2018 World Series of Poker

Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$296,222
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,071,600
Entries
114
Level Info
Level
30
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0

Olson Versus Seidel

Level 3 : 400/800, 0 ante

The flop was {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and both Erik Seidel and David Olson had put in two bets on the flop. The turn was the {A-Hearts} and both players checked.

The {J-Clubs} river completed the board and Olson put in another bet. Seidel called, but when Oldon tabled {K-Clubs}{4-Hearts} for a flush, Seidel folded his hand.

Player Chips Progress
David Olson us
David Olson
63,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
57,400
7,400
7,400
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: David OlsonErik Seidel

Henson Scoops a Pot

Level 3 : 400/800, 0 ante

The action folded to the player in the cutoff and he raised. Ray Henson reraised from the small blind and the cutoff player called. They went heads up to the {k-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} flop and Henson bet.

His opponent called and both players checked the {10-Spades} turn. The river was the {q-Diamonds} and Henson led out with a bet. His opponent folded and Henson scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
65,000
65,000
65,000

Tags: Ray Henson

Ray Takes Down a Four-Way Pot

Level 3 : 400/800, 0 ante
Eli Elezra from a previous event
Eli Elezra from a previous event

Michael Moore raised preflop from the cutoff and Eli Elezra put in a third bet from the button. Todd Witteles called from the small blind and Kyle Ray did the same from the big blind. The action was back on Moore and he also called to see a four-way flop.

The flop came down {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{7-Clubs} and Eli Elezra jokingly said he can't possibly have the best hand if this is the flop they're seeing with four players. Witteles checked to Ray and he put out a bet. Moore, Elezra, and Witteles called and the turn was the {Q-Clubs}.

Witteles checked again to Ray and he put in another bet. Moore folded, but Elezra called. Witteles also threw his hand in the muck and the river was the {8-Clubs}. Ray bet out once again and Elezera started talking about how his hand is never good here, before folding and showing the {Q-Clubs}.

Ray took down a nice pot, but is still below the starting stack, while Witteles already has about 1.5 times the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Todd Witteles us
Todd Witteles
76,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Moore us
Michael Moore
52,000
2,000
2,000
Kyle Ray us
Kyle Ray
45,000
45,000
45,000
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
36,000
-14,000
-14,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Eli ElezraKyle RayMichael MooreTodd Witteles

Table #440 Gets a Bit Tougher

Level 3 : 400/800, 0 ante
Andre Akkari in a previous event.
Andre Akkari in a previous event.

Daniel Negreanu retuned from the break and he is now sharing the felt with two new players on Table #440. Negreanu looked to his left to see Andre Akkari sitting in the six seat.

"Why hello! Are you going to be all action today or are you playing your A-game?" Negreanu asked.

"Let's do it all action," responded Akkari with a smile.

Negreanu then looked to the new player in the eight seat and it was his old friend Kevin Song. "Why hello, Kevin Song!" Negreanu said and the two exchanged some friendly banter.

Song is fresh off a runner-up finish in Event #41 $1,500 Limit Hold'em. He fell just short of winning his second WSOP bracelet but earned $107,242 and is right back it looking to make another deep WSOP run here in the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
61,000
9,500
9,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Kevin Song us
Kevin Song
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andre AkkariDaniel NegreanuKevin Song

Level: 3

Blinds: 40/800
Limits: 800/1,600

Taking a Break

Level 2 : 300/600, 0 ante

The Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day. PokerNews will pick right back up on all of the live Day 1 action when play resumes.

Burns Wins Without Showdown

Level 2 : 300/600, 0 ante

Kahle Burns and his opponent both had four bets in the middle when the dealer put out a {Q-Clubs}{4-Spades}{J-Hearts} flop.

Burns bet and got raised, but he called. Both players checked on the {K-Spades} turn and Burns led out again on the {10-Hearts} river. His opponent threw his cards in the muck and Burns won the hand without showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Kahle Burns au
Kahle Burns
55,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Kahle Burns

Hunichen Bets the River

Level 2 : 300/600, 0 ante

Chris Hunichen raised from early position and David Olson called from the big blind. They went heads up to the {q-Spades}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop and both players checked. The turn was the {8-Clubs} and again both players knuckled the felt.

The river was the {7-Clubs} and Olson checked for a third time. Hunichen tossed out a bet and that was enough to get a fold from Olson.

Player Chips Progress
David Olson us
David Olson
60,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
58,000
19,000
19,000

Tags: Chris HunichenDavid Olson

Over 50 Entries

Level 2 : 300/600, 0 ante

With Eli Elezra, Kahle Burns, and Shawn Buchanan joining the tournament, the field has grown to 51 entries. The late registration for the event is still open until the start of Day 2 tomorrow.

Last year, the tournament had 120 entries, but late registration was only open for the first eight levels of the day. We'll keep an eye on the official number of entrants to see if it could break last year's field size.

Player Chips Progress
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Kahle Burns au
Kahle Burns
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Benyamine and Helppi Take Down Pots

Level 2 : 300/600, 0 ante

David Benyamine raised from middle position and that was enough to take down a small pot, as every single one of his opponents folded their hand.

On one of the other tables, Juha Helppi raised. The player in the big blind defended his hand, but a continuation bet from Helppi on the {2-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{K-Spades} flop was enough to take down a small pot.

Helppi has been chipping up nicely in the first level of the day and is at 58,000 right now. We also checked for some other notables in the field and how their stacks are doing after the first level.

Player Chips Progress
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
58,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
51,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
39,000
-11,000
-11,000
Ian Johns us
Ian Johns
35,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: David BenyamineJuha Helppi