Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,754,000
Entries
1,020
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
First Break of the Day
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
The players are now on their first 15-minute break.
Recent Eliminations
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Queens Are Good for Gathy
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
On a raised pot, the board was reading 
when Alex Keating made a bet worth 20,000 from the small blind position. Michael Gathy tanked for some time and opted to make the call.
Keating tabled 
, but starting laughing when Gathy turned over 
for the higher pair and mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | 70,000 |
|
58,000 | -2,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000 | 98,900 |
|
144,000 | 13,500 |
|
142,000 | 142,000 |
|
121,000 | 37,000 |
|
118,000 | 118,000 |
|
97,000 | 97,000 |
|
97,000 | -6,000 |
|
91,000 | -9,000 |
|
69,000 | 12,000 |
|
|
60,000 | -45,000 |
|
57,000 | -42,700 |
|
52,000 | 6,300 |
|
49,000 | -11,000 |
|
47,000 | 9,000 |
|
36,000 | 36,000 |
|
33,000 | -11,000 |
|
30,000 | -11,000 |
|
29,400 | 29,400 |
|
21,000 | -33,000 |
Phan Forces a Fold
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
On a raised pot and a blind-versus-blind situation, the flop was showing 
when James Akenhead bet 5,500. Ryan Phan made the call and both players checked on the 
turn.
The river fell a 
and Akenhead bet for 12,500. After some thinking, Phan chose to raise it to 31,000, putting Akenhead into a big decision. The latter ended up folding his hand and now has a stack worth 83,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | 95,000 |
|
83,000 | 83,000 |
Anderson Doubles Up Throug Weis
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Oliver Weis raised to 3,600 from the under-the-gun position and Maurice Hawkins called one seat to the left. Anna Antimony was on Hawkins' left and called as well. Calvin Anderson sat in the hijack and he decided to raise all in for his last 16,300. Weis pushed all in as well and Hawkins and Antimony folded.
Calvin Anderson: 
Oliver Weis: 
The board ran out 
and Anderson doubled up with a couple extra chips in the pot, courtesy of Antimony and Hawkins.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
41,000 | -24,000 |
|
12,000 | -34,000 |
Lucky Double for Agarwal
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Anuj Agarwal put all of his chips in the middle with , but when he saw he got called by Lars Gronning with 
he realized he was well behind.
When the dealer dealt the flop, there instantly was an ace on the 
board. Gronning was left with only one out, but he didn't manage to hit on the turn and 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000 | |
|
26,000 |
Gediminas Wins a Small Pot
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Uselis Gediminas opened for 3,600 in middle position and only Adrien Delmas made the call from the big blind. The flop fell 
and both opponents checked.
On the turn 
, Delmas checked and then folded his hand after Gediminas bet for 7,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 | 80,000 |
|
51,000 | 51,000 |
Nguyen Doesn't Want Lewis to Fold
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
"No, no, no! Don't fold!" shouted Scotty Nguyen through the Amazon room as Romain Lewis folded his hand. With about 9,000 in the pot already and a 
flop, Nguyen had put out an overbet of 14,200.
Lewis had to make a decision and was taking his time to think everything through. He eventually decided on folding and showed Nguyen his and Nguyen started shouting "Don't fold! Don't fold!"
Nguyen opened up 
for a flopped straight and starting laughing as the dealer pushed the pot towards him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
84,000 | 14,000 |
|
72,000 | -17,000 |