2018 World Series of Poker

Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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

Break Chip Counts

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ian Steinman us
Ian Steinman
WSOP 1X Winner
380,000 238,000
Kevin Song us
Kevin Song
WSOP 1X Winner
370,000 40,000
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
WSOP 3X Winner
208,000 8,000
Luciano Hollanda br
Luciano Hollanda
170,000 -10,000
Anna Antimony us
Anna Antimony
162,000 98,000
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
137,000 -48,000
Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
130,000 9,000
Michael Gathy be
Michael Gathy
WSOP 3X Winner
125,000 10,000
Michael Ruane us
Michael Ruane
121,000 11,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
WSOP 2X Winner
117,000 47,000
Amir Kaikhah us
Amir Kaikhah
104,000 104,000
Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
96,000 96,000
Joseph Elpayaa us
Joseph Elpayaa
90,000 -52,000
Kevin Killeen ie
Kevin Killeen
88,000 88,000
Julien Polge fr
Julien Polge
82,000 8,000
Alex Keating us
Alex Keating
WSOP 1X Winner
75,000 17,000
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
WSOP 4X Winner
70,000 8,000
Michael Gagliano us
Michael Gagliano
WSOP 1X Winner
70,000 70,000
Romain Lewis fr
Romain Lewis
WSOP 1X Winner
70,000 20,000
Samuel Chartier ca
Samuel Chartier
63,000 -57,000
Jonathan Abdellatif be
Jonathan Abdellatif
Day 2 Chip Leader
40,000 10,000
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
35,000 -5,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
32,000 -14,000

Big Double Up for Boyd

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
Dutch Boyd
Dutch Boyd

The board was showing {5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{k-Clubs} when Dutch Boyd made a bet for 12,000. His opponent raised it to 34,000 and Boyd announced all-in for a stack of 88,600. His opponent snap-called and both players tabled their cards:

Dutch Boyd: {10-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
His opponent: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

Boyd had to hit the river to survive, which he did with the {4-Diamonds} that gave him a flush. Boyd has now a stack worth 200,000.

Player Chips Progress
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
WSOP 3X Winner
200,000 -9,600

Tags: Dutch Boyd

Short-Stacked Silver

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
Max Silver
Max Silver

Max Silver was facing a bet of 15,500 when we arrived at his table.

The board was reading {Q-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{K-Spades} and Silver had a visibly tough decision. He grabbed some chips, counted out the bet, and waited for a little bit before throwing them to the middle.

His opponent showed {J-Spades}{J-Hearts} and Silver threw his cards in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
WSOP 1X Winner
35,000 -16,000

Tags: Max Silver

Luther Comes Back

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante

Having fallen down to a short stack of 16,000 chips, Nikita Luther doubled twice after the bubble burst.

On one hand, she moved all in with {k-Hearts}{4-Hearts} after the cutoff player opened for 5,500 and the latter called with {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}. The board brought Luther a straight with {j-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} and she doubled up to 38,000.

Two hands later, she shoved all in once more, holding {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs} after a first player raised. Her opponent called with {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and the board brought a {q-Diamonds} on the river to Luther, who climbed to 80,000.

On the other side, Athanasios Polychronopoulos and Adrien Delmas busted right after being in the money.

Player Chips Progress
Nikita Luther in
Nikita Luther
WSOP 1X Winner
80,000 80,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted
Adrien Delmas fr
Adrien Delmas
Busted

Tags: Nikita Luther

Why Play the WSOP $1K Tag Team Event?

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante

Players love the World Series of Poker Tag Team Event. The poker tournament has no breaks and does have a list of rules each poker player on the team must abide by. Why do both professional and recreational players love this event so much? How do professional poker players like Jesse Sylvia pick their teammates? Will we see poker players and best friends Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho team up? Watch to find out!

Tags: Tag Team EventJesse SylviaMaria HoTiffany MichelleWorld series of pokerDylan HortonMIchael DelVecchio

Hollanda Busts Lee to Burst the Bubble

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
Luciano Hollanda
Luciano Hollanda

Gerald Lee and Luciano Hollanda had their chips in the middle, but had to wait for several minutes before they were allowed to turn their hands on their backs. There were no other all-ins and all the hands on the other tables were done when Lee saw he had to win a coin flip.

Gerald Lee: {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}
Luciano Hollanda: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}

The dealer dealt an {8-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{10-Spades}{4-Spades}{10-Diamonds} board and Lee was eliminated in 154th place, just one spot away from the money.

All the players that are still in are guaranteed $4,513.

Player Chips Progress
Luciano Hollanda br
Luciano Hollanda
180,000 17,900
Gerald Lee us
Gerald Lee
Busted

Tags: Luciano Hollanda

Song Wins a Massive Pot at the Bubble

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
Kevin Song
Kevin Song

The flop was showing {5-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{2-Spades}{6-Spades}{5-Hearts} and there was already more than 100,000 in the middle. After a check from his opponent, Kevin Song fired a bet for 55,000, putting his opponent into a big decision.

After a few minutes of thinking, the latter ended up calling, but tossed his hand into the muck when Song tabled {a-Spades}{k-Spades}. Song now has a huge stack worth 330,000.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Song us
Kevin Song
WSOP 1X Winner
330,000 155,000

Tags: Kevin Sung

Still Hand for Hand

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante

After two hands the tournament is only four minutes deeper into Level 14, but the players have been taking their time and there were a couple of big pots.

In the last hand, there was a chop pot which resulted in no elimination, so play continued hand for hand.