completed the board and Manzanares continued his comeback with another big double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,150,000 | 2,850,000 |
|
|
2,020,000 | -1,430,000 |