Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-25-2018 23:40 UTC-7

Vieira Stacking Chips

Milko van Winden

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

Joao Vieira may just have lost a small pot but he's definitely stacking chips throughout the day. Vieira check-called a bet on a flop and bet on the turn. When Philip Cordano raised, he folded quickly.

Vieira still has over a lot of chips in front of him and is playing almost three times the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	140,000 35,000	35,000

Philip Cordano	80,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Joao Vieira Philip Cordano

06-25-2018 23:45 UTC-7

No Repeat Champion

Milko van Winden

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

Joe McKeehen arrived in the eighth level of the day and has busted within a very short time frame as he is already out the door. That means we are getting a new champion for this event and the chance of a repeat champion is out of question.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe McKeehen	Busted

Tags: Joe McKeehen

06-25-2018 23:47 UTC-7

Hennigan's Kicker Plays

TKBluffs

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

Maria Ho and John Hennigan were heads-up on the and Ho checked. Hennigan bet and Ho made the call. Both players checked the turn cards and the river. Ho turned over her but Hennigan did one better showing to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hennigan	152,000

Maria Ho	90,000

Tags: John Hennigan Maria Ho

06-25-2018 23:52 UTC-7

Break

Milko van Winden

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

The final 15-minute break of the day is here. The tournament will resume in level 9 and the blinds and limits for level 9 and 10 are 1,500/3,000 and 3,000/6,000.

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Limits: 3,000/6,000

06-26-2018 00:18 UTC-7

Zinno Takes from Klodnicki

TKBluffs

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Chris Klodnicki raised from middle position and Anthony Zinno called from the big blind. They went heads-up to the flop and Zinno check-called a bet.

The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the , Zinno fired out a bet and Klodnicki folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Zinno	140,000 70,000	70,000

Chris Klodnicki	45,500

Tags: Anthony Zinno Chris Klodnicki

06-26-2018 00:33 UTC-7

Cordano Wins a Big Pot

Milko van Winden

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Philip Cordano just won a big pot against Kevin Song and Joao Vieira. Song raised from middle position and Vieira made it three bets from the cutoff. Cordano was on the button and he made it four bets. Both Song and Vieira called.

The flop was and it checked to Cordano. He bet and both Song and Vieira called again revealing the turn.

Song put out a bet and Vieira gave up, sending his hand to the muck. Cordano, on the other hand, raised to two bets. Song raised to three and Cordano wasn't done just yet. He made it four bets and Song called.

The river was the and Song check-called a bet from Cordano, only to see him open up for a set of queens. Song took a good look and he ended up mucking his hand, sending the big pot over to Cordano.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	130,000 -10,000	-10,000

Philip Cordano	120,000 40,000	40,000
Kevin Song	47,000 -33,000	-33,000

Tags: Joao Vieira Kevin Song Philip Cordano

06-26-2018 00:43 UTC-7

"I Only Play Pairs"

TKBluffs

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Jean "Prince" Gaspard raised under the gun and Brock Parker called from the big blind. They saw a flop of and Parker check-called a bet from Gaspard.

The turn was the and Parker checked again. Gaspard bet, Parker quickly folded and Gaspard flashed his . "I only play pairs, easy game" said Gaspard as he stacked his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brock Parker	90,000 25,000	25,000
Jean Gaspard	65,000

Tags: Brock Parker Jean Gaspard

06-26-2018 00:44 UTC-7

Eliminations

Milko van Winden

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Terrence Chan	Busted

James Obst	Busted

Ian Johns	Busted

Erik Seidel	Busted

Ashish Gupta	Busted

06-26-2018 01:03 UTC-7

Full Boat for Moore

TKBluffs

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

There was already about 40,000 in the main pot on the turn on a board. JC Tran bet and Michael Moore called. Ray Henson three-bet and Tran folded.

Moore called and they went heads-up to the river. Moore check to Henson who bet and Moore check-raised. Henson sat back in his and contemplated for a few moments and called.