Event #6: $365 GIANT No-Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-01-2018 23:14 UTC-7

Harris is New Chip Leader

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 400 ante

Four players including John Harris saw a flop of and they each checked in turn. The turn was the and one player checked and James Feagins bet 5,000. Harris was the only caller.

The river was the . Feagins bet 10,000 and Harris folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Harris	280,000
James Feagins	55,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: James Feagins John Harris

06-01-2018 23:19 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Federoff	185,000 60,000	60,000
Van Vandergriff	130,000 -22,000	-22,000
Tom Hall	53,000 28,000	28,000
Andrew Kelsall	52,000 3,000	3,000

Allyn Shulman	45,000 2,000	2,000

Konstantin Puchkov	40,000 -2,000	-2,000

Jeff Gross	33,000 -25,000	-25,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	32,000
Adam Owen	30,000 30,000	30,000
Scott Davies	12,000 -11,000	-11,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Kathy Liebert	Busted

Carter Gill	Busted
Ryan Laplante	Busted

Fernando Brito	Busted
Calvin Anderson	Busted

Craig Varnell	Busted

Break

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 400 ante

Players are going on their second break of the day, with 540 players remaining.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/3,000

Ante: 500

06-01-2018 23:50 UTC-7

194 Places Paid on Day 1a of the GIANT

Will Shillibier

Level 13 : 1,000/3,000, 500 ante

There were a total of 1,289 players on Day 1a of the 2018 GIANT and a total of 194 places will be paid. A min-cash is worth $557.

With play scheduled for 21 levels or ten players, here are the payouts up until the top 10 players:

Place	Payout
10-12	$4,161
13-15	$3,323
16-18	$2,686
19-27	$2,199
28-36	$1,823
37-45	$1,530
46-54	$1,301
55-63	$1,121
64-72	$979
73-81	$866
82-90	$777
91-99	$706
100-126	$652
127-153	$609
154-180	$578
181-194	$557

There are currently 490 players remaining, with the average around 65,000 with the blinds at 1,500/3,000/500

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

06-02-2018 00:09 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts & Eliminations

Will Shillibier

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Kelsall	115,000 63,000	63,000

Matt Affleck	105,000 45,000	45,000
James Feagins	45,000 -10,000	-10,000
Adam Owen	42,000 12,000	12,000
Steven van Zadelhoff	Busted
Tom Hall	Busted
Steve Zolotow	Busted

Sorel Mizzi	Busted
Konstantin Puchkov	Busted

Dzmitry Urbanovich	Busted
Scott Davies	Busted

Roland Israelashvili	Busted
Mikhail Semin	Busted
Ray Henson	Busted
Jamie Kerstetter	Busted

06-02-2018 00:17 UTC-7

Three-Way All In Leads to New Chipleader

Will Shillibier

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

John Harris was closing in on 300,000, but his stack has taken a tumble after a three-way all in.

With Jeff Savage all in preflop for around 30,000, Harris and Josh Weiss got it in on a flop.

John Harris:
Josh Weiss:
Jeff Savage:

Savage was calling for an eight, while Harris bemoaned his opponent's larger pair. The turn was the and the river gave Savage a straight to stay alive, while Weiss doubled through Harris to the tune of 135,500.