Event #58: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day 4 Started
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,766,750
Entries
621
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
40,000
Bellande's Quest For His First Bracelet Commences at 2 p.m.
He has played in the biggest cash games on the planet. He's bought into the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop. He's still calling himself Broke, but he most likely ain't.
Jean-Robert Bellande has manifested himself as a force to be reckoned with in the world of poker over the better part of a decade. He's no longer the Survivor Star that plays a bit of poker, he's a poker player who was once on Survivor.
But he doesn't have a bracelet. Yet.
Today, Jean-Robert Bellande is five eliminations away from that most coveted prize in poker; just five players between him and the shiny gold bracelet. And that in a six-handed no-limit hold'em event, a poker variant usually dominated by online players that have played the format over and over on the virtual felt.
Bellande starts out in front with 84 big blinds when play gets back underway. His closest competitor for the top spot brings 45 big blinds. Here's the final table line-up:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Blair | United States | 1,310,000 | 22 |
| 2 | Andrew Graham | United States | 2,430,000 | 41 |
| 3 | Tay Nguyen | United States | 1,485,000 | 25 |
| 4 | Kacper Pyzara | Poland | 2,605,000 | 43 |
| 5 | Jean-Robert Bellande | United States | 5,050,000 | 84 |
| 6 | Dean Lyall | United Kingdom | 2,700,000 | 45 |
All six finalists are guaranteed a payday of $85,570 but it's the $616,302 first-place prize that everyone's eyeing.
| Place | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1st | $616,302 |
| 2nd | $380,595 |
| 3rd | $254,684 |
| 4th | $173,598 |
| 5th | $120,669 |
| 6th | $85,570 |
The action will resume at 2 p.m. today on the feature table inside the Brasilia Room. The blinds will kick off on level 28 at 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante. There will be a live stream available with a 30-minute delay on Twitch, you'll find it right here on PokerNews as soon as it gets underway.
Follow along with the PokerNews coverage today as we bring you the details of every single hand.
Level: 28
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
Cards in the Air
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
The final six players have taken their seats and production is ready. Cards are back in the air!
Hands #1-5: One Flop
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Hand #1: From the small blind, Kacper Pyzara limped in. Big blind Jean-Robert Bellande checked his option. The flop came 
and Pyzara bet 60,000. Bellande called.
Pyzara checked on the 
turn and Bellande bet 100,000. Pyzara called. Both checked the 
on the river and Bellande took it down with 
. Pyzara showed 
.
Hand #2: Dean Lyall received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #3: Tay Nguyen raised to 150,000 but folded to the three-bet to 415,000 by his neighbor Pyzara.
Hand #4: Dean Lyall opened the button for 150,000 but folded to Andrew Graham's big blind three-bet to 480,000.
Hand #5: Pyzara opened under the gun for 145,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,200,000 | 150,000 |
|
2,800,000 | 195,000 |
|
2,600,000 | 170,000 |
|
2,600,000 | -100,000 |
|
1,200,000 | -110,000 |
|
1,200,000 | -285,000 |
Hands #6-11: Dean Lyall Wins a Big One Off Kacper Pyzara
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Hand #6: Andrew Graham raised to 125,000 from the button and Tay Nguyen moved all in for 1.22 million from the small blind. Graham folded.
Hand #7: Graham opened for 125,000 from the cutoff and Nguyen flatted the button. Jean-Robert Bellande called from the big blind and three players went to the 
flop. Bellande checked, Graham bet 175,000, and Nguyen folded. Bellande called and the 
appeared on the turn.
Bellande checked, Graham did the same, and the 
paired the board on the river. Bellande checked for the third time and Graham thought long and hard before betting 425,000. Bellande called and Graham tabled the 
. It was good as Bellande mucked.
Hand #8: Bellande raised to 150,000 from the small blind and Dean Lyall folded the big.
Hand #9: Lyall limped the small blind and Eric Blair exercised his option in the big with a raise to 165,000. Lyall called the additional 105,000 and the flop came down 
. Lyall checked and folded when Blair bet 110,000.
Hand #10: Kacper Pyzara raised to 175,000 from the hijack and Lyall called from the button. Graham came along from the big blind and it was three-way action to the 
flop. Graham checked, Pyzara bet 225,000, and only Lyall called to see the 
turn.
Pyzara bet 475,000, Lyall called, and the 
completed the board on the river. Pyzara bet 1.1 million and Lyall called. Pyzara sheepishly showed the and Lyall rolled over the 
for two pair and the win.
Hand #11: Dean Lyall raised to 135,000 and big blind Kacper Pyzara called. Pyzara check-folded to a 100,000-bet on 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,600,000 | -600,000 |
|
|
4,500,000 | 1,900,000 |
|
|
3,200,000 | 600,000 |
|
|
1,300,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
1,300,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
670,000 | -2,130,000 |
Kacper Pyzara Eliminated in 6th Place ($85,570)
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Hand #12: Kacper Pyzara's day has gone from bad to worse with nothing working for him today.
Action folded to him in the small blind and he shoved for 515,000. Big blind Jean-Robert Bellande didn't need much time committing chips.
Kacper Pyzara: 
Jean-Robert Bellande:
The flop of 
gave Pyzara a glimmer of hope but the on the turn ended all of that. The 
on the river was inconsequential and Pyzara exited in sixth place for $85,570.
The remaining five players are now guaranteed $120,570.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,600,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Hands #13: Jean-Robert Bellande Takes It on the Turn
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Hand #13: Jean-Robert Bellande limped the small blind and Dean Lyall checked his option from the big to see a 
flop. Bellande bet 100,000, Lyall called, and the appeared on the turn. Bellande bet 275,000 and Lyall gave it up.
Eric Blair Eliminated in 5th Place ($120,669)
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Hand #14: Andrew Graham raised to 150,000 under the gun and Eric Blair defended his big blind to see a flop. Blair checked and called a bet of 250,000 from Graham, which brought about the 
turn. Blair checked, Graham moved all in, and Blair leaned back in his chair. He had 870,000 back, double checked his cards, and called off.
Blair: 
Graham: 
Blair had a kicker problem and was looking to simply chop the pot. The river was no help and just like that he was sent out the door in fifth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,400,000 | -200,000 |
|
|
4,500,000 | |
|
|
4,400,000 | 1,200,000 |
|
|
1,200,000 | -100,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Hands #15-19: "That Was a Big One!"
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Hand #15: Jean-Robert Bellande opened the cutoff for 125,000 and he took down the big blind and antes. There was no small blind this hand.
Hand #16: Dean Lyall opened the cutoff/button for 150,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #17: Andrew Graham raised the button to 125,000 and big blind Jean-Robert Bellande called. The two checked the 
fop and turn before Bellande bet 275,000 on the river. Graham folded.
Hand #18: Tay Nguyen opened the button for 140,000 but folded to Bellande's small blind 400,000 three-bet.
Hand #19: Bellande opened for 125,000 from the button and small blind Dean Lyall called. Lyall check-called 100,000 on 
, 225,000 on the turn, and another 525,000 on the river. Bellande showed and Lyall mucked.
"That was a big one!" Bellande told his rail in a quiet voice.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,900,000 | 1,500,000 |
|
|
4,200,000 | -200,000 |
|
|
3,600,000 | -900,000 |
|
|
945,000 | -255,000 |