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

06-30-2018 02:36 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Lakhov	690,000 690,000	690,000

Kai Munster	410,000 410,000	410,000
Cory Waaland	345,000 345,000	345,000
Georgios Vrakas	240,000 240,000	240,000
Yehuda Cohen	220,000
Steven Wolansky	200,000 200,000	200,000

Grzegorz Wyraz	175,000 175,000	175,000
Christian Thiry	144,000 144,000	144,000

Paused Clock

Milko van Winden

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

The tournament staff have paused the tournament again to verify the amount of players and to make sure everybody gets paid out for their true finish.

06-30-2018 02:51 UTC-7

Clock Paused Again

Milko van Winden

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

After just four minutes the floor paused the clock again to verify the number of players before the pay jump.

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

06-30-2018 03:18 UTC-7

Nehorayan Loses a Big Pot

Milko van Winden

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

The board was already reading and Robert Nehorayan lost a big chunk of his stack. He had laying in front of him and his opponent had in front of him. Nehorayan still has a stack left, but he lost over 200,000 in that last hand.

They also paused the clock again to verify the amount of players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Nehorayan	320,000

06-30-2018 03:35 UTC-7

Munster Wins Blind Battle

Milko van Winden

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

Kai Munster sat on the small blind and was involved in a blind versus blind battle when the flop was already on the board and the pot was already over 120,000. The flop was and both players checked to see the turn appear.

This time Munster decided to put in a bet and he shoved a stack forward, worth 62,000. His opponent folded and Munster raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kai Munster	550,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Kai Munster

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

06-30-2018 03:46 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Milko van Winden

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Herschman	680,000
Kai Munster	500,000 -50,000	-50,000
Georgios Vrakas	320,000 80,000	80,000
Steven Wolansky	310,000 110,000	110,000

Paul Berende	300,000 95,000	95,000
Julien Polge	260,000 235,000	235,000
Cory Waaland	250,000 -95,000	-95,000
Mikhail Semin	150,000 150,000	150,000

06-30-2018 03:49 UTC-7

Lakhov Chops It Up

Milko van Winden

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

Alexander Lakhov and a short stack got all their chips in the middle without any community cards out yet. Lakhov opened up and his opponent opened up .

The flop was . The players at the table were all really friendly and even Lakhov was rooting for a sweat. The turn was the and suddenly there was a possibility of a chop pot.

The river was the and the whole table erupted into laughter and cheering. Lakhov gave a fist bump to his opponent as they chopped up the blinds and antes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Lakhov	600,000 -90,000	-90,000

Tags: Alexander Lakhov

Level: 21

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000