2018 World Series of Poker

Event #6: $365 GIANT No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Jeremy Perrin
Winning Hand
k10
Event Info
Buy-in
$365
Prize Pool
$2,676,000
Entries
8,920
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
3,000,000 / 6,000,000
Ante
1,000,000

Two Players Eliminated on Money Bubble

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Eric Bunch opened to 30,000 and Maxime Heroux moved all in for 167,000. The remaining players folded and Bunch counted out his stack to find he covered Heroux by just 500 chips. After some thought, Bunch called.

Eric Bunch: {a-Spades}{6-Hearts}
Maxime Heroux: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}

Heroux looked in good shape to leave Bunch with just 500 chips, but the {4-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{a-Clubs} flop gave Bunch the lead. The turn {7-Spades} and river {5-Diamonds} changed nothing and Heroux was eliminated.

Another player was also eliminated meaning that there were 193 players left, no need for hand-for-hand and the first flight of the GIANT is officially in the money!

Player Chips Progress
Eric Bunch us
Eric Bunch
350,000
Maxime Heroux ca
Maxime Heroux
Busted

Tags: Maxime HerouxEric Bunch

Break

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Players are going on their final break of the night. When they return there will be three more levels before they bag for the end of Day 1a.

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Sekiya Eliminated by Pasco

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Jerwin Pasco moved all in from early position for 151,000. Yosuke Sekiya was in the hijack and moved all in for around half that. The big blind asked for a count. "I wish I had less," he said, sitting on a stack of 300,000. He eventually folded and the cards were turned over.

Jerwin Pasco: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Yosuke Sekiya: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

The board ran out {5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{4-Clubs}{6-Spades}{q-Hearts} and Sekiya wished Pasco good luck and was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Jerwin Pasco ph
Jerwin Pasco
240,000
Yosuke Sekiya jp
Yosuke Sekiya
Busted

Tags: Yosuke SekiyaJerwin Pasco

New Chipleader Emerges

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

With just over two levels left on Day 1a of the GIANT, a new chip leader has emerged. Josh Reichard appears to be the first player over 800,000 in chips. We will have to wait and see whether he can hold onto this over the remainder of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Josh Reichard us
Josh Reichard
880,000
880,000
880,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Saur Eliminates a Player

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

On a flop of {8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{9-Spades} Mario Saur bet 60,000 and his opponent called. The turn was the {6-Diamonds} and Saur checked. His opponent wasted no time in moving all in for around 70,000. Saur asked for a count before calling.

Mario Saur: {a-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Opponent: {j-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

Saur had both straight and flush draws, while his opponent had a gutshot straight draw plus overcards. The river was the {9-Clubs} and the player was eliminated.

"That was a good card," Saur said to the table, pointing towards the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Mario Saur de
Mario Saur
575,000

Tags: Mario Saur

Lee Hasn't Won Anything Just Yet

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Vincent Lee's table just broke and as he was taking his seat at his new one he was greeted by one of his tablemates.

"Welcome the winner of the 2018 Giant," said one player, looking at Lee's stack.

Lee laughed. "Not yet," he replied. He sits on 770,000 with not long left in the penultimate level of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Vincent Lee us
Vincent Lee
770,000
230,000
230,000

Tags: Vincent Lee

Level: 21

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000