2018 World Series of Poker

Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$522,715
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,754,000
Entries
1,020
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000

Charania Eliminates a Short Stack

Level 7 : 250/500, 400 ante

Mohsin Charania found himself in an all-in situation against a very short-stacked player. The player had just 1,500 chips behind and lost them all to Charania with {Q-Clubs}{5-Clubs} against {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts}.

It all got a bit exciting on the {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Hearts} flop, but the {A-Spades} turn and {Q-Diamonds} gifted the pot to Charania.

Ben Heath busted out of the tournament a couple tables over.

Player Chips Progress
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WSOP 1X Winner
28,000 13,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Ben HeathMohsin Charania

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 250/500, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Alex Keating us
Alex Keating
WSOP 1X Winner
61,000 46,000
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
WSOP 4X Winner
59,000 44,000
David Pham us
David Pham
WSOP 3X Winner
49,000
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
48,000 25,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
48,000
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
44,000 -7,000
Aymon hata gb
Aymon hata
41,000 26,000
Valentin Vornicu us
Valentin Vornicu
29,000 9,000
Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
WSOP 1X Winner
29,000 14,000
Pablo Mariz ca
Pablo Mariz
WSOP 1X Winner
27,000 12,000
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
WSOP 1X Winner
26,000 15,000
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
WSOP 1X Winner
23,000 5,000
Michael Gathy be
Michael Gathy
WSOP 3X Winner
18,500 500
Samuel Chartier ca
Samuel Chartier
18,500 3,500
Daniel Weinman us
Daniel Weinman
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
14,000 -1,000
Juicy Li cn
Juicy Li
13,000 -10,000
James Chen tw
James Chen
WSOP 1X Winner
12,500 -2,500
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
12,000 -1,000
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
WSOP 3X Winner
10,000
Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
WSOP 2X Winner
8,000 -4,500
Maria Lampropulos ar
Maria Lampropulos
7,000 -8,000
Norm Macdonald ca
Norm Macdonald
Busted

Tach Takes Down a Big Pot, Talbot Joins the Tournament

Level 7 : 250/500, 400 ante
Parker Talbot from a previous event
Parker Talbot from a previous event

While the board was already reading {Q-Spades}{6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{A-Spades} Farukh Tach was involved in a pretty big pot. There was about 10,000 in the middle as both players checked to see the {Q-Clubs} complete the board. Tach's opponent bet out 4,900 on the river and Tach snap-called the bet.

Tach showed down {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} to win the pot as he gave Parker Talbot some change for a 5,000 chip since he joined the table in the middle of that hand.

Tach sits now in the middle of Scotty Nguyen and Talbot. The latter was verbally very excited about the big blind ante format of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Farukh Tach nl
Farukh Tach
49,000 20,000
Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
31,000 17,500
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
15,000 15,000

Tags: Farukh TachParker TalbotScotty Nguyen

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 400

Hawkins Sends One to the Rail

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

Maurice Hawkins three-bet to 3,700 preflop out of the small blind getting rid of the original aggressor but the player on the button who had flatted the open, made the call.

A {q-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{3-Clubs} flop fanned out and Hawkins continued with a bet of 6,000. His opponent called and the {10-Hearts} hit the turn.

Hawkins moved all in for 19,500, having his opponent covered, and after a couple minutes, his opponent slid in the remainder of his 13,000 stack.

Hawkins tabled the {a-Spades}{q-Spades}, well ahead of his opponent's {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}, and the {4-Hearts} on the river sent the pot to Hawkins.

Player Chips Progress
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
51,000 36,000

Tags: Maurice Hawkins

Hollanda Eliminates Tran

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

JC Tran raised to 1,000 from the under the gun position and it folded all the way around to Luciano Hollanda. Hollanda called and the two saw a flop.

The flop came down {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and Hollanda checked to Tran. Tran put out a small bet of 800 and Hollanda raised it to 2,200. Tran called and the {4-Spades} turn came down. Hollanda bet out 3,000 and Tran put in his last 12,600. Hollanda made the quick call and the cards went on their backs.

Luciano Hollanda: {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
JC Tran: {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}

The {5-Diamonds} river couldn't save Tran from elimination and he was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Luciano Hollanda br
Luciano Hollanda
35,000 15,000
JC Tran us
JC Tran
Busted

Tags: JC TranLuciano Hollanda

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400