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

06-23-2018 00:00 UTC-8

Surapaneni Climbs Up

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

In a raised pot and with four players in the hand, Satish Surapaneni three-bet all in for a stack worth 170,000. After some thought, one of his opponents made the call and the two players tabled their cards:

Satish Surapaneni:
Opponent:

Surapaneni had the dominating hand and the board brought no help to his opponent. Surapaneni, who final tabled two WSOP Circuit events, will try to cash here his first WSOP event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Satish Surapaneni	360,000 360,000	360,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

06-23-2018 00:09 UTC-8

Duy Ho Over A Million

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Duy Ho is the first player to reach a million chips today with around 1,100,000 in chips.

Ho, who final tabled two WSOP events, the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Re-entry) in 2012 and the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em in 2014, is the chipleader as we are getting close to the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duy Ho	1,100,000 500	500

06-23-2018 00:12 UTC-8

Hand For Hand

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

With 179 left in the tournament, the tournament director just announced the hand for hand as 176 players will be in the money.

06-23-2018 00:17 UTC-8

Piot Wins Some Chips Before the Bubble

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The player under the gun limped for 10,000 and it was called by four players, including Sandy Piot in the big blind.

The flop fell and after a check, Piot moved all in for his last 34,000 and it was enough to grab the pot without resistance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandy Piot	115,000 115,000	115,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

06-23-2018 00:39 UTC-8

Some Updated Chipcounts

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Katie Swift	350,000 245,000	245,000
Richard Dubini	270,000 135,000	135,000
Adam Owen	265,000 93,000	93,000
Alice Sicconi	260,000 45,000	45,000
Steven van Zadelhoff	235,000 5,000	5,000

06-23-2018 00:53 UTC-8

Bubble

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

With 177 players left, six players already doubled up and the tournament is still on the bubble.

06-23-2018 01:11 UTC-8

Players Are in the Money

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

The bubble lasted more than 30 minutes, with seven players who found a double up, the room was full of action. In the end, it's Georgios Vrakas who busted the last player before reaching the money.

John Gorsuch, fell down to only half an ante, was all in from the under the gun position, and Georgios Vrakas made a raise. All the other players folded their hand and the players tabled their cards:

John Gorsuch:
Georgios Vrakas:

Gorsuch was in desperate shape to find a double up, but the board didn't save him and he hit the rail with a smile. Gorsuch told us he also busted eight places from being in the money today in Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em.