2018 World Series of Poker

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

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♠10♠
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
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Ngo Eliminates Smiley

Milko van Winden
Milko van Winden
Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Zachary Smiley has lost his last chips to Quang Ngo in the ultimate coin flip. Ngo raised to 25,000 and Smiley pushed the last of his stack to the middle. Ngo called and they went off to the races.

Zachary Smiley: {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}
Quang Ngo: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

The board ran out {2-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and Smiley was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Quang Ngo us
Quang Ngo 		700,000
Zachary Smiley us
Zachary Smiley 		Busted

Tags: Quang NgoZachary Smiley

Sinishtaj Eliminates Ciaravino

TKBluffs
TKBluffs
Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Tony Sinishtaj moved all in for about 80,000 from under the gun. It folded to Micael Ciaravino in the small blind and he put his last 26,000 in the pot. The big blind folded and the hands were shown.

Tony Sinishtaj: {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}
Michael Ciaravino: {k-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

The boar ran out {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades} and Sinishtaj's ace-high was enough to earn him the pot and the elimination.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Sinishtaj us
Tony Sinishtaj 		138,000 12,000
Michael Ciaravino us
Michael Ciaravino 		Busted

Tags: Michael CiaravinoTony Sinishtaj

Hutter Takes From Abdellatif

Milko van Winden
Milko van Winden
Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The four biggest stacks at the start of the day are all seated at the same table. Barry Hutter just managed to get a little closer to Jonathan Abdellatif after taking down a preflop pot.

Abdellatif raised from the button to 28,000 and small blind Todd Ivens called. Big blind Barry Hutter had different plans and three-bet to 130,000. When it was back on Abdellatif he four-bet to 290,000. Ivens was out of the hand, but Hutter was far from being done.

Hutter five-bet all in for about 950,000 and Abdellatif folded.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Abdellatif be
Jonathan Abdellatif
Day 2 Chip Leader
2,450,000 -275,000
Barry Hutter us
Barry Hutter
WSOP 1X Winner
1,200,000 247,000

Tags: Barry HutterJonathan AbdellatifTodd Ivens

Hall Takes From Smiley

TKBluffs
TKBluffs
Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Zachary Smiley raised to 25,000 from early position and Ryan Hall called. They went heads-up to the {a-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop and both players checked. The turn was the {9-Spades} and Smiley led out with a bet of 29,000.

Hall called and the {9-Hearts} completed the board. Smiley checked and Hall slid out a bet of 65,000. Smiley quickly released his hand and Hall took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Hall (US) us
Ryan Hall (US) 		695,000 92,000
Zachary Smiley us
Zachary Smiley 		350,000 -80,000

Tags: Ryan HallZachary Smiley

Butkus Immeadiately Doubles Up

Milko van Winden
Milko van Winden
Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Zachary Smiley raised to 26,000 from late position and David Butkus moved all in for 170,000. Smiley called and they opened up their hands.

Zachary Smiley: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}
David Butkus: {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}

As Butkus said "nice hand" to his opponent the dealer dealt out the {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}{J-Hearts} flop to give him the lead. The {Q-Clubs} turn and {2-Hearts} river didn't change anything, and Smiley had to send some chips over to Butkus.

Player Chips Progress
Zachary Smiley us
Zachary Smiley 		430,000 27,000
David Butkus us
David Butkus 		350,000 166,000

Tags: David ButkusZachary Smiley

Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Day 3 of Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Kicks Off at 2 p.m.

Shamus
Shamus
Jonathan Abdellatif, Scotty Nguyen
Jonathan Abdellatif, Scotty Nguyen

Welcome back to Day 3 of Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em. The 31 remaining players will return at 2 p.m. local time, with the plan being to play to a winner some time tonight.

Jonathan Abdellatif starts this final day of the tournament with a massive chip lead with 2,725,000, while number two on the leaderboards Barry Hutter will begin with 953,000. Other hopefuls still in the running for the coveted WSOP gold bracelet and the first-place prize of $522,715 are David "MissOracle" Yan (714,000), Kevin Song (675,000), and Kristen Bicknell (298,000). Scroll down for a look at everyone's start-of-day stacks and seat assignments.

Last year's eighth-place finisher Kris Homerding also found a bag at the end of Day 2, and he'll return seventh in the counts as he hopes to improve on his $63,457 score in this event a year ago. To do that he'll need to finish in sixth place or higher. Right now the players who return are all guaranteed to win at least $12,399.

Players will return at Level 21, with 6,000/12,000 blinds and a big blind ante of 12,000. As noted, play kicks off at 2 p.m., so come back then and stay tuned to PokerNews for updates throughout the day and night as we find out together who will be the Event #54 champion.

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RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
Amazon4301Diogo VeigaPortugal393,000
Amazon4302Nikita LutherIndia392,000
Amazon4303[Removed:17]New-Zealand714,000
Amazon4304Michael CiaravinoUnited States141,000
Amazon4305Steve YeaSouth Korea414,000
Amazon4306empty  
Amazon4307Tony SinishtajUnited States176,000
Amazon4308empty  
Amazon4309Rayan ChamasCanada396,000
      
Amazon4311Luke BancroftUnited States493,000
Amazon4312Kevin SongUnited States675,000
Amazon4313Tom McCormickUnited States533,000
Amazon4314Cathal ShineIreland207,000
Amazon4315Paul FontanUnited Kingdom125,000
Amazon4316David KellyIreland294,000
Amazon4317Radoslav SoyanovBulgaria583,000
Amazon4318Kris HomerdingUnited States628,000
Amazon4319empty  
      
Amazon4391Zachary SmileyUnited States603,000
Amazon4392Kristen BicknellCanada298,000
Amazon4393Ryan HallUnited States603,000
Amazon4394empty  
Amazon4395David ButkusUnited States184,000
Amazon4396Quang NgoUnited States440,000
Amazon4397Julien PolgeFrance311,000
Amazon4398Alexander QueenUnited States269,000
Amazon4399Luciano HollandaBrazil116,000
      
Amazon4471Marciano CruzUnited States807,000
Amazon4472Jonathan AbdellatifBelgium2.723,000
Amazon4473Todd IvensUnited States780,000
Amazon4474Barry HutterUnited States953,000
Amazon4475Ian SteinmanUnited States296,000
Amazon4476empty  
Amazon4477Julian MehardtGermany393,000
Amazon4478Bret OliverioUnited States168,000
Amazon4479Anna AntimonyUnited States200,000

Tags: Barry HutterJonathan AbdellatifKevin SongKris HomerdingKristen Bicknell

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

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